Helene Gagnier was born ca. 1794, in Cahokia, St Clair, Illinois, to Marianne Labuche and Claude Gagnier Sr.. Once a month Father Joseph Marie Dunand would periodically visit Prairie du Chien and perform all of the requested baptisms and marriages during his visit. Helene was baptized on May 8, 1817 when she was 23 years old. Helene married Francois Galarneau in 1814 and they had six children Elenore, Sopia Maria, David, Pharsile Maria and Angela. After the death of Helene’s half-brother Francois Duchoquette. wife Marie Chalifoux aka Mary Grignon passed away in Apr of 1844, they took in their nephew and son of Mary and Francois Duchoquette until 1849.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KD3L-82K
• State Historical Society of Wisconsin, research of Marianne Labuche by James L Hansen, Reference Librarian, 18 Nov 1998
• MN Genealogical Society Journal of Prairie du Chien Baptisms, 1817 as performed and recorded by Father Joseph Marie Dunand page 338, #118
• https://findagrave.com/memorial/23782560/helene-galarneau
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