Henriette Elisabeth (Robinette) Leclaire (abt. 1842)

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View of Pike Island and Fort Snelling from Mendota

27 Sep 1850 - Henriette/Harriet^[1] resided in the household of her father and mother, Joseph and Cecilia Robinette, in Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota:^[2]

43/43 Household of Joseph Robinette, 50, M, Black smith, Canada;

• Cecelia [Cecilia Tupin Kilcool Robinette, mother of Jane Kilcool Robert], Wife, 36, F, Minnesota;
• Jane Robinson [likely Jane Kilcool Robert, widow of Francis Robert and future wife of Joseph Coursolle], 21, F, ";
• Joseph Robinette Jr. [son of Joseph Robinette Sr. and a Sisseton woman], 16, M Blacksmith, ";
• Vanoise Robinette [Vanoss Beaudin Robinette, son of Beaudin and (likely) Cecilia Turpin Robinette], 11, M, Minnesota;
• Henriette [Daughter of Joseph and Cecilia Robinette], 8, F, ";
• Mary R [Daughter of Joseph and Cecilia Robinette], 3, F, ";
• Joseph L [Son of Joseph and Cecilia Robinette], 2, M, ";
• Jane Damarce, 12, F, ";
• Joseph Coursolle [future husband of Jane Kilcool Robert], 21, M, Black smith, ";
• Hypolite Martin, 47, M, Carpenter, Canada

3 Oct 1862, Friday, The St. Paul Daily Press: Henriette/Harriet - along with her siblings and nieces - was documented on a list of captives.^[3]

The following is a list of the captives delivered up to Colonel Sibley, at Camp Release, opposite the mouth of the Chippewa river, on Friday, September 26th, 1862:

. . . Harriet Robinet [Robinette], aged 17, Mary, aged 14, Louis, aged 11, and Emma, aged 9, Lower Agency.

. . . Mrs. Matilda Vannasse [Mrs. Matilda Robinette, wife of Vanoss Robinette] and two children, Lower Agency - husband killed.

. . . Nancy Consalle [Coursolle], aged 7, and Philemon Consalle [Coursolle], aged 4 - Lower Agency.

. . . Ninety-one whites and the rest half-breeds - but the latter are not all embraced on this list. Probably the number will be over 100 whites and 150 half-breeds.

Sources

1. ↑ Biography in progress (Feb 2021). Feel free to contact SD if you have questions, to collaborate, or as a courtesy before making changes.
2. ↑ Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ The St. Paul Daily Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, 3 Oct 1862[1]

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KPWR-ZQZ
• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  FamilySearch Record: MZ2Z-7KH (accessed 3 December 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-67NL-SM Image number 00021
  Henriette Robinette (8) in Dakota, Minnesota Territory, United States. Born in Minnesota.
  Joseph Robinette 50, Cecelia Robinette 36, Jane Robinson 21, Joseph Robinette 16, Vanoise Robinette 11, Henriette Robinette 8, Mary R Robinette 3, Joseph L Robinette 2, Jane Damarse 12, Joseph Coursalle 21, Hypolite Martin 47.
• 1865 Census: "Minnesota State Census, 1865"
  citing volume 2, line 52, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,714.
  FamilySearch Record: SPS9-4GS (accessed 3 December 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 939Z-YPX7-D
  Harriet Le Claire in Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, United States.
  Louis Le Claire, Harriet Le Claire.
• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
  FamilySearch Record: MZ9S-BKK (accessed 3 December 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBX-KB1 Image number 00719
  Harriett Laclare (36), wife, Keeping House, in household of Louis Laclare (40) in Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, United States. Born in Minnesota, United States.
  Louis Laclare 40, wife Harriett Laclare 36, son Frank Laclare 13, son Edward Laclare 10, daughter Agnes Laclare 8, daughter Lillie Laclare 4, daughter Liddia Laclare 2.
• 1885 Census: "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
  citing p. 17, volume Dakota, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,737.
  FamilySearch Record: MQXC-5L2 (accessed 3 December 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-D193-JV2
  Orretta Leclair (42y) in Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota. Born in Minnesota.
  James Leclair 41y, Orretta Leclair 42y, Frank Leclair 16y, Edward Leclair 14y, Agness Leclair 13y, Lillie Leclair 8y, Ciscial Leclair 6y, Julia Leclair 4y.