Joseph Napoleon Guyon (1894 - 1971)

Born 26 Oct 1894 in White Earth, Becker, Minnesota, United States

Husband of Charlotte Leah (Arbogast) Guyon — married 7 Nov 1921 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1971 at age 77 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Joseph Guyon is Notable.

Joseph was Chippewa.

Joseph Napoleon "Big Chief" Guyon (Anishinaabe: O-Gee-Chidah, translated as "Big Brave") was an American football and baseball player and coach. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.^[1]

Joseph Napoleon Guyon was born on 26 October 1894 in White Earth, Minnesota.^[2] An American Indian from the Ojibwa tribe (Chippewa), he was the son of Joseph and Mary Mindemona Guyon.^[3]

He was first married to Isabel Bourbonnais. They had two children.^[4]

He married Charlotte Dinwiddie on 7 November 1921 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was a second marriage for both: he was a widower and she was divorced.^[3]

In 1940 Joe was widowed, living in Apache County, Arizona with two children aged 20 and 18. His ethnicity was listed as "Indian".^[5]

He died on 27 November 1971 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.^[6][7]

Research Notes

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2GG-XMY : accessed 30 January 2021), Joseph N Gagyon in household of Thomas S Hobbs, Pembina Township, Mahnomen, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 90, sheet 11A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 710; FHL microfilm 1,374,723.

Thomas S Hobbs Head Male 56 Illinois

Mary Hobbs Wife Female 46 Minnesota

Joseph N Gagyon Stepson Male 17 Minnesota

Julia I Gagyon Stepdaughter Female 15 Minnesota

Benjiman R Gagyon Stepson Male 13 Minnesota

Rowena A Gagyon Stepdaughter Female 11 Minnesota

• "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD8L-64Q : 16 January 2020), Mary Gayron Hobbs, 1933. possible mother

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Joe Guyon," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Guyon&oldid=999967199 (accessed February 1, 2021).
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K87V-NQV : 20 January 2021), Joseph Napoleon Guyon, 1917-1918.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJSP-7B?cc=1614804&wc=ZTZX-MNL%3A121351101%2C123794601 : 15 July 2014), Cuyahoga > Marriage records 1921 vol 124 > image 210 of 301; county courthouses, Ohio.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWB4-CFM : 7 January 2021), Jos N Guyon, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYWV-X97 : 4 January 2021), Joseph N Guyon, Supervisorial District 3, Apache, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-13B, sheet 17A, line 9, family 246, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 99.
6. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC9-TYV3 : 11 February 2018), Joseph Guyon, 27 Nov 1971; citing Death, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
7. ↑ The Courier-Journal & Times, (Louisville, Kentucky), 28 Nov 1971, p. B13, col. 1. obituary.
   • obituary information about family: Survived by wife, Christine Denney, children Joseph F, Jr, and Geraldine Ingraham, sisters, Julia Potter of ZIm, Minnesota and Louise Reed of Utah, 10 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. Buried at Resthaven Memorial Park.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZS-PV4 : accessed 26 January 2021), Joe N Guyon Sr., Seneca, Oconee, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 3A, line 1, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2207; FHL microfilm 2,341,941.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-98CZ : 20 January 2021), Joseph N Guyon, 01 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).