Jerome, Andre
B: 24 Dec 1821 or 1828, Fort Garry, (now Winnipeg), Manitoba
D: 10 Jul 1916
M: Abt. 1854, Marguerite Goslin (or Gosselin or Gooselaw)
FN: Martin Jerome-St.Matthe
MN: Betsy Wilke
Andre settled at the mouth of the Two River about 1873. He moved there from Fort Bufferin, Manitoba, a fort built by the Canadian Mounties in 1872, a few miles north and east of Emerson, Manitoba. He had an active part in the Riel Rebellion in 1871.
Children of Andre Jerome and Marguerite Gosselin:
Margaret (Marguerite) Jerome
B: 1854
M: Jim Smith
Jean (John) Baptiste
Jerome
B: 1855
D: Bemidji, MN
M: Helen Thibault (aka Chelan Chiboo) b. 1865 d. 1937 when stepping off
a streetcar in Duluth.
Alexander Jerome
B: 1857
D: 1929
M: 1890, Mary Jane Colin b. 1870 d. 1959
Martin Jerome (twin)
B: 1859
Andrew Jerome (possible twin)
B: 1859 or 1861
D: 1936
M: Martha Forbes
Napoleon Jerome
B: 16 Apr 1862 or 65
D:
M: 20 Jan 1891, Eliza (Elise) Renville, in Neche, ND. Eliza b. 18 Oct 1868
in Pembina, ND. She was christened on 02 May 1869 in Church of Assumption,
Pembina, ND. Her name is spelled Elize Rainville on Baptism Certificate,
child of J. Baptiste Rainville and Jane Bruce. She died on 15 Jan 1927 in
Humboldt, Kittson County, Minnesota.
Samuel Jerome
B: 27 Apr 1865 or 67, Pembina, ND
D: 17 Dec 1951, Hallock, MN
Buried: Service was held 19 Dec 1951 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in
Hallock, MN with interment in the family lot in Hallock beside his late
parents.
M: Unmarried.
Kittson County Enterprise Articles:
06 Apr 1906 Sam Jerome - Wild West
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19 Dec 1951 Last Son of County's
First Settler Dies
Roger Jerome
B: 1868
D: 14 Nov 1935, Hallock, MN
Buried: 16 Nov 1935, Greenwood Cemetery, Hallock, MN
9. Angeline Jerome
B: 1871
M: Unknown Parenteau
Sources:
Ed Merck
Louis Jerome Essay: Andre Jerome
Kittson Historical Society Book #1