Person:Isaac Piedalue (2)

Isaac Piedalue and Elodie (Alodie) Roy were married and one of their daughters was Stephanie Louise Piedalue. Alexander Robert (the "s" was added by the next generation) was married to Sophie Lefebvre and one of their sons was Severin Roberts. After the deaths of Elodie and Alexander, Isaac married Sophie, and they had two additional children. So for a time, Stephanie and Severin were raised in the same home and eventually married.

1881 Canadian Census: L'Acadie, Ste-Jean, Quebec Household: Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion Isaac PIEDALUE M Male French 53 Quebec Cultivateur Catholique Sophie LEFEBVRE M Female French 44 Quebec Catholique Arthur PIEDALUE Male French 23 Quebec Cultivateur Catholique Joseph PIEDALUE Male French 22 Quebec Etudiant Catholique Anatole PIEDALUE Male French 20 Quebec Etudiant Catholique Febrani PIEDALUE Female French 16 Quebec Etudiante Catholique Stephanie PIEDALUE Female French 15 Quebec Etudiante Catholique Hector PIEDALUE Male French 13 Quebec Catholique Leonie PIEDALUE Female French 11 Quebec Etudiante Catholique Emilien PIEDALUE Male French 8 Quebec Catholique Agnes PIEDALUE Female French 2 Quebec Catholique Victorin E PIEDALUE Male French --- Born: Aug; 0 Quebec Catholique Victorine ROBERT M Female French 24 Quebec Catholique Zephirine HEBERT Female French 2 Quebec Catholique Laure ROBERT Female French 22 Quebec Catholique Arthur ROBERT Male French 20 Quebec Catholique Severin ROBERT Male French 18 Quebec Catholique Alexandre ROBERT Male French 14 Quebec Catholique Marie-Louise ROBERT Female French 12 Quebec Catholique Clara ROBERT Female French 10 Quebec Catholique Dominateur ROBERT Male French 8 Quebec Catholique Caleb HEBERT M Male French 27 Quebec Menuisier Catholique

History from a web site about Chase Co., Nebraska: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chasecountyne/settlersp.htm Isaac Piedalue Isaac Piedalue was one of the earliest homesteaders in Chase County. He came in 1885 to the Lamar area. Isaac, grandfather of Doris Piedalue Carpenter, had a large family of 15 or 16 children, including some step-children. He married a widow by the name of Mrs. Robert, who had eight children, and together they had two children of their own, whom they named Vic and Agnes. The marriage was also the second marriage for Isaac. Isaac came to Chase County with his sons Anatele, Abselom, Caleb, Arthur and Hector. They were French Canadians who had formerly lived on the border between the United States and Canada. Isaac owned eight farms in Canada, and dealt with hay. When the United States enacted a protective tariff, he had no market for his large quantities of hay. He was no longer a young man when he lost everything and brought most of his family to Nebraska to homestead. His son, Hector Piedalue, homesteaded near the property of his parents. His house was used for a school house because he could vacate it during the day.Abasolom and Caleb were married before coming west. A house was rented in Ogallala for the wives and children to live n while the men built homes in Chase County. The family slept on tables and under tables in a two-room house until their homes were built. Family members recall how the the Piedalue wives never became accustomed to life in Chase County and missed their fine homes, schools and church. The experienced prejudice for being Catholics and experienced difficulties because of the language barrier. Hector Piedalue and Domino Robert, a son of Isaac's second wife, were the only two family members who stayed in Chase County.Doris Piedalue Carpenter told researchers that her childhood occurred during the depression. "So many times I have heard others tell of what a terrible time this was, but it was not so for me. My father had as great or greater financial difficulties as the other people, I'm sure. But I never felt deprived because I never heard anyone complain. I don't recall hearing my father complain about any misfortunes."Doris also told a story which she said was " told to me with a smile and twinkle in the eye. It was told by a cousin whose parents homesteaded near Lamar. She said, 'of course, we burned the only fuel available. Papa built a lean-to to keep them dry. He then loaded the children in the wagon and drove across the plains so the children might gather buffalo chips. We would drive home with a wagon load to the shed where papa saw that we placed them in orderly stacks. We had the neatest and best protected stacks of anyone around'."(Information provided to the Historical Society by Doris Piedalue Carpenter.)

1910 United States Federal Census Record Name: Isac Piedalue Age in 1910: 82 Estimated birth year: abt 1828 Home in 1910: 3-Wd Missoula, Missoula, Montana Neighbors: View Results Race: White Gender: Male