Family moved to St.Paul Mn Cathederal Place in the same building with paternal
grand parents, Eugene and Dehlia Durand. They moved from the farm near
Stillwater in Fall of 1930 after school started. The father Joseph decided
to move back to the city when three cows were killed by a train that ran on a
track next to the farm home. He was afraid that one of the children would be
next.
!INDIVIDUAL BIRTH SOURCE NOTES:
Sarah loved Faribault her home town and visited whenever she could. When her
children were old enough they would go down to Faribault to help Granpa Begin
on his farm. In 1936 Leo, Marie, Corrine, Lorraine, and Marge all went to
Faribault to help Joseph Henry Begin who was dying. This was the same year
that Gertrude Lillian married Tom Bacigalupo.
!INDIVIDUAL BIRTH SOURCE NOTES:
Sarah love tea and regularly bought it from a traveling salesman who worked
for the Jewel Tea Co. when they lived on west 7th St. in St.Paul. Esther
later continued the practice after Sarah had died.
!FAMILY MARRIAGE SOURCE NOTES:
The marriage date is based on the age of the oldest child, Esther.
!INDIVIDUAL DEATH RESEARCH NOTES:
The funeral for Sarah was at St.James Catholic Church on west 7th street in
St.Paul, MN. Funeral procession to Faribault on the same day as the funeral
for burial at Calvary Cemetary. Children were:
i.
Esther DURAND(1) was born on 29 Jun
1909 in Charles Street, St.Paul Mn. She died in 1935.
ii.
Richard DURAND(1) was born on 4 Mar
1911 in Charles Street, St.Paul Mn. He died in 1997 in St.Paul, Mn. !INDIVIDUAL
GENERAL RESEARCH NOTES:
At the time of his death the newspaper reported that Uncle rich had 34
grandchildren and many great grand children.
iii.
Henry Napoleon DURAND(1) was born
on 6 Jun 1912 in Charles Street, St.Paul Mn. !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES:
On 9/14/97 Gertrude told a story of Hank having to bury the after-birth when a
child was born . A doctor, (Doctor O'Connor) attended the birth of the
Durand children but it was up to the family to deal with the after-birth.
Sarah would ask Hank to do it. Sarah instructed Hank to bury it two feet
under ground in an empty lot near the house. Hank and Sarah were very close
and she and Hank teased each other often.
!INDIVIDUAL GENERAL RESEARCH NOTES:
Henry is favorite Uncle of Donald Charles Bacig. He had close relationship
with his grandfather Joseph Eugene Ludger Durand
Henry,(Hank)
worked with Joseph Eugene in the woods. Hank remembers his grandfather
repairing a wagon wheel on the road with the simplest of tools. He also
remembers Joseph Eugene Straigtening barns by line of sight only. Hank once
checked his work by using a level and found it to be true. Joseph Eugene also
pulled stumps using a team of mules and a long log as a lever to lift the long
stumg from the ground.
Hank was a great sport hunter and fisherman. He also was a sky Jumper once
breaking his back in a fall off the Battle Creek Sky Jump. After the fall he
crawled to his car and went home and it wasn't til a couple of days later that
he found out that he broken his back.
iv. Barbara
DURAND(1) was born on 10 Nov 1914
in At Home 917 Vista St. St.Paul Mn area). She died in 1915.
3 v.
Gertrude Lillian DURAND.
vi. Marie
Genivieve DURAND(1) was born on 25
Nov 1917 in At Home 917 Vista St. St.Paul Mn area).
vii.
Corrine DURAND(1) was born on 10 Nov
1919 in At Home 917 Vista St. St.Paul Mn area).
viii.
Marjorie Rita DURAND(1) was born on
23 May 1922 in At Home 917 Vista St. St.Paul Mn area). !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE
NOTES:
Lives in So.Carolina - Two Children
!FAMILY GENERAL RESEARCH NOTES:
Two children born of this marraige
ix. Lorraine
Florence DURAND(1) was born on 26
Apr 1926 in At Home 917 Vista St. St.Paul Mn area).
x. Died
At Birth DURAND(1) was born 1927,JULY.
She died 1927,JULY. !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL RESEARCH NOTES:
Joseph told Gertrude when she was about 18 that there was a 12th child who
Joseph described as a "Little Mary." The fetus died in the womb. Sarah was
suffering from TB and could not sustain the pregnancy.
xi. Leo
John DURAND(1) was born on 11 Aug
1918 in At Home 917 Vista St. St.Paul Mn area). He died on 20 Sep 1977. He
was buried in Fort Snelling Cemetary St.Paul Mn. !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL RESEARCH
NOTES:
Leo was a veteran or the second world war. He entered when he was about 25
years old near the end of the war. He was stationed in the states and Gert
believes he served by repairing/working on planes due to his trade skills as a
carpenter. Gert saw a picture of him with his group and by a plane. Gert
thought that he was a staff sargent or corporal. Gert thought that he may
have permanently injured his wrists during this time. Gert thought that he
didn't have regular strength in his hands and wrists. Leo look terrific in
his uniform.
xii.
Rita Jane DURAND(1) was born in 1924
in At Home 917 Vista St. St.Paul Mn area). She died in 1924. She was buried
in Calvary Cemetary Faribault Mn.
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