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Descendants of Maurice Langdeau Generation No. 1 1. MAURICE1 LANGDEAU1,2,3,4 was born September 08, 1819 in Canada5,6, and died November 08, 1876 in Wheeler, Charles Mix County, South Dakota7. He married MARGARET HART8,9,10,11,12,13 September 18, 1848 in Wyoming14, daughter of BENJAMIN HART and UNKNOWN WOMAN. She was born June 12, 1832 in Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska14,15, and died June 18, 1928 in Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota16,17,18. Notes for MAURICE LANGDEAU: From "The Saga of Sully Flats," by Adeline S. Gnirk, published 1977, by Gregory Times-Advocate, Gregory, South Dakota, page 152. Maurice was born in Mexico the son of a French fur trader who had immigrated to Canada from France. Affiliated with the Hudson Bay Fur Company he may have followed the Mississippi River trapping and trading furs until he reached the Gulf of Mexico. Maurice Landeaux Sr., and early freighter boss in Dakota Territory, operated conestoga freight wagons, drawn by mules, from Rulo west through the Dakotas, Wyoming and Colorado. He was married to Margaret Hart of Rulo and they became the parents of Adelle, Mary, Susan, Margaret, Emily, Armine, Henry and Maurice Jr. The sons also drove in the freight caravans owned by their father. Page 160 Maurice Landeaux (or Langdeaux) was a native of Mexico, son of a French fur trader from Canada. Maurice and Margaret were the parents of 6 beautiful and competent daughters who are referred to as the "Belles of the Rosebud." Two sons, Maurice Jr. and Henry were freighters, driving mules from Rulo to Fort Pierre, S.D. One of the brothers met his death at the feet of his mules. Page 320 Maurice ran a freighting line from Rulo to Fort Pierre, S.D. He was killed as his 8 mule drawn conestaga wagon, part of a train, slipped on sidehill terrain dumping logs on him. His sons, Henry and Maurice, Jr. continued the freighting lines. _______________________________________________________________________ From: "The Saga of Ponca Land," by Adeline S. Gnirk, published 1979 by Gregory Times-Advocate, Gregory, SD, page 305. Maurice Landeaux had been born in Mexico, the son of a French fur trapper and trader from Canada. Maurice Sr. was a freighter, driving wagon caravans pulled by mules from Rulo, Nebraska on West; he had been killed when his wagon loaded with timber slid on a siding and over - turned with him. Maurice and Margaret Landeaux, Sr. became the parents of six daughters who played a vital part in the building of Gregory County - Adelle Emery, Mary Durfee, Margaret Turgeon, Armine Turgeon, Susan Dion and Emily Gireau. They had two sons, Maurice Jr. who married Amy Fallas of Lower Brule (her father was an early fur trader) and Henry who was killed in a freighting accident involving mules. A daughter, Angeline, died in infancy. _________________________________________________________________________ Morris was originally buried in the Langdeau Cemetery (also known as the Geddes Park Cemetery) in Geddes, Charles Mix County, South Dakota, and was reinterred in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery when Fort Randall Dam was constructed. The 1860 Federal Census of Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska, page 257, lists him as Morris Langdeaux, and unable to read or write. His name may have been Henri Maurice Langdeau. The name is often found spelled Landeaux, Langdeaux, Laugdeau, Langdeau, Londeaux, Langdo, Lacoste, Languedoc, or Londo. More About MAURICE LANGDEAU: Date born 2: September 08, 1818, Canada Date born 3: September 08, 1819, Mexico 1 Date born 4: 1830, Canada19 Died 2: December 04, 1878, Wheeler, Charles Mix County, South Dakota20 Burial: Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota20 Census: 1860, Richardson County, Nebraska, page 257 Census 2: 1870, Township 2, Range 17, Richardson County, Nebraska, page 7 Occupation: Bet. 1860 - 1870, Farmer Value of Pers. Estate: 1860, $500 Value of Pers. Estate 2: 1870, $100021 Value of Real Estate: 1870, $400021 Notes for MARGARET HART: From "The Saga of Sully Flats," by Adeline S. Gnirk, published 1977, by Gregory Times-Advocate, Gregory, South Dakota, page 320. Margaret Hart Landeaux was born 1823 in Rulo, Nebraska and she lived to the age of 105 years. She died June 20, 1928 in Burke, S.D. She spoke only French, but her English speaking daughter, Armine, understood her. They laughed and talked over many things. Page 323 Margaret Hart (Landeaux) was baptized in 1838 by the French Missionary, Father DeSmet, at Fort Omaha, Nebraska when she was fourteen summers old. From that day until her death, she was a devout Catholic. Father DeSmet had succeeded in bringing peace between the Sioux and Potawatomi Indians. The Indians gathered at Fort Omaha where many converts were baptized that day. Maurice and Margaret (Hart) Landeaux became the parents of nine children: Margaret, Adelle (Emery); Mary (Durfee); Emily (Gireau); Susan (Dion); Armine (Turgeon); Henry and Maurice, Jr. and Angeline, deceased infant. _______________________________________________________________ The 1880 Census lists her as Margaret Londeau. The 1920 Federal Census of Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota, page 8A, lists her as age 86, widowed, living alone, born in South Dakota, race: Indian, unable to read or write, father born in U.S., mother born in U.S. Margaret and children Mary, Adela and Maurice listed as Langdo in 1856-1857 and 1860 Nemaha Half- Breed Allotments. More About MARGARET HART: Date born 2: 1823, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska22,23 Date born 3: June 01, 1823, Mouth of the White River, Brule County, South Dakota24 Date born 4: 1826, Nebraska Date born 5: 1830, Dakota Territory25 Date born 6: June 1833, South Dakota26 Date born 7: 1834, South Dakota27,28 Date born 8: Abt. 183529 Date born 9: 1836, Dakota Territory30 Allotment: Bet. 1856 - 185731 Burial: June 20, 1928, Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota Cause of Death: Senility32 Census: 1860, Richardson County, Nebraska, page 257 Census 2: 1870, Township 2, Range 17, Richardson County, Nebraska, page 7 Census 3: 1880, Charles Mix County, Dakota Territory, page 234 Census 4: 1900, Rosebud Indian Reservation, Meyer County, South Dakota, page 19A Census 5: 1910, Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota, page 7A Census 6: 1920, Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota, page 8A Indian Census: 1891, Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota Land Patent: March 23, 1908, Gregory County, South Dakota, 320 acres33 Land Patent 2: March 23, 1908, Gregory County, South Dakota, 320 acres33 Occupation: 1910, Own Income34 Tribe: Yankton35 Tribe 2: Full Blood Sioux36 2 Value of Real Estate: 1860, $1600 More About MAURICE LANGDEAU and MARGARET HART: Marriage: September 18, 1848, Wyoming37 Children of MAURICE LANGDEAU and MARGARET HART are: 2. i. MARY HART2 LANGDEAU, b. June 12, 1851, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska; d. 1876, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska. 3. ii. ADELLE "ADDIE" LANGDEAU, b. January 05, 1853, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska; d. December 20, 1947, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota. 4. iii. MAURICE/MORRIS LANGDEAU, b. April 10, 1856, Hamburg, Fremont County, Iowa; d. September 25, 1929, Lower Brule Indian Reservation, Lyman County, South Dakota. 5. iv. MARGARET "MAGGIE" LANGDEAU, b. September 12, 1858, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska; d. February 17, 1926, Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota. 6. v. HENRY B. LANGDEAU, b. July 22, 1861, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska; d. January 13, 1888, Wheeler, Charles Mix County, South Dakota. 7. vi. SUSAN "SUSIE" LANGDEAU, b. February 19, 1864, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska; d. November 28, 1939, Burke, Gregory County, South Dakota, page 7B. 8. vii. EMILY A. LANGDEAU, b. May 06, 1866, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska; d. Aft. 1937. viii. ANGELINE LANGDEAU38, b. January 23, 1870, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska39; d. February 17, 187139. More About ANGELINE LANGDEAU: Baptism: 187039 Burial: Langdeaux Cemetery, Charles Mix County, South Dakota ix. SARAH CORINE LANGDEAU, b. April 1870, Nebraska40; d. February 17, 1871, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska. More About SARAH CORINE LANGDEAU: Date born 2: June 06, 1870, Nebraska Burial: Rulo Cemetery, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska Census: 1870, Township 2, Range 17, Richardson County, Nebraska, page 7 9. x. ARMINE LANGDEAU, b. December 12, 1870, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska; d. March 24, 1940, Bonesteel, Gregory County, South Dakota. Generation No. 2 2. MARY HART2 LANGDEAU (MAURICE1)41,42,43,44 was born June 12, 1851 in Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska45,46, and died 1876 in Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska47. She married RUSSELL KILBURN DURFEE48 September 21, 1869 in Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska49. He was born September 01, 1846 in Clay County, Missouri50,51, and died June 25, 1917 in Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska52. More About MARY HART LANGDEAU: Date born 2: 1846, Nebraska53 Date born 3: 1849, Wyoming Date born 4: June 12, 1850, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska Allotment: Bet. 1856 - 185754 Baptism: February 24, 186055 Burial: Rulo Cemetery, Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska Census: 1860, Richardson County, Nebraska, page 257 Census 2: 1870, Township 2, Range 17, Richardson County, Nebraska, page 7 Tribe: Yankton56 Value of Real Estate: 1860, $1000 Notes for RUSSELL KILBURN DURFEE: From "The Saga of Sully Flats," by Adeline S. Gnirk, published 1977, by the Gregory Times-Advocate, Gregory, SD, pages 151-152. Russell K. (1836-1917) was born in Missouri and came to Rulo, Nebraska just prior to the Civil War with his 3 parents Edmond J. and Caroline (Clark) Durfee. Edmond was a millwright by trade; he traveled with his brother Jabez and two companions from Iowa to the territory of Nebraska in 1857 to erect a mill for Charles Rulo. He built the first mill on the Muddy Missouri near the site of Rulo, Nebraska. Russell K. Durfee and Mary Landeaux were married in Rulo, Nebraska. Her father, Maurice Landeaux Sr. constructed a brick home for them which was located about one mile from the Missouri River.