Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Wilfred Prefontaine

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Name Wilfred Prefontaine Birth Bef 28 Jun 1834 [1] Baptism 28 Jun 1834 Saint-Antoine-de-Pade, Longueuil, Québec [1]
Gender Male Alternate birth Abt 1835 Canada [2, 3]
Death Aft 2 Sep 1895 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon [4]
Person ID I33126 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TC Last Modified 27 Mar 2021
Father Alexis Fournier dit Prefontaine, b. 20 Aug 1791, Longueuil, Québec Mother Marie-Louise Patenaude, b. 9 Jan 1798, Longueuil, Québec d. 14 Aug 1871, Chateauguay, Québec
(Age 73 years)
Marriage 30 Oct 1815 Saint-Antoine-de-Pade, Longueuil, Québec [5, 6]
Family ID F19559 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Nancy Neal, b. 1836, Washington County, Missouri d. Bef Sep 1895 (Age < 59 years)
Marriage 21 Dec 1874 Jackson County, Oregon [7]
Children + 1. Frances Louella Prefontaine, b. 1 Jan 1876, Jacksonville, Jackson, Oregon d. 20 Feb 1951, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
(Age 75 years)
Family ID F19558 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Mar 2021
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Notes - He was baptized Leon Wilfred Fournier dit Prefontaine. He appears to have arrived in Oregon about 1875. He was a miner, at least part of the time, and his estate contained "mining property." His will mentions his daughter "Frances Carr."
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Sources - [S52] Quebec vital and church records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, on ancestry.com.
- [S4021] 1910 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., Not named; birth country given (Canada, French).
- [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com.
- [S5165] Oregon, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1849-1963, on ancestry.com.
- [S5199] Genealogy of Canada site.
- [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2021., date and town only.
- [S5167] Nancy Neal, in the Early Oregonians database at the Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon.
- [S52] Quebec vital and church records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, on ancestry.com.