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 1872 - 1950 (78 years)
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Joseph-Alexandre CHARTIER |
Alexander (Alex) Chartier’s parents brought their family of 10 children from Canada to Dakota Territory near Jefferson, South Dakota in 1876 when Alex was 4 years old. Alex’s mother, Eliza, died before Alex was five years old. His father remarried when Alex was six years old. Alex lived with his father and stepmother until he was about 12 years old at which time he went out on his own to Sioux City, Iowa and lived in a boarding house. At age 13 years Alex was hauling sand with a team of horses and wagon for brick paving on West 7th Street in Sioux City. He contracted Diphtheria during this time and almost died. He was quarantined to a shed behind the boarding house where his landlady would bring food to him. When his throat closed so he couldn’t swallow or breath, she (as related by Alex) fed him two teaspoons of kerosene, which oozed through his closed throat and helped open it up and save his life.
In the early 1890’s Alex lived in the home of Theophile Brugier near Salix and worked as a farm hand until Brugier sold out there. In the late 1890’s Alex was a bachelor farmer and occasionally attended Saturday night dances at the home of Emmanuel and Mary LeMoine south of Bronson. Alex married Delena LeMoine, niece of Emmanuel and Mary October 3, 1898 in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Salix, Iowa. They farmed several small farms, including a fruit farm about 2 miles southeast of Bronson. They then bought and farmed 360 acres 3 ½ miles east of Bronson. They paid $145 per acre for the farm and paid for it in 10 years (1925), but took on a $2000 mortgage to keep it during the Depression and dry years of the 1930’s.
Alex could speak both French and English with his normal conversation a combination of both. To most people in the area in the early to middle 1900’s, Chartier was replaced with “Sharky”. This is a close approximation of the French Canadian pronunciation of Chartier, which is probably how it got started. Alex’s auto was a 1927 Model T Ford, which was the only car he ever owned or learned to drive.In his early farming years Alex drove his cattle to the stockyards in Sioux City on horseback going down what is now Morningside Avenue pushing a herd of cattle.
Alex lived a successful life, raised two sons, handled all of his own business affairs, and accumulated a sizeable estate without being able to read or write except to roughly sign his own name. With the help of his sister, Marie, he memorized the series of prayers in the rosary and the parochial mass so he could participate in the services of the church.
When the 1900 census was taken, this family was living in Floyd Township (Woodbury), Iowa. In this census Alexander said he was born in North Dakota. When the 1930 census was taken, this family was still living in Floyd Township (Woodbury), Iowa. Alex Chartier was a farmer. In this census he said he was born in Canada and he immigrated to the U.S. in 1893.
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| Born |
23 Jul 1872 |
Ste.Rosalie, QC, Canada  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
21 Oct 1950 |
Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA |
| Person ID |
I18635 |
Chartier Family |
| Last Modified |
7 Jul 2016 |
| Father |
Dieudonne (Louis-Philippe) CHARTIER, b. 05 Apr 1837, Ste.Rosalie, QC, Canada , d. 03 May 1910, L'Patrie, QC, Canada (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Eliza MARANDA |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Married |
05 Oct 1858 |
St.Simon, QC, Canada |
| Family ID |
F9622 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Delima LEMOINE, b. 04 Jan 1880, Southbridge, Worcester Co., MA , d. 16 Jul 1948, Bronson, Woodbury Co., IA (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
03 Oct 1898 |
Salix, IA |
| Children |
| | 1. Raymond A. CHARTIER, b. 07 Dec 1899, Grange, Dallas Co., IA , d. 01 Jun 1972, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA (Age 72 years) [Birth] |
| | 2. Richard Edward CHARTIER, b. 11 Jun 1902, Grange, Dallas Co., IA , d. 29 May 1985, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA (Age 82 years) [Birth] |
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| Last Modified |
21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 |
| Family ID |
F9660 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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![Joseph-Alexandre & Delima [LEMOINE] CHARTIER](photos/thumb_i18635_3.jpg "Joseph-Alexandre & Delima [LEMOINE] CHARTIER")