3094. Robert Edward Montreuil Montroy
My name is listed on my Baptismal and Birth Certificate as Robert Edward Montreuil in the records at Notre Dame Church and City Hall, Ogdensburg, New York. On the 1870 census of Ogdensburg, New York our family (probably Great Grandfather Antoine) adopted the English spelling of Montroy. I did uncover a Jean-Baptiste Cedilot married to Judith Cholette living in Ogdensburg in the 1850's. Tracing back I found a common ancestor in Jean-Baptiste Sedilot dit Montreuil's sons, Michel and Jean-Gabriel. Jack Cholette is descended from Michel who was married to Marie-Josephte Lalonde. We are descended from Jean-Gabriel and Marie-Amable Miville.
The main reason the Montreuil families and others moved to Eastern Ontario and Northern United States was the poor economic and political climate of the late 1700's and early 1800's. Between 1760,( the year the British "invaders" took power in Nouvelle France) and 1838, there were many conflicts between French-Canadians and English newcomers. All these conflicts ended with the Rebellion of 1837-1838, when radicals tried , without success, to stop the English domination by way of a civil war. The largest part of that war took place in Vaudreuil-Soulanges county. So for almost a century the region was under military domination. For those who were not farmers, there were few jobs.
Regarding the various dates of birth; some of these dates are actually baptismal dates which were shown in the church records instead of the date of birth. Usually the child was baptized within two or three days.
In researching at the Ogdensburg Public Library, I came across several items of interest regarding the Sedilot/Montreuil family. I found a reference to a (Role des engage du dit cannot) which gave Louis Montreuil in June 1743, Charles Montreuil de Soulanges in June 1752, and Francois Montreuil & Joseph Montreuil in June 1745, a Trade Passport to go into the interior by canoe to trade with the Indians for furs. I found a reference to a French Canadian fur trader named Louis Montra in a history of Chetek, Wisconsin, where I now live. He was married to an Indian Lady and ran a trading post in Chetek. He is buried where Lake Pokegama now covers the spot. Although the spelling is different, the pronounciation of Montreuil is the same??????? I am researching for more information.
My father was Alfred, son of Michael. His Mother was Emily who was born in 1886 and died of TB in 1914. Mike then married a woman named Florence……………..about 1916. She apparently suffered from depression and shot herself with Mike’s police service revolver about 1922. My dad came home from school for lunch and found her.
2769. Carleton Sias
In 1921, Carlton Sias and George Huntley attended the International Rotary Convention as representatives of the Waterloo Club.
He graduated from the Rochester High School and the Cornell University College of Law at Ithaca, New York. He was secretary of his law class, Speaker of the Cornell Congress and a mermber of the Cornell Debating Tean. He practiced law in Rochester until 1903, when he moved to Waterloo, Iowa, began practice there and became Attorney for the Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company and Waterloo Savings Bank. He was City Attorney of Waterloo for three years, and a member of every assiciation and club known to man. He served as a Captain with the Iowa National Guard, Company C, First Iowa Infantry on the Mexican border, and known as "Cap" forever after.