Edward B. Gamache

1872 - 1873  (0 years)

• Name	Edward B. Gamache
  Birth	18 Dec 1872
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Sep 1873
  Person ID	I4789	King/Roy | Ancestors and relatives of Alphonse Gamache
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Phillippe Ferdinand Gamache,   b. 3 May 1830, Cap St-Ignace, PQ CANADA d. 24 Jan 1907, Langford, MARSHALL, South Dakota (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Julia Lambert dit Champagne,   b. Aug 1848, Waterville, KENNEBEC, Maine d. 18 Feb 1932, Langford, MARSHALL, South Dakota (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1866	Minneapolis, HENNEPIN, Minnesota   [1]
  Notes	In 1883, Ferdinand Gamache, with his wife, Julia Lambert Gamache, came to Dakota Territory from Dayton, Minnesota. They lo¬cated in Hickman Township on land now owned by James Reints. Mr. Gamache filed the first claim in Hickman Town ship and with a final payment of four dollars on March 20 , 1890 he received a patent on the land. They had ten children, who were: John, Julie, Louise, George, Peter, Georgiana, Ida, Cecile, Fred, and Philip. Mr. Gamache put up a sod shanty, which was their home until a two story frame house was built several years later. Here the Ga¬mache's passed through all the ups and downs of pioneer life. In 1902, they returned to Minnesota to live. On a visit to South Dakota, Mr. Gamache died and is buried in Langford's Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Gamache is also buried there. Their son, George, was Postmaster at Andover, S.D., from May 15, 1893 until March 10, 1896. His sister, Julia Gamache worked in the post office with him until her marriage to Selden Colcord. The ten children are all deceased, but there are many grandchildren living, mostly in Minnesota. By Mrs. Newton Jones Married: reported by family as 26 Dec 1867
  Documents		1870 Federal Census for Dayton, HENNEPIN, Minnesota Phillip Ferdinand Gamache Family and Peter Eutrop Victor Gamache Family
  		South Dakota, Territorial Census, 1885, Ferdinand Gamache family Lowell, MARSHALL, South Dakota
  Histories		anecdotal information from book on North Dakota history
  Family ID	F1481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died: died of dysentary

  
  

• Sources

  [S65] Minnesota Marriages 1849-1950, (Family Search). Groom: Ferdinand Gamache Bride: Julia Lambert Marriage Date: 17 Oct 1866 Marriage Place: Minneapolis, HENNEPIN, Minnesota Source Batch Number: M73665-3 System Origin: Minnesota-EASy Source Film Number: 1380419 Reference Number: bk D Og. 102