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Date |
Life of Grand / Rieu / Fauroux |
Events during the time period or sources of info |
1780 | Mathieu Grand is born to Jean Grand and Jeanne Cousinet in Bédeille, Ariege, France | The Marriage record of Mathieu Grand and Rose Estrad list Mathieu's parents and his age. The Marriage record also states where he was born. |
1810 |
Feb 10th, Mathieu Grand and Rose Estrad marry in
Bédeille, Ariege, France.
Mathieu is 30 years old at this time (b: 1780) and Rose is about 24 years old. Rose is from Fabas, Ariege, France. |
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1830 | July 24th, Jean Marie Grand is born to Mathieu Grand and Rose Estrad in Bédeille, Ariege, France. A bit more about Bédeille | Per the actual birth record as microfilmed and stored at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
1856 | Aug 5th, Jean Marie Grand marries Jeanne Marie Fauroux. Bédeille, Ariege, France |
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1866 |
• Ferdinand Eugene
Grand born in Marseilles France. Jan 22, 1866 Jeanne Marie Foiroux is a housewife Jean Marie Grand works at the tax / trade houses in Marseille, assisting with the collecting of use taxes on products brought into France via Marseille, the 2nd or 1st busiest port in France at the time.. Ferdinand is born towards the end of January of 1866 and is the 325th birth recorded by the civil authorities for 1866. Contrast that with the birth number of Marie Anais Rieu, born on December 10 1880 in Oust. |
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1870 |
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1871 |
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Siege of Paris (1870-1). |
1875 |
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Birth of the Third Republic. |
1876 |
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1878 |
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• Paris World's Fair. |
1880 |
Dec 10 - Marie Anais Rieu born in Oust, Ariege, France Marie is the 25th birth to be registered by the civil authority in Oust. |
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Significant education reforms in France take place between 1880 and
1882. |
1881 |
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1888 |
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1889 |
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• Paris World's Fair – Eiffel Tower built for Fair |
1890 |
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1891 |
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Ellis
Island / Barge Office starts processing Immigrants to US |
1892 |
• Ferdinand Eugene Grand files Statement of Intention to become US citizen. |
• Binger's mission to the Ivory Coast. |
1894 |
• Ferdinand Eugene Grand naturalized as US Citizen • October: Simon Fauroux (age 6) and Jules Fauroux (age 33) come to the US via New York aboard the La Bourgogne New York Times article about the La Bourgogne La Bourgogne ship picture By 1917, Simon Fauroux has settled in Cripple Creek, CO and lists his occupation as a blacksmith working for the Eclipse Leasing Company. Family history lore says he ran a brothel in Cripple Creek at some point. By 1920, Jules Fauroux has a farm just outside of Canon City. The Census of 1920 census says he owns the farm and is a widower. Family history is that EF Grand was sent to Colorado to be with his cousin Simon in the 1920's |
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The Ivory Coast, Dahomey and Guinea become French colonies. |
1895 |
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First public film projection, by the Lumière brothers, in Paris. |
1896 |
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US
Supreme Court Rules “separate but equal” |
1897 |
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• Spain and America at war over Cuba. |
1899 |
• Marie Anais Rieu immigrates to USA |
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Dreyfus's retrial begins. |
1900 |
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Main
Office for Immigrants opens on Ellis Island FACTS about this decade.
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1901 |
• Marie Anais Rieu and Ferdinand Eugene Grand marry in New York City. |
1901 Plaza Hotel in New York City - Electric and Horse Drawn Trollies. •
Death of Queen Victoria. |
1903 |
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The first Tour de France takes place and the Wright brothers make the
first flights. |
1905 |
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• Laws are passed in France separating the Church from the State |
1906 |
Broadway and the New York Post Office. |
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1908 |
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Pathé's cinema, Le Métropole, opens. |
1909 |
May: Marie Rieu, Sr. 70 years old, arrives in New York. |
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Robert E Peary reaches the North Pole. |
1910 |
• Feb: Marie Thelma Grand is born in New York City.
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FACTS about this decade
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1911 |
• Jan: Mildred Nancy Pigg born in Canon City, Colorado. |
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1912 |
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1914 |
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August 3rd, 1914, WWI starts in Europe when Germany invades Belgium. Mutual protection treaties bring England and France into War. |
1915 |
Marie Anais Rieu (Age 35) dies near or in St. Girons, Ariege, France |
See third page of this PDF file for St. Girons location relative to Marie's birthplace. |
1917 | June: Simon P. Fauroux fills out a WWI draft card, showing occupation, age, and birth information. | April 6th, 1917, American joins WWI after a German U-boat sinks the Lusitania and other provocative acts of war. |
1918 |
Ferdinand Grand moves to Chicago (per 1928 death certificate) |
Nov 11, fighting stops in WWI. Treaty of Versailles followed in June of 1919 |
1920 |
April: Census shows Ferdinand Eugene Grand and Elsie Grand as lodgers in Chicago. Is this our Ferdinand Grand? Lists his age as 65? And who is Elsie from Ireland. Is that Maggie or Margaret? The occupation is about right for FE Grand. I am sure FE Grand said age 55 and it was written down wrong. June: Eugene Patrick Grand born to Ferdinand and Maggie Dunn Grand. Dec: Eugene Ferdinand (age 14) comes back from
France. Bound for Chicago and dad. |
Prohibition
Begins in the US. Lasts for 13 years FACTS ABOUT THIS DECADE
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1926 |
Aug: EF Grand (19, almost 20) starts working in Coloardo.Detail from resume handwritten by EF Grand in 1940. Full Resume Image Aug: Jules Fauroux granted BLM land patent 984420 for 40 acres near Pigg and Nash Ranches. Later land grants (two for 320 acres each) are awarded adjacent to this land grant. (BLM patents 995764 and 995768 in Feb 1927) |
View Larger Map |
1927 |
Oct: Marie Thelma Grand (age 17) comes back from France. Bound for Chicago and dad. Aboard the Rousillon |
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1928 |
March: Ferdinand Eugene Grand (age 62) dies in Chicago. Gravestone Photo |
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1929 |
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Oct: Stock Market Crash – The Great Depression |
1930 |
April 8 and 9th : Census shows Margret Grand and Eugene P. Grand living in Chicago. Also E F Grand living in Guffey CO area, working for Walter Nash Nov: Eugene F. Grand and Mildred Nancy Pigg get married around Guffey, probably at the Nash Ranch. |
FACTS about this decade:
Population: 123,188,000 in 48 states |
1939 |
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Sept: WWII starts in Europe. US joins in December 1941. D-Day 1945 |
1940 |
E F Grand writes out Field Assignments with Federal Government Handwritten Resume |
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1947 |
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1958 | Thelma Grand Hamilton fills out her Social Security Card application. Living in Yonkers, NY. | |
1967 |
E F Grand receives certificate of appreciation recognizing his retirement from Federal Government service. Letter from Stewart Udall, Secretary of Interior |
First issue of ComputerWorld is issued. |
1978 |
E F
Grand writes down a bit of his family history for grandson David Grand |
Jimmy Carter brokers the Camp David accords allowing Egypt and Israel to agree to peace terms. |
1980 | E.P. Grand and E.F. Grand get together in Canon City Colorado | |
1984 |
August 7 - Thelma Grand Hamilton marries Paul Donnell Harrison in Bexar County Texas |
Apple introduces it's first Macintosh Computer and IBM introduces it's first AT-class PC. |
1990 |
June - EF Grand passes away at his home in Canon City, Colo Gravesite Photo Funeral Bulletin |
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1992 |
Sept: Thelma Grand Hamilton Harrison dies near Bexar County, Texas |
LA
Riots after Rodney King's arresting officers were found innocent of
wrongdoing in Rodney King's beating. |
2004 |
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2010 |
Nov. Ronald Eugene Grand, son of E.F.
Grand, dies in Coloardo Springs, CO
To the right is the location of the cemetery located on Big Bear Ranch near Guffey Colorado. It is a private ranch and the cemetery is on private property. The Coordinates are: 38.726280, -105.487144
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2012 |
Jan - John Grand of Le Grange, Ill passes away |
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2013 | Jan - Teresa Marie Johnson Grand passes passes away - Littleton, CO | |
Compiled by David Grand with
assistance from Jason Barton and Eugene Ferdinand Grand and John Grand
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