Événements complémentaires ou Attributs personnels:

• Occupation: Homme d'affaires

Notes:

Term: Dessert Joseph 1819 - 1910
Definition:
lumberman b. Maskinonge Quebec Canada. He came to Wisconsin in 1840 to work for the American Fur Co. at La Pointe 1840-1844 and in 1844 began his lumbering career as a laborer at Little Bull Falls now Mosinee on the Wisconsin River. With two partners he rented a sawmill in 1849 and by 1859 had become sole owner. His business prospered and in 1880 he made his nephew Louis Dessert a partner. In 1890 the firm was incorporated as the Joseph Dessert Lumber Co. He participated in Mosinee politics operated a large farm and for some time owned a tannery and gristmill. In 1905 he moved to Milwaukee after the depletion of his timber supply. He had amassed a large fortune and lived in retirement until his death. E. B. Usher Wis. 8 vols. Chicago 1914 - L. Marchetti Hist. of Marathon Co. . . . Chicago 1913 - Wausau Pilot Jan. 3 1911 - WPA MS.

The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the Dessert Family Business Records for details.

View newspaper clippings at Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles.
[Source: Dictionary of Wisconsin biography]

Baptême:
p/m François Bastien et Adélaïde Beaulieu tante de l'enfant - Par Lebourdais ptre

Joseph s'est marié à SANFORD Mary Elizabeth le 29 jan 1862 à Waukesha, Waukesha, WI, États-Unis. Mary (fille de SANFORD William E et TILLSON Lavinia) est née le 25 sep 1836 à Butternut Creek, Otsego, NY, États-Unis; est décédée le 1 juil 1881 à Mosinee, Marathon, WI, États-Unis. [Collectif] [Tableau familial]

Stella s'est mariée à THOMPSON Henry M le 1 mars 1888 à Mosinee, Marathon, WI, États-Unis. [Collectif] [Tableau familial]