Document - Historical information/data - Information on 3 pioneer families - 12/18/2008
low
TU H1 BMAN HAWEPMANN' S OF RAGAN
Herman Rawernana was born in Germany November 12, 1865. He
came to ameriea in 1996 at the age of 21.
For a number of years Ferman worked in the South St. Paul
packing plants. He also worked on farms in the Dakotas.
On July 25th 1999 he bought 90 acres of land from Michael
and Rose Corcoran in section 24.
Anna Maria Greiger van born in Germany November 19, 1!72
and came to America in 1899 at the age of 17. She worked for
the wealthy on Summit Avenue in St. Paul.
Anna did the family laundry by hand on a wash board
starting at 4:00 A. M. at 6:30 she would stop washing and
get breakfast for the family, then she went back to the laundry
to finish her work. Her pay was room and board and $3.00 per
month.
In 1901 Hermann Hawermaan married Anna Maria Greiger, they
had four children, three daughters and one eon.
Herman bought a steam engine and threshing machine in 1912
and did threshing in Eagan, Inver Grove and Rosemount until 19211.
Herman retired in the late 1930's and passed away June 12, 1949
at the age of 114.
Anna Maria passed away November 2, 1973 at the age of 100
years, 11 months and 15 days,
THE ALEXANDER HUARD FAMILY
Alexander Huard was born June 27, 1818 at St. Nicolas, Quebec to
Charles Huard and Josette IM"bert.
In 1848 he came to Minnesota and resided at Mendota until 1855
when he moved to a farm at Inver Grove. In 1865 he opened a grocery
store and saloon in Eagan at the crossing of the Mendota and the St.
Paul roads. This establishment was and had been for some time the
first relay station out of St. Paul for the stage-coach line. The
middle part of the building at the #alf*way Aouse,as it has been
called for over a century.is part of the original building.
In 1854 Alexander Huard married Jane McDermott, a native of Ireland.
This is the first recorded christian marriage in Eagan.
Alex and Jane had two daughters, Mary Ann and Ellen Huard. Mary
Ann married Adolph Perron and were the parents of (15) fifteen children.
They are the parents of Mrs. Florence Kennedy 90 years old of Mendota
Heights and her brother Elmer along with their brothers and sisters.
This makes Florence Kennedy's children the great grand children of
Alexander and Jan Huard.
Ellen Huard Married Alexander Perron Brother to Adolph and William.
William Perron married Adiana Tousignant, they are the parents of Albert
Perron of Eagan.
Alexander Huard died November 19 1894 and his wife died four months
later on March 21st, 1895.
They are both buried in St. Peter's Cemetery at Mendota, Dakota
County, Minnesota.
Ref: Ronald F. Tue tic
Francis J. Dembroski
L9 Y U F 'Alexander Huard was born in St. Nicholas,
• Canada, in 1818. Here he was reared to man-
hood, and in 1848 came to Minnesota, and until
1855, lived at Mendota, then moved to Inver
Grove, locating on a farm. Since 1868 be has
made his home in Eagan. Married Miss Jane
3 S3 McDermott, a native of Ireland, in 1854. Ellen
and Mary Ann are their children.
L. D. HAUSE
Another prominent farmer in Eagan was LD. Hause, who owned
900 acres of land in Eagan. He was a native of New York State, his
property including the Black Dog village, according to history books.
His son, Ludwig D., also engaged in farming the home place until
his death in about 1936. J.A. (Pete) Adelmann bought the farm "about
1945 and it presently contains the Seneca plant of the metropolitan
waste control commission, and an industrialized area near highway 13.
None of the Hause family lives in Eagan Today.
Elizabeth Kenneally