- Died
At the residence of H.K. White, in this city, on the 19th inst., JOSETTE, wife of SOLOMON JUNEAU.
The deceased had been in poor health for some time and I came here with her husband from their residence in the country, for medical advice and treatment. There was nothing in the nature of her disease calculated to excite alarm ; in fact, she appeared to be improving, but while her friends were flushed with alarm and congratulating her upon a speedy recovery, she died! so sudden was her exit from this to the sprit land.
The death of this good woman deserves more than a passing notice; more than a simple record of the fact that she lived and died. Her history is intimately connected with that of our city and State, from their earliest settlement. Indeed, her life has been an eventful one, inasmuch as she has been called to pass through all the phases, hardships and trials, incidents, to the settlement of a new country.
Mrs. Juneau was the daughter of Jacques Vieau, late of Green Bay, and was born in April, 1804; consequently at her death she was fifty-one years of age. She resided at Green Bay and vicinity until 1820, when she was married to Mr. Juneau, who was then engaged as a trader on the spot where our city is now located; whither she removed soon after her marriage. Here, in this then lonely wilderness, with no society or sympathizing of friends, except what she found in the bosom of her own family, she started anew on the journey of life and with patience, shared with her husband the hardships and self denials of a border life; and for thirteen years, up to 1835, there was scarcely an incident to break this monotonous mode of living. The nearest white settlement on the north being Green Bay, and on the south, Chicago.
In 1833, the tide of emigration flowing into the Mississippi Valley found its way to this locality, known then only as a trading post.. Very soon, however, the spirit of enterprise, so rife at that day, projected a city, and in a brief period, the advantages of Milwaukee became extensively known, and its progress has been gradual, until the spot marked only by the trader's cabin, has become a populous city, and the above of civilization and refinement.
This great change the deceased lived to witness; and she has done her part towards laying the foundations of society here for future generations. But she has gone to her final rest; and how fitting and how consolotary the thought to her friends, that after having from choice removed to a more quiet rural retreat in the country, away from the bustle of the city, still she should return to die upon the very spot from whence she started out on life's great voyage, and surrounded by all the endearing associations of her earlier days.
Mrs. Juneau was educated in the Catholic faith, and for many years has been a devoted and consistent member of the church.
Her christian virtues were eminently illustrated by her benevolent acts. Her charities were never confined within the narrow limits of a sect or creed, but the suffereing poor, the sick and afflicted of every creed and condition in life, within the range of her acquaintance, were made the happy recipients of her kindness and bounty; and every class of suffering humanity always found in her a warm and sympathising heart. She was a fond, faithful and a devoted wife, an affectionate and loving mother. Her bereaved husband as he now moves in his lonely pilgrim age will cherish with meek rememberance her many virtues and the numerous children she has left behind, will never forget their fond, indugent and affectionate mother.
The deceased has also left a large circle of friends who have known her intimately for the past fifteen or twenty years and admired her simplicity of character, her truthfulness and amiability, who will deeply sympathize with the family their sad breavement. But all are consoled with the belief that what is loss to her family and friends is infinite gain to her.
"Seet is the sceen where virtue dies,
Where sinks a silent soul to rest."
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Beaver Dam Argus
Wed, Nov 28, 1855 ·Page 2
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Jindra and Chaloupka Families
1804 - 1855 (51 years)
d. 7 Jul 1852, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States 
