Earl Belisle. Genealogies, 1975-1990.

0.8 cubic feet (3 archives boxes) and 26 photographs.

Genealogies of the Belisle-Dufresne family and the Parent-Mars family, and histories of the early settlers at Somerset (Wisconsin) and the Apple River Settlement (Range, Polk County, Wisconsin), compiled by Earl Belisle. The first genealogy is that of Joseph Belisle (b. 1845) and his wife Celina Dufresne of Somerset, Wisconsin, their children, and their ancestors in the province of Quebec including the surnames Germain and Bouin. The Parent-Mars genealogy concerns the French-Canadian ancestors of Marie-Louise Parent (1851-1938) of Somerset, Wisconsin who, in 1872, married Joseph Maher (later Mars). Additionally, there is a history, including genealogies, of the early settlers of Somerset (Wis.), especially Louis and Joseph Parent as well as a history of the French-Canadians who settled in the Apple River Settlement, near Range (Wisconsin) with family genealogies. Included throughout are reproductions of photographs, maps, and family documents.

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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-rf00eq

Presented by Earl Belisle, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1976 and Janell Norman, River Falls, Wisconsin, 2003.