Jacques Vieau
American fur trader
Jacques Vieau (or Vieaux or Vieux), born (Montreal QC, May 5, 1757 – July 1, 1852, Howard, Wisconsin) was a French-Canadian fur trader and the first permanent white settler in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Also known as 'Jeambeau", Jacques Vieux was a descendant of a colonial French family that originally settled in Quebec City. Vieux was employed by the North West Company, developing trade roads from Quebec City to the Algonquines and Petawatomi Nations to what is today Kansas. He died in Howard, Wisconsin.
Biography
In 1786 (1786), Vieau came to Green Bay, where he married Angelique Roy that same year. She was the granddaughter of Potawatomi Indian chief Anaugesa. They had at least twelve children together.
In 1795, Vieau settled at Jambo Creek in Manitowoc County. While employed by the North West Company, Vieau established a fur trading post in the area that would become employed by the North West Company in 1795, along with outposts at Kewaunee, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan. His Milwaukee cabin was built on top of a bluff overlooking the Menomonee Valley and became his winter residence away from Green Bay.
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