logo

An American Family History

Napoleon B. (Charles) Dwinnell

 

Various spellings of Dwinnell
Doenell, Donell, Donnall, Donnell, Duenell, Dunnel, Dunnell, Dwaniel, Dwaniell, Dwainel, Dwennel, Dwinel, Dwinell, Dwinnel, Dwinnill, Dwonill, Dwynel

 

Children of Isaac Davis Dwinnell, Jr. and
Rachel Lapoint

  • Victoria Zellena Dwinnell Miller
  • Holland Orville Dwinnell
  • Charles N. Dwinnell
  • Sophia Floritine Dwinnell Byrne
  • Napoleon B. (Charles) Dwinnell
  • David Lancaster Dwinnell

    Children of Rachael Lapointe
    and David Lancaster Jones
  • Lewis Kossuh Jones
  • Ida Ann Jones
  • Genevieve E. Jones Marvin
  • Napoleon B. Dwinnell was born on March 11, 1848 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York according to family records and Canada according to the 1885 Minnesota census. His parents were Isaac Davis Dwinnell and Rachel Lapoint. He was a baker. At some time he started using his brother, Charles' name. Charles drowned when he was eight years old.

    Charles married Gertrude D. Richie on June 11, 1869 in Point Fortune, Canada. Gertrude was born on July 15, 1854. It was Presbyterian service performed by the Reverend W. S. McCullough. Pointe Fortune is a small village between Ottawa and Montreal in Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

    Gertrude's parents were Francis Richie (Richey) and Mary Dupis. Her sister, Mary Denver Ritchie, married David Jones who was Charles' mother, Rachel Lapoint's, second husband. In 1861 the Ritchey family was in East Hawkesbury, Prescott, Canada. The household consisted of Francois age 55, Mary age 50, Mary age 22, Francois age 25 and Gertrude age 6. The Stephen Richey household was on the same census page.

    marriage record
     
    The name Lapointe is a dit name. It could have been a nickname for a soldier (the point of a lance) or for a family who lived on a point of land.

    circus
    1855

    The first European settlements in Ontario were after the American Revolution when 5,000 loyalists left the new United States.

    Charles and Gertrude's first two children were born in Pointe Fortune.

    Gertrude Cordelia Dwinnell was born on May 18, 1870. Gertrude did not come to Minnesota with the family and may have died in childhood.

    Jereline C. (Linnie, Lena) Dwinnell Cole was born on January 2, 1873. She married Alfred Cole on March 5, 1896.

    The next three children were born  in Ottawa, Ontario. In 1875 "Charles," a baker, was on Cathcart Street.

    Alice May Dwinnell Kerrott Oliver was born on October 30, 1875. She married John Kerrott in 1898. She married Joseph Charles Oliver in 1911 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    Charles Edward Dwinnell, was born on September 30, 1877 and died of "water on the brain since birth" on March 4, 1878 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was buried in the "poor ground" at Beechwood Cemetery.

    Charles Noel Angus Dwinnell was born on December 28, 1878. He married Alice Page on August 17, 1898. He married Sophie E. He died on September 23, 1963.

    Joseph Saul Angus Dwinnell was born on December. 22, 1878. He was baptized on at Notra Dame in Ottawa. His Godparents were Charles and Delphine Ferdinand. I'm not sure he was Charles' twin or the name was written incorrectly.

    Charles Francis (Uncle Chaw) Dwinnell was born on December 28, 1880 in Hull, Québec. He married Althea Schafman. in 1908. He died on September 16, 1946.

    About 1881 they immigrated to the United States and all of the remaining children were born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Daisy Mildred Dwinnell Shafer was born in 1882 and married Herbert Francis Shafer.

    Ernest Herbert (Uncle Cern) Dwinnell was born on December 6, 1884 and died in 1964.

    In 1885 the family was living in Hennepin County, Minnesota and they experienced a terrible fire along with his sister Victoria's family.

    Three Stores and Dwelling Burned
    Narrow Escape of Some of the Inmates
    Losses and Insurance

    About 4:15 clock this morning the fire department was called to the corner of Stevens Avenue and Twenty sixth street where a triple row of-two-story frame buildings owned by Mr Ridgeway was in flames.

    Two of the three ground floors were occupied— one a hardware store by J. W. Miller and the other a bakery by C Dwinnell The upper floors were occupied as a residence by C. Dwinnell, C Ogben, Moses McCrum, and W.H. Smith.

    The building was totally destroyed entailing a loss to Ridgeway of $2,000. The fire also consumed thee six-room dwelling adjoining the row occupied by George Jodin.

    The fire is to have originated at the oven of the baker. Miller's loss was about $1,500 with $600 insurance. Dwinnell will sustain a loss of about $1,000 to $1,200 with an insurance of $600. Smith who lived above the hardware store lost a complete kit of carpenters tools worth $300 and all his furniture worth another $300 with no insurance whatever. Smith himself saved a suit of clothes but his family barely escaped with their lives....

    J. W. Miller lost $1,500 a year ago by fire and the loss of $1,000 at present weighs heavily on him. . . (The Minneapolis Journal 12 Jan 1885, Mon  •  Page 4)

    The household consisted of Charles age 34, Gertrude age 30, Jereline age 12, Alice age 10, Angus age 8, Charles age 4, Daisy age 2, and Ernest who was six months old.

    Victoria Zellina (Hazel) Dwinnell Henneman was born on December 19, 1886. She married Harry Henneman.

    Alma Dennize (May) Dwinnell Carlstrom was born on December 8, 1888. Alma married her mother's second husband's son, Joel Carlstrom on December 22, 1908.

    Marguerite (Margaret) Dwinnell Ersfeld Nelson was born on April 24, 1891.  She married N. H. Nelson on January 25, 1910. She married William Ersfeld who was born on February 14, 1884. Marguerite died on March 18, 1975.

    Gale Dwinnell Stumvoll was born on April 29, 1893. She married Vance Stumvoll.

    William Thomas Dwinnell was born on June 6, 1894.

    At the time of the 1895 census they were in Minneapolis, Ward 12. The household consisted of Charles age 46, Gertrude age 40, Spinnis age 21, Alice age 18, Angus age 16, Charles age 14, Daisy age 12, Ernest age 10, Victoria age 8, Margerite age 4, and Gale age 2.

    Thomas Lloyd Dwinnell was born on January 27, 1896 and died May 10, 1958. He married Charlotte Frances Kraml on April 27, 1916. He was a boiler maker.

    Father and Two Sons Fined for Unbecoming Conduct.
    Charles L. Dwinnell, August Dwinnell, Charles Dwinnell, Jr. Albert Johnson. John Emmerson and Frank Lahay were fined in municipal court Monday on the charge of assault and battery, and Charles L. Dwinnell. Angus Dwinnell and Albert Johnson were fined $15 or 15 days in the workhouse.

    The trial was the sequel to a row in Olson's saloon, 2609 Twenty-sixth avenue south, the afternoon of Thanksgiving day. Percy A. Young and Joseph Monroe made the complaint against the six men. According to the evidence introduced at the trial, which took up almost all of Monday, the six men entered the saloon and some of them picked a fight with a man named Reynolds.

    A blow was struck and then the air was filled with cuspidors, chairs and almost every movable object in the place. Reynolds was hit on the head with a chair, Young stopped a cuspidor with his mouth and Monroe went down from a stiff punch In the chin.

    After the crowd had departed the saloon man started to clean up the place, Monroe was found lying unconscious in a closet. Young was found in a back room nursing his wounded mouth and Reynolds was discovered hiding under the bar.

    After hearing all the evidence Judge Kerr sifted the matter and decided that Charles L Dwinnell and his son Angus and Albert Johnson were guilty and fined them. (from Star Tribune, November 30, 1898)

    In 1900 the household was in Minneapolis Ward 12. The household consisted of Charles age 52, Gertrude age 46, Alice age 24, Charles age 19, Ernest age 15, Victoria age 12, Alma age 11, Margaret age 9, Jennie age 6, and Thomas L. age 4. Charles was a baker, Alice was an ice cream maker and Charles was a laborer.

    Charles died on May 17, 1901 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at age 53 of alcoholism. Soon after his death, Gertrude married Daniel Carlstrom on September 20, 1901.

    At the time of the 1905 census the blended Carlstrom/Dwinnell household was in Minneapolis Ward 12. The household consisted of Daniel age 46, Gertrude age 50, Lydia Carlstrom age 22, Joel Carlstrom age 18, Esther Carlstrom age 16, Alma Dwinnell age 16, Ruth Carlstrom age 13, and Margaret Dwinnell age 13. Daniel was a carpenter, Lydia was a nurse and Joel repaired cars.

    Gertrude married Joseph Arsine Charland on June 6, 1911. Joseph was born in 1855 in Canada.

    Joseph died on January 21, 1934 in Minneapolis.

    Gertrude died on December 5, 1935 and was buried at Crystal Lake cemetery.

    Mrs. Gertrude Dwinnell Charland, 81 resident of Minneapolis for 54 years died Thursday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Nelson. 2521 Thirtieth Avenue south. Mrs. Charland's residence was at 2704 East Twenty-sixth street. She was born at Point Fortune, Canada.

    Survivors are six daughters, Mrs. Alfred Cole, Excelsior, Mrs. J. C. [Alice] Oliver, Mrs. James Martin, Mrs. Harry [Victoria] W. Henneman, and Mrs. Margaret Nelson; all of Minneapolis and Mrs. Vance [Gale] Stumvall of Perquot, Minn.;

    five sons Angus, CharlesErnest, William and Lloyd Dwinnell all of Minneapolis;

    30 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be Saturday, 1 p.m. at the Enger funeral home, Grant Street and Park Avenue. Interment will be at Crystal Lake cemetery.

    Gertrude
    Gertrude Ritchie Dwinnell
     

    divider

     
     
    Colonial Maryland
    Colonial New England
    Colonial Virginia & West Virginia
    Quakers & Mennonites
    New Jersey Baptists
     
    German Lutherans
    Watauga Settlement
    Pennsylvania Pioneers
    Midwest Pioneers
    Californians
    Jewish Immigrants

    ©Roberta Tuller 2020
    tuller.roberta@gmail.com
    An American Family History is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program,
    an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
    As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.