Solomon Juneau

Solomon Laurent Juneau
Laurent-Salomon Juneau
Juneau in 1856
1st Mayor of Milwaukee
In office
January 31, 1846 – April 1847
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHoratio N. Wells
Personal details
BornAugust 9, 1793 (1793-08-09)
Repentigny, Lower Canada
DiedNovember 14, 1856(1856-11-14) (aged 63)
Keshena, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeCalvary Cemetery, Milwaukee
Nationality
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1820; died 1855)
Children17, including Narcisse Juneau
Parent(s)François and Thérèse Galerneau Juneau
RelativesJoseph Juneau (cousin)
OccupationPolitician, fur trader, land agent
Known forHelped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Solomon Laurent Juneau, or Laurent-Salomon Juneau (August 9, 1793 – November 14, 1856) was a French Canadian fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1][2][3] He was born in Repentigny, Quebec, to François and (Marie-)Thérèse Galarneau Juneau.[4][5] Joseph Juneau, the founder of the city of Juneau, Alaska, was a cousin of Solomon Juneau.[6]

  1. ^ University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
  2. ^ Solomon Juneau, Milwaukee’s Founding Father
  3. ^ Trap, Paul (1985). "Juneau, Laurent-Salomon". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VIII (1851–1860) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  4. ^ Marshall, Bill. (2005). France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, p. 635.
  5. ^ Connerton, Eugene J. & Léo-Paul Landry. (1971). Genealogy of the Juneau family 1600–1965. Author, p. 306.
  6. ^ Alaska Mining Hall of Fame