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Born 1864
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
GEORGE REGNIER (1883) is the owner of 24) acres of fine land located on sections 2, 3 and 23, Grandview township, and a modern home in the village of Ghent. He has made his home the past two years on the northeast quarter of section 3, and he farms the entire place with the assistance of his only son Albert.
Our subject is a son of Isaac and Mary (Touchette) Regnier, who were natives of Canada and who came to America in 1847 and settled in Kankakee county, Illinois. They were among the first settlers in that county and became owners of a small farm. They sold their interests there in 1883 and located in Grandview township, Lyon county, where they bought land.
Isaac Regnier died on his farm sixteen years ago, at the age of seventy years; his widow lives in Marshall with her daughter, Mrs. August Durrenberger.
George was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, August 27, 1864, and was brought up and educated in the country schools of that county. He lived with his parents until twenty-one years of age, and in 1883 he and his parents moved to Lyon county and located in Grandview township. A few years later George bought the northwest quarter of section 23 from the railroad company. There he built a small shack and commenced farming. He was married soon after and continued to make his home on the place twenty years — until moving to his present farm in 1910, with the exception of two years, during which time he retired from active farming on account of his health and resided in Ghent. He was one of the incorporators of that village and served on the council one year.
The marriage of George Regnier and Cecile Caron occurred in Ghent November 25, 1891. Mrs. Regnier is a native of Kankakee county, Illinois. By her marriage to Mr. Regnier she became the mother of four children, Denage, Albert, Virginia and Alma.
Our subject is one of ten living children born to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Regnier. The others are Joseph, Louis, Ambrose, John, Harry, Mary, Florence, Emma and Louise. The Regnier family are members of the Catholic church.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name George Regnier: Phil Caron
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