Last modified: July 2011
Created: December 2004

MARY ANN ACHTER VACHON
ID: 2-3
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Mary Ann (Achter) Vachon
BORN: January 20, 1865 in St. Cloud, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. 1870 1880 1900 1910 1930 06 O26
DIED: August 7, 1945 Fargo, North Dakota. Age 80. Services at St. John's Catholic Church in Wahpeton, North Dakota. 06 40 O26 77
BURIED: Calvary Cemetery, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. 40 O26
PARENTS: Anna M. Langer and George Achter 1870 04 70 06
MARRIAGE: Leandre Vachon (Aug. 1857 Canada French-Dec. 31, 1926 Perham, MN) in 1883. Buried in Calvary Cemetery, Wahpeton, ND. He came to the US in 1877. 1900 1910 49 04 70 40 O26 77

Leandre Vachon


1905

CHILDREN
ID NAME BORN DIED SPOUSE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTES PHOTO
2-3-1 Arthur T. VACHON 1900 Nov. 16, 1883 in Fargo, North Dakota 1900 77 Nov. 30, 1923 In an accident: "hit and run driver" 77
2-3-2 Stella May VACHON 1900 Feb. 23, 1885 in Moorhead, Minnesota 1900 77 July 15, 1904 Age 19. 06 77 - - Died at age 19
2-3-3 Eva M. VACHON 1900 1910 Nov. 4, 1886 in Moorhead, Minnesota 1900 1910 06 77 Apr. 28, 1912 in ND 06 77 She was a teacher in 1910. 1910
2-3-4 George Frank VACHON 1900 Aug. 8, 1888 in Moorhead, Minnesota 1900 20 45 possibly July 2, 1974 in Dunedin, Pinellas Co., FL 20 45 Lived in St. Paul, MN in 1945. O26 Lived in Clearwater Beach, FL in 1968. O25
2-3-5 Selina M. VACHON Apr. 29, 1891 or 1892 in ND Oct. 19, 1968 Edward Jacob Eckes 3 Lived in Tacoma, WA in 1945. O26
2-3-6 Joseph VACHON 1900 1910 Nov. 15, 1893 in Wahpeton, ND 1900 1910 20 77 Dec. 1969 Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington 20 Lived in Tacoma, WA in 1945, 1968. O25 O26
2-3-7 Cora R. VACHON 1900 1910 1930 Jan. 27, 1898 in Wahpeton, ND 1900 1910 1930 20 77 July 1980 20 - - Lived in Fargo, ND in 1968. O25

RESIDENCES: St. Cloud/Marshfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin in 1860, 1870. 1870 70
Oberlin, Kansas 1880-. 70
Wahpeton, North Dakota 1881.
"The trip was made in a covered wagon, two other families comprising the party, Carl Hermes and Peter Bernard. A number of Indians were encountered en route." 70 O26
Center or Summit, Richland County, North Dakota (430 acres) 1884-1919 1910 70
Perham, Minnesota O26
Fargo, North Dakota with daughter Cora 1930-1945. O26
She "came to Dakota Territory at the age of 16. In later years she resided at Wahpeton and at Perham, Minn., prior to coming to Fargo in 1930 to live with a daughter, Cora." O26
NOTES: One child died before 1910. It was Stella. 1910

SOURCES: 1870 1870 Census Brothertown, Calumet County, Wisconsin
1900 1900 Census Center, Richland County, North Dakota
1910 1910 Census Center, Richland County, North Dakota
1920 1920 Census Minnesota
1930 1930 Census Minnesota
49 Minnesota Death Records
04 Foertsch-Achter-Seurer Family Chronicles by Dorothy Kaler, 1993
70 1934 Newspaper article in The Leader on the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Mary and John Achter (in 04)
20 Social Security Death Index
06 Linda Coe, 2001-2011 (email)
40 Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota Funeral Home Index
45 Florida Death Index
O25 1968 Obituary of Selina Vachon Eckes
O26 1945 Obituary of Mary Achter Vachon
77 Journal of Selina (Vachon) Eckes