Biographie Grenier Joseph

Notes: on Joseph Grenier
"Progressive men of the state of Montana"
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JOSEPH GRENIER is numbered among the prosperous and reliable farmers and stock-growers of Frenchtown valley, Missoula county, a locality given over almost entirely to people of French extraction, who have there formed a progressive and harmonious community, reflecting credit upon those concerned and upon the state. Mr. Grenier is a native of the province of Quebec, Canada, born in 1849, the son of Joseph and Henriette (Carrier) Grenier, natives of the same province, and of stanch French lineage. The father is still living in Quebec at the venerable age of eighty years, he having devoted the greater portion of his active life to the carpenter's trade and to agricultural pursuits. The mother passed away from earth several years ago.
After receiving the educational advantages of the public and parochial schools of his native province, Joseph Grenier engaged in work on the old homestead for the greater portion of his minority, when he came to Montana and joined the French colony in Missoula county. He devoted his attention to mining for two or three years, and in 1870 filed claim to his present ranch, which is most eligibly located one mile west of the village of Frenchtown. Here he now has 260 acres of rich and productive land, which yields large crops of grain and hay, while the owner devotes especial attention to the raising of cattle and sheep, having the best of facilities for conducting this industry and meeting with that success which is the just reward for his timely and effective efforts. He has made excellent improvements on his place, and is recognized as one of the substantial and reliable citizens of the community. In politics he supports the Democratic party, and in religion he and his family are devout members of the Catholic church. In 1872 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Grenier and Miss Melanie Le Brun, who was born in Oregon of French parentage. They are the parents of six children, Joseph, George, Edward, Charles, Moise and Louise.