Beer's History of Wood County, Ohio 1889  (p. 514-515)

Edward ROE (deceased), who at the time of his death was a wealthy retired farmer of Bowling Green, was one of the fortunate men whose fertile acres have of late years given up their long-concealed treasures, and enriched their owners by copious supplies of oil.  He was born May 12, 1838, in Monroe County, Mich., where his father, Dominick Roe, was also born, in the year 1784.
  The family is of French-canadian descent, and are counted among the early settlers of Michigan.  Dominick Roe was a typical pioneer, robust and powerful, and possessed of perfect health, never knowing a day's illness until death came to him in 1861.  His first wife was a lady of French-Canadian stock, Miss Lucy Bumean.  For some years they lived in Michigan, but in 1847 they came with their family to Liberty township, and settled in the swampy woods among the muskrats, deer and bears.  Here, in time, a large farm was cleared and a comfortable home made.  Eleven children were born of the first marriage, of whom the following lived to maturity: Dominick and John (now deceased); Lucy, living near Detroit; Olive (now deceased); Stephen, living in Lucas county, Ohio; Victoria, the wife of Peter Malask; Jane (now deceased); Justus, now living in Michigan; and Edward, our subject.  Three others died in childhood.  Our subject's father was married, second, to Miss Viana Leveret, by whom he had three children; Margaret (now Mrs. L. Garno); Mary the wife of David De Sadler; and Eliza (the wife of Frank Ducat).
  Edward Roe was about nine years old when he came to Wood county.  He grew to manhood upon the old farm which he helped to clear, and November 14, 1860,he married Miss Margaret Ducat, a lady of French descent, born in Michigan December 30, 1841.  Her father, Anthony Ducat, was born April 20, 1815, in the same State.  He died May 8, 1892, in Wood County, where he had located fifty years before.  His wife, Margaret Renerdo, died in early womanhood.  After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Roe lived upon a farm in Liberty township, removing some years later to another in Portage township.  Ten children were born to them: Caleb, August 26, 1861, married Myrtle Gaghan; Robert, August 20, 1863, married Miss Addie Elder and had two daughters--Emily and Cora; Eliza, January 29, 1865, died at the age of fourteen months; Sherman, January 22, 1867, a farmer in Portage township, married Miss Bertie Creps, a native of Wood county, born October 15, 1871, and has two children--Burtsell and Floyd; Hiram, September 5, 1870, married Miss Myrtie Miller, and has two children--Loren and Harry, the younger of whom died in infancy; Alfred and Albert (twins), died at the same time and were buried in the same coffin; Louis, December 18, 1875; Lucetta, September 28, 1878; and Guy, April 7, 1880, are all at home.
  After many years spent in farming his 280 acres, Mr. Roe began testing for oil with encouraging results, and he owned ten wells at the time of death. A few years ago
he and his wife came to Bowling Green to secure for their younger
children advantages of education and society denied
the dwellers in rural districts. During the Civil War Mr. Roe served for
eleven months in Company A, 182d O. V. I. and took part in the engagment at
Nashville.In politics he was a republican. He passed from earth August 22, 1896.
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Miss Addie ELDER -
  Mary Ada ELDER, daughter of JOSIAH ELDER, Petersburg, Monroe Co MI
 married Robert Anthony ROE, son of Edward ROE  (brother of Julius ROE)
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Petersburg Sun Fri. Aug. 16, 1912
Local News
"Mrs. Mary Ann Roe died at South Branch, Mich.  [Wife of Julius Roe]
Would have been 79 yrs old next Sun.
She was a sister of J.M. [Josiah] ELDER and
Mrs. Esther [ELDER] Bragg."
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 French names:
In Denissen's "French Families of Detroit", page 1025
   Dominick James RAU, b. 1795, his father: Jean Baptiste RAU m. Margaret LAPOINTE
DeSadler is "DeShetler, Mrs. David" in the Wood Co Library obits.
Leveret is "LaViolette" in Michigan
Ducat in Wood Co, then Duquet in Denissen's book.
Peter Malask --  Meloche in Michigan....
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From Marie Catherine Quirein <[email protected]>
 Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:08:52 -0600
....from the files at St. Joseph's in Erie Michigan...
     .."In 1833, Julius and Daniel REAU sons of Dominic REAU  and Genevieve ST. BERNARD
were baptised at St. Joseph's.
 Godparents for Julius were Julian LaPointe and Olive Reau.
Godparents for Daniel were Isadore Cousineau and Lucide Reau.."
....I would like to make some digital images of the records if given the chance  and if they do not already exist. "