Paul Juneau
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Paul Juneau (April 29, 1822 – August 13, 1858) was a businessman from Theresa, Wisconsin, who served two one-year terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1849 and 1858 as a Democratic representative from Dodge County.[1]
He was born in a log cabin in Milwaukee April 29, 1822, son of Solomon Juneau (a French-Canadian fur trader, co-founder and first mayor of that city) and his wife Josette, a mixed-blood member of the Menominee nation; and was recorded as a mixed-blood member of that tribe. He attended school in Milwaukee, and later in Detroit, Michigan Territory. He assisted his father in the fur trade, acting as an interpreter, since he spoke both Menominee and English as well as French. By 1843, he was an official of Milwaukee's first St. Patrick's Day parade, of which his father was head marshal.[2] On January 23, 1844, he was appointed deputy registrar of deeds for Milwaukee by his father. He was a notary public, and advertised that "He can always be found at the office of the Register of Deeds."[3] He was elected a second lieutenant of the City Guards militia of Milwaukee on September 21, 1844. In late 1844, Solomon Juneau moved his household to Dodge County, founding the village of Theresa (which Solomon had already platted, and which was named after Solomon's mother [Marie-]Thérèse); but as late as March 1847 Paul and his father were still participating in political meetings in Milwaukee.[4] In November 1847, however, it was announced that Paul had been appointed as a notary for Dodge County.[5]