Fred Lawrence Roquette is descended from Frederick Cole Roquet and wife Kathrina, who arrived from the Alsace Loraine region of France aboard the ship named The Hulbert, on Dec. 2, 1851, landing in New Orleans Louisiana. The family went directly to Hamilton County, Indiana and lived in the Noblesville area, and began farming on a small scale.
Kathrina Roquet and baby daughter Louise died in 1852 of Cholera and were buried together on the same day, leaving Frederick with 4 sons to raise, Philip, Charles, Frances and Lewis Cole.
Frederick married Sarah Beaver Dec. 10, 1854 and the family joined a wagon train leaving behind Hamilton County and starting toward the western plains of the US. After crossing the Mississippi River at Keokuk, they reportedly had an encounter with a tribe of Indians. The caravan proceeded northwest through Mount Pleasant, Iowa where they were much impressed by the fertile soil and beautiful forests. They stopped at a trading post called Fremont and this is where they chose to make their permanent home.
Phillip Roquet, who went by Roquette for a time, married Elizabeth Mader in Indiana. She was the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Mader. Catherine Mader died in Indiana and Jacob along with children Mary Mader (who would marry Charles Wade Roquet) Abraham Mader, and John Mader who died at seventeen in Fremont, all came to live in Fremont.
Phillip Roquet would have 5 children with Elizabeth before they divorced around 1880.
Nettie Jeanette Roquette Rau
Jacob Flemming Roquette
Frank A Roquette
Fred Lawrence Roquette
George Washington Roquette
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North Dakota, History and People, Outlines of American History, by Colonel Clenebt Lounsberry, published by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917
Fred L. Roquette, President of the Roquette department store company of Dickinson, has been closely identified with this enterprise since 1892 and throughout the intervening period, covering a quarter of a century, has ranked with the leading merchants of the city. His career at all times being actuated by a spirit of enterprise and progress.
He was born in Fremont, Iowa July 21, 1869, a son of Phillip and Elizabeth (Mader) Roquette. His mother came to North Dakota with her son Fred and passed away in Dickinson in 1901. In her family there were four children: Jacob F., Frank A., George W., all of whom are farming near Dickinson and Fred L., who was the third in the order of birth. ( this is inaccurate as daughter Nettie Roquette, was first born of 5 children.)
Reared and educated in Iowa, Fred L. Roquette first came to North Dakota in 1891 and settled on Crooked Creek, thirty miles north of Dickinson, where he engaged in ranching, his time being there devoted to cattle raising for ten years. He then disposed of his ranch and stock and took up his abode in Dickinson, since which time he has concentrated his efforts upon being devoted to commercial pursuits.
The Roquette department store was established in 1888 by J. J. Freeman, under the firm style of Freeman and Company. In 1892 the business was purchased by the Roquette brothers and at that time only a line of dry goods was handled. Their location was on Villard St., between Sims and First Ave. West, where the Green Drug store now stands. They removed to their present location in 1915. Fred L. Roquette purchased the interests of his brother, Frank A. Roquette and incorporated the business under the firm style of the F. L. Roquette Company. He has since been President of the company, with W. F. Somers, of Dickinson as the Vice President, and his son H. L. Roquette, as secretary and treasurer. At the time of the incorporation, they added a stock of queensware and groceries, and now have a large department store, carrying a complete and well selected line of general merchandise. Mr. Roquette also owns a branch store at Ollie Montana, which he established in 1916. He is regarded as one of the progressive merchants in the city, active and energetic and watchful at all times of opportunities pointing to success.
On the 16th day of May 1895 Mr. Roquette was married in Dickinson to Miss Mabel V. Klinefelter, a native of Big Stone, Minnesota, however, became a resident of Dickinson prior to her marriage. They have three children: Henry Llewellyn, who is now connected with the store, Laverne, who is a second year student in the Northwest Conservatory at Minneapolis, and Oral Florence, attending the Dickinson High school.
Mr. Roquette is a chapter Mason, while his son H. L. belongs to the Blue Lodge. The father also identified with the Elks of Dickinson. In Politics he is a Democrat and in 1910 was elected to represent his district in the state legislature. For six years he has been a member of the city council, in Dickinson. Ever exercising his official prerogatives in support of the measure that he believes will benefit the city and uphold in any way its civic standards. His has been a well spent life, fruitful with good results.
THE SPELLING OF THE FAMILIES LAST NAME IS ROQUET. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUNCED ROWKAY. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUCED ROCKY, SOME WENT BY ROCKEY, SOME WENT BY ROQUETTE PRONOUNCED ROW KET WITH A SHORT E....ALL THE SAME ORIGINAL FAMILY OF 4 SONS OF FATHER FREDERICK COLE ROQUET.
Kathrina Roquet and baby daughter Louise died in 1852 of Cholera and were buried together on the same day, leaving Frederick with 4 sons to raise, Philip, Charles, Frances and Lewis Cole.
Frederick married Sarah Beaver Dec. 10, 1854 and the family joined a wagon train leaving behind Hamilton County and starting toward the western plains of the US. After crossing the Mississippi River at Keokuk, they reportedly had an encounter with a tribe of Indians. The caravan proceeded northwest through Mount Pleasant, Iowa where they were much impressed by the fertile soil and beautiful forests. They stopped at a trading post called Fremont and this is where they chose to make their permanent home.
Phillip Roquet, who went by Roquette for a time, married Elizabeth Mader in Indiana. She was the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Mader. Catherine Mader died in Indiana and Jacob along with children Mary Mader (who would marry Charles Wade Roquet) Abraham Mader, and John Mader who died at seventeen in Fremont, all came to live in Fremont.
Phillip Roquet would have 5 children with Elizabeth before they divorced around 1880.
Nettie Jeanette Roquette Rau
Jacob Flemming Roquette
Frank A Roquette
Fred Lawrence Roquette
George Washington Roquette
**************
North Dakota, History and People, Outlines of American History, by Colonel Clenebt Lounsberry, published by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917
Fred L. Roquette, President of the Roquette department store company of Dickinson, has been closely identified with this enterprise since 1892 and throughout the intervening period, covering a quarter of a century, has ranked with the leading merchants of the city. His career at all times being actuated by a spirit of enterprise and progress.
He was born in Fremont, Iowa July 21, 1869, a son of Phillip and Elizabeth (Mader) Roquette. His mother came to North Dakota with her son Fred and passed away in Dickinson in 1901. In her family there were four children: Jacob F., Frank A., George W., all of whom are farming near Dickinson and Fred L., who was the third in the order of birth. ( this is inaccurate as daughter Nettie Roquette, was first born of 5 children.)
Reared and educated in Iowa, Fred L. Roquette first came to North Dakota in 1891 and settled on Crooked Creek, thirty miles north of Dickinson, where he engaged in ranching, his time being there devoted to cattle raising for ten years. He then disposed of his ranch and stock and took up his abode in Dickinson, since which time he has concentrated his efforts upon being devoted to commercial pursuits.
The Roquette department store was established in 1888 by J. J. Freeman, under the firm style of Freeman and Company. In 1892 the business was purchased by the Roquette brothers and at that time only a line of dry goods was handled. Their location was on Villard St., between Sims and First Ave. West, where the Green Drug store now stands. They removed to their present location in 1915. Fred L. Roquette purchased the interests of his brother, Frank A. Roquette and incorporated the business under the firm style of the F. L. Roquette Company. He has since been President of the company, with W. F. Somers, of Dickinson as the Vice President, and his son H. L. Roquette, as secretary and treasurer. At the time of the incorporation, they added a stock of queensware and groceries, and now have a large department store, carrying a complete and well selected line of general merchandise. Mr. Roquette also owns a branch store at Ollie Montana, which he established in 1916. He is regarded as one of the progressive merchants in the city, active and energetic and watchful at all times of opportunities pointing to success.
On the 16th day of May 1895 Mr. Roquette was married in Dickinson to Miss Mabel V. Klinefelter, a native of Big Stone, Minnesota, however, became a resident of Dickinson prior to her marriage. They have three children: Henry Llewellyn, who is now connected with the store, Laverne, who is a second year student in the Northwest Conservatory at Minneapolis, and Oral Florence, attending the Dickinson High school.
Mr. Roquette is a chapter Mason, while his son H. L. belongs to the Blue Lodge. The father also identified with the Elks of Dickinson. In Politics he is a Democrat and in 1910 was elected to represent his district in the state legislature. For six years he has been a member of the city council, in Dickinson. Ever exercising his official prerogatives in support of the measure that he believes will benefit the city and uphold in any way its civic standards. His has been a well spent life, fruitful with good results.
THE SPELLING OF THE FAMILIES LAST NAME IS ROQUET. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUNCED ROWKAY. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUCED ROCKY, SOME WENT BY ROCKEY, SOME WENT BY ROQUETTE PRONOUNCED ROW KET WITH A SHORT E....ALL THE SAME ORIGINAL FAMILY OF 4 SONS OF FATHER FREDERICK COLE ROQUET.
Fred Lawrence Roquette is descended from Frederick Cole Roquet and wife Kathrina, who arrived from the Alsace Loraine region of France aboard the ship named The Hulbert, on Dec. 2, 1851, landing in New Orleans Louisiana. The family went directly to Hamilton County, Indiana and lived in the Noblesville area, and began farming on a small scale.
Kathrina Roquet and baby daughter Louise died in 1852 of Cholera and were buried together on the same day, leaving Frederick with 4 sons to raise, Philip, Charles, Frances and Lewis Cole.
Frederick married Sarah Beaver Dec. 10, 1854 and the family joined a wagon train leaving behind Hamilton County and starting toward the western plains of the US. After crossing the Mississippi River at Keokuk, they reportedly had an encounter with a tribe of Indians. The caravan proceeded northwest through Mount Pleasant, Iowa where they were much impressed by the fertile soil and beautiful forests. They stopped at a trading post called Fremont and this is where they chose to make their permanent home.
Phillip Roquet, who went by Roquette for a time, married Elizabeth Mader in Indiana. She was the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Mader. Catherine Mader died in Indiana and Jacob along with children Mary Mader (who would marry Charles Wade Roquet) Abraham Mader, and John Mader who died at seventeen in Fremont, all came to live in Fremont.
Phillip Roquet would have 5 children with Elizabeth before they divorced around 1880.
Nettie Jeanette Roquette Rau
Jacob Flemming Roquette
Frank A Roquette
Fred Lawrence Roquette
George Washington Roquette
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North Dakota, History and People, Outlines of American History, by Colonel Clenebt Lounsberry, published by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917
Fred L. Roquette, President of the Roquette department store company of Dickinson, has been closely identified with this enterprise since 1892 and throughout the intervening period, covering a quarter of a century, has ranked with the leading merchants of the city. His career at all times being actuated by a spirit of enterprise and progress.
He was born in Fremont, Iowa July 21, 1869, a son of Phillip and Elizabeth (Mader) Roquette. His mother came to North Dakota with her son Fred and passed away in Dickinson in 1901. In her family there were four children: Jacob F., Frank A., George W., all of whom are farming near Dickinson and Fred L., who was the third in the order of birth. ( this is inaccurate as daughter Nettie Roquette, was first born of 5 children.)
Reared and educated in Iowa, Fred L. Roquette first came to North Dakota in 1891 and settled on Crooked Creek, thirty miles north of Dickinson, where he engaged in ranching, his time being there devoted to cattle raising for ten years. He then disposed of his ranch and stock and took up his abode in Dickinson, since which time he has concentrated his efforts upon being devoted to commercial pursuits.
The Roquette department store was established in 1888 by J. J. Freeman, under the firm style of Freeman and Company. In 1892 the business was purchased by the Roquette brothers and at that time only a line of dry goods was handled. Their location was on Villard St., between Sims and First Ave. West, where the Green Drug store now stands. They removed to their present location in 1915. Fred L. Roquette purchased the interests of his brother, Frank A. Roquette and incorporated the business under the firm style of the F. L. Roquette Company. He has since been President of the company, with W. F. Somers, of Dickinson as the Vice President, and his son H. L. Roquette, as secretary and treasurer. At the time of the incorporation, they added a stock of queensware and groceries, and now have a large department store, carrying a complete and well selected line of general merchandise. Mr. Roquette also owns a branch store at Ollie Montana, which he established in 1916. He is regarded as one of the progressive merchants in the city, active and energetic and watchful at all times of opportunities pointing to success.
On the 16th day of May 1895 Mr. Roquette was married in Dickinson to Miss Mabel V. Klinefelter, a native of Big Stone, Minnesota, however, became a resident of Dickinson prior to her marriage. They have three children: Henry Llewellyn, who is now connected with the store, Laverne, who is a second year student in the Northwest Conservatory at Minneapolis, and Oral Florence, attending the Dickinson High school.
Mr. Roquette is a chapter Mason, while his son H. L. belongs to the Blue Lodge. The father also identified with the Elks of Dickinson. In Politics he is a Democrat and in 1910 was elected to represent his district in the state legislature. For six years he has been a member of the city council, in Dickinson. Ever exercising his official prerogatives in support of the measure that he believes will benefit the city and uphold in any way its civic standards. His has been a well spent life, fruitful with good results.
THE SPELLING OF THE FAMILIES LAST NAME IS ROQUET. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUNCED ROWKAY. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUCED ROCKY, SOME WENT BY ROCKEY, SOME WENT BY ROQUETTE PRONOUNCED ROW KET WITH A SHORT E....ALL THE SAME ORIGINAL FAMILY OF 4 SONS OF FATHER FREDERICK COLE ROQUET.
Kathrina Roquet and baby daughter Louise died in 1852 of Cholera and were buried together on the same day, leaving Frederick with 4 sons to raise, Philip, Charles, Frances and Lewis Cole.
Frederick married Sarah Beaver Dec. 10, 1854 and the family joined a wagon train leaving behind Hamilton County and starting toward the western plains of the US. After crossing the Mississippi River at Keokuk, they reportedly had an encounter with a tribe of Indians. The caravan proceeded northwest through Mount Pleasant, Iowa where they were much impressed by the fertile soil and beautiful forests. They stopped at a trading post called Fremont and this is where they chose to make their permanent home.
Phillip Roquet, who went by Roquette for a time, married Elizabeth Mader in Indiana. She was the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Mader. Catherine Mader died in Indiana and Jacob along with children Mary Mader (who would marry Charles Wade Roquet) Abraham Mader, and John Mader who died at seventeen in Fremont, all came to live in Fremont.
Phillip Roquet would have 5 children with Elizabeth before they divorced around 1880.
Nettie Jeanette Roquette Rau
Jacob Flemming Roquette
Frank A Roquette
Fred Lawrence Roquette
George Washington Roquette
**************
North Dakota, History and People, Outlines of American History, by Colonel Clenebt Lounsberry, published by S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917
Fred L. Roquette, President of the Roquette department store company of Dickinson, has been closely identified with this enterprise since 1892 and throughout the intervening period, covering a quarter of a century, has ranked with the leading merchants of the city. His career at all times being actuated by a spirit of enterprise and progress.
He was born in Fremont, Iowa July 21, 1869, a son of Phillip and Elizabeth (Mader) Roquette. His mother came to North Dakota with her son Fred and passed away in Dickinson in 1901. In her family there were four children: Jacob F., Frank A., George W., all of whom are farming near Dickinson and Fred L., who was the third in the order of birth. ( this is inaccurate as daughter Nettie Roquette, was first born of 5 children.)
Reared and educated in Iowa, Fred L. Roquette first came to North Dakota in 1891 and settled on Crooked Creek, thirty miles north of Dickinson, where he engaged in ranching, his time being there devoted to cattle raising for ten years. He then disposed of his ranch and stock and took up his abode in Dickinson, since which time he has concentrated his efforts upon being devoted to commercial pursuits.
The Roquette department store was established in 1888 by J. J. Freeman, under the firm style of Freeman and Company. In 1892 the business was purchased by the Roquette brothers and at that time only a line of dry goods was handled. Their location was on Villard St., between Sims and First Ave. West, where the Green Drug store now stands. They removed to their present location in 1915. Fred L. Roquette purchased the interests of his brother, Frank A. Roquette and incorporated the business under the firm style of the F. L. Roquette Company. He has since been President of the company, with W. F. Somers, of Dickinson as the Vice President, and his son H. L. Roquette, as secretary and treasurer. At the time of the incorporation, they added a stock of queensware and groceries, and now have a large department store, carrying a complete and well selected line of general merchandise. Mr. Roquette also owns a branch store at Ollie Montana, which he established in 1916. He is regarded as one of the progressive merchants in the city, active and energetic and watchful at all times of opportunities pointing to success.
On the 16th day of May 1895 Mr. Roquette was married in Dickinson to Miss Mabel V. Klinefelter, a native of Big Stone, Minnesota, however, became a resident of Dickinson prior to her marriage. They have three children: Henry Llewellyn, who is now connected with the store, Laverne, who is a second year student in the Northwest Conservatory at Minneapolis, and Oral Florence, attending the Dickinson High school.
Mr. Roquette is a chapter Mason, while his son H. L. belongs to the Blue Lodge. The father also identified with the Elks of Dickinson. In Politics he is a Democrat and in 1910 was elected to represent his district in the state legislature. For six years he has been a member of the city council, in Dickinson. Ever exercising his official prerogatives in support of the measure that he believes will benefit the city and uphold in any way its civic standards. His has been a well spent life, fruitful with good results.
THE SPELLING OF THE FAMILIES LAST NAME IS ROQUET. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUNCED ROWKAY. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUCED ROCKY, SOME WENT BY ROCKEY, SOME WENT BY ROQUETTE PRONOUNCED ROW KET WITH A SHORT E....ALL THE SAME ORIGINAL FAMILY OF 4 SONS OF FATHER FREDERICK COLE ROQUET.
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