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Jacques Vieau (or '''Vieaux''') ( May 5 , 1757 – July 1 , 1852 ) was a French-Canadian fur trader and first permanent White settler in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . He was born near Montreal, Canada and died in Howard, Wisconsin . Vieau married Angelique Roy in 1786 , the granddaughter of Potawatomi Indian chief, Anaugesa, at Green Bay , and later had twelve children by her. While employed by the North West Company , Vieau established a fur trading post in Milwaukee in 1795 , along with outposts at Kewaunee , Manitowoc and Sheboygan . His Milwaukee cabin was built on top of a bluff overlooking the Menomonee Valley and became his winter residence away from Green Bay. A historical monument marks this location in Mitchell Park as the first house in Milwaukee. In 1818 Jacques Vieau hired another French-Canadian named Solomon Juneau , who later married his daughter Josette and went on to found what was to become the City of Milwaukee. Vieau is the Eponym of Vieau Elementary School and also a street found in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. EXTERNAL LINKS
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