1904 City Directory. Stonecutter Michael LeBrun was born in Canada on July 22, 1859 and moved to Minnesota, along with his wife, Leontine, and youngest daughter, in 1882. Michael died on Oct 30, 1915 in Wright County, Minnesota. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Silver Creek, Minnesota, according to Find a Grave, which includes the possible names and dates of the couiple's children.

1904-1905 Butler Bros. Payroll. Teamster Frederick McNeely was born in Canada in 1886 and had only recently come to live in St. Paul.

Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. George J. Grant was the contractor for the foundation of the Capitol in 1896. He is also listed in Dale and Bumgardner's payroll as having supplied 2 teams for the grading of the grounds in 1905. Grant was born in Canada in 1841 and he and his wife, Theresa, moved to Minnesota in 1881. They raised a family here as George kept his successful contracting business going. George died in 1924, and the firm was taken over by his descendants who eventually sold it. However, it still exists today.

Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. James Packingham worked as a teamster on the Capitol. He was born in Canada of Irish parentage in 1841 and came to the U.S. in 1865.

Dale and Bumgardner Payroll. Victor Barry was born in Canada in 1842 and had emigrated to the U.S. in 1878. He worked for Dale and Bumgardner as a laborer on grading the Capitol grounds.

1902 Beam painting payroll. William Sier was born in Canada in 1863 and came to Minnesota in 1900. He worked as a laborer on a crew scraping steel beams in preparation for painting.

1902 Beam painting payroll. John Partridge was born in Canada in 1881 and moved to St. Paul about 1901. He worked on a painting crew rustproofing steel beams at the Capitol in March on 1902. This is where he and his wife, Annie, were living at the time of the 1905 Minnesota Census. We do not believe he was related to George Partridge of the firm, Bazille and Partridge, who got the contract for most of the painting on the Capitol.

Joseph H. Bourgeault was the son of Joseph Bourgeault who supervised the stone cutting for the superstructure. He was born in Canada in 1875 and came to the U.S. with his family in 1880. Joseph H. played the clarinet and always gave his occupation as "musician" in Census records and, in fact, newspapers of the day announced that he was a soloist for a local orchestra. The 1901 City Directory, however, lists him as a foreman for Butler-Ryan and the Stone Cutter Journal of January 1899 reported that he was the shop foreman for the job.

Alexander McCallum was born in Canada of Scottish parents in 1839 and came to the U.S. in 1865. His son Wallace was born in Minnesota in 1880. Alexander was a "bridge contractor" according to the Census and worked on the Capitol as a foreman for Butler-Ryan. Wallace listed his occupation both as carpenter and as a stationary engineer in the Census.

French Canadian stone cutter Thomas Belair (Bellaire) was born in Canada in 1853 and came to the U.S. in 1866. He died in St. Paul in April of 1910. This is approximately where 131 Robertson would have been located. Note regarding Thomas Belair's residence: 131 Robertson Street in Saint Paul no longer exists. We believe that he lived in the vicinity of 76 River Park Plaza, Saint Paul, Minnnesota instead.