The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 533

FRANK E. MOREAU.

Frank E. Moreau, numbered among the pioneer farmers in the vicinity of
Ellensburg, was born near Brussels. Belgium, on the 4th of January. 1855, a son
of Alexander and Susie Moreau, who in 1861 removed to Luxemburg, where they
spent their remaining days, the father there devoting his attention to farming.
In 1882, when a young man of about twenty-seven years, Frank E. Moreau came to
the United States. He made his way to St. Louis, Missouri, where he lived for a
few months and later spent two years in Rice county, Minnesota. In 1884 he
arrived in the Kittitas valley and took up a homestead near Sprague, Washington,
but soon afterward sold that place. He next purchased eighty acres of land in
the Kittitas valley, becoming owner of that tract in 1898. In the meantime he
had worked for two years for the Northern Pacific Railroad during the
construction of the line through this district and afterward continued in the
employ of the corporation for a period. His original investment in land was
followed by the purchase of two hundred acres more, which he has since sold to
his two eldest sons. He is engaged in raising hay, grain and stock, handling
both cattle and horses. His fields are carefully and systematically cultivated
and in all of his farm work he is practical and progressive.

On the 13th of January, 1896, Mr. Moreau was united in marriage to Miss Angela
Bieren, a native of Scott county, Minnesota, and their children are: Marie, who
is now a teacher; Alfred, who is engaged in ranching in the Kittitas valley;
George, eighteen years of age, also a rancher of the valley; and Roy, at home.

Mr. Moreau and his family are members of St. Andrew's Catholic church. In
politics he maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather
than party. As one of the pioneer farmers of this section of the state he has
witnessed its entire development and progress and in considerable measure has
contributed to its upbuilding.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.