French Canadian Louis Pinsounnault, an itinerant stone cutter, was born in Canada in 1855 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1879. The Stone Cutters' Journal of February 1898 reports that Pinsounnault came into the St. Paul union local on a card from Sault Ste. Marie. He and his step-son, also a stone cutter on the Capitol, Camille Steffen, were both active in the Union and by 1910 they had moved on to Los Angeles.
1904-1905 Butler Bros. Payroll. Frank Plebuch was born in Minnesota in 1878 and worked on the Capitol as a laborer.
1902 City Directory. Frank Poschillar was born in Germany in 1850 and emigrated in 1899. He worked as a laborer on the Capitol.
1904 City Directory. Joseph Posposhil worked as a stonecutter on the Capitol.
1904 City Directory. Edward Power worked as a laborer on the Capitol.
William Powers, born in Minnesota in 1884, was the son of a 2nd generation Irish bricklayer. He is listed as a "helper" working for Butler-Ryan in the 1898 City Directory and was only 15 at that time. He later got a Railroad office job.
1902 Beam painting payroll. William Provencher worked as a painter and stayed at The Argyle Hotel which would have been located about here. He was born in Minnesota of French Canadian parents in 1879.
Anthony Provost was a French Canadian born in Canada in 1856. He came to the U.S. in 1889.
