Hi Toni, This is what I have found in "Metis Scrip", JONES, Catherine; HB (half-breed) head; myself and children; widow of Alexander McCORRISTER; born 1795, NWT; John JONES (English) was father; (Indian) was mother; Catherine MCCORRISTER (x); 28 July 1875; John GUNN, farmer; Donald GUNN, farmer (witnesses); It says; Catherine claimed for scrip on 28 July 1875, for her and her children. Her father John was an Englishman and mother an Indian. She signed her name with an x and both GUNNS witnessed the application. In SPRAGUE & FRYE, Edward JONES, Metis; born in Red River Settlement, 1825, married: Maguerite _____, born: RRS, in: 1847 / John JONES, b: 1843, married: Margaret _____, b: 1845 / REV. O. J. JONES, b: 1797 in Europe, married: Mary _____, born: 1802 Edward Jones had some children; Elise JONES, born: c1854 and Marianne JONES, born: c1858 Thats all that is mentioned in these books. Do any names ring a bell? Let me know? I'll see what else I can find for you, okay. Larry:) Bellehumeur Webpage: http://www.cyberus.ca/~quinto http://genweb.net/~pbg/lists.htm http://www.mandsgroups.com/metis/ribbon.html "Oh my Metis Nation! Take courage! I see you change: It is great... the more you lend yourself to truth... it will make you great, strong, and powerful." Louis David RIEL, April 29, 1885 ----- Original Message ----- From: Toni Raugust <rraugust@mb.sympatico.ca> To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L] Fleury/Bell/Belle - Red River > Thank you for the Information it helped as I saw this Manitoba Script I was > hoping you could get it at the book store so I could see kind of what I was > putting out 70.00 for. > > My father was told that we may be having a hard time if we have Metis in our > family back then > We were told that Metis didn't have a last name at all. Then at some point > they needed names and would take related or not last names. I don't know if > this is true or not. > I am looking for a Jones The parents of my great grandmother and we belive > that both or one of her parents are Metis. we know that they farmed close > to a Reservation and had a small amout of land. We know that they didn't do > much with in the community (as those times would not allow this at the > time ) But when the war came they sure went. > So a few things give us the idea and others. We also can't find any names > of these people anyplace I think they came from mars or my grandmother did > smile. > > We have seen pictures of this women but then my aunt would hide them on my > dad, So I think I have a story....... the more doors slam the more I push. > Do you know if Jones is a Metis name in those time > > Anyway thank you for the information and your time getting back to me > Toni > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Visit the Canada GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ > See the Resources and Projects >