Hi Maureen, In Sprague & Frye's "Genealogy of the First Metis Nation" Josephte's parents were John BELLE a European with no birthdate, and Anne ____ most probably an Indian country wife. It also shows a William BELLE, b: 1825, in the NWT, married to Marie MORRIS, b: 1830, in: NWT. William is the son of John and Anne. As for Edward and Michel, according to Gail MORIN'S "Manitoba Scrip", their parents were Louison, b: 1775, and Josephte Gros-Ventre, b: 1800, an Indian. GrosVentre was a name of a band of CROW Indians of that time. In my hometown of St. Lazare, Manitoba, there are several FLEURY'S and BELL'S still living there. St. Lazare is the site of Fort ELLICE, a onetime HBC trading post. Hope this helps, 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: Maureen Clarke <mauclarke@yahoo.com> To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 3:46 PM Subject: [CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L] Fleury/Bell/Belle - Red River > > I would like info on the following family. > Joseph Fleury, born 1818, married Josephte Bell or > Belle, born 1820, daughter of John Bell, a Hudson Bay > Co. Chief Trader. Who was Josephte Bell's mother? Are > Edward Fleury, born 1848, Red River, and married > Melanie Morin, born 1850, Red River and Michel Fleury, > born 1841, Red River and married Marie Anne Piche, > born 1843, Red River, their children? Are there other > children or descendants of this couple? I would be > most interested in hearing from any descendants. > > Maureen Clarke, Fort Chipewyan, Alberta > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > Primary Records for Canada >