To Anyone Visiting this site: The amount of information is overwhelming! Has anyone figured out how to navigate through this site for information on specific individuals or anything of genealogical value? For example, schools that were located on specific reservations, and the students enrolled? Thanks, Tom Cuthbert >From: "Larry F. Friend" <niidji@mchsi.com> >Reply-To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Marquette University - records >Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:10:32 -0600 > >Michael > >I had to step back to >http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/ and then click on >"Native America Collections" which brought me to >http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/indians.html > >Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) >niidji@mchsi.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Zerby [mailto:m.zerby@sbcglobal.net] >Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:45 AM >To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Re: NISHNAWBE-D Digest V05 #20 > > >Came across this site the other day, not exactly convienient to go there >but looks like a great list of resources for those with anishnabe >ancestry. Site is basiclly an index but should point people in the right >direction. Lots of catholic relate records listed across the country. >Migwich, Mike Z >http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/nativeguide/mguide >-index-I-R.html > >NISHNAWBE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > >NISHNAWBE-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 20 > >Today's Topics: >#1 Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa ["Anita Nelson" #2 Re: [NISHNAWBE] >joseph bourassa ["Joan Soullier" #3 BOURASSA ["Joan Soullier" #4 Re: >[NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa ["Cobban" ] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from NISHNAWBE-D, send a message to > >NISHNAWBE-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > >unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > >______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:12:48 -0500 >From: "Anita Nelson" >To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa > >In addition, I found marriages for the following Bourassa's: Marquette >Co. Michigan Catholic Church Records. St. John's (The French Church). I >think this listing is published but if you cannot find it, I will do >look ups. > >* Napoleon Bourassa, age 25, b. Canada, Occ: Brakeman, no parents listed >to Marie Laviolette, age 17, b. Canada no parents listed. 03 Nov. 1886. > >* Louise Bourassa, age 16, b. Canada no parents listed to Bernard >Gibeau, age 21, b. Canada >Occ: Brakeman. 23 Nov. 1886. > >* Cemelida Bourassa, age 19, b. Canada, no parents listed to Antoine >Lalonde, 33, b. Canada, no parents listed. 24 July 1875. > >* Frank Bourassa, age 24, b. Canada, Occ. Laborer, no parents listed to >R-Anna Payette, age 15 1/2, b. Dead River. 08 June 1881. (Note by Anita, >my sister lived by the Dead River in Marquette so I would assume that is >where Dead River is) North Marquette. > >Note: A genealogist nightmare, no parents listed, but they may be on the >actual church record. This church has been torn down. It was where all >my family were baptized and where my parents and grandparents married, >if any of these people belong to you, contact me for where they may be >housed. > >Note: Since my people were part of the Drummond Island, Penetanguishene >Group, I am quite sure that some of these people came from there also. >My great grandmother's sister married Etienne Laviolette. She had nieces >by the name of Tillie and Josephine, and nephew Joseph that I found so >far. He was in the Spainish-American War. One of the girl's married >Stuart......written on back of picture. > >Anita "Bibeau" Nelson > >PS: Joan Soullier, are you the person who use to correspond with me two >decades ago? > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joan Soullier" >To: >Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:51 PM >Subject: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa > > > > i have a news letter about the bourassa family, from the Fulton county >historical society, Rochester,ind, sept 1996, a lot of info on this >family, also joseph napoleon bourassa , joseph went west in 1837 with >chief-kee-wau-nay[for whom the village of kewanna is named] , this >letter was in sept 18 1996 Rochester, ind. > > > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > >______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:32:31 -0800 >From: "Joan Soullier" >To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa > >Anita, it may very well be, what other family names you looking for ?the >Bourassa family on my side i think are indian, trying to put it all >together, my Bourassa married into the Chevaliers, and frances >Alovoines. i will send some info on this paper i have,of joseph >bourassa, later. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Anita Nelson" >To: >Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:12 AM >Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa > > > > In addition, I found marriages for the following Bourassa's: Marquette >Co. > > Michigan Catholic Church Records. St. John's (The French Church). I >think > > this listing is published but if you cannot find it, I will do look > > ups. > > > > * Napoleon Bourassa, age 25, b. Canada, Occ: Brakeman, no parents > > listed >to > > Marie Laviolette, age 17, b. Canada no parents listed. 03 Nov. 1886. > > > > * Louise Bourassa, age 16, b. Canada no parents listed to Bernard > > Gibeau, age 21, b. Canada > > Occ: Brakeman. 23 Nov. 1886. > > > > * Cemelida Bourassa, age 19, b. Canada, no parents listed to Antoine > > Lalonde, 33, b. Canada, no parents listed. 24 July 1875. > > > > * Frank Bourassa, age 24, b. Canada, Occ. Laborer, no parents listed > > to R-Anna Payette, age 15 1/2, b. Dead River. 08 June 1881. (Note by > > Anita, my sister lived by the Dead River in Marquette so I >would > > assume that is where Dead River is) North Marquette. > > > > Note: A genealogist nightmare, no parents listed, but they may be on > > the actual church record. This church has been torn down. It was where > > > all >my > > family were baptized and where my parents and grandparents married, if >any > > of these people belong to you, contact me for where they may be > > housed. > > > > Note: Since my people were part of the Drummond Island, > > Penetanguishene Group, I am quite sure that some of these people came > > from there also. >My > > great grandmother's sister married Etienne Laviolette. She had nieces >by > > the name of Tillie and Josephine, and nephew Joseph that I found so > > far. >He > > was in the Spainish-American War. One of the girl's married > > Stuart......written on back of picture. > > > > Anita "Bibeau" Nelson > > > > PS: Joan Soullier, are you the person who use to correspond with me > > two decades ago? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joan Soullier" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:51 PM > > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa > > > > > > > i have a news letter about the bourassa family, from the Fulton > > > county > > historical society, Rochester,ind, sept 1996, a lot of info on this >family, > > also joseph napoleon bourassa , joseph went west in 1837 with > > chief-kee-wau-nay[for whom the village of kewanna is named] , this > > letter was in sept 18 1996 Rochester, ind. > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > >______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:13:55 -0800 >From: "Joan Soullier" >To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: BOURASSA > >joseph n Bourassa , his parents were fur traders . part french and part >potawatomi,, joseph went west 1837 with chief kee wau nay,in the group >led by george Proffit. his parents and family incuding his little >brother daniel went west on the trail of death in 1838,his brother jude >went west in 1840. in 1826 joseph n bourassa and jude accompanied rev. >issac mc coy from niles mich. to hamilton,new york,where they attended >the baptist theological institution in 1831-32 they attended choctaw >academy at white sulphur springs kentucky. there they took part in the >debating sociery and the lycurgus court. and learned to handle conflict >according to white mans law, this served them well as leaders of the >potawatomi when they lived in kansas. joseph n bourassa led a group of >potawatomi who proved the white trader joseph clymer jr and the indian >agent anthony l davis, were cheating and got them fired by the >goverment, this was an unusual accomplishment, because most whites were >never re! primanded.joseph bourassa seved as tribal interpreter for many >years and was prominent in tribal affairs, jude was an inn kepper,became >wealthy and had the first piano in kansas,according to letters of >william h hutter,first gov, of kansas in 1854 hutter was impressed with >judes comfortable house, fine furniture and delicious food,judes >daughters played the piano to entertain guests at the inn.joseph >bourassa was sketiched by george winter, both as an individual portrait >and in the treaty scene at lake kee-wau-nay in fulton county, he was >interviewed by dr lyman draper, whose collection of 5000 note books are >in the university of wisc. joseph bourassa was the oldest son of daniel >II. he died in 1877 and is buried at willard,kansas, more later. hope >this helps. > >______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 >Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:56:07 -0900 >From: "Cobban" >To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa > >Would you look for Antoine Morisseau b 1772? Can't find the registration > >anywhere, thanks, Dodi >. > > Michigan Catholic Church Records. St. John's (The French Church). I > > think > > this listing is published but if you cannot find it, I will do look >ups. > > > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
Has anyone come across any information on/about Chief Minweweh aka Le Grand Sauteux, of Mackinac Island? By 1760 he had established himself as War Chief of the Ojibwas in the northern Michigan territory. Tom Cuthbert >From: "Thomas Cuthbert" <imtomcuthbert@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [NISHNAWBE] Marquette University - records >Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:41:15 -0800 > >To Anyone Visiting this site: > >The amount of information is overwhelming! Has anyone figured out how to >navigate through this site for information on specific individuals or >anything of genealogical value? For example, schools that were located on >specific reservations, and the students enrolled? > >Thanks, > >Tom Cuthbert > > > >>From: "Larry F. Friend" <niidji@mchsi.com> >>Reply-To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >>To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Marquette University - records >>Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:10:32 -0600 >> >>Michael >> >>I had to step back to >>http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/ and then click on >>"Native America Collections" which brought me to >>http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/indians.html >> >>Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) >>niidji@mchsi.com >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Michael Zerby [mailto:m.zerby@sbcglobal.net] >>Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:45 AM >>To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Re: NISHNAWBE-D Digest V05 #20 >> >> >>Came across this site the other day, not exactly convienient to go there >>but looks like a great list of resources for those with anishnabe >>ancestry. Site is basiclly an index but should point people in the right >>direction. Lots of catholic relate records listed across the country. >>Migwich, Mike Z >>http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/nativeguide/mguide >>-index-I-R.html >> >>NISHNAWBE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >> >> >> > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 >> >>NISHNAWBE-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 20 >> >>Today's Topics: >>#1 Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa ["Anita Nelson" #2 Re: [NISHNAWBE] >>joseph bourassa ["Joan Soullier" #3 BOURASSA ["Joan Soullier" #4 Re: >>[NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa ["Cobban" ] >> >>Administrivia: >>To unsubscribe from NISHNAWBE-D, send a message to >> >>NISHNAWBE-D-request@rootsweb.com >> >>that contains in the body of the message the command >> >>unsubscribe >> >>and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >>requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. >> >> >> >>______________________________ >> >> > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 >>Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:12:48 -0500 >>From: "Anita Nelson" >>To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa >> >>In addition, I found marriages for the following Bourassa's: Marquette >>Co. Michigan Catholic Church Records. St. John's (The French Church). I >>think this listing is published but if you cannot find it, I will do >>look ups. >> >>* Napoleon Bourassa, age 25, b. Canada, Occ: Brakeman, no parents listed >>to Marie Laviolette, age 17, b. Canada no parents listed. 03 Nov. 1886. >> >>* Louise Bourassa, age 16, b. Canada no parents listed to Bernard >>Gibeau, age 21, b. Canada >>Occ: Brakeman. 23 Nov. 1886. >> >>* Cemelida Bourassa, age 19, b. Canada, no parents listed to Antoine >>Lalonde, 33, b. Canada, no parents listed. 24 July 1875. >> >>* Frank Bourassa, age 24, b. Canada, Occ. Laborer, no parents listed to >>R-Anna Payette, age 15 1/2, b. Dead River. 08 June 1881. (Note by Anita, >>my sister lived by the Dead River in Marquette so I would assume that is >>where Dead River is) North Marquette. >> >>Note: A genealogist nightmare, no parents listed, but they may be on the >>actual church record. This church has been torn down. It was where all >>my family were baptized and where my parents and grandparents married, >>if any of these people belong to you, contact me for where they may be >>housed. >> >>Note: Since my people were part of the Drummond Island, Penetanguishene >>Group, I am quite sure that some of these people came from there also. >>My great grandmother's sister married Etienne Laviolette. She had nieces >>by the name of Tillie and Josephine, and nephew Joseph that I found so >>far. He was in the Spainish-American War. One of the girl's married >>Stuart......written on back of picture. >> >>Anita "Bibeau" Nelson >> >>PS: Joan Soullier, are you the person who use to correspond with me two >>decades ago? >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Joan Soullier" >>To: >>Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:51 PM >>Subject: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa >> >> >> > i have a news letter about the bourassa family, from the Fulton county >>historical society, Rochester,ind, sept 1996, a lot of info on this >>family, also joseph napoleon bourassa , joseph went west in 1837 with >>chief-kee-wau-nay[for whom the village of kewanna is named] , this >>letter was in sept 18 1996 Rochester, ind. >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> >>______________________________ >> >> > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 >>Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:32:31 -0800 >>From: "Joan Soullier" >>To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa >> >>Anita, it may very well be, what other family names you looking for ?the >>Bourassa family on my side i think are indian, trying to put it all >>together, my Bourassa married into the Chevaliers, and frances >>Alovoines. i will send some info on this paper i have,of joseph >>bourassa, later. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Anita Nelson" >>To: >>Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 7:12 AM >>Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa >> >> >> > In addition, I found marriages for the following Bourassa's: Marquette >>Co. >> > Michigan Catholic Church Records. St. John's (The French Church). I >>think >> > this listing is published but if you cannot find it, I will do look >> > ups. >> > >> > * Napoleon Bourassa, age 25, b. Canada, Occ: Brakeman, no parents >> > listed >>to >> > Marie Laviolette, age 17, b. Canada no parents listed. 03 Nov. 1886. >> > >> > * Louise Bourassa, age 16, b. Canada no parents listed to Bernard >> > Gibeau, age 21, b. Canada >> > Occ: Brakeman. 23 Nov. 1886. >> > >> > * Cemelida Bourassa, age 19, b. Canada, no parents listed to Antoine >> > Lalonde, 33, b. Canada, no parents listed. 24 July 1875. >> > >> > * Frank Bourassa, age 24, b. Canada, Occ. Laborer, no parents listed >> > to R-Anna Payette, age 15 1/2, b. Dead River. 08 June 1881. (Note by >> > Anita, my sister lived by the Dead River in Marquette so I >>would >> > assume that is where Dead River is) North Marquette. >> > >> > Note: A genealogist nightmare, no parents listed, but they may be on >> > the actual church record. This church has been torn down. It was where >> >> > all >>my >> > family were baptized and where my parents and grandparents married, if >>any >> > of these people belong to you, contact me for where they may be >> > housed. >> > >> > Note: Since my people were part of the Drummond Island, >> > Penetanguishene Group, I am quite sure that some of these people came >> > from there also. >>My >> > great grandmother's sister married Etienne Laviolette. She had nieces >>by >> > the name of Tillie and Josephine, and nephew Joseph that I found so >> > far. >>He >> > was in the Spainish-American War. One of the girl's married >> > Stuart......written on back of picture. >> > >> > Anita "Bibeau" Nelson >> > >> > PS: Joan Soullier, are you the person who use to correspond with me >> > two decades ago? >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Joan Soullier" >> > To: >> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 3:51 PM >> > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa >> > >> > >> > > i have a news letter about the bourassa family, from the Fulton >> > > county >> > historical society, Rochester,ind, sept 1996, a lot of info on this >>family, >> > also joseph napoleon bourassa , joseph went west in 1837 with >> > chief-kee-wau-nay[for whom the village of kewanna is named] , this >> > letter was in sept 18 1996 Rochester, ind. >> > > >> > > >> > > ============================== >> > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> >> > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> >>______________________________ >> >> > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 >>Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:13:55 -0800 >>From: "Joan Soullier" >>To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: BOURASSA >> >>joseph n Bourassa , his parents were fur traders . part french and part >>potawatomi,, joseph went west 1837 with chief kee wau nay,in the group >>led by george Proffit. his parents and family incuding his little >>brother daniel went west on the trail of death in 1838,his brother jude >>went west in 1840. in 1826 joseph n bourassa and jude accompanied rev. >>issac mc coy from niles mich. to hamilton,new york,where they attended >>the baptist theological institution in 1831-32 they attended choctaw >>academy at white sulphur springs kentucky. there they took part in the >>debating sociery and the lycurgus court. and learned to handle conflict >>according to white mans law, this served them well as leaders of the >>potawatomi when they lived in kansas. joseph n bourassa led a group of >>potawatomi who proved the white trader joseph clymer jr and the indian >>agent anthony l davis, were cheating and got them fired by the >>goverment, this was an unusual accomplishment, because most whites were >>never re! primanded.joseph bourassa seved as tribal interpreter for many >>years and was prominent in tribal affairs, jude was an inn kepper,became >>wealthy and had the first piano in kansas,according to letters of >>william h hutter,first gov, of kansas in 1854 hutter was impressed with >>judes comfortable house, fine furniture and delicious food,judes >>daughters played the piano to entertain guests at the inn.joseph >>bourassa was sketiched by george winter, both as an individual portrait >>and in the treaty scene at lake kee-wau-nay in fulton county, he was >>interviewed by dr lyman draper, whose collection of 5000 note books are >>in the university of wisc. joseph bourassa was the oldest son of daniel >>II. he died in 1877 and is buried at willard,kansas, more later. hope >>this helps. >> >>______________________________ >> >> > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 >>Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:56:07 -0900 >>From: "Cobban" >>To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] joseph bourassa >> >>Would you look for Antoine Morisseau b 1772? Can't find the registration >> >>anywhere, thanks, Dodi >>. >> > Michigan Catholic Church Records. St. John's (The French Church). I >> > think >> > this listing is published but if you cannot find it, I will do look >>ups. >> > >> >> >>============================== >>Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >>Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> >>============================== >>Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Dont just search. Find. 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