I am intrigued by this latest information especially as it pertains to two individuals that I've been searching for. Both are somehow connected (I'm not sure how) to my mother's ancestry. I would like to know more about them and their families. I have an old manuscript that represents an oral history of my Chippewa/Ojibway ancestors from Sault Ste. Marie from about 1830 to the early 1900s in and around Lac du Flambeau. In the manuscript there is mention of Chief Mon-go-ziid, commonly known as Loonsfoot of "Fon du Lac." There is also mention of Wa-ban-o-kwe who was present for my Gr.Gr.Grandmother's "Naming Feast." She is described as attending the naming feast along with O-ji-cha-wed, Osca-bay-wis, and Be-waa-see-ne-kwe. This would have been sometime between September 1838 and the Fall of 1840 at the village which was then located at the foot of the rapids on the Saint Mary's River. The family has long speculated that all were associated with the Crane "Clan" totem and were related. But, so far I haven't found any "hard" evidence to link the families other than they were friends and travelled throughout the UP and northern Wisconsin before settling in Lac du Flambeau. Can anyone shed any more light on this. Osca-bay-wis was a 1st Chief and O-ji-cha-wed is believed to have been a 2nd Chief or Headman fopr the band. Mon-go-zid's family and descendants at one time were in LCO territory before settling in or near Baraga, UP, Michigan. Thomas W. "Tom" Cuthbert >From: Goatcreekm@aol.com >Reply-To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Re: NISHNAWBE-D Digest V05 #3 >Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:45:08 EST > > >In a message dated 1/11/2005 12:01:06 A.M. Central Standard Time, >NISHNAWBE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > >Gi way ge zhig (Mitchell HOMESKY) born 1829 in Ashland Wis. Married Waa >ban i kwe or Eliza (Theresa). Her parents were Ganimiiwe and Angekwe >(meaning Angel woman). Mitchel and Eliza had five children: >Susan HOMESKY (Scott), >Dan HOMESKY, >Madamin Mary HOMESKY >Jane (Jenny, Ester) HOMESKY, and >Louis "Gijigons" HOMESKY [see Homesky #2 genealogy] >Jane was born about 1848 and married William WETENHALL (who was born >about 1838) about 1887. William was a sawmill operator in Hayward. He >was also Justice of the Peace in 1891. William and Jane had 10 children: > >Eva, >John, >Eliza, >Elizabeth (died 1887 at 7 yrs old), >Maria (died 1887 at 18 mos.), >Julia (died 1887 at 18 mos. old), >George (died 1887 at 6 yrs old), >William, and >Martha Frances (born 3-22-1893 in Reserve WI). >William also had a son from another marriage named Peter. His mother's >name was Jane >ESSICON. Peter was town clerk around 1909. Peter married twice his >first wife was Lizzie LIVINGSTON. Her parents names were John >LIVINGSTON and Malande LIVINGSTON. His second wife's name was Jesse >GURNOE. Her parents were Joseph GURNOE and Teresa CORBINE. Peter kids >names were >Connie, >George Wetenhall (born 6-15-1907), >Frances, >Charley, >Eva, and >Archie Elmer (born 12-03-1909) > > >Something to check out. Let me know if it connects for you. > >Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) >niidji@mchsi.com > > > >Yes Larry, > The Dan Homesky listed above married the daughter of my gr. >grandfather >and his 1st wife Agasa. Her name was Angelina 'An gi ga bow we kew' >Beauregard b/ 1887. Her mother died when she was 2 yrs. old. I found her >information listed on the probate records for her father and again on her >grandmother's >probate records. Sawyer Co. Marriage Index lists her as Josephine >Beauregard, which I can not explain where the Josephine comes from. > What I don't understand is the Chief Monzojiid. Do you have any >other >information on him other than his death date? He has been a very evasive >fellow. > >Joyce W > > >============================== >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/