NATIVE HERITAGE
of
Ayla Z "BOUVETTE"Modern Canadians say "Red River Metis"
Contemporary Americans say "Native"
born circa 1850
OMI Census 1877 shows her as age 32, Native
(with 1/2 Breed Daughter "Rosey" Smithson, age 9)
Canada Census 1881, Yale District, BC shows her as age 30, Native Indian widow
(with Daughter "Rosey" Smithson, age 13)
Canada Census 1891, Yale District, BC shows her age age 37
(living away from Now married daugher "Rosa" BOUVETTE,
with whom some of Julia's children are now residing)
Julia's Death Certificate
Husband's Last Will and Testament, listing Julia and daughter "Rosa"
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Rose
Smithson born 1868 << photo of her
sister,
same Parents. |
Notes (with photograph of her Sister)
* See Additional Anishnabe Native Heritage for Rose's Descendants
through her Husband, William "FRANK" BOUVETTE, 1/8 Native, 100% Metis
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Emma
Bouvette born 1891 |
Marriage Certificate (showing Mother's name, Evelyn Smithson)
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Evelyn
Armstrong born 1920 |
Notes
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Ayla Z "BOUVETTE" born 1949 |
2007 Statement of reasons for using the name BOUVETTE
OTHER DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE, BUT PRIVATE, WRITE IF YOU NEED IT.
I follow a Matriarchal Model of Ancestral Heritage.
I have 3 white men in my Ancestral line, My Father
and Grandfather, and my Grandmother's Grandfather.
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Rachel born 1969 |
has Annishnabe Native Heritage also,
among the ancestors is Frances Itagisse)
Françoise Itagisse, (a Saulteux Indian)
b ~1730 Mackinac Island
m 06 Jul 1752 Mackinac Island to Jean-Baptiste Billant dit-Beaulieu.
He was a French physician who practiced in Mackinac and Saginaw.
Their daughter Catherine (b1753 Mackinac Island)
m 1770 Detroit MI to Antoine Meny
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Desiree
& Natasha |
* It should here be noted that many
Tribal Members in my area are of the
same Blood quantum as these girls,
(or less). A wise teacher told me,
It is not the color of the skin, It's heart.