Pelletier, Marie (b. 1845)

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    Marie Madeleine Pelletier, (Lafontaine) (b. 1845).

    Marie was born June 24, 1845 at Pembina, the daughter of Pierre Pelletier (b. 1824)

    and Angeliue !ontois. "he married #ouis $Mar%&arm%mons' #afontaine (1842%1), theson of Jean *a+tiste #afontaine and ran-oise Martin, sometime before 188. /he& had ten

    -hildren. #i0e most buffalo hunters #ouis and Marie had -hildren born at uA++elle,#ebret, !&+ress 3ills, ood Mountain and *ato-he. n 1868, #ouis and other Metisbuffalo hunters at !&+ress 3ills wrote a +etition as0ing for a s+e-ial Metis reser7e of land.

    n 1885 he was li7ing at *ato-he. 3e was a member of !a+tain Ambroise !ham+agnes

    -om+an&, one of the 1 dizaines led b& abriel 9umont during the 1885 Metis :esistan-eat *ato-he. #ouis and Marie%Madeleine mo7ed to *el-ourt, ;orth 9a0ota after the

    :esistan-e. Marie Madeleine died in "e+tember 1888 at !&+ress 3ills.

    #i0e man& of the Metis women who went through the de+ri7ations of the Metis

    :esistan-e of 1885 Marie be-ame ill. "he died while at !&+ress 3ills, shortl& after the&

    got to the /urtle Mountain :eser7e at *el-ourt, ;orth 9a0ota. #ouis then married oo0um "iin+iins) sometime after 188. #ouis was a member of theMountain *and of !hi++ewa ndians. 3is father had re-ei7ed 3alf *reed "-ri+ (?452)

    issued under the :ed #a0e and Pembina /reat& of A+ril 12, 184. After the fighting at

    *ato-he #ouis and his famil& mo7ed to the /urtle Mountain :eser7e and he a++ears as?2 on the 7oters list of those who signed the amended /urtle Mountain /reat& of A+ril

    21, 1@4. 3e had three -hildren with his se-ond wife. /heir grandson #ouis . #afontaine

    ser7ed on the /urtle Mountain /ribal !oun-il from 15 to 11.

    !hildren of Marie Madeleine Pelletier and #ouis #afontaine

    Pierre rederi-, born "e+tember 2@, 188, he married sabel 9elonais.

    *en=amin, born ;o7ember 4, 186@ at #ebret, he died in 1885 at *el-ourt,

    ;orth 9a0ota. *ernard, born 9e-ember 12, 1862 at #ebret.

    Agenore, born August 15, 1864 at !&+ress 3ills, he married Adeleine

    Am&otte.

    Marie :ose, born ebruar& 2, 1865 at #ebret.

    #ouis, born August 2, 1866, he married Julia Poitras.

    Marie Anna, born 9e-ember 188@, at !&+ress 3ills, she married AleBandre

    9e-outou.

    Marie Philomene, born 1882 at ood Mountain.

    Cirginie, born -ir-a 188, she married *a+tiste 3oule.

    Patri-e, born Mar-h 1, 1885 at *ato-he, he died in Mar-h 1888.

    #afontaine, #ouis or #DAllemandE for his de-eased -hildren *en=amin, born 186@

    at uDA++elleE died 1885 at *el-ourtE Patri-e, born 1885 at *ato-heE diedMar-h, 1888E address *el-ourtE father #ouis #afontaine (MFtis and de+onent)E

    mother Madeleine Pelletier (MFtis)E s-ri+ issued for 24@ a-res in fa7our ofE #ouis

    #afontaine for Patri-eE file ref. 651@12E -laim no. 8@@.

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    #afontaine, #ouisE born 2 Aug., 1866E -laim no. 2118E father #ouis #afontaineE

    mother Magdalene PelletierE file ref. 24145AE nterior ile no. 651@12.

    #afontaine, Marie AnnaE address 9unseith, ;orth 9a0otaE -laim no. 425E born

    188@ at !&+ress 3illsE father #ouison #afontaine (MFtis)E mother Madeline

    Pelletier (MFtis)E s-ri+ -ert. form !, no. 18.

    Compiled by Lawrence Barkwell

    Coordinator of Metis Heritage and History Research

    Lois Riel !nstitte

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