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Beginning with the Gradual Enfranchisement Act, and replicated in the Indian Act of 1876, Indian women who married non-treaty Indian men, white men, or Metis were considered "enfranchised" and could, upon their request and approval by their First Nation, be provided with a one-time payment of ten years’ worth of annuities, referred to as commutation. During the late 1800s there were hundreds of enfranchisements, but this number increased exponentially after 1920 when the power to refuse commutation was removed from First Nations and the government took it upon themselves to remove women from tribal annuity rolls and ultimately reduce the annual treaty expenditures owed to First Nations people. A listing of women (dis)enfranchised from their Indian rights is provided below:  Treaty 1 TribesTreaty #1. St. Peter's Band 1879-80. Harriet Hunt 1883-84. Margaret McLeod, No. 146. Margaret Pritchard, No. 357. 1884-85. Lydia Sutherland, No. 354. Jane White, No. 371. Charlotte Desrosiers, No. 170. Emily Ibester, No. 361. Margaret Thom, No. 63. E. J. McLeod, No. 136. Caroline McDonald, No. 388. Victoria Young, No. 166. Nancy Leask, No. 143. Lucy West, No. 409. Nancy Marsh, No. 42. Jane Grey, No. 322. Jane M. Snider, No. 394. Lucy Fiddler, No. 101. Catherine Walker, No. 401. 1886-1887 Jessie Spence, No. 304. Catherine Kennedy, No. 510. 1887-1888 Georgina Stark, No. 365. 1888-1889 Mrs. Catherine Ann Michaud, No. 536. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Clouston, No. 511. Mrs. Catherine Gilliaud, No. 77. 1889-1890 Eliza Daniels, No. 295. Mrs. Ed. Kippling/Keplin, No. 551. 1890-1891 Matilda Asham, No. 6. Harriet Fontaine, No. 531. 1891-1892 Mrs. Joseph Moore, No. 394.. Mrs. Sarah Sasford, No. 49. Mrs. Sarah Sargeant, No. 558. Mrs. Jane Mowat, No. 218. Eliza Ann Walker, No. 393. 1892-1893 Nancy Harper, No. 54. Annabella Gates, No. 560. 1893-1894 Mrs. Mary Ann Hamelin; No. 99. Mrs. Margaret Sinclair, No. 142. Caroline Mayo. No. 490. Esther Flett-Kippling, No. 526. Mrs. Margaret Rochen, No. 374. Juliet Kennedy, No. 569. 1894-1895 Mary Ann Folster, No. 639. Flora Bella Harper, No. 646. Mary Minnie, No. 613. Treaty #1. Long Plain Band 1885-1886 Anne Favel, No. 12. Treaty #1. Fort Alexander Band 1884-1885 Rosalie Gagnon, No. 53. 1886-1887 Agnes Briere, No. 20. 1890-1891 Mary Ann ,Johnston, No. 160. Angelique Johnston, No. 162. 1893-1894 Mrs. Elizabeth Lecoy, No. 157. 1894-1895 Maria Adele Starr, No. 40 . 1895-1896 Catherine Cavanagh, No. 182. Treaty #1. Brokenhead River Band 1884-1885 Charlotte Lapierre, No. 53. 1887-1888 Kapoosohahsohting, No. 28. 1892-1893 Alice Linklater, No. 130. Treaty #1. Roseau River Band 1894-1895 Margaret Nolin, No. 183. Treaty 2 tribesTreaty #2. Lac Seul Band 1886-1887 Hannah Mcivor, No. 75. Magna Young, No. 103. Louisa Kirkness, No. 116. 1895-1896 Mrs. A. R. J. Bannatyne, No. 102. Treaty #2. Lake Manitoba Band 1881-1882 Maria Misayabit, No. 20. Margaret Misayabit, No. 21. Shaw-aw-way-in-cit-ah-wook, No. 24. Isabella, No. 1. 1882-83. Mary Saunderson. 1891-1892 Marie Ste. Matte, No. 58. Treaty #2. Ebb and Flow Lake Band 1880-81. Isabella McAulley, No. 29. Suzanne Sinclair, .No. 37. Marguerite Moar, No. 28. Lake Manitoba Band Margaret Monkman, No. 24. 1891-1892 Elsie Spence, No. 46. Treaty #2. Fairford Band 1880-1881. Mary Jane Garreoch, No. 12. 1881-82. Elizabeth Moar, No. 5. 1893-1894 Jane Anderson, No. 55. Treaty #2. Water Hen River Band 1889-1890 Maria Lamalice, No. 33. 1894-1895 Maria Lacouette, No. 38. Treaty #2. Pine Creek Band 1894-1895 Sophie Napakisit, No. 18. Treaty 3 tribesTreaty #3. North-west Angle Band 1895-1896 Mary Morisseau, No. 12. Treaty #3. Grassy Narrows Band 1892-1893 Isabella Jette, No. 46. Treaty #3. Couchiching Band 1893-1894 Elizabeth Mainville, No. 44. Maria Jourdain, No. 7. Treaty #3. Islington Band 1894-1895 Ann Savyard, No. 16. Treaty #3. Dalles Band 1894-1895 Mrs. James Swan, No. 46. Treaty #3. Nickousemenicaning Band 1894-1895 Mary Brown, No. 19. Treaty #3. Wabigoon Band 1894-1895 Sarah Park, No. 5. Treaty 4 TribesTreaty #4. Pasquah's Band 1883-1884 Marguerite Parisien. Marie Hose Parisien. Mame Parisien. Frarcoise Parisien. Teresa St. Denis. Julie St. Denis. Rosalie St. Denis. Marie St. Denis. 1884-1885 Julia Angneau, No. 71. Melaine Wallet, No. 66. Treaty #4. Blackfoot Reserve 1886-1887 Sally Bird. Treaty #4. Muscowequan's Band 1883-1884 Francoise Desjarlais. lsabelle Desjarlais. Caroline Blondeau. Melanie Blondeau. Treaty #4. Little Black Bear's Band 1883-1884 Mary Ann McKay, No. 12. Treaty #4. Assiniboine Reserve 1885-1886 Susie Thompson, sister of Chief Jack. Keeseekouse-Mary McDonald, No. 13. Treaty #4. Cowesess' Band 1883-1884 Caroline Peltier, No. 27. Mrs. Trochier or Oopeepeewahnook, No. 9. 1885-1886 Theresa Breland. 1890-1891 Marie Gervais, No. 83. 1894-1895 Susanne Nadeau, No. 37. Treaty #4. Muscowpetung's Band 1885-1886 Sarah Fisher, No. 37. Mary Thomas, No. 37. Treaty #4. Peepeekeesis' Band 1887-1888 Philomena Daniels, No. 35. Treaty #4. Gordon's Band 1887-1888 Elizabeth H. Pratt, No. 10. 1894-1895 Virginia Favel, No. 54. Mrs. Nancy LaVallie, No. 13. Treaty #4. Gambler's Band 1887-1888 Anne Houle, No. 123. 1894-1895 Isabella Peppin, No. 15i. Victoria Nabbis, No. 160. Mary Bellehumeur, No. 140. Treaty #4. Key's Band 1891-1892 Nancy Laronda, No. 54. Flora Chartrand, No. 26. Harriet Chartrand, No. 26. 1892-1893 Mary Field, No. 4. Treaty #4. Cote's Band 1893-1894 Mary Murray, No. 131. Treaty #4. Waywayseecappo's Band 1894-1895 Cecile Fleury, No. 160. Treaty 5 tribesTreaty #5. Fisher River Band 1884-1885 Jane Shaw, No. 29. Betsy Semours. No. 26. 1887-1888 Jane Norquay, No. 61. 1890-1891 Mary J. Cochrane, No. 24. 1893-1894 Mary Favel, No. 66. 1894-1895 Elizabeth Papanakis, No. 24. Maggie Raymond, No. 190. Fannie Thomas, No. 1. Elizabeth Dahl, No. 45. Treaty #5. Norway House Band 1883-1884 Christie McLeod, No. 184. Catherine Swain, No. 138. Bella Morrisson, No. 81. Graud Rapids Band Rosalie Moore, No. 21. Harriet Houston, No. 15. 1884-1885 Adelaide Garson, No. 43. 1893-1894 Mrs. Albert Tate, No. 43. Treaty #5. Hollow Water River 1885-1886 Mary Jane Boulette, No. 82. Treaty #5. Black River Band 1887-1888 Mrs. Mary Ned, No. 17. 1889-1890 Emma Robideaux, No. 20. 1891-1892 Sarah Clarke, No. 22. Treaty #5. Moose Lake Band 1889-1890 Kitty Smith, No. 29. 1890-1891 Margaret Jane Buck, No. 69. Treaty #5. Cumberland Band 1890-1891 Philomena Budd, No. 116. Margaret Mackay, No. 110. 1891-1892 Mrs. Albert Bellendine, No. 101. 1892-1893 Isabella Judd, No. 125. 1895-1896 Nancy Custer, No. 14. Mrs. Peter Bell, No. 46. Treaty #5. Pas Band 1890-1891 Margaret Saunders, No. 41. 1892-1893 Margaret Dorion, No. 219. 1895-1896 Susan Buck, No. 244. Treaty #5. Poplar River Band 1893-1894 Maria Disbrowe, No. 142. Treaty 6 tribesTreaty #6. Cumberland Band 1881-1882. Elizabeth Brittain, No. 6. Annie Cox, No. 26. Mrs. Jourdain, No. 51. Annie McKay, No. 58. Josette Sais, No. 77. Treaty #6. Red Pheasant's Band 1881-1882 Mrs. T. T. Quinn, No. 12. 1885-1886 Mary DeCoteau, No. 33. 1886-1887 Emma Brabant, No. 53. Treaty #6. Petaquakey's Band 1884-1885 A. Laframboise, No. 27. 1893-1894 Julia Arcand, No. 4. Treaty #6. Seekaskoutch's Band 1885-1886 Emilie Vivier, No. 50. Treaty #6. James Seenum's Band 1886-1887 Louisa Donald, No. 57. 1889-1890 Judith Boucher, No. 109. 1894-1895 Genevieve Larocque, No. 138. 1895-1896 Caroline Reed, No. 141. Mary Ann Cardinal, No. 142. Treaty #6. Alexander's Band 1886-1887 Annie Whitford, No, 73. Treaty #6. Muskegwatic's Band 1886-1887 Catherine Besson, No. 34. 1887-1888 Peggy Favel, No. 26. Treaty #6. Blue Quill's Band 1886-1887 Jane Collins, No. 14. Treaty #6. John Smith's Band 1887-1888 Rosaline Fournier, No. 53 . 1890-1891 Mrs. Charles Fiddler, No. 50. 1892-1893 Band-Eliza Shaw, No. 82. Isabella. Pruden, No. 86. Treaty #6. Michel's Band 1888-1889 Adelaide Loyer, No. 132. 1890-1891 Lizzie Callihoo, No. 132. 1894-1895 Isabella Loyer, No. 5. Josephine Ladourette, No. 1. Treaty #6. Beaver Lake Band 1888-1889 Margaret Cardinal, No. 11. Treaty #6. Lac La Biche Band 1888-1889 Matilda Cardinal, No. 41. Treaty #6. Ahtakakoop's Band 1888-1889 Mrs. D. Leblanc, No. 99. 1893-1894 Maggie Drevor, No. 132. Treaty #6. Thunderchild's Band 1889-1890 Emma Higgins or Apistatim, No. 111. Treaty #6. Poundmaker's Band 1889-1890 Phoebe Jefferson, No. 189. Treaty #6. Ermineskin's Band 1890-1891 Rosalie House, No. 1. Treaty #6. George Gordon's Band. 1890-1891 Elizabeth St. Germain, No. 137. Treaty #6. Mistawasis' Band 1891-1892 Maria Beaudry, No. 36. 1892-1893 Maria Beaudry, No. 33. 1893-1894 Eliza McKay, No. 141. 1894-1895 Eliza Masketaytamay, No. 99. Treaty #6. Enoch's Band 1892-1893 Bella, No. 101. Margaret Calder, No. 27. Isabella Blanc, No. 10. 1893-1894 Marie Louise Grove, No. 120. Mary Paul, No. 131. Cecile Passpasschase, No. 93. Treaty #6. Kapahawekenum's Band 1893-1894 Maria Isabella Laliberte, No. 22. 1894-1895 Susette Morin, No. 33. Treaty #6. James Robert's Band 1893-1894 Mary Ann McLeod, No. 91. Nancy Saunderson, No. 84. Alice Saunderson, No. 70. 1895-1896 Jane Mary Nelson, No. 105. Treaty #6. Wahsatanow Band 1894-1895 Nancy Howse, No. 17. Eliza Howse, No. 42. Treaty 7 tribesTreaty #7. Running Wolfs Band, Piegan Reserve 1887-1888 Lucy Cook, No. 25. 1889-1890 Julia Choquette, No. 46. Isabella Grant, No. 59. Treaty #7. Bear's Paw Band, Stony Reserve 1888-1889 Emma Jonas Treaty #7. Blood Band 1889-1890 Mrs. Howard, No. 35. Mrs. Murphy, No. 19. Mrs. Millar, No. 34. REFERENCE:
(1897) Dominion of Canada Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the year 1896. Ottawa: E.W. Dawson.
7 Comments
Arlene Huse
5/19/2019 09:44:16 am
I would like to know if there is a way to find my Grandmother; Minnie Starks- she was married to my Grandfather in the late 1800's. She was from the Reservation in Oklahoma.
Cyd
6/11/2019 09:22:23 pm
Is there a way to find if my great great grandma. Annie Flett Burns(Burns was dropped) daughter of George Flett and Emma Cook grand daughter of Keeseekoowenin Had a status # before she married Alexander Sutherland from Sandy Bay
Chelsea
7/19/2019 11:04:52 pm
Hello,
Chelsea
7/19/2019 11:34:42 pm
Or if you could point me in the direction to research this myself. Thanks again!
Shawn Anderson
12/6/2019 10:26:59 am
Is there a way to find the annuity rolls? Elizabeth Moar from Fairford was my great-grandfather's sister. I'm looking for documentation that my family was on the roll at Fairford once upon a time. Leave a Reply. |
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