Françoise (Duchêne) Jolineau (abt. 1790)

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Françoise Duchêne was born about 1790. She is the daughter of Joseph Duchêne .

Françoise was baptized on 23 Nov 1826 at Drummond Island.^[1]

Françoise Duchêne married Etienne Jolineaux on 23 Nov 1826 at Arbre Croche. Children baptized the same day and included in the marriage record:^[2]

Josette Jolineau b. 11 January 1808

Angelique Jolineau, b. 26 December 1810

Etienne Jolineau, b. 1 February 1814

Isabelle Jolineau, b. 1 March 1817

Susanne Jolineau, b. 10 February 1821

Joseph Jolineau, b. 27 August 1826

A List of the Mixed-Blood Chippewa of Lake Superior, 1839

When the Lake Superior Chippewa bands agreed to the treaty of 29 July 1837 at St. Peters, article three of that treaty allowed the sum of $100,000 to be distributed to the “half-breeds” of the bands participating in the treaty, to be done under the direction of the president. As was customary at the time, the president appointed a commissioner, Lucius Lyon, to take testimony and produce a roll of claimants. Lyon traveled to Lapointe on Madeleine Island in Lake Superior in the fall of 1839, took testimony from those who believed themselves entitled to share in the money...

An Alphabetical Register of the men, women and children of the half breed Chippewas of Lake Superior claiming under the third article of the treaty made with the Chippewa Nation of Indians… submitted to, and ratified by the chiefs on the Chippewa nation, parties to the treaty above mentioned in open council on the 7th day of September 1839.^[3]

The trip from Drummond Island, the place of Françoise' baptism, to Arbre Croche, the place of the marriage, would have taken approximately two to three hours by canoe.  

Etienne Jolineaux 1/4 breed Chippewa 24 years of age claims for himself. He was born at the Kettle River a branch of the St. Croix river which he left 10 or 12 years since. His mother was a half blood Chippewa named Frances Dushane.  Her Grandmother was a full Chippewa of the Folle Avoine country named O-pe-me-ge-zha-o-qua (or the Whirling Cloud). He is related to a number of Indians in the Folle Avoine country and among them the second chief the Wind. He lives on the Canada side of the Sault Ste. Marie. (Evidence state that claimant has been out of the country twenty years at least.)

Angelique Jollineaux 1/4 blood aged 28 (Now wife of Mr. Alexander McCoy). A sister to the above,. the history the same, claims for herself. Evidence same as in the preceding case.

Isabella Jollineaux 1/4 blood also sister to the above aged 20 years. Claims for herself. History the same. Evidence the same as in the preceding cases.

Josette Jollineaux (now the wife of Jean Baptiste Contin) 1/4 breed aged 30, claims for herself and five children. Margaret Fontains 12 yrs of age (the child of her first husband) Magdelaine Contin 9 yrs. Francis Contin aged 6 yrs. Mary Contin  3 yrs. Mary Ann Contin 18 mons. History same as above. The children were all born at the Sault Ste. Marie. Evidence the same as in the preceding cases.

The mother of the four Jollineaux daughters was Frances Duchene, daughter of Joseph DUCHENE, also known as La Prairie, a longtime resident of the Folle Avoine country. Frances Duchene was born about 1790 and baptized on 23 December 1826 (SAD). There is no doubt that her children and grandchildren were eligible by birth, but the fact that they had been out of the country for so long resulted in the rejection of their claim. Frances Duchene's sisters were Isabelle DINGLEY and Susan CONNOR.

Etienne Jollineaux, the father of the above children, had traded from La Pointe and Lac Courte Oreille from 1814-1817, and submitted a claim for $375 against the Ojibway in the Treaty of 1837. The claim was dismissed for lack of evidence (Claim 39, Lyon Papers).

There was an Etienne Jolineaux who was one of 24 residents of Sault Ste. Marie who claimed to be in possession of improved farm lots in 1796, at the time of the surrender of contested British borderlands to the United States (Carter 11:256).

Nodin, or The Wind, was a prominent chief of the Folle Avoine country, who signed treaties of 1825, 1826 and 1837 and was a speaker of each. (Kappler 2:254, 270, 493). He was painted by James Otto Lewis at the council at Butte des Mots in 1827 (Horan 217).^{[4] [5]}

Francoise Duchene and Etienne Jolineau mentioned in record.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Détroit, Ste-Anne/St. Anne's Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan, Autres Registres/Exterior Records. 1810-1833, Drummond Island, Page 87.
2. ↑ Détroit, Ste-Anne/St. Anne's Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan, Autres Registres/Exterior Records. 1810-1833, Arbre Croche, Page 122. Record: Marriage 90.
3. ↑ A List of the Mixed-Blood Chippewa of Lake Superior, 1839
4. ↑ Schenck, Theresa M., All Our Relations, Chippewa Mixed Bloods and the Treaty of 1837, Compiled, with notes and introduction, 2010, The Centre for Rupert's Land Studies at the University of Winnipeg and Amik Press, Madison, Wisconsin, pp. 80-81
5. ↑ The Half Breed Claims. Lucius Lyons Papers. Clements Library. University of Michigan. Pursuant to the Treaty of 1837.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com