Francois Odjick (1790 - 1863)

Born 21 Mar 1790 in L'Annonciation du Lac des Deux Montagnes, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada

Husband of Marie Louise (Chevalier) Odjick — married 24 Jun 1811 (to 18 Jan 1852) in L'Annonciation (Oka), Deux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada

Husband of Marie (Kijiatanokwe) Odjick — married 13 Sep 1858 in L'Annociation (Oka), Deux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1863 at age 72 in L'Annonciation du Lac des Deux Montagnes, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Francois Odjick was born on March 21, 1790 to Michel (Saguirotte) Neonerassa and Magdeleine (Wiskenkwe) Panossamokwe at Oka QC. He was baptized on May 21st. Godparents were Mr. (Trottier dit) Labissonnière and Annastasie Gastonguay (Anastasie "Shoentakouani" Raizenne, wife of Pierre Castonguay).^[1] His father an Iroquois and his mother a Nipissing (Algonquin), according to custom, Francois is considered Nipissing.

Francois Odjick married Marie Louise Chevalier on January 24, 1811 at Lac Des Deux Montagnes QC.^[2]

Both Francois and his brother Ignace are praised by the Sulpician missionary and parish priest Flavien Durocher. Concerning a manuscript he had transcribed, Durocher wrote as follows, on January 1, 1834: "I have endeavored to prune all the outdated expressions and to substitute those which are now in use. For this purpose I especially consulted my Nipissing Cicero, Ignace Chawanabe, who, to mention in passing, is a master of the composition of the Algonquin speech in response to the brief of his holiness Gregory xvi, and Francois Odjik, a Nipissing scholar."^[3]

2 Jun 1829
Affidavit of Francois Odjike, Nipissing Indian of the Lake of Two Mountains: testifying that a Robert McGregor was cutting down trees on lands that are part of the hunting grounds of the Nipissing Tribe, thus preparing the land for cultivation. States that this establishment started by McGregor is located on Lake of Fishing about eight leagues from mouth of the White River. Witnessed by B. St.Germain and sworn before Dominique Ducharme, Justice of the Peace (NACRG8, Vol. 267).

Francois Odjick married Marie Kijiatanokwe, widow of Pierre Wabicip, on September 13, 1858 at Lac des Deux Montagnes QC.^[4]

Francois Odjick died on February 25, 1863 at Oka QC.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch, "Registre de la paroisse de L'Annonciation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie de Oka (Deux-Montagnes), 1721-1850", Film # 008130869, Image 147, baptism of Francois Neonerassa: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV5-TSP7-3?i=146
2. ↑ FamilySearch, "Registre de la paroisse de L'Annonciation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie de Oka (Deux-Montagnes), 1721-1850", Film # 008130869, Image 503, Francois and Me. Lse., Nipissing: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV5-TSPR-7?i=502
3. ↑ JAMES CONSTANTINE PILLING, "BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES", WASHINGTON, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1891, Page 114-115: http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/smithsonian-institution-bureau-of-american-ethnol/bulletin-volume-13-tim/page-115-bulletin-volume-13-tim.shtml
4. ↑ Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, Oka, Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes, Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1821-1899, Image 718, Francois Odjik and Marie Kijiatanokwe: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L999-28KD?i=717&wc=9RL7-T36%3A17233201%2C17233202%2C17233203&cc=1321742
5. ↑ Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, Oka, Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes, Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1821-1899, Image 778, Francois Odjik: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G999-28H5?i=777&wc=9RL7-T36%3A17233201%2C17233202%2C17233203&cc=1321742

• Library and Archives Canada, 1851 Census, Canada East (Quebec), Deux Montagnes, Mission du Lac, Francois Otjik: http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e093/e002320788.jpg

• 1825 Lower Canada Census, Lac des Deux-Montagnes (Mission), François Odgike, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-VD3P-S?i=6&cc=1834346

• Joan Holmes & Associates, Inc. for Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat, (October 30, 1993); "Algonquins to Golden Lake Claim", INDEX TO PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: Nos. 1 TO 1261, Vol. 7 (PDF download): http://www.thealgonquinway.ca/publications/JoanHolmesReports_10_19.pdf.

• Algonquins of Ontario, "Algonquin Petition (Handwritten) of June 6, 1835" (scroll down on left to the PDF download): http://www.tanakiwin.com/Petition_1835.pdf