Louise (Parisien) Belgarde (1841 - abt. 1925)

Born Sep 1841 in Red River Settlement, Assinboia, Hudson's Bay Company

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Wife of Joseph Bellegarde — married 18 Jan 1858 in Pembina, North Dakota, USA

Descendants

Died about Oct 1925 at about age 84 in Craig, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States

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'Joseph was the son of Alexis Joseph Gerbeau Bellegarde (1792-1852) and MargueriteDufort (ca 1794-1893)

He was born in 1835 in Red River Colony, now in Manitoba, Canada, and died 24 September 1909 in St.Peters Mission, Montana, United States. His nephew Jean Baptiste Belgarde (b. 1842) was one of the signatories to a petition of September 7, 1876, by 30 Metis at Fort Walsh submitted on behalf of the Metis of the four districts of Assiniboia to join Treaty 4. He also signed the petition for a Metis reserve in Montana, sent by Louis Riel to General Nelson A. Miles,August 6, 1880. Joseph married Louise Parisien (ca 1841-1926),on 18 January 1858 in Assumption, Pembina, Dakota Territory, USA. She was the daughter of Germain Parisien and Marie Louise Adam.

Louise was born about 1841 in Assinboia (Red River Settlement), at the time under the control of the British Hudson's Bay Company, in what is today (2023) Manitoba, Canada, and died in 1925 in Montana, USA. She is buried at Craig, Montana, USA. Formany years they lived at St. Joseph’s, North Dakota but were among those that left the Turtle Mountains, about 1870, for Montana Territory. There they settled near St. Peter’s Mission in an area called Sawmill, on the Dearborn River. The family history records that they traveled widely, to Qu’Appelle and Wood Mountain, Saskatchewan as well as Lewistown, Montana. Joseph died on September 24, 1909 at St. Peter’s Mission in Montana Territory, USA and is buried there. ^[1]

11 Children: ^[2]

1. Gabriel Belgarde, 1860-1942, born: Leroy, Pembina, Dakota T.
2. Marie Belgarde, 1862, born: Leroy, Pembina, Dakota Territory
3. Joseph Belgarde, 1864-1936, born: Leroy, Pembina, Dakota T
4. William Belgarde, 1866-1919, born: Leroy, Pembina, Dakota T
5. Louis Belgarde, 1867-1931, born: Fort Benton, Montana Terr
6. Vitaline Belgarde,ca 1870-/1906, born at Pembina, Dakota Terr
7. Patrick Belgarde,1873-1901, born: Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan
8. Michael Belgarde, 1876-1942, born:Teton River, Montana Terr
9. Rosalie Belgarde, 1877-1900, born: Teton River, Montana Terr
10. Nathaniel Ralph Belgarde, 1879-1916, born: St. Peter’s Mission
11. Marguerte Belgarde, 1881-1929, born at St. Peter’s Mission, Montana Territory, United States

Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch ASSUMPTION PARISH, PEMBINA, NORTH DAKOTA 1848 - 1896, Gail Morin. ... Joseph Bellegarde, adult son of the late Alexis Bellegarde and Marguerite Dufort, married 18 January 1858, Louise Parisien, minor daughter of Germaine Parisien and Marie Adam, Present: Francois dit Parenteau and Louis Bellegarde, ...

Sources

1. ↑ Red River Colony article on Wikipedia for the 19th Century history of Assinboia.
2. ↑ Details for Louise Parisien on FamilySearch

See Also:

• Morin, Gail. Metis Families Volume 9 Normand - Quintal (p. 440). Kindle Edition.
• "Family Search," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 December 2019, 23:32), entry for LOUISE PARISIEN FamilySearch Person: G3LK-KYC Louise Parisien on Family Search; cites 21 sources; contributed by various users.

• https://www.scribd.com/document/37166950/Belgarde-Joseph-b-1835

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Parisien-110 was created through the import of MaryStamperMcKague2011-08-06_01.ged on Aug 7, 2011 by Masm x. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Masm and others.