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Ignance (Ignace) "Zeneon" Poitras Sr.

Born 1829 in Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land

Ancestors

Son of Andre Poitras and Marguerite Grant

Brother of Marguerite (Poitras) Page [half], Andre Henri Poitras Jr. [half], Michel (Monet) Belhumeur [half], Josephte (Belhumeur) Monet [half], André (Belhumeur) Bellehumeur [half], Pierre Poitras, Magdeleine Marie Isabelle Poitras, Joseph Poitras, Gabriel Poitras, Helene Poitras and Francois Poitras

Husband of Helene (McGillis) Poitras — married 9 Sep 1856 in Francois-Xavier, Manitoba, Canada

Descendants

Father of Louise Poitras, Ignace Zenon Poitras Jr., Helene Poitras, Maxime Poitras, Jean Baptiste Poitras and Michel Poitras

Died 1915 at about age 86 in Batoche, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

Ignace Poitras Sr. was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Metis Nation.

Father Andre-Henri Poitras b: 10 Feb 1760 in St. Foye, Quebec, Canada
Mother Marguerite Grant b: 1790 in Qu'Appelle, NWT

Marriage 1 Helene dit Giroux McGillis b: 17 Aug 1834 in St Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada.Married: 1857 in St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada

Children
Eliza Poitras
Louise or Eliza Poitras b: 1 Jul 1857
Ignace Poitras b: 14 Sep 1858
Helene Putreau or Putra or Poitras b: 1860
Maxime Poitras
Jean Baptiste Poitras b: 1865 in St Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada
Michel Poitras
Madeleine Poitras
Alexandre Poitras b: 1869 in Near Willow Bunch

Ignace was born at Red River, the son of Andre Poitras and Marie Grant. He married Helene McGillis. He was a member of Captain Calixte Lafontaine’s company, one of the 19 dizaines led by Gabriel Dumont during the 1885 Metis Resistance.

Sources

Metis Scrip (89 pages): Power of Attorney from Ignace Poitras, Sr. to draw his Halfbreed Scrip; Library and Archives Canada, RG15-D-II-1, Volume number: 635, Microfilm reel number: T-13883, File number: 241044.

Rebels sentenced: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45739619/ and https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108900031/ ; they were pardoned a year later: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108900054/

https://www.scribd.com/document/148171796/Poitras-Ignace-Zenon-Sr-b-1829

https://www.academia.edu/39001915/Metis_Dictionary_of_Biography_Volume_N_to_to_P

https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/14354.Ignace%20Zenon%20%20Poitras%20Sr.pdf

"Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6BM-M73Z : 4 November 2020), Alexandre Poitras, 1870.

Title: Metis Families, A Genealogical Compendium.Author: Gail Morin, Publication: Quinton Publications, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 1996(fact imported into family tree by Tom Edworthy) Repository: Media: Book, Page: v2-981, v2-758

Title: Metis Families, A Genealogical Compendium by Gail Morin, Author: Gail Morin, Publication: publised by Quintin publications, Pawtucket, Rhode Island-copywrite 2000, fact imported by Tom Edworthy. Note: previous version published 1996, Repository: Media: Book Page: v4-343-444

Title: Metis Families, A Genealogical Compendium. Author: Gail Morin,Publication: Quinton Publications, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 1996(fact imported into family tree by Tom Edworthy) Repository: Media: Book Page: 2-981

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ignace by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ignace: