Elise (Ross) Lefort (1853)

Born 10 Jun 1853 in St François Xavier, Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land

Ancestors

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Biography

Elise (Ross) Lefort was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Metis Nation.

Elise Ross.

Born

10 Jun 1853. ^[1]

St François Xavier, Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land (Manitoba).

Baptism 19 Jun 1853. ^[2]

Metis Roots

• Scrip affidavit for Lefort, Elise; born: 10 June 1853; wife of Baptiste Lefort; father: Daniel Ross (Métis); mother: Catherine Delorme (Métis); claim no: 1291; scrip no: 10235; date of issue: 21 August 1876.^[3]
• Alary, Belandine; concerning the claim of her deceased brother Daniel Ross; claim no. 1139; address: Prince Albert; born: November, 1879 at Batoche; father: Daniel Ross (Métis); mother: Catherine Delorme (Métis); died: December, 1899 at Batoche; heirs: Belandine Alary, scrip cert.: form F 1787, 120 acres; Elise, wife of William Thorn, scrip cert.: form F 1795, 120 acres. ^[4]

Marriage #1

To Jean Baptist Lefort ^{[citation needed]}

Marriage #2

To William Thorn abt 1884. ^{[citation needed]} William was first married to Elise's sister Julie.

Residence

1870 - St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada. ^[5]

Name	Age
Donald Ross	47
Catherine Delorme	45
Elise Ross	20
Marguerite Ross	18
Blandine Ross	16
Rosine Ross	14
Julie Ross	12
Louis Ross	8
Sara Ross	5
Flora Ross	3

1881 - St Francois Xavier, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada. ^[6]

Name	Age
Jean Baptiste Lefort	26
Elise Lefort	27

1891 - Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Territores, Canada. ^[7]

Name	Age
Wm Thorne, Farmer	36
Elise Thorne	32
Artosie Thorne	6
Azilda Thorne	8
Alvina Thorne	4
Annie Thorne	2

1901 - Fish Creek, Saskatchewan, The Territories, Canada. Race: Cree F B. ^[8]

Name	Age
William Torhn, Farmer	51
Elise Torhn	47
Anastasie Torhn	16
Alvena Torhn	13
Annie Torhn	11
Elise Torhn	9
Nancy Torhn	6

1906 - River Lot 3, the part of the district of Humboldt bounded on the east by the 3rd M, on the north and west by the South Saskatchewan river, and on the south by the line dividing Townships 39 and 40, all west of the 3rd M, excepting One Arrow Indian Reserve, Humboldt District, Saskatchewan, Canada. Livestock: 3 horses, 4 milk cows, 1 cattle, 5 hogs. ^[9]

Name	Age
William Chan	40
Elize Chan	45
Elrina Chan	17
Eliza Chan	14
Nansie Chan	11

1911 - District 209, Humboldt Saskatchewan, Canada. ^[10]

Name	Age
William Thorn, Farmer	48
Alice Thorn	50
Olwino Thorn	22
Nonrie Thorn	17

Research Notes

Birth year and name spellings vary significantly on the census records. Ages were given incorrectly and spellings are due to transcription errors when converting the paper documents to digital. I have not attempted to correct the errors in the transcribed digital data. Some of the actual census' are viewable using the source links.

Sources

1. ↑ NAC Reel C-14930.
2. ↑ Manitoba, Canada, Baptisms; Provincial Archives of Manitoba, viewable here.
3. ↑ Metis Scrip Claim 1291.
4. ↑ Metis Scrip Claim 1139.
5. ↑ Manitoba, Canada, Census Indexes, 1832-1856 & 1870; Provincial Archives of Manitoba; Manitoba, Canada; Card Index Nominal Census Returns: Pr - Z 1870, viewable here.
6. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6M-4FF : 11 March 2018), St Francois-Xavier, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada; citing p. 35; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13283, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,919.
7. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW5B-4DC : 4 August 2016), Elise Thorne, Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Territories, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148228.
8. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHR2-WRK : 18 March 2018), Elise Torhn, Saskatchewan, The Territories, Canada; citing p. 3, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
9. ↑ "Canada Census, 1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHV3-8GN : 1 April 2016), Elize Chan in household of William Chan, 20, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario.
10. ↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27X2-1MV : 16 March 2018), Alice Thorn in entry for William Thorn, 1911; citing Census, Humboldt Sub-Districts 3-109, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,574.

See also:

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2Z-TPXL : 19 April 2019), Elize Thorn in household of William Thorn, Humboldt No. 370, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing Census, Humboldt No. 370, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
• Daughter Scrip Record - Alvina.
• Land Record.
• "Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DX3C-L1N2 : 5 November 2020), Elise Ross in entry for Jean Baptiste Lefort, 1876.
• "Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6B9-B43Z : 4 November 2020), Elise Ross in entry for Alfred Lefort, 1880.
• Page 134-135, Children of the Occupation and Resistance.

Acknowledgement

I worked to get it right the first time, but as we know... mistakes happen, times change and so does access to information. Please add to or correct this profile based on sourced fact. Thanks. Morgan Mulligan