Genevieve (Short) Versailles (abt. 1809 - 1883)

Born about 1809 in Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land

Wife of Jean Baptiste Versailles — married 18 Feb 1833 in St Boniface, Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1883 at about age 74 in St Norbert, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

Genevieve (Short) Versailles was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Metis Nation.

Genevieve Short.

Born

1809. ^[1]

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

Baptism 17 Feb 1833 at 25 years old at St Boniface.^[2]

Marriage

18 Feb 1833.^[3]

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

Died

2 Mar 1883.

St Norbert, Manitoba, Canada. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ D.N. Sprague and R.P. Frye, The Genealogy of the First Metis Nation, The Development and Dispersal of the Red River Settlement 1820-1900, Pemmican Publications, Winnipeg, MB, 1988; Pg. 117.
2. ↑ Canadiana Héritage; Parish registers: St Boniface, Manitoba, Reel H-1344, Image 3511, viewable here.
3. ↑ Canadiana Héritage; Parish registers: St Boniface, Manitoba, Reel H-1344, Image 3512, viewable here.
4. ↑ Web: Manitoba, Death Index, 1881-1943.

See also:

• 1870 Census living at St Norbert, and named "Jean Versailles"viewable here.
• Scrip Affidavit for daughter, Marie Chartrand, viewable here.
• Scrip Affidavit for daughte, Marie Anne McLeod, viewable here.
• Baptism of son, Jean Baptiste: http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1344/4164?r=1&s=1
• Baptism of son, Pierre: http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1344/4168?r=1&s=1