Phillipe Elzéar Gariepy (1839 - 1897)

Born 10 Aug 1839 in St. François Xavier, Manitoba

Ancestors

Husband of Rosalie (Parenteau) Gariepy — married 16 Jun 1862 in Pembina, Pembina, North Dakota, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1897 at age 57 in Batoche, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Phillipe Gariepy was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Metis Nation.

Biography

From (Title of document): Gariépy (Guardipee, Garapee) Family in the History of the Old Northwest. Creator: Barkwell, Lawrence J. Subject: Gariepy, Guardipee, Garapee. Description: This document chronicles the Gariépy family in Western Canada and the US Great Plains. Type: Text Document. Coverage: Red River, Manitoba; Saskatchewan, Montana.

"Philippe was part of the original 1871 St. Laurent on the South Saskatchewan governing committee that was headed by Gabriel Dumont. He was born at St. Francois Xavier on August 11, 1839, the son of François Gariepy (b. 1871) and Louise Gladue.

They were all members of the Turtle Mountain Band (information on the Turtle Mountain band listed at the end of this biography). He married Rosalie Parenteau at Pembina and they initially lived at St. François Xavier. He was living there in 1876 when he applied for scrip, listing himself as a trader and plains hunter. Rosalie, born 1844 in St. Norbert, was the daughter of Joseph Dodet Parenteau and Angélique Godon.

The couple had ten sons and three daughters. Philippe and Calixte Lafontaine went to Montana in 1884 to visit family at Lewistown and accompanied Gabriel Dumont’s party part way on their journey to recruit Louis Riel.

The Gariépys moved to St. Louis de Langevin in 1882 and lived on Lots 3, 4 and 6 (T45-1-3). Philippe was involved in the 1885 Resistance at Duck Lake with Gabriel Dumont. He is credited with saving one of the wounded men that others wished to kill. He was a member of the Exovedate and a Captain of one of the 19 companies led by Gabriel Dumont. He is mentioned in Dumont’s account of the fighting at Tourond’s Coulee and he was part of the last stand in the graveyard trenches at Batoche with Edouard Dumont, Elzéar Parisien, the two Lavallee brothers and one Cree. Isidore Dumas says that at the battle for Batoche:

"On one occasion, Philippe Gariepy and Pierre Laverdure were both seen kneeling down on the hillside and coming out in the open to shoot. When one led, the other would follow; and between them existed a sort of rivalry as far as courage was concerned, “You are going to get killed!” shouted the Métis. But they would not listen.(ref: SHM, p. 61)."

Philippe was arrested on June 1, 1885, tried for treason-felony, and on August 14, 1885 at Regina sentenced to seven years and did serve a part of this sentence. In his testimony of August 13, 1885 at the Regina trial Father Alexis André says: "Philip Gariepie, forty-eight years of age, I have known for twenty-five years. He has been married for twenty years, and has a large family of six children. All the settlers know this man and respect him. He is one of the most respectable and peaceable men in the whole country, kind-hearted and gentle as a woman. I am informed that he is accused with having abused a wounded man—Newitt. From my personal and intimate knowledge of this man’s character and disposition, I do not hesitate to pronounce this accusation to be false and unfounded. It is repugnant to every feeling in the heart of a man like Gariepie. It is the act of a savage and brutal and wolfish nature and disposition. He is quite the contrary—kind, amiable and charitable, while his accuser, who is, if I am rightly informed, one Leveque, is totally unworthy of belief. He came to the Saskatchewan poor and miserable, and was treated kindly by Gariepie, whom he now tries to ruin." (CSP, 1886, Vol. 13, p. 384)

• Children of Philippe Gariepy and Rosalie Parenteau:
• Ambroise, born circa 1862; he married Virginie Laplante.
• William, born circa 1862, he died in March of 1870.
• Francois, born circa 1865.
• Philippe, born June 20, 1820 at St. François-Xavier, he died on October 27, 1888. (This can't be correct. This information from Lawrence Barkwell is either transcribed wrong, or he added this incorrectly- it looks more like it should read 1870).
• Victor, born October 1, 1872 at fish Creek, he married Elizabeth Brabant.
• Josue, born December 2, 1874 at St. Laurent, he died in 1875. [1]
• Isidore, born November 25, 1875 at St. Laurent.
• Francois, born 1875 at St. Laurent, he died in 1880 at fish Creek.
• Marie rose, born January 27, 1878 at St. Laurent, she died in 1884. [2] (? showing Marie Rose, born 1864- heir of Francois Gariepy)
• Gabriel, born August 5, 1880 at St. Laurent, he married Emma Caron in 1920 at Bellevue, he died in 1935.
• Josue, born September 1881 at St. Laurent, he died in November 1882.
• Virginie, born September 1882 at St. Laurent, she died in January 1884.

Philippe's siblings: Francois Gariepy- born 1820 (married Helen Poitras- born 1821), Pierre Gariepy- born 1820 in the Red River Settlement (married to Marie Grant- born 1822 in the Red River Settlement, daughter of Cuthbert Grant and Marie McGillis), Baptiste Gervais- born 1835, Agathe Gariepy- born 1845 in the Red River Settlement (married to Elzear Lafournaise- born 1843 or 1847 in the Red River Settlement, son of Jean Baptiste Lafournaise and Margaret Gosselin), Caroline Gariepy- born 1847 in Manitoba (married to Guillaume Lafournaise- born 1845 in Red River Settlement, son of Jean Baptiste Lafournaise and Margaret Gosselin).

Scrip Applications:

June 28, 1876: Scrip affidavit for Gariepy, Philippe; born: April 4, 1843; father: François Gariepy (Métis); mother: Louise Gladu (Métis); claim no: 2618; date of issue: April 20, 1877; amount: $160

July 5, 1875: Scrip affidavit for Gariepy, Rosalie, wife of Philippe Gariepy; born: February 9, 1844; father: Joseph Parenteau (Métis); mother: Angélique Gordon (Métis); claim no: 2619; date of issue: April 20, 1877; amount: $160

Gariepy, Gabriel; address: Bellevue, Sask; claim no. 535; born: 5 Aug., 1880 at St. Laurent; father: Philippe Gariepy (Métis); mother: Rosalie Parenteau (Métis); scrip cert.: form C, no. 795 for $240.00

Research Notes

• Phillipe Elzear Gariepy had a sister (Agathe Gariepy) who married Elzear Lafournaise.
• Information on the Turtle Mountain Band
• More information, via the Turtle Mountain - Souris Plains Heritage Association

Sources

• Gervais family tree (submitted to the Metis Association of Alberta).
• https://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/sinclair.cfm Warren Sinclair's Metis Genealogy, Glenbow Museum.Series 2 Descendancy tables. - 1997-1999. File: M-8736-276- "GARIEPY, Francois & Louise Gladu" (page 3 of PDF document). Fol. 365, 366. NAC Kipling Collection, MG 25 G 62, D.N.Sprague and R.P.Frye, Comps., The Genealogy of The First Metis Nation, table 1, no. 1897. no.1899 (Gardupuis).
• http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&rec_nbr=1501050&lang=eng&rec_nbr_list=1497810,1501050,1501041,1501045,1497916,4638165,1501044,1497818,1497816,4560507
• Scrip affidavit for Gariepy, Philippe; born: April 4, 1843; father: François Gariepy (Métis); mother: Louise Gladu (Métis); claim no: 2618; date of issue: April 20, 1877; amount: $160. Online MIKAN no. 1501050 (2 items). File part of Métis and Original White Settlers affidavits [textual record] (R190-43-X-E). Inventory no.: 15-11. Microfilm reel C-14928. Volume 1321. Former archival reference no. RG15-D-II-8-a. Finding aid no.15-19. Source: Government of Canada. Other system control no.FIND015/32711. MIKAN no.1501050
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• Elzear Gariepy land title on The Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan site : "S 42.615298 (1). Gariepy, Elzear : SW 12-19-27-W2. Land Description: SW 12-19-27-W2. Part: SW Section: 12 Township: 19 Range: 27 Meridian: W2".
• Metis Museum of Canada (page #6 in the document, under his son, Ambroise Gariepy. And Under Philippe Gariepy (page #7). Further Citations given in document. If the link does not work, please go to http://www.metismuseum.ca/search/ and search for "Gariepy" (without the quotation marks)- then go to the appropriate documents listed from the search. The search should be done as follows: - Criteria: Gariepy. - Formats: Text documents.
• St. Boniface Archives. Metis Resource Center, Ancestors of Myra Bremner. (Winnipeg, Manitoba: Genealogy Metis Resource Center.)