Mary (LaMere) Rave (abt. 1853 - aft. 1910)

Born about 1853 in Minnesota Territory, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1910 after about age 57 in Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, United States

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Mary was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

Mary was born about 1853 in Minnesota Territory. (1900, 1910 censuses) Her maiden surname was "Lamere". (Mar. Rec.) The Lameres, including Mary, are descendants of Oliver Lamère, a French Canadian:

Catherine Armel, Oliver’s first born, married Oliver

Lamere, a Frenchman from Canada who located

first at Lake Koshkonong. When the Winnebagoes

went to Long Prairie, he went with them, making

several trips to Wisconsin, finally locating in the

vicinity of Madison, where he died. He had three sons,

Moses, Joseph, and Frank, and two daughters, Elizabeth

and Mary. Elizabeth was the mother of Angel Decora."

(Jipson, 256)

Name

The 1898 census shows that her Hocąk name was the highly unusual Mary-ho-no-nic-kaw, which is for Mary-xųnųnįka, "Little (Young) Mary" (Per. Rec.), the conjoining of an Anglo name with suffixes often found in Hocąk names.

Marriage

She married Henry Rave sometime prior to 1875 when her second daughter, Marguerite was born. By at least 1886 (census) she had separated from Henry.

According to the 1900 Federal census, she had a daughter with Late Rave, whom she must have married by 1891.

Children

She had the following children with Henry Rave:

By about 1891, she married Late Rave and had a daughter by him:

The names of all her children are consistent with membership in the Bear Clan.

Death

She passed away sometime between 30 June 1912 and 30 June 1913, since she is in the census of the former year, but not the latter onward. (1912, 1913 censuses)

Sources

• Personal Recollection of Kecia (Alesiz) Mapp, 23 Dec 2020.
• 1886 Indian census; Roll: M595_311; Page: 18; Line: 6; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1900 Federal Census for Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Page: 26; Enumeration District: 0187; Description: Winnebago Precinct; FHL microfilm: 1240941. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
• Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908. State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Thurston County, Nebraska, Record #353, 4 June 1901, p. 519.
• 1910 Federal Census for Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska; Roll: T624_857; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0207; FHL microfilm: 1374870. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1912 Indian census; Roll: M595_664; Page: 32; Line: 5; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1913 Indian census; Roll: M595_664; Line: 12; Agency: Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Norton William Jipson, Story of the Winnebagoes (Chicago: The Chicago Historical Society, 1923). This is an unpublished typescript.