Basil Lafond Sr (1846 - 1927)

Born 1846 in Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1927 at about age 81 in Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

• Father Paul or Napes Dumont dit Durand b: 1796 in Rocky Mountain House
• Mother Marie Ahs-ke-kah-mu-ah-taht

• Marriage 1 Basile LaFond b: 1846 in St. Vital. Married: 1868 in Battleford

• Children

• Lafond, Basil (39); Dumont dit Durand, Elizabeth Isabelle (44)
• 1) Lafond, Caroline: b. 20 August 1872, Fort Carlton, NWT (SK)
• 2) Lafond, Julie: b. 6 March 1873, Battleford, NWT (SK); d. 8 September 1930, Battleford, NWT (SK)
• 3) Lafond, Basil: b. 1877, Carlton, NWT (SK); d. 1958
• 4) LaFond, Marie-Rose: b. 14 July 1879, Battleford, NWT (SK)
• 5) LaFond, Marie-Virginie: b. 1 July 1882, , Battleford, NWT (SK)
• 6) Lafond, Edouard: b. 11 August ?; bap. 12 August ?; d. 27 February 1889

• Basil Lafond Sr. was born 1846 in Red River Settlement and dies December 30,1927 in Battleford, he married Isabelle Durant 1869, daughter of Paul Durand and Marie Basil Lafond. Lafond was a Metis born in Red River, he worked for many years for the Hudson Bay Company in Fort Carleton and later in Fort Pitt. Basil may have had Treaty Rights from the Muskeg Lake Reserve. His wife Isabelle Durant was Treaty from the Beardy's Band. Later he served as Corporal in the original Battleford infantry

• Basil was born at St Vita, the son of Amble Lafond and Marie Racette. In 1868, he married Isabelle Durand, the daughter of Paul dit Nabair Durand dit Dumont and Marie Ahs-Ke-Kah-um-ahtaht (Both Metis). The Couple had six children. His wife was a member of the Beardy's Band. Basil was a HBC employee at Fort Carleton,forth Pitt the Battleford. Along with with Joseph Nolin, he was arrested on March 29, 1885 at Battleford on suspicion of being a rebel, but were later paroled with order to stay in Battleford.

• Metis Land Scipt
• Lafond, Basile - Concerning his claim as a head of family, and as heir to his deceased daughter, Virginie - Address, Battleford - Born, 1846 at St. Vital - Father, Lafond,(French Canadian) - Mother, Marie Racette, (Métis) - Married, 1868 at Battleford to Isabelle Durand - Children living, five - Children deceased, one, Virginie, died four years after the transfer at five years of age - Scrip for $400 - Claim 1254

• https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1498019&new=-8585906719414096771

• Notes Isabelle Durant
• Isabelle was a halfbreed who had Treaty Rights with the Beardy's band, she however sold her Treaty Rights on April 11, 1886 in Prince Albert. From Halfbreed withdrawing from treaty 1885-1901

• Listed in as Families of The 1885 resistance

• LaFond, Basil.(1846-1927)-Spouse, Isabelle (Durand)

• Canada Census 1891 North west Territories South Battleford

• Basil Lafond Sr. and Bella
• Battleford Municipal Cemetery

Sources

• docuri.com

• scribd.com

• findagrave.com

• metismuseum

• Metis Scrip Affidavit for daughter, Marie Rose: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=fonandcol&IdNumber=1511262&new=-8585907473943778109

• "Canada, Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZVH-Z7V1 : 27 April 2021), Basile Lafond in entry for Basile Lafond, 1877.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Darrell Parker for creating WikiTree profile Lafond-116 through the import of Anna Rose Lafond.ged on Jul 30, 2013.