Father Charles RACETTE b: ABT 1833 in St Francois Xavier, Manitoba, Canada
Mother Helene BOYER b: 3 JAN 1833
Marriage 1 Betsy BOURASSA b: ABT 1867. Married: 23 MAY 1884 in Duck Lake, Sask., Canada 2
William Racette (October 15, 1857, St. Boniface, Mb) lived to be 100 years old or more. He is listed as being part of the rebellion in Batoche. The Racette descendents of Charles Racette live in Ebb and Flow and Sandy Bay, Manitoba from William Racette. They have become Treaty along the way. He also married 4 x to Betsy Bourassa, Madeleine Richard, Melanie Beaulieu and Marie St. Paul.
Sources
"Métis Scrip Records in Collection Search". Entry for William Racette; Scrip Certificate No. 612 Form B for $15.00 in favour of William Racette an heir of Charles Racette, Date: 1885-1887, Reference: RG15-D-II-3, Volume number: 218, Microfilm reel number: T-12042, T-12042, File number: HB 8180, File no. (creator): HB 8180, Item ID number: 1496340. Online image Library and Archives Canada (https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Search : accessed 19 Feb 2022).
Title: Metis Families, A Genealogical Compendium.Author: Gail Morin, Publication: Quinton Publications, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 1996(fact imported into family tree by Tom Edworthy) Repository: Media: Book Page: v2-1015, v1-114
Title: Metis Families, A Genealogical Compendium. Author: Gail Morin,Publication: Quinton Publications, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 1996(fact imported into family tree by Tom Edworthy) Repository:Media: Book Page: v2-1015
Year: 1881; Census Place: Prince Albert, Territories, Northwest Territories; Roll: C_13285; Page: 29; Family No: 132; Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
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