Jeanette (Raymond) Baptiste (1883)

Born 1883 in Nebraska, United States

Wife of William Henry Sunn — married 20 Mar 1908 (to 1914) in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States

Wife of John Baptiste — married 13 Oct 1914 (to 1915) in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States

Jeanette was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

Jeanette was born in 1883, the daughter of John Raymond and Big Winnebago Woman.

Name

Only one census (1891) gives her Hocąk name, and that is in translation. There she is called "Green Thunder," which would be Wakąjačowįga in Hocąk. This is from Wakąja, "Thunderbird"; čo, "a color spanning the spectrum from green through blue"; -wį-, a feminine gender infix; -ga, a definite article suffix used in personal names. This is a Thunderbird Clan name.

Marriages

In 1904 she gave birth to Raymond Baptiste, apparently the son of John Baptiste. He died in infancy around 1907. In 1908 she formally married William Sun. Around 1911, he went on to marry Clara Payer, so her marriage to William had been dissolved by that date. She formalized her relationship with John Baptiste by marrying him in 1914, but he died a year later. In 1917 she was apparently living with John Baptiste's brother Jerome, of whom the census taker remarks, "reported living with Jeanette Raymond, Mar. status unknown." The 1921 census shows her married to Louis French (b. 1877), but this union did not last too many years.

Sources

• 1891 Indian census; Roll: M595_311; Page: 51; 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.
• 1905 Indian census; Roll: M595_663; 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.
• Return of Marriages for the County of Woodbury, for the Fiscal Year Ending 30 June 1915, 97-1844. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
• 1917 Indian census; Roll: M595_665; Page: 5; Line: 16; 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.
• 1921 Indian census; Roll: M595_665; Page: 16; Line: 17; 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.
• Marriage Record, p. 297, Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1855-1908. State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska.