First Nations peoples in Lanark County

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Lanark, Upper Canada

Algonquin Lands in Frontenac and Lanark Counties

Joseph Whiteduck (abt.1794-abt.1845) (also noticed as Aiajawasikete, Wabichechi and Captain Joe) and his wife, Cecille Panosinakwe (abt.1795-abt.1861) (also noticed as Jabatawak) lived throughout the Ottawa Valley, travelling between their summer camp at the mission at Lake of Two Mountains, near Oka, Quebec and their winter hunting grounds surrounding the headwaters of the Mississippi River, near what would become Ardoch, in Frontenac County. He served in the Algonquin Auxilliary during the War of 1812. They were members of the Algonquin nation. Joe's Lake, in Lavant Township, Lanark County was named for him. They had several children:

• Peter Whiteduck (Aiajawasiketch) was a master canoe maker and river-pilot on the Ottawa River. He died at Oka in 1923.^[1]
• John Whiteduck married Mary Buckshot, daughter of Chief Buckshot. They moved to Maniwaki between 1871 and 1881.
• Joseph Whiteduck was born in 1831, in Quebec. Joseph (also called Joseph Wabichichi) married Mary Stoqua, ^[2]born about 1835 near Golden Lake, Algona Township, Renfrew County.
  • Margaret Whiteduck was born about 1873. She married Richard Cornelius on 17 Aug 1908^[3]
  • Herriot Whiteduck? married Thomas Perry
    • Richard Perry married Helen Crowe in Peterborough, on 24 Apr 1918. They moved back to Ardoch and raised their family
      • Neil Perry
      • Harold Perry
• Simon Whiteduck, born about 1839. He married Theresa Jacobs and lived in Quebec most of the time, but travelled the Ottawa River system between Lake of Two Mountains, Lower Canada and Calabogie, Upper Canada.
  • Sarah Whiteduck (abt.1869-1937) had four children, most likely with a man named Paul Benoit. Sarah's children are listed as having no known father and all used the surname Whiteduck.
    • Patrick Henry Whiteduck (1903-abt.1937) married Pearl Hainsworth most likely in North Bay, Ontario.
• Mary Ann Whiteduck, was born about 1841. She married first to Louis Mitchell with whom she had three children: Louis Mitchell Jr., Katie Mitchell, and Michael Mitchell (born the same year his father died). There was also a son named Gabriel, who may have had a different father. Katie and Louis Mitchell Sr. were murdered on a fur trading trip to Montreal in 1865.
  • Gabriel Whiteduck served in WWI and was discharged in 1919. Prior to the war, he had lived at Griffith, Mattawachan Township, Addington County.

Sources

1. ↑ Thesis; The Lands In Which The Savages Stood In No Particular Need: Dispossessing the Algonquins of South-Eastern Ontario of Their Lands, 1760-1930; (Queens University; Huitema, Marijke E, 2000); citing: Letter written by JD Gemmill to the Almonte Gazette, 1924
2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZF-1YH : 8 March 2021), Mary Stogna in entry for Richard Cornelius and Margaret Whiteduck, 17 Aug 1908; citing registration , Douro, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,868.
3. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZF-1YW : 8 March 2021), Richard Cornelius and Margaret Whiteduck, 17 Aug 1908; citing registration , Douro, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,868.