Charlotte (Vieux) Thorpe (1861 - 1901)

Born Jun 1861 in Pottawatomie, Anderson, Kansas, United States

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Died 17 Nov 1901 at age 40 in Indian Territory, United States

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Biography

Charlotte was Potawatomi.

Charlotte Vieux, a Potawatomi, was born about 1861 in what is now Kansas. She was the daughter of Jacob Vieux and Elizabeth Goslin. ^{[1] [2]} Although many Potawatomi were removed to Indian Territory in 1867, the 1870 U.S. Census lists her as a nine-year-old student as "St. Mary's Academy" in Pottawatomie, Kansas. ^[3] She married Hiram Thorpe, a Sac and Fox, about 1880. ^[4] They were the parents of George, Charles, James, Mary, Adeline, and Edward. ^[5] Charlotte died in 1901 and is buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. ^[6]

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1. ↑ Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1875 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1875_16; Line: 33
2. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-235; NARA Series Title: Shawnee Agency: Citizen Pottawatomi Annuity Roll, 1891. #83
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJY-JNJ : 28 May 2021), Charlotte Vieux in entry for Ellen Milmore, 1870.
4. ↑ 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. 1893; Roll: M595_453; Page: 10; Line: 16; Agency: Sac and Fox
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRV-QWX : accessed 20 August 2019), Charlotte Thorp in household of Hiram Thorp, Dent Township Keokuk Falls town, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 196, sheet 10B, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,342.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87188136/charlotte-thorpe : accessed 02 January 2022), memorial page for Charlotte Vieux Thorpe (Jun 1863–17 Nov 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87188136, citing Sacred Heart Cemetery, Asher, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Susan Lewis Arday (contributor 46576010) .