Comments on: Chippewa-Munsee Genealogy

By: Deb Schorzman

Deb Schorzman — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:57:58 +0000

I descend from Lucy Mae Burgoon, daughter of David Burgoon and wife of William A. Williamson. I am finding her on the Chippewa-Munsee rootsweb site but not on the 1859 or 1900 census. How would I prove that she is indeed of this tribe?

By: ken swearengin

ken swearengin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:50:25 +0000

brokenclaw, iwas following your postings of chippewa-munsee on the internet am new athis but i notice after following some of the links to roots.com on the plakeancestory and i found my grandfather cecil plake and i find a few differances one according to what i was told his mothers name was emerald ester elliott,her fathers name was washington r elliott and her mother was mary jane tanksley, also cecil’s wifes given name was esther corrine whitten but she was known as ruthwhitten plake. also their daughter,my mothers name was margret mary.also grandfather was born in enid ok. ido not haveany paperwork only word of mouth,thank you, ken swearengin

By: Ginger Chandler

Ginger Chandler — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:51:33 +0000

I am trying to find any thing about my great grandmother Mary Magoo born 1870 died 1948. lived in michigan, migrated to canada in summer lower michigan in winter. I thing she was part of Franklin tribe that did not move to Kansas. any information would be helpful!!!!!!!!!

By: Sylvia Land

Sylvia Land — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:13:07 +0000

To all who are searching for Chippewa and Munsee families. I live in Franklin County and work at the Chippewa Camp. I have been to both the Chippewa Cemetery and the Munsee Cemetery. I have researched both of them for a long time. As to Velma Williams, Francis McCoose is in my genalogy from Family Tree Maker. I would be glad to share what I know including a copy of a deer skin with Francis in the center and goes around and around until the 1970’s. I have visted his gravesite, which is something to see. Please contact me if you are interested in this information.

By: BrokenClaw

BrokenClaw — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:33:58 +0000

See my reply above, dated February 9, 2009.

By: daisy

daisy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:30:24 +0000

ive been researching the chippewa tribe for a project i was wondering if you could give me some new information

By: BrokenClaw

BrokenClaw — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:45:31 +0000

As far as I know, there are no official remnants of the Swan Creek and Black River Chippewa or their descendants. All the information on this website is the result of years of Internet research, with an occasional personal email from descendants who share their own pieces of ancestry. I put everything I know online, including my references.

By: Velma Williams

Velma Williams — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:27:57 +0000

looking for information re my gr-gr grandfather Francois Maconse, Chief of Swan River Band would like any sources to search. Do the Swan Creek- Black River Ojibwe retain any sort of government???
Velma

By: Mary smith

Mary smith — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:09:57 +0000

I’m trying to find information on my grandfather, Antoine Pariseau (sometimes spelled Parizeau). He lived on the Flathead reservation in 1900 but never was enrolled because he was Chippewa. He was born in 1870 in Canada. His wife’s first name was Angelic and she was born in 1878 in Montana. She listed her tribe as Pend E Orille. The old copy I have is an Indian Population Census of 1900. I don’t know how accurate it is. They both listed themselves as half white. I know that alot of blood degree was not recorded correctly. I need to know if Antoine was on any rolls in Canada. Probably Ontario. Thank You, Mary

By: BrokenClaw

BrokenClaw — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:20:35 +0000

Okay, so the good news is, that I was able to discover many of your grandmother’s ancestors. The bad(?) news is, I can find no evidence that she was related in any way to the Chippewa or Munsee Indians of Franklin County, KS. Although she may have been born in “Chippewa Hills”, all of her ancestors came from back east in Ohio and Illinois. So unless she was actually adopted from an Indian family, Nellie Gilliland was strictly of European descent. I will email you the ancestral file I compiled.