DEATH RECORDS - 4

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Compiled  by

Deeon McCullay

1940 - 1949 - Including POW's
Joseph Martin - 87 - Nipigon - Jan 12 1940
Anna Atwill - 66 - Nipigon - Jan 21 1940
James Atwill - N/A - Nipigon - Jan 21 1940
Thomas Lorilla - N/A - Nipigon - Jan 21 1940
Nikolai Crestoff - 53 - Hurkett - Feb 19 1940
William Wesley - 84 - Nipigon - May 15 1940
Margaret Phillips - 57 - Nipigon River - May 26 1940
Maurice Trimble - 20 - Lake Nipigon - July 17 1940
Aarne Uusitallo - 45 - McKirdy ON - June 21 1940
Charles Risanaso - N/A - Lake Nipigon - July 21 1940
James Swallow - N/A - Dorion - Aug 9 1940
Robert Murray Angus - 34 - Nipigon - Sept 21 1940
Olli Laine - 57 - Dorion - Sept 30 1940
Cecilia Belki - 50 - Dorion - Oct 16 1940
Harry Zemlak - 25 - Hurkett - Nov 27 1940
Nick Kaavisto - 48 - Lake Helen - Dec 25 1940
Walter Arthur Shaen - 54 - Red Rock - Dec 29 1040
George Yuzwa - 45 - Hurkett - Jan 18 1941
Matt Hill - 14 - Nipigon - March 14 1941
Andrew Puulkinen - 62 - Nipigon - March 29 1941
William Delmar Vanderburgh - 84 - Dorion - April 19 1941
Marti Tarnainen - 35 - Dorion - May 25 1941
Joseph Simokatis - 62 - Nipigon - July 8 1941
Hinz Boerner - 35 - POW Camp (Unlisted) - July 29 1941 - POW
Mrs Charles Gwisses/ Kwisses - 66 - Lake Helen Mission - July 29 1941
Gaston Zeugen - 56 - POW Camp (unlisted) - Aug 7 1941 - POW
Victor Terrien - N/A - Hurkett - Sept - 1941
Uno Allen Kontunen - 20 - Hurkett - Sept 30 1941
Joseph Salo - 66 - Nipigon - Dec 3 1941
Susanne Pigeon - 85 - Nipigon - Dec 16 1941
Paul Cameron - 75 - Nipigon - Dec 25 1941
Mrs Macheil Ogima - 85 - Nipigon - Dec 25 1941
William Ranta - 52 - Lake Nipigon - Jan 18 1942
Henry Playle - 62 - Ouimet - Feb 17 1942
Malcolm Watty - N/A - Dorion - Feb 18 1942
Evelyn McCullough - 6 - Nipigon - Feb 25 1942
Marion Ksonzena - 20+ - Black Sturgeon - March 5 1942
Matt Etella - 52 - Hurkett - June 1 1942
Andrew Pop - 32 - Black Sturgeon River - June 10 1942
Andrew Thomas Love - 63 - Black Sturgeon Camp - June 25 1942
Abe Penner - 43 - Black Sturgeon River - June 10 1942
Jerome Morrow - 3 - Hurkett - July 3 1942
Carl Tolmonen - N/A - Dorion - July 12 1942
Rose Smith - 70 - Dorion - July 28 1942
Anti Perkio - 40 - Nipigon area - Sept - 1942
Daniel Wychopen - 38 - Hurkett - Sept 13 1942
Manu Taitale - 60 - Nipigon area - Sept 21 1942
Pjaalmar Nuumi - 50 - Nipigon - Sept 27 1942
Annie Swallow - 80 - Dorion - Dec 15 1942
Mrs Moses Watt - N/A - Nipigon - Jan 3 1943
Thomas Keating - 62 - Hurkett - Jan 12 1943
John Victor Pajula - 70 - Nipigon - Feb 4 1943
William R Webster - 60 - Nipigon - Feb 13 1943
Susanne Collins 67 - Hurkett - March 18 1943
Sven S Leland - 69 - Body - Hurkett Bay - May 4 1943
Edward Belair - N/A - Hurkett - May 20 1943
Joseph E R Plessis - 72 - Hurkett - May 20 1943
Mrs Celestine Joseph - N/A - Nipigon River - May 24 1943
Mary Delaronde - 98 - Nipigon - May 25 1943
James G Pierson - 18 - Lake Nipigon - July 3 1943
Alex Sowchuk - N/A - Nipigon River - Sept 7 1943
Roy Dennison Trout - 62 - Nipigon Hwy - Sept 22 1943
Nicholas Bold - 73 - Dorion - Sept 26 1943
Steve Mike Wanigis - N/A - Lake Nipigon - Oct 3 1943
Dennis Deschamps - 79 - Nipigon - Oct 6 1943
Charles August Johnson - 73 - Ouimet - Oct 9 1943
Theresa Gagnon - 69 - Nipigon - Oct 29 1943
Mary Brunner - 68 - Hurkett - Feb 28 1944
Martin T Helnerson - 53- Red Rock - March 21 1944
- Body - Near Nipigon - March 22 1944
Nicholas John - 59 - Nipigon - April 5 1944
Hanna Paju- 53 - Nipigon - May 21 1944
William Kay - N/A - Dorion - May 27 1944
Andrew Pank - 45 - Cameron Falls - May 27 1944
John Potter - N/A - Dorion - May 27 1944
Robert Potter - N/A - Dorion - May 27 1944
Mrs Selmi Manila - 81 - Nipigon - June 15 1944
Rudi Schud - POW Camp - Black Sturgeon - June 20 1944 - POW
Leopold Sleik - N/A - North - McKirdy ON - Aug 23 1944 - POW
Victor Koski - 21 - Nipigon - Aug 25 1944
Carl Smith - 2 - Hurkett - Sept 8 1944
Carl H Stangbey - 30 - Red Rock - Oct 30 1944
Annie Poten -Infant - Nipigon - Nov 7 1944
Martha Constance Cook - 62 - Alexander's Landing - Nov 11 1944
Thomas Tyndall - N/A - MacDiarmid - Nov 23 1944
Frank Dudley Ward - 65 - Nipigon - Nov 26 1944
Doreen C Ashley - 2 mos - Nipigon - Dec 23 1944
John Kay - 12 - Wolf River - Dec 27 1944
Pte . Richard Creigan - N/A - Cameron Falls - Feb 15 1945
Alfred Howe - Infant - Nipigon - Feb 18 1945
Howard C Henderson - 3.5 - Red Rock - March 13 1945
Walter Gamble - 85 - Dorion - April 17 1945
Walter Hagn - 19 - POW Camp - Cameron Falls - Body - April 24 1945 -
POW
Anton Anderson - 62 - Nipigon - May 7 1945
James Henry Holder 76 - Dorion - May 16 1945
Carlo DeFazio - 22 - Nipigon - May 18 1945
R Becker - Cameron Falls - May 30 1945 -
 POW Hanz/ Heina Gunther - 28 - POW Camp - Body - Hurkett - June 4 1945 -
 POW Joseph Kambich - 45 - Black Sturgeon Camp - June 5 1945
Lloyd Dampier - 2 - Nipigon - June 13 1945
Sgt. Elvin Milburn Finan - 26 - Nipigon - June 16 1945
J Schaefe - POW Camp - Lake Nipigon - June 20 1945 -
POW Dino Piesanen - 41 - Nipigon - June 25 1945
Andrew Didych - 49 - Sept 8 1949 -
 Body - CPR - Red Rock - Sept 17 1945
Gnr. E Legarde - 21 - MacDiarmid Funeral - Sept 19 1945
Lucas Lun - 58 - Orient Bay - Oct 4 1945
William Lanigan - 56 -Orient Bay - Oct 12 1945
James Aitkens - 64 - Near Hurkett - Oct 30 1945
Hans Schweizer - N/A - Bush Camp (unlisted) - Nov 23 1945 -
 POW John Alexander Keatley - 70 - Dorion - Dec 3 1945
Cecil P McCarthy - 57 - Body - Nipigon Hwy - Dec 4 1945
Nick Potenteau - 71 - Dorion Funeral - Dec 10 1945
Thomas Merits - 61 - Nipigon - Jan 2 1946
John Kolybaba Kelly - 31 - Nipigon Hwy - May 3 1946
James Askie - 87 - Dorion - May 26 1946
Hulda Christina Sjolander - 60 - Nipigon - June 6 1946
Milford Mark Kilens - 21 - Nipigon Hwy - Aug 4 1946
Richard Bolton - N/A - Missing - Nipigon River - Aug 6 1946
James William Martindale - 63 - Red Rock - Aug 15 1946
Thomas Joseph Ryan - 63 - Orient Bay - Sept 18 1946
John Stafford Merril Hodder - 42 - PA - Nipigon Hwy - Sept 25 1946
Joel Jackson - 65 - Nipigon - Sept 26 1946
Stenlund - Infant - Hurkett - Sept 27 1946
Leon Lamuel Brousseau - 41/46 - Red Rock - Sept 30 1946
Mrs Muno Salo - 68 - Nipigon - Oct 8 1946
Annette Morriseau - 80 - MacDiarmid - Oct 23 1946
Arthur Alison - 44 - Red Rock - Nov 4 1946
William Kadge - 45 - Near Orient Bay - Nov 12 1946
Capt. Allen Sheldon Nuttall - 76 - Dorion Estate - Nov 16 1946
Stanley M Kruger - 30 - Black Sturgeon Road - Nov 20 1946
Alfred Holm - 64- Red Rock - Dec 26 1946
Mrs Minnie Payton - 65 - Dorion - Jan 27 1947
Karl Helmer Hagglund - 50 - Lake Nipigon - Feb 5 1947
William James Harris - 60 - Dorion - Feb 23 1947
Bertha Bohler - 81 - Dorion - March 27 1947
John Burke - 86 - Hurkett - April 5 1947
Sarah F Fawcett - 47 - Nipigon - April 17 1947
June C Henrickson - 8 mos - Nipigon - April 28 1947
Joseph C Bourassa - 46 - Red Rock - May 22 1947
Helen Toykala - 5 mos - Nipigon - May 31 1947
George Thomas Richard - N/A - Orient Bay - Aug 22 1947
John Maki - 58 - Nipigon - June 3 1947
Martin Anderson - 20 - Lake Nipigon - July 3 1947
William McIntyre - N/A - Lake Nipigon - July 3 1947
June 30 1947Sonja Goulet - 48 - Nipigon -
Mrs Denny Deschamps - 74 - Lake Helen - July 10 1947
Dominic Gentile - 70 - Nipigon - July 13 1947
John Avery - N/A - Nipigon River - July 11 1947 -
 Body - July 28 1947
Fernand Lavasseur - 20 - Body - West - Nipigon - July 26 1947
Elizabeth Basketawang - 16 - Nipigon - July 27 1947
Peter Hokanson - 65 - Black Sturgeon - Aug 19 1947
Alfred Thomas Pollard - 35 - Orient Bay - Aug 21 1947
George Thomas Richards - 70 - Orient Bay - Aug 22 1947
Samuel Meritt - 58 - Near Ouimet - Sept 25 1947
David Cordilla - 66 - Nipigon - Oct 2 1947
Frederick Blom - 46 - Nipigon Estate - Oct 5 1947
Evert Tolmonen - N/A - Dorion Estate - Oct 18 1947
Clarence Bertram Montgomery - 54 - Cameron Falls - Oct 29 1947
Edward Dixon - N/A - Dorion - Nov 4 1947
Louise Cameron - 73 - Nipigon - Nov 10 1947
Thomas Huel - 65 - Black Sturgeon Camp - Nov 21 1947
Mary Jessie Jeffrey - 5 - Nipigon - Dec 6 1947
Dora Mary Holmes - 63 - Cameron Falls - Dec 25 1947
Stanley Yanchuk - 25 - Near Nipigon - Dec 28 1947
Leo Masterson - 43 - Cameron Falls - Jan 31 1948
Eva Alksandra Helin - 47 - Nipigon - Feb 21 1948
Edward Arthur Smith - 4 - Nipigon - Feb 29 1948
Eria May Williams - 17 mos - Nipigon - March 1 1948
Stanley Szymankiewicz - 3 mos - Hurkett - March 8 1948
Helen Florence Grover - 54 - Nipigon - March 10 1948
Tauno Kivi -39 - Dorion - March 31 1948
William Michael Bouchard - 43 - Nipigon - April 1 1948
Charles Holm - 62 - Nipigon - April 11 1948
Mary Salo - 60 - Nipigon - April 26 1948
Raymond J Matson - 24 - Nipigon Hwy - May 5 1948
Jack Wong - 52 - Nipigon - June 16 1948
Augustine Chiasson - 56 - Pine Portage - July 1 1948
Beatrice Dupuis - 39 - Nipigon - July 12 1948
Leo Neveu - 21 - Murdered - Red Rock - July 28 1948
John Mazeralla - 45 - Nipigon River - July 28 1948
John Thompson - 60 - Black Sturgeon - July 28 1948
Frank Otonicar - 64 - Pine Portage - Aug 12 1948
Fred Glodik - 45 - Pine Portage - Aug 15 1948
Lionel Renaud - 64 - Dorion Estate - Aug 16 1948
Harry Mahid - 52 - Pine Portage - Aug 17 1948
John Dermanchuk - 66 - Ouimet - Aug 26 1948
Nima Tolmonen - N/A - Dorion Estate - Aug 26 1948
Emma Fehr - N/A - Hurkett - Aug 27 1948
Gust Lundberg - 67 - Nipigon Hwy - Aug 28 1948
Cameron Scott Wheeler - 42 - Nipigon - Sept 1 1948
Jacqueline Vasseur - 4 - Nipigon - Oct 7 1948
J H McRae - 62 - Red Rock - Dec 3 1948
Cpl. James Francis Watson - 50 - Red Rock - Dec 11 1948
Joshua Elley/ Eiley - 65 - Black Sturgeon Camp - Dec 14 1948
Henry Saline - 63 - Black Sturgeon - Dec 16 1948
Haines - Infant - Dorion - Dec 23 1948
Mrs Aino Levalla - 42 - Nipigon - Dec 28 1948
Virgina Michaele Healey - 4 - Cameron Falls - Jan 4 1949
William Hogan - 77 - Nipigon Estate - Feb 8 1949
Konstine Koski/ Frans Kuorikoski - 58 - Body - Black Bay - Feb 14 1949
James Lemesurier - 28 - Black Sturgeon - March 2 1949
Sandy Koski - 53 - Nipigon - March 19 1949
Josephine Catherine Anderson - N/A - March 24 1949
Howard J Leigh - N/A - Red Rock - April 7 1949
Samuel Landry - 47 - Red Rock - April 20 1949
John Francis Desmond McEachern - 25 - Pine Portage - May 18 1949
Emil Kruzick - 51 - Black Sturgeon - May 24 1949
Dr. I L Waterman - 46 - Nipigon - June 4 1949
Melvina Randall - 47 - Nipigon - June 7 1949
Gertrude Emily Perrin - 43 - Nipigon - June 14 1949
Joseph Lukaszuk - N/A - Red Rock - June 15 1949
Arvo Johannes Paju - Red Rock Estate - June 25 1949
Morley Moffat Hayes - 33 - Pine Portage - July 12 1949
Robert Nutall - 22 - Pine Portage - July 12 1949
William Boulter - 64 - Dorion - July 31 1949
Alex Haydey - 63 - Red Rock - Aug 9 1949
Albert Morin - N/A - Nipigon River - Aug 10 1949 -
 Body - Aug 18 1949
Alfred Oulette - N/A - Nipigon River - Aug 10 1949 -
 Body - Aug 18 1949
Morris Oulette - 21 - Nipigon River - Aug 10 1949
Earl Gregory - 13 - Near Red Rock - Aug 12 1949
Edmund Lawrence - 34 - Lake Nipigon - Aug 12 1949
Albert Morin - August 10 1949 -
 Body - Nipigon River - Aug 18 1949
Wyecok Egnatt - 64 - Red Rock - Aug 19 1949
Antti Pellinen - 49 - Body - Nipigon - Sept 28 1949
Amanada Lavalla - 72 - Nipigon - Oct 1 1949
Joseph Kowitash - 49 - MacDiarmid - Oct 11 1949
Edmund Laurence - 49 - Lake Nipigon - Oct 12 1949
Vilpus Lahti - 38 - Pine Portage - Nov 9 1949
John Patrick Fryer - N/A - Pine Portage - Nov 22 1949
Melvin Vye McCulluogh - N/A - Nipigon - Nov 22 1949
Thomas Moore - 72 - Red Rock - Nov 24 1949
Leo Bisette - 48 - Black Sturgeon - Dec 3 1949
Elizabeth May Link - 52 - Nipigon - Dec 23 1949
Frederick Johnson - 53- Red Rock - Dec 24 1949
Emil Hillman - 77 - Nipigon - Dec 24 1949
Thomas L Hayes - 63 - Pine Portage - Dec 25 1949

The Curator apologizes for any mixed up dates in P.O.W. listings and Body listings as she may have misplaced the cursor moving the names around in the list.

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DEATH RECORDS - 3

Deeon McCullay 4:47pm Mar 17 1930 - 1939 Everet - Infant - Nipigon - Jan 17 1930 Jens Christian Jorgenson - 28 - Nipigon - Feb 18 1930 John Jorgenson - 30 - Nipigon - Feb 21 1930 Martin Kelly Johnson - 35 - Near Hurkett - July 2 1930 Porter E Grover - 69 - Nipigon River - July 5 1930 Selina Bryan - 89 - Dorion - Oct 14 1930 William McKirdy - 80 - Nipigon - Jan 14 1931 Alonso Zantolas - 39 - Nipigon - Jan 23 1931 Frank Wastila - 57 - Hurkett - March 22 1931 Roy Alison - 32 - Lake Helen - April 1 1931 Frederick Foster - 39/40 - Dorion - June 16 1931 Samuel Cooper - 55 - Dorion - June 18 1931 Oscar Kari - 60 - Black Bay - Jan 8 1932 J J Connors - N/A - Dorion - Feb - 1932 W W Price - N/A - Dorion Estate - Feb 6 1932 Ernest Labelle - 45 - Hurkett - May 16 1932 Sam Kimbers - N/A - MacDiarmid - May 23 1932 Elizabeth Abbott - 85 - Nipigon - June 3 1932 James Dampier - 30/45 - Nipigon River - June 22 1932 Mrs Scoullie - N/A - Dorion - Aug 31 1932 Oswald Mousseau - 60 - Body found - Hurkett - Sept 6 1932 Mary Kebuck - 78/90 - Hurkett - Sept 15 1932 John Larenchuk - N/A - Orient Bay - Sept 27 1932 Charles Lesvasseur - N/A - Nipigon - Dec 11 1932 John Millar - 77 - Hurkett - Jan 3 1933 Nicholas Belki - 21 - Dorion - Jan 15 1933 Mrs. John Ferguson - 63 - Hurkett - Jan 28 1933 Eric Koskiman - 50 - Near Nipigon - Feb 2 1933 James Atwell - 69 - Nipigon - Feb 22 1933 Harry Docheff Trotski - 35/45 - Hurkett - March 5 1933 Charles Johnston - 78 - Hurkett - July 12 1933 Martha Wilson - 93 - Dorion - July 31 1933 Margaret Atkinson - 54 - Dorion - Sept 9 1933 Charles Frederick Johnston - N/A - Hurkett Estate - Oct 18 1933 Lilian Grover - N/A - Nipigon - Oct 28 1933 Matti Antila - 31 - Black Bay - Nov 1 1933 - Body Found - Nov 8 1933 Wilmar Groff - N/A - Clearwater Lake - Nov 2 1933 Joe Joel Weita - N/A - Black Bay - Nov 2/3 1933 George A S Draganoff - 47/48 - Suicide - Dorion - Nov 3 1933 Gus Strochen - 50 - Body found - Hurkett - Dec 20 1933 Fred Harbon - N/A - Nipigon Bay - Dec 21 1933 Ellen Manitobenis - N/A - Nipigon - Dec 26 1933 William Lasko - N/A - Body found - Near Nipigon - Jan 8 1934 Vaino Hill - 44 - Hurkett Area - March 6 1934 Thomas Philips - N/A - Nipigon - April 25 1934 James Taylor - 71 - Hurkett - May 22 1934 James Bouchard - 86 - Nipigon - July 9 1934 Peter Tremblay - N/A - Body found - Hurkett - July 25 1934 Joseph Dagnault - 50 - MacDiarmid - July 28 1934 Walter Patton - 10/11 - Nipigon River - Oct 8 1934 Clifford Spencer - 20 - Nipigon Hwy - Oct 15 1934 Elmere Jacomb - 30 - Nipigon - Oct 17 1934 Otto A Strey - 52 - Dorion - Jan 2 1935 Thomas Weeks - 63 - Hurkett - Jan 3 1935 John Bazan - 40/41 - Orient Bay - March 13 1935 Arthur Gilby - 75 - Dorion - March 23 1935 Andres Ulfelt - 77 - Nipigon - April 1 1935 Konsta Kuusela - 62 - Nipigon - April 3 1935 Gustave Stenmark - 56 - Hurkett - May 15 1935 James Hall - 17 - Nipigon - June 25 1935 Loretta Wadson - 47 - Dorion - July 5 1935 Keenan - Infant- Hurkett - July 27 1935 Michael Lespi - N/A - Nipigon - Aug 5 1935 Ann Cleary - 75 - Ouimet - Sept 20 1935 John Miller - 86 - Nipigon - Dec 10 1935 John Bracket - 76/87 - Dorion - Feb 8 1936 Mrs Andrew Lexi - 60 - Nipigon - Feb 16 1936 Lorne Sharp - 25 - Lake Helen - Feb 22 1936 Vaino Ranta - 56 - Nipigon - April 29 1936 Antti Oja - 45 - Nipigon - May 24 1936 Louis Rabboni - 19 - Wolf River - May 25 1936 Richard Glen Ferguson - 3 wks - Nipigon - June 6 1936 George L Gordon - 57 - Nipigon - June 23 1936 Joseph Manwell - N/A - MacDiarmid - July 13 1936 Samuel Korpi - 77 - East - Nipigon - Aug 27 1936 Richard Gregory - 70 - Dorion - Oct 5 1936 Joy Guse - 3 - Nipigon Hwy - Oct 17 1936 Philip Guse - 4 - Nipigon Hwy - Oct 17 1936 John A Ferguson - 67 - Hurkett - Nov 29 1936 Mary Vester - 6 - MacDiarmid - Jan 7 1937 Matti Maki - 44 - McKirdy ON - March 4 1937 Capt. Alonzo W Nuttal - 69/70 - Hurkett - March 23 1937 N Bouchard - 99 - Nipigon - May 1 1937 Harry Heitenen (Hylkinen) - 55 - Nipigon/ Red Rock - May 4 1937 John Taylor - 70 - Hurkett - June 10 1937 Mike Metej Verdicon - 33 - Lake Helen - June 13 1937 Mrs Frank R Ankney - 55 - Dorion - June 25 1937 Mrs Alex Black - 45 - Nipigon - July 1 1937 Edwin Robert Pudas - 18 - Lake Helen - July 4 1937 David Clifford Collins 22 - Hurkett - July 25 1937 Fred Fraser - 36 - Red Rock - Aug 14 1937 William Stefanko - 44 - Red Rock - Aug 14 1937 Sarah Warren - 59 - Hurkett - Aug 14 1937 Emil Hill - 34 - Nipigon - Aug 17 1937 James Delaronde - 27 - Nipigon - Sept 1 1937 James Leslie Desando - 28 - Nipigon - Sept 1 1937 T J Bechenke - N/A - Nipigon Straits - Sept 4 1937 Louis Kardos - 37 - Red Rock - Sept 11 1937 Capt. A. L Carney - Nipigon Straits - Sept 24 1937 James Keenan - N/A - Nipigon Straits - Sept 24 1937 Ray Patterson - N/A - Nipigon Straits - Sept 24 1937 Mrs Patterson - N/A - Nipigon Straits - Sept 24 1937 Walter Smith - N/A - Nipigon Staits - Sept 24 1937 Albert Bruhley - 34 - MacDiarmid - Oct 25 1937 Robert McFarlane - 55 - McKirdy ON - Jan 22 1938 Alfred Joseph Dumeney- 26/27 - Black Sturgeon River - Feb 12 1938 George Stewart - N/A - Near Nipigon - March 19 1938 David Laidlaw - 70 - Lake Nipigon - April 13 1938 Domna Shastal Andruchuk - N/A - Dorion Estate - July 3 1938 Mrs Freeman Perry - N/A - Hurkett - July 16 1938 Angela DePerry - 26 - Nipigon - July 21 1938 William Oliver - 68 - Dorion - Aug 13 1938 Edward Dupuis - 7 - Nipigon - Aug 27 1938 Alexander Arsenault - 29 - Nipigon Hwy - Sept 3 1938 Bertha Ahl - 16/18 - Nipigon Hwy - Sept 3 1938 Arthur Donio - N/A - Nipigon - Sept 7 1938 Lloyd Cleland - 33 - Hurkett - Sept 26 1938 - Body found - Dec 28 1938 Stanley C Smith - 43/48 - Hurkett - Sept 29 1938 Mrs Salo - 91 - Nipigon - Oct 18 1938 Walter Hands - N/A - McKirdy ON- Nov 25 1938 Joseph Anderson - 53 - Nipigon - Nov 28 1938 Hilma Rantil - 56 - Nipigon - Dec 29 1938 Gerald Trewin - 8 mos - Dorion - Feb 18 1939 Nels Sundall - 32 - Nipigon River - May 19 1939 Frank Testuk - 66 - Hurkett - June 27/30 1939 John Carlson - 55 - Nipigon - July 18 1939 Ralph Wastle - 32/38 - Loftquist Lake - July 23 1939 Fred Delaronde - 34 - Nipigon - Aug 1 1939 Joseph Puc - 35 - Black Bay - Aug 9/10 1939 Albert Dick - 40 - Lake Nipigon - Aug 24 1939 Alexander Delaronde - 45 - MacDiarmid - Sept 16 1939 Mary Medwid/Medwick - 22/25 - Nipigon Hwy- Oct 10 1939 Antti (Antel) Hato - 64 - Hurkett - Oct 12 1939 George Malcom - 37 - Body found - Cameron Falls - Oct 16 1939 - Riverside Cemetery Mrs Malcom Watty - N/A - Nipigon - Oct 17 1939 - Dorion Cemetery Anton J Juorela - 38 - Orient Bay - Oct 26 1939 George Colby - 57 - Nipigon Hwy - Nov 4 1939 Peter Morriseau - 46 - Lake Nipigon - Nov 15 1939 Harry Thompson - 55 - Nipigon - Nov 23 1939 Andrew Churnez - 70 - Hurkett - Dec 13 1939

DEATH RECORDS - 2

Deeon McCullay 6:49pm Mar 16 1920 - 1929 Catherine Delaronde - N/A - Nipigon - Feb 20 1920 Angelique John - N/A - Nipigon - Feb 22 1920 Mrs S E Clark - N/A - Dorion - March 10 1920 Andrew Strassuik - 24 - Cameron Falls - April 27 1920 Donald Gordon - 49 - Cameron Falls - Aug 10 1920 Leo William Patenaude - N/A - Nipigon - May 12 1920 Arthur Claude Husband - N/A - Virgin Falls - Nipigon - Aug 24 1920 Dominic Solomon - N/A - Nipigon - Jan 1 1921 Ross Allen Woods - 6 mos - Dorion - Jan 8 1921 Henry Deschamps - 31 - Nipigon - Feb 4 1921 Amalia Manila - N/A - Nipigon - March 12 1921 A Nicholas - Body found - Hurkett - April 26 1921 John Broden - N/A - Orient Bay - April 26 1921 James T Tennant - 72 - Nipigon - May 4 1921 Daniel Richard Pontine - 60 - Hurkett - May 7 1921 Peter Scherecky - 45 - Cameron Falls - July 7 1921 Edward Gedery - N/A - Lightning strike - Nipigon - July 29 1921 James W Johnson - N/A - Body found - Near McKirdy (Lake) - Nipigon - Sept 23 1921 F B Benton - N/A - Cameron Falls - Oct 21 1921 Alma Ellen Bryan - 2 - Nipigon - Dec 21 1921 George James Barret - 3 - Nipigon - Jan 8 1922 Mrs James Albert E Holder - 54 - Dorion - July 2 1922 John Heino (Heinanen) - 39 - Nipigon - August 12 1922 E E McLughlin - N/A - Dorion - Oct 4 1922 Jaima Yalto - N/A - Black Bay - Nov 10 1922 Isaac Rahko - 45 - Nipigon - Nov 13 1922 William Morgan - 60 - Dorion - March 7 1923 Ruby Geraldine Foster - 30 - Buried on Farm - Dorion - May 8 1923 George C Hands - 61 - Nipigon - May 10 1923 Martti Pelto (Pelter)- N/A - Black Bay - July 24 1923 E Saari - N/A - Possibly July 24 1923 - Body Found - Black Bay - July 30 1923 Marie Saari - N/A - Black Bay - July 24 1923 John Westerberg - N/A - Black Bay - July 24 1923 Kusti Karjala - N/A - Nipigon - Aug 1 1923 George Liken - N/A - Black Sturgeon - Jan 23 1924 Mildred R Kelly - Infant - Hurkett - March 26 1924 Ralph Johnstone (Johnson) - N/A - Hurkett - May 26 1924 Alphonse Belanger - 16 - Lake Nipigon - May 30 1924 Pierre Gagnon - 48 - Black Sturgeon Lake - June 4 1924 R S Richardson - N/A - Drowned - Hurkett - June 16 1924 Marion Watty - N/A - Drowned - Body found - Hurkett - June 16 1924 John Eaton - N/A - Nipigon - Sept 1 1924 Irene Huaronen - 10 - Nipigon - Sept 15 1924 Fred Dunlop - N/A - Cameron Falls - Oct 7 1924 Walter Gordon - N/A - Cameron Falls - Oct 14 1924 John Lanktree - 74 - Hurkett - October 15 1924 Gertrude Hogan - 27 - Nipigon - Nov 27 1924 John Sullivan - 36 - Treefall - Nipigon Bay - Dec 16 1924 Lyman Hayden - 55 - Hurkett - Jan 23 1925 Lu Gi - N/A - Hurkett - March 16 1925 Roy McQuaig - Body found - Wolf River - April 25 1925 Isabella Stevens - 25 - Nipigon - May 9 1925 Const. Chls W E Symons - 45 - Cameron Falls - July 14 1925 - Body Found - July 25 1925 Thomas Philips - N/A - Nipigon - Aug 22 1925 Anton Tapio - N/A - Virgin Falls - Nov 28 1925 Joseph Kohler - N/A - Dorion - Dec 15 1925 Mary Ann Clark - 67 - Everard - Feb 24 1926 Heino (Heinanen) - 8 - Nipigon - March 8 1926 Helen Halvorson - 4 - Dorion - May 30 1926 Mary Platten - 81 - Dorion - July 4 1926 Daniel McLean - N/A - Body found - Near Nipigon - Dec 13 1926 Amelia Sayers - 17 - Nipigon - Jan 21 1927 John Kalyta - 37 - Camp - Nipigon - May 2 1927 Steve Muzyloski - 40 - Camp - Nipigon - May 2 1927 John Hogg - N/A - CPR - Nipigon - May 16 1927 William Walter Lorne Kirkpatrick - N/A - CPR - Nipigon - May 16 1927 Harvey W Sly - 39 - CPR - Nipigon - May 16 1927 AJ McPhee - N/A - Hurkett - June 20 1927 Melvin McGrath (McGraw) - 45 - Hit by train - Hurkett - June 20 1927 Robert Albert Harkness - 44 - Nipigon - June 22 1927 Johnson Brown - 100 - Near Hurkett - Sept 9 1927 James Thomson - 76 - Nipigon - Nov 10 1927 Margueretta Brantstater - 77 - Hurkett - Jan 16 1928 Mrs George Blair - 67 - Nipigon - March 27 1928 W E Denford - 35 - Cameron Falls - May 9 1928 Ross D Woodrow - N/A - Dorion - May 19 1928 Bohler - Infant - Dorion Cemetery - May 13 1928 Edward Patrick O'Connor - N/A - Nipigon - June 11 1928 Charles E Wording - 38 - Wolf River - Oct 191928 S W Lindheimer - N/A- Lake Helen - Oct 28 1928 Anthony Jarrett - 45 - Hurkett - Nov 21 1928 Melvin James Rody - Infant - Hurkett - Dec 21 1928 Elizabeth Millar - 73 - Dorion - April 7 1929 Matt Kanno - N/A - Nipigon - May 4 1929 Abraham John Keatly - 80 - Dorion - May 27 1929 Henry Ruotanen - 53 - Red Rock - July 5 1929 Tate Robert Conrad - 25 - Hurkett - July 14 1929 Daniel James Swyers - N/A - Nipigon - Aug 9 1929 David Laurilla - 42 - Nipigon - Aug 13 1929 Fred Morriseau - N/A - Nipigon - Nov 2 1929 George Bell - 9 - Dorion - Dec 19 1929 Mrs. Baker - 82 - Nipigon - Dec 22 1929 Un-datable - No date Vienno Saari Melvin Richard Barter - Infant Maki Elmi Manila

DEATH RECORDS

Deeon McCullay 9:58am Mar 15 Betty, I have something maybe you can use in your blog. This is the first section of death records from our area.

Deeon McCullay 9:58am Mar 15 1890 - 1899 Andrew Walker - 40 - Nipigon - Aug 12 1893 Lucy Alice Cowie - 25 - Nipigon - Aug 11 1895 James Leslie McKirdy - 3 - Nipigon - Jan 14 1896 1900 - 1919 Reginald Cowie - N/A - Nipigon - Dec 5 1900 Norman Matheson - 4 - Nipigon - April 23 1901 A McDougall - N/A - Nipigon River - July 11 1901 J Bryan - N/A - Nipigon - Nov 29 1901 A Hayes - N/A - Black Bay - Apr 23 1902 Roderick M Smith - 5 - Nipigon - June 5 1902 Christy Smith - 11 - Nipigon - June 9 1902 Erskine Andrews - N/A - Aug 1902 - Body Found - Nipigon River - Sept 12 1902 Poula - Infant - Nipigon - Feb 2 1903 John P Hunz - 6 mos - Nipigon - Sept 24 1904 Alexander Matheson - 60- Nipigon - Nov 6 1904 Mary Olson - 38 - Nipigon - Mar 27 1905 Clarence A McDonald - 1 - Nipigon - June 25 1905 Mary McAdams - 35 - Nipigon - July 22 1905 Grante - Stillborn - Nipigon - May 12 1906 Rachel Smith - N/A - Nipigon - Sept 27 1906 Mr Debarge - N/A - Black Bay - Nov 23 1906 Joseph Godin - N/A - Black Bay - Nov 24 1906 Joseph Poulin - N/A - Black Bay - Nov 24 1906 T Chang - Nipigon - Mar 22 1907 A. Veleneuve - 23 - CPR Wreck - Nipigon - April 29 1907 EJV Andre - 23 - CPR Wreck - Nipigon - April 29 1907 William Fixton - 35 - CPR Wreck - Nipigon - April 29 1907 Mr. Warren - N/A - Nipigon - May 22 1907 Rahaul Roberge - N/A - Body Found - Black Bay - June 14 1907 Albert Boisean - N/A - Nipigon River - June 1 1908 William McKay - N/A - Nipigon River - June 6 1908 Mrs J Hendrickson - N/A - Nipigon - June 17 1908 Albert Bouchiere - N/A - Body found - Nipigon - June 22 1908 John P. Hunt - 6 mos - Nipigon - Sept 26 1908 Knut Nelson - N/A - North - Nipigon - Feb 15 1909 Knud Lundquist - N/A - North - Nipigon - Feb 15 1909 Knud Tobias Bjorneset - 29 - Nipigon - Feb 15 1909 Magnus Anderson - 30 - North - Nipigon - Feb 15 1909 Nils Sten Munson - 37 - North - Nipigon - Feb 15 1909 Oscar Lundgren - 21 - North - Nipigon - Feb 15 1909 Oscar Sjoeblom - 25 - Noth - Nipigon - Feb 15 1909 Raymond A Cook - 19 - North - Nipigon - March 11 1909 John R Carmichael - 38 - North - Nipigon - April 14 1909 John Kenrick - 28 - Near Nipigon - April 28 1909 John Swanberg - N/A - GTP Railway - Nipigon - May 5 1909 Edward Oveson - 22 - Nipigon - Aug 8 1909 Giovanni Goegan - 25 - Nipigon - Aug 26 1909 Kathleen M Hunt - 2 mos - Nipigon - Sept 10 1909 J A Hanlan - 35 - North - Nipigon - Sept 13 1909 Thomas Kendall - 17 - Near Nipigon - October 7 1909 Hull - 4 - On train - Nipigon - October 25 1909 HT Bryan - 68 - Dorion - Feb 18 1910 O L Soules - 52 - Hurkett - March 29 1910 Archibald Campbell - 28 - Nipigon - Accidental - March 28 1910 George Grant - 24 - Lake Helen - May 18 1910 Thomas Johnston - N/A - Body found - Nipigon - May 31 1910 George Grant - N/A - Body found - Lake Helen - July 14 1910 Peter Kurts - 20 - Ouimet - July 19 1910 Roy McGillivray - 18 - May 18 1910 - Body found - Lake Helen - July 23 1910 Albert John McAuley- 12 days - Nipigon - Feb 16 1911 Harold Ericson - 24 - Nipigon - March 14 1911 William Halliday - 60 -Lake Nipigon - May 13 1911 Harry Cooper - 22 - May 13 -1911 - drowned - Lake Nipigon - Body found - June 7 1911 Bella McAuley - 24 - Nipigon - July 13 1911 Nick Mundie - N/A - Nipigon - August 11 1911 Mrs Moulin - 76 - Nipigon - Sept 22 1911 Samuel Michel - 37 - Suicide - Nipigon - Oct 4 1911 Albert R Machell - 40 - Near Nipigon - Oct 6 1911 Gertrude Alto - 3 wks - Nipigon - Jan 3 1912 John Ranto - N/A - Near Nipigon - Jan 16 1912 O Henderson - N/A - Near Nipigon - Jan 16 1912 Peter Rice - 35 - Near Nipigon - Jan 31 1912 Eric Oleson - 50 - Nipigon - Feb 19 1912 Godfrey Johnson - Accidental - Nipigon - March 31 1912 Mr. Waima - 35 - Nipigon - April 17 1912 Finch - 9 - Dorion - May 4 1912 Morris H Begley - 72 - Nipigon - May 13 1912 Mrs Richard Gregory - N/A - Dorion - June 1912 Alex McQuaig - N/A - CPR - Nipigon - June 14 1912 Alexander T Ross - N/A - CPR - Nipigon - June 14 1912 Mr Allen - N/A - CPR - Nipigon - June 14 1912 Mr. Burke - N/A - CPR - Nipigon - June 14 1912 Jack Lellau - 2 days - Nipigon - June 22 1912 John Gregory - 17 - Dorion - July 21 1912 Samuel Djurie - 22 - Nipigon - Aug 23 1912 Mrs. Ole Johnson - N/A - Nipigon - Sept 21 1912 Frank Monkman - N/A - Body found - Nipigon - Nov 7 1912 John Pollin - N/A - Black Bay - Nov 22 1912 B Wedalla Medalla - 26 - Red Rock - Dec 21 1912 Bajo Jackish - Red Rock - Feb 13 1913 Steve Sava Salopia - N/A - Red Rock - Feb 13 1913 Saba Salatia - 24 - Red Rock - Feb 17 1913 Albur Pearson - N/A - Nipigon - Mar 8 1913 Phoebe Ann Hunt - 3 mos - Nipigon - April 6 1913 Oscar Johnson - Nipigon - April 29 1913 James Davis - Nipigon - April 29 1913 Mrs. W D Vanderburg - 50 - Dorion - Aug 2 1913 John Thomas Hotchkiss - 80 days - Nipigon - Sept 1 1913 John Copley - Nipigon River - Oct 12 1913 Walter Burns - 28 - Nipigon River - Oct 12 1913 Amelia Sappala - 24 - Nipigon - Oct 18 1913 George Ayeznea - N/A - Nipigon - Nov 3 1913 Sophia Matson - 19 - Nipigon - Jan 11 1914 Samuel Hand - 17 - Nipigon - Ouimet - Jan 12 1914 Fanny Savola - 19 - Nipigon - Feb 3 1914 Jacob Hendrickson - 50 - Nipigon - Feb 28 1914 A Frampton - N/A - Body found - Black Sturgeon River - March 2 1914 Arnold Kaalton Koski - 3 wks - Nipigon - Aug 31 1914 Nathan Mackie - N/A - Black Bay - October 25 1914 Amalia Peltoma - Nipigon - Dec 15 1914 James Miller - 35 - Black Bay - Dec 20 1914 Sulo Armas Maata - 4 mos - Nipigon - Feb 16 1915 Josephine Montorel - 9 - Nipigon - March 2 1915 Mary Ann Wright - 69 - Dorion - June 17 1915 Akon Erland Koski - 3 - Nipigon - Oct 19 1915 Fredrica Lumijarvi - 65 - Nipigon - Jan 1 1916 Miron Stearns - N/A - Nipigon - Jan 9 1916 Robert Connor - N/A - Nipigon - Jan 9 1916 Robert J McConkey - N/A - Nipigon - Jan 9 1916 Prudent LesCarbo - N/A - Dorion - Jan 16 1916 Lorissa Goodchild - 82 - Nipigon - Jan 31 1916 Peter Rendswicz - 25 - Near Nipigon - May 23 1916 William Hugh P Lawson - 3mos - Dorion - Sept 24 1916 Margaret Armstrong - Nipigon - Jan 13 1917 Margret Ann Gwen Atwill - Nipigon - Jan 16 1917 George Charles Payton - 60 - Dorion - Jan 20 1917 Karlo Yakla - 3 - Nipigon - April 11 1917 Mrs. Watt (Deleronde) - 80 - Nipigon - May 1 1917 Count Henry Delronde - 91 - Nipigon - Aug 14 1917 Delmere Leigh Morehouse - N/A - Hurkett - Oct 30 1917 John Kari - 25 - Nipigon - Dec 12 1917 Elsie Kari - 24 - Nipigon - Dec 12 1917 E TMorrow - N/A - Hurkett - Jan 3 1918 Robert W Soper - 38 - Coughlin - Jan 11 1918 Andrew Brandstater - 99 - Hurkett - May 22 1918 George Armstrong - N/A - Shot - Nipigon - July 19 1918 Margrette Irene Williams - 2 - Nipigon - Sept 6 1918 Joseph Lesperance - N/A - Lake Nipigon - Oct 28 1918 Fred Carr - N/A - Red Rock - Dec 9 1918 Leo Leppanen - Nipigon - Jan 11 1919 Hanna Manilla - 6 - Nipigon - Jan 13 1919 Mino Rivtonen - 33 - Nipigon - April 25 1919 Eli Larson - N/A - Body found - Black Sturgeon River - June 4 1919 Const. George Armstrong - N/A - Nipigon - July 18 1919 Strey - 7 -Fire - Wolf River - Nov 7 1919 Strey - 6 - Fire - Wolf River - Nov 7 1919 William Lehto - 36 - Body found - Nipigon - Nov 8 1919

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de la Ronde - Newspaper Clippings

From the Nipigon Historical Museum Archives

A copy of the Newspaper clipping from Toronto Telegram of December 28, 1950

Article by Don de la Plante

CASTLE IN ENGLAND?

THREE NIPIGON INDIANS SEEKING $ 500,000 OF NOBLE GRANDSIRE  -  ARE DESCENDANTS OF FRENCH COUNT

 

 

Nipigon Dec. 28 - (1950)

 

Three Indians here, the blood of a French aristocrat in their veins, are seeking to establish themselves as heirs to his fortune, which they estimate to be worth at least $500,000 in addition to an estate in England.

 

The Indians are: 

 John Deschamp 77, former chief and counsellor of the Red Rock Chippewa Band and now almost blind.

Mrs. Louise Deperry crippled - woman, who hobbles about town with a homemade cane;

Joe de la Ronde, 54, shacker on the mud flats at the mouth of the Nipigon River.

 

Their own father was Louis Denys de la Ronde, French nobleman, who successfully managed the fur trading post here of the North West Fur Trading Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, when the latter took over in the middle 1800's.

 

TRACE FAMILY NAME

 

A descendant of Pierre Denys de la Ronde, Count Thibaudiere,  Louis Denys de la Ronde died at Sault Ste. Marie August 23, 1868.  His son Henry became Count Thibaudiere, following the death of an uncle, also named Louis, who for a time was Commander of Isle d Madeleine, Lake Superior.  Shortly after taking over his post with the North West Company Louis de la Ronde married a Chippewa Indian woman by whom he had seven children; Henry, Alexander, Charles, Mary,Anne, Louise and Angelique.

 

When Henry, the oldest son, received the title of Count Thibaudiere, he became the first half-breed ever admitted to the French nobility.

John Deschamp sat by the wood stove in his little tarpaper shack at the north end of town.  Beside him was a sheaf of papers, including the WILL of his grandfather, a photograph of his grandfather's grave, correspondence with a Lakehead lawyer, a statement from the Hudson's Bay Co. and letters from a genealogist at Windsor, who has done research on the family tree.  He handled the cherished papers with infinite care as though they were the living substance of a dream.  Many cynical white residents here believe the trio's claim actually does constitute a dream.

 

"When my grandfather died, he left cash sums to each of his children and directed that the balance of his property be handled by two executors who were also employees of the Hudson's Bay Co. "  John said, his cataracted eyes seeking to penetrate the gloom of the sparsely furnished room.  Three-quarter Indian, he had the finely chiseled features of a handsome white man and pure white hair, rarely seen in pure Indians.  But his dark reddish skin showed the predominance of the native.

 

OTHER HEIR QUIET

 

Beside him, tiny Mrs. Deperry sat silently.  She had jet black eyes and black hair.  Her skin was creased in a thousand wrinkles for the wind and sun. ...

 

John explained his grandfather had named a third trustee in case the two executors died before he did, which was what happened.  And control of the estate passed to this trustee in 1881, including a payment from the Hudson's Bay Co. of L 1,370 sterling which had been held in a special account.

 

He said he did not know exactly where the British family home was located, but that he had employed a lawyer to make a search for it and that the genealogist also was attempting to trace it.

 

TWO YEARS' PROBE

 

The investigation had been going on for two years, he declared, and during that time definite proof of inheritance had been established, as well as search made in the archives of the Hudson's Bay Co. showing that the estate had been turned over to the third trustee.

 

John said he assumed that the third trustee was now dead too, but he was expecting word any day as to whether the trustee's heirs had been located and whether the estate could be recovered from them.

 

STILL OPTIMISTIC

 

Count Henry de la Ronde lived in a large house here for many years and was an officer of the Hudson's Bay Co., till his death in 1918.  The old Indian, known throughout the district as "Johnny", was born here Feb. 1873, five years after the death of his aristocratic grandfather.  He recalls the community when it comprised only a Hudson's Bay Post and a few wigwams.  He was chief of the Red Rock Chippewa Band for nine years.

 

Even if the money never materializes the old man takes comfort from the fact that he now knows definitely that his family " was one of the noblest in France", he said.

 

 



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Piling from the days of the River Drives, Nipigon River.
 

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de la Ronde LETTERS - Ida Schneider to J. C. Bonenfant

From the Nipigon Historical Museum Archives

March 24, 1964

Mr. J.C. Bonenfant
Bibliothecaire
Hotel du Gouvernement
Quebec City
Canada

Dear Mr. Bonenfant,

I take the liberty to address this letter to you in regard to some historical enquiries.

Introducing myself, I like to inform you that I came to Canada in 1927, originally from Austria and Italy and - outside of the nine years residence in Montreal - I have been living in Toronto.  For the past 20 years I have been reading a great deal on Canadian History and, especially in connection with the Fur Trade in the Upper Lakes.  I came across some interesting historic material, as yet unpublished.

It concerns the life of two Fur Traders, namely, Louis Denys de la Ronde and Charles Francois Denys de la Ronde, Count of Thibaudiere.

Their grandfather was Louis Denys de la Ronde a Chevalier de Saint-Louis, who built the first vessel in Lake Superior (1733 ) and who died in Quebec City in 1741.

Their father ( one of the sons of the above named Louis was Pierre Francois Paul, born 14 juillot 1723 at l'Ile-St. Jean, died at La Collo under Abercrombie. He was married to Marguerite Susanne de Celles-Duclos in 1749 in Montreal.

Louis Denys de la Ronde, the Fur Trader, ( and son of Pierre Francois Paul ) made a Will in Montreal in 1797 in which he left his worldly possessions to an Indian wife ( common law) in the Lake Nipissing District, Ontario. He had 10 children with her and in the Will he named the 10 children.

However, Louis Denys de la Ronde must have recovered his health because in July 1800 he married in Montreal a widow, her name was Louise King and with whom he had five sons.  He died in 1808 and was buried in St. Anne de Bellevue. The five sons were:

Louis, born 1801 ( of Nipigon)
Charles-Francois ( named after the uncle) born 1803
Michel-Gaspard, born 1804
Pierre-Alexandre, born 1806
and
Joseph-Adolphe, born 1808

Louis Denys de la Ronde owed his brother Charles- Francois with whom he also dealt with in the Fur Trade, a total of  L 11,355.10, this includes a loan of  L 9031 .  A signed statement for this amount against the estate of Louis is in the Courthouse.

The said Louise King, Widow, was appointed tutor and Charles-Francois (1763-1840) the uncle, was present in Montreal to the deed.  The one son of Louis and Louise King who is of special interest in this research is Michel-Gaspard, born in 1804, who became a notary and practiced law in Avonteuil (not sure of spelling as the copy is blurry - ed). His life is described in the following two books:

a) "History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec, and Prescott, Ont." ( from the earliest settlement to the present) by C. Thomas 1896, Montreal.

b) "Memories of Old St. Andrews and Historical Sketches of the Seigniory of Argenteuil" , by B. N. Wales, M.D.  copyright 1934 Watchman Press, Lachute, P.Q.

In the above two books, Michel Gaspard de Coligny Denys de la Ronde is described as a highly intelligent lawyer, well known for his witty political lampoons etc. etc.  He was a friend of Laurier.  Michel Gaspard married in 1829 and had 10 children, he died age 78 in 1896.

Charles Francois Denys de la Ronde.  He was born June 9, 1763, in what was then known as l'Assumption du Detroit ( now Sandwich, Windsor)  his father being then an officer in that Fort.  He too became a free Fur Trader in the Upper Lakes, perhaps, at first, with the North-West Company.  He also had a family of several children with an Indian woman.  However, he brought his family to Montreal, and on the 22nd of June 1818 he had his marriage and children legitimized, baptized, in OKA,  Parish of Lac des Deux Moutagnes, District Terrebonne.  He died in 1840 in Penetanguishene and his descendants  are still living and fairly numerous.

About thirty years ago a direct descendant of this family of Charles Francois came from the USA to Montreal and had a visit with Mr. Massicotte.  He told her about that lawyer de la Ronde in St. Andrews East, that he had carried on a long litigation with the Sulpician Order  in regard to some family property, but that , in the end he lost out on account of lack of proper evidence. Mr. Massicotte also said that the case was well known in Montreal and, in case the visitor was interested, his son-in-law, a lawyer, would be willing to look into the matter.

A year or two later, a member of the same family made a trip to St. Andrews East and there met Eva de la Ronde, then about 70 years old and daughter of the late notary Michel-Gaspard.  She too confirmed the above story.

A month ago I came across in the Toronto Reference Library three booklets with the following titles:

A) Report, relating to the Affairs of the OKA Indians, made to the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs by Rev. William Scott,  Ottawa, 22 Jan. 1883, printed by MacLean, Roger & Co.

B) A Contribution to a proper understanding of the OKA question and a help to its equitable settlement by BETA, Montreal 1879

C) An historical notice on the difficulties arisen between the Seigneurs of Saint Sulpice and certain Indians of OKA , Montreal.

The interesting part in these 3 booklets is that it mentions that third and fourth influential parties were using the simple Indians in this litigation.  However, no name is quoted who these parties were?

My question now is : Does the above refer to Gaspard de Coligny Denys de la Ronde, it looks as if this is the same case?

It seems, as if Charles Francois Denys de la Ronde also enters in this picture, because he left POWER OF ATTORNEY  to the Hon. Michel Chartier de Lotbiniere on August 13th , 1808 before Notary Public in Montreal. With this document Charles Francois claims his rights of succession to the Denys estate.

My question is

a) Where can I read about this succession and

b) Exactly, what was the case Gaspard de Coligny de la Ronde against the Sulpicians Mr. Massicotte spoke of?

A year or so ago, there appeared an article in the Daily Paper again referring to the properties the Sulpicians are holding.  Is this the same case?

It may also be of interest to you in regard to the Ontario Denys de la Ronde's that an article appeared in the Toronto Telegram of December 28, 1950, stating the case of 3 Indians in the Nipigon Region.  They were descendants of the following :

Louis Denys de la Ronde, born in St. Ann's (?).... 1803

joined the North-West Company in ...1818
Joined the Hudson's Bay Company in...1821
Served at the Nipigon Post ...1851--68

died at the Nipigon Post ... August 1868

Although there seems to be  an error in his birth year ( the above information was given from the Hudson's Bay Records in Winnipeg ) I believe the above Louis Denys de la Ronde was the son of Louise King and Louis Denys, who died in St. Anne de Bellevue in 1808. The Louis was buried at Sault Ste. Marie and in the Historical Room in the new Armories of that city there is a broken tombstone with the following inscription :

"Sacred to the memory of Louis Denys de la Ronde departed this life August 22, 1868, aged 68 years.  He was for a period of 18 years in the service of the Hon. Hudson's Bay Company and was one of their most zealous and faithful officers."

The Louis of the Sault left seven legitimate children ( he had married an Indian woman ) and appointed 3 trustees in his Will.  The half-Indian descendants showed that this estate had been turned over to the third trustee, a certain Mr. Colin Rankin in 1881, but the Half-Indians never got the money.  The article states that the Lakehead lawyer (?) in Fort William - Port Arthur investigated these claims for two years. How it ended I don't know.  These descendants had French documents.

Before I close this letter, I would like to state that I have been conducting this research on and off as a hobby, I have no personal financial gains from it, I was simply fascinated by the story, peopled with French Nobility, Fur Traders, Indians, Sulpicians and a host of descendants. The history of the Denys de la Ronde family has never been written, some of the descendants went even far into Western Canada with exploratory expeditions.

Prof. Clayton Gray, who teaches history at the George Williams College in Montreal, read some of the material I have gathered.  He thinks I have enough for a most interesting book on never before published Canadiana.  This should really be written by a French -Canadian, perhaps under a Canadian Council Grant!!

If you would be kind enough to answer my question contained in this letter, please wrsite in the French Language which I read very well but cannot claim the same for my own French writing.  Italian and German were my own bilingual languages and I have retained them to the full. Please excuse that my letter is in English.

Hoping to hear from you, I remain

Sincerely yours (Mrs) Ida Schneider.

de la Ronde LETTERS Ida Schneider to "Buzz" Lein

From the Nipigon Historical Museum Archives - de la Ronde File
Reply from Ida Schneider January 13, 1976

Dear Mr. Lein,

What a surprise your letter of January 7th.  It brought back some interesting years, on and off, of research in connection with some members of the de la Ronde family, originally from around Britt, later from Toronto.  They have large ramifications, lots of children, great and great - grand children and the Nipigon branch of Louis de la Ronde are also part of it.  Their noble ancestors go back to Louis XIV and the fact that a bona fide WILL of Charles Francois Denys de la Ronde, Count of Thibaudiere, who was a  free fur trader in the Georgian Bay and Mackinaw with his brother Louis from Montreal, (the Nipigon Louis was one of his sons) was never probated because the inventory disappeared, after the WILL was registered at the Barrie court house, makes the story so interesting.

What is more uncanny, is the fact that things turn up in the most unexpected ways, f.i. like your letter now.

Just now I have to clear up my correspondence and reports .  I do a vast amount of voluntary work for the epileptics, having correspondence with the foremost European centres of research, including Great Britain.

I shall have to look through my de la Ronde files and then write to you again stressing the still unexplained facts, the missing links.  Do you know, I saw in the Sigmond Samuel Gallery years ago a collection of the charming water colours by William Armstrong, the man who went also with the Red River Expedition as a recording artist.  He painted two Miss de la Ronde, sitting on a rock cleaning fish.  Canoes nearby.  They did not know who that Miss de la Ronde could have been.  I was able to tell them and they gave me permission to have two transparencies made of this daughter of Louis Denys of Nipigon.  Also there existed, so a member of the family here was told, a Mrs. Evelyn McEwen, a magazine, perhaps a weekend magazine - it was in the forties she was told - that a story of Charles Francois Denys de la Ronde appeared with a picture of him with 2 or 3 daughters, in dresses of around the period 1820 -30 - probably from an oil painting.  Distant relatives had seen it in Britt, but it was thrown out, just lost.  She could never trace it , nor could I.  Of course, I could write and research on and on, but had to stop on account of my other important interests.  However, since you are of Nipigon District, perhaps you know things first hand.  I shall let you know presently more. -

Thanking you for your letter and interest, I remain
Sincerely yours,

Ida Schneider

P.S.  You should have written to me when Mr. Benedict showed you my letter. I found out since a lot of his ancestor Louis and wife Louise.-

de la Ronde LETTERS -" Buzz" to Ida Schneider 1976

From the Nipigon Historical Museum Archives de la Ronde file

Letter from L.M. "Buzz" Lein  January 7, 1976

Dear Mrs. Schneider;

Late last year I came into contact with an incomplete file on the de l Rondes in which some interest was shown in the Nipigon de la Rondes.  Also in the file was a name - yours- and it was an accident that the name was there apparently.  Anyway to make a long story short, I too am interested in the de la Rondes of Nipigon and I have first hand knowledge of them.

I was in Thunder Bay over Christmas and idly inquired of Gerrie Noble, the curator of the Thunder Bay Museum where he got this file in the first place.  He thought vaguely that he had gotten it from Mrs. Kelly on S- Ave.  I promptly phoned Mrs. Kelly. Yep.  She knew all about the file and what was more important to me she knew your address.

Before I get all tangled up - I am a retired woodsman who has spent many many years in the Nipigon area.  I know the people and they know me so that I have no communication difficulties.  I am also collecting whatever I can about the Nipigon area and have acquired a considerable amount of data.

If you are still historically minded and if you still have your Nipigon notes, it would be a pleasure for me to talk to you.  I also have some info about the de la Rondes of Nipigon.  In the file I saw noted where you sent a registered letter to Benedict Wawia of Nipigon.  Poor Benedict is dead now but you scared the hell out of him with that letter.

Yours truly,

L.M. "Buzz" Lein