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Bertrand Family Manuscripts
Bertrand Family Manuscripts

Bertrand Family Manuscripts

Date1800 - 2000s
Classificationslevel 1: collection
Credit LineCitizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center Archive and Research Division
Object number2005.5.1-546
DescriptionOriginal and copied documents, records, correspondence, ephemera pertaining to Bertrand [Citizen Potawatomi] family allotments, enrollment, census, genealogy, religion, and family history. Family photographs [original and copies].
2005.5 Bertrand Family Manuscripts
2005.5_1 Allotments
2005.5_2 Census
2005.5_3 Family History
2005.5_4 Genealogy
2005.5_5 Government Documents
2005.5_6 Photographs
2005.5_7 Miscellaneous

2005.5_1 Allotments
• 1863 Kansas Allotment, pg. 1 family numbers 1 – 125; pg. 2 family group numbers 161-201. 2pgs.
• 1887 Citizen Potawatomi Allotment roll 168-180. 1 pg.
• Testimony of George R Carpenter to determine the legal heirs of Adelaide Bertrand 4pgs.
• Testimony of L B Higbee to determine the legal heirs of Adelaide Bertrand 4pgs.
• A B Melzner, Chief of Probate Division, letter to Mr. W O Allen in ref: status of Adelaide Bertrand allotment dated October 31, 1944, 1pg.
• A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Chicago IL in ref: name change of H F Wilcox Oil & Gas Co to Wilcox Oil Co, dated November 23, 1914, 2pgs.
• L L Crozier, Land Department, Amerada Petroleum Corp, letter to A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency in ref: Amerada Lease No. 24226, dated December 4, 1944, 2pgs.
• A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, a letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Chicago, IL in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated December 5, 1944, 1pg.
• A B Melzner, Acting Commissioner, US Dept of Int, letter to A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated February 9, 1945, 3pgs.
• L L Crozier, Land Department Amerada Petroleum Corp Letter to A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, letter dated February 20, 1945. 1 pg.
• L L Crozier, Land Department, Amerada Petroleum Corp, letter to A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated February 22, 1945, 2pgs.
• A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter to L L Crozier, Land Department, Amerada Petroleum Corporation in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated February 23, 1945, 1pg.
• A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter to William H Blackwell in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated March 8, 1945, 1pg.
• A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter to Laura B Howard in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated May 7, 1945, 1pg.
• A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter to Lucy Cruse in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated May 7, 1945, 1pg.
• A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated May 29, 1945, 1 pg.
• Paul L Fickinger, Acting Commissioner, Memorandum for the Secretary in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated July 20, 1945, 2pgs.2005.
• A B Melzner, Acting Commissioner, US Dept of Int, letter to A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated July 26, 1945, 1pg.
• A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter to William Blackwell in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, dated August 8, 1945, 1pg.
• A B Melzner, Acting Commissioner, US Dept of Int, letter to A C Hector, Superintendent, Shawnee Indian Agency in ref: Adelaide Bertrand Allotment, date unknown, 2pgs.
• Testimony of W M Moutaw to determine the legal heirs of Adelaide Bertrand 4pgs.
• Allotment or Estate Records: Adelaide Bertrand 2pgs.; Amelia E Palmer-Bertrand 1pg.;
o Annie A Meritt-Bertrand 1pg.; Barbara M Bertrand 1pg.; Clarissa L Meritt 1pg.; ElizabethDenison-Meritt 1pg.; Elizabeth Dimbler-Behan 2pgs.; Elia May Meritt 1pg.; Emily Bertrand 2pgs.; Ethel E Meritt 1pg.; Frances F Bertrand 3pgs.; George E Maines1pg.; Helen Bernard 2pgs.; James E Meritt 1pg.; Lawrence J Bertrand 4pgs.; Lizette Bertrand 4pgs.; Maud Meritt 1pg.; (29 pages total)
• Application for Patent in Fee: Mary A Lareau 4pgs.
• Certificate of Guardianship Edmond Maines, father of Frank & George Maines 1pg.
• Patents in fee issued to heirs of Emily Bertrand, December 18, 1926, 2pgs.
• Receipts for deed in ref: Frances F Bertrand-Hollway, dated June 8, 1907, 1pg.
• Dept of Int in ref: Helen Bertrand Allotment, dated August 8, 1914 1pg.
• Approval of Heirship, estate of Elizabeth Dimbler, dated September 29, 1914, 1pg.
• Approval of Application for Patent in Fee for Mary Lareau dated June 11, 1918, 1pg.
• Edward Wolcott, letter to Wm Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, June 11, 1864, 4pgs.
• Edward Wolcott, letter to Wm Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, May 4, 1865, 5pgs.
• In the matter of the Heirship of Emily Bertrand, deed, State of Kansas, September 10, 1914, 2pgs.
• Testimony of Joseph Bertrand to determine the legal heirs of Emily Bertrand, 4pgs.
• Warren Wilmoth, Examiner of Inheritance, Shawnee Indian Agency, letter to Joseph Bertrand in ref: heirs of Emily Bertrand, dated May 27, 1914, 1pg.
• George Ewing, Attorney for Alexis Coquillard, letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs in ref: transfer power of attorney from Joseph Bertrand to Alexis Coquillard, dated September 22, 1852, 4pgs.
• USDOI: Data for Heirship Finding, George E Maines, July 23, 1969, 1pg.
• OHA May 1971, Data for Heirship Finding, George E Maines, 1pg.
• Data for Heirship Finding, George E Maines, OHA 1971, 6pgs.
• US Dept of Int, Estate of George E Maines, dated October 31, 1973
• US Dept of Int, Estate of George E Maines, order determining heirs, dated October 31, 1973, 2pgs.
• US Dept of Int, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Estate of George E Maines, issued July 27, 1973, 2pgs.
• Inventory and Appraisement of Indian Trust Lands of George E Maines, done a Horton KS January 6, 1969
• Memorandum to Superintendent, Horton Agency from Superintendent, Shawnee Agency in ref: Account numbers for Heirs of George E Maines, dated August 1, 1974, 1pg.
• Adele Doris Maines-Jenson, letter to Superintendent, Shawnee Agency in ref: payment of claims in the estate of George E Maines, dated April 24, 1974, 1pg.
• Vera M Brant, Realty Officer, Shawnee Agency, letter to Susan Maines Elliott in ref: probate of George E Maines, dated October 9, 1970, 1pg.
• Luther W, Acting Superintendent, Shawnee Agency, letter to John F Curran, Hearing Examiner, Tulsa OK in ref: Probate of the estate of George E Maines, dated March 16, 1972, 1pg.
• Joe B Walker, Acting Superintendent, Shawnee Agency, letter to Adele Maines-Jensen in ref: estate of George E Maines, dated April 30, 1974, 1pg.
• Property Inventory on the estate of George E Maines, Certified by John E Taylor, Superintendent, Date unknown
• Testimony of Carl B Shaddox in the estate of George E Maines, August 1973, 10pgs.
• Index and Heirship Card Enrollee: Frank A Maines 1pg.; George E Maines 1pg.; Susan Maines 1pg.; total of 3 pgs.
• Probate letter to Mr. Allen October 16, 1944, 1pg.
• Report on Application for a Patent in Fee, Estate of Mary Lareau, 4pgs. (page to this is red letter above scanned image)
• Report on Heirship, Estate of Emily Bertrand, October 30, 1914, 4pgs.
• Summary of Report on Heirs, Estate of Addie A Paine, December 2, 1942, 3pgs.

2005.5_2 Census
• 1937 Census # 152-166, 167-197, 672-683, 1628-1640, 2153-2164, 2457-2467, 2517-2526, 7 pgs.;
• Census ledger unknown (but numbers and names coincide with 1887 Citizen Band Indians of Oklahoma Allotment), 4 pgs.
• Census ledger unknown (but numbers and names coincide with 1887 Citizen Band Indians of Oklahoma Allotment) also family information of marriages., 1 pg.;
• Census ledger unknown 2 pgs.

2005.5_3 Family History
• Bertrand Family History by Charles Clark, March 2005, 16pgs.
• Bertrand Family History from gbnf.com/genealog4/Bertrand/html/notes.HTM, 20pgs.
• Bertrand Family History, Outline of Bertrand family ancestry history from Canada to Kansas by Charles Clark, 1st Draft, April 1, 2005, 4pgs.
• Bertrand Ancestral Family Video; citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Heritage Project by Charles Clark, 1st Draft, April 7, 2005, 21pgs.
• Birth Certificate Nora Adelaide Bertrand
• US Dept of Int, letter to Gladys Moeller in ref: CDIB, dated April 10, 1980, 1pg.
• US Dept of Int, letter to Gladys Moeller in ref: CDIB determination, dated May 23, 1980, 1pg.
• US Dept of Int, letter to Jack Waterman II in ref: genealogical information on Bertrand family, dated February 22, 1978, 1pg.
• Betty Dorrell, Four Tribes Children’s Program, letter to Citizen Band Potawatomi in ref: Ronald D Fleming Blood Degree dated December 22, 1981, 1pg.
• Bertrand Family History, French Language, early 1830’s 4pgs.
• Gladys Moeller, letter to Beverly Hughes in ref: Bertrand family history dated April 18, 1980, 1pg.
• Gladys Moeller, letter to Beverly Hughes in ref: Higbee family history dated March 16, 1981, 2pgs.
• Gladys Moeller, letter to Director, Office of Indian Services, Washington DC in ref: Bertrand Family History, dated April 18, 1980, 1pg.
• Goldie M Magers, hand written letter to The Western Consolidated Agency, Anadarko OK in ref: enrollment dated May 19, 1948, 6pgs. & envelope
• Misc. pages from different sources containing Bertrand History, titled “History of the Extinct Village of Bertrand” 4pgs.
• Louise Merritt Braecklein, letter to Lloyd F Haskins in ref: Joseph Bertrand Sr. and Jr. dated May 7, 1954, 2pgs.
• Louise Merritt Braecklein, letter to Lloyd F Haskins in ref: Lord Bartolet, Madeline Bourrassa & Bertrand family, dated February 28, 1955, 1pg. Joseph Bertrand Jr. letter to his son, [from internet] dated February 11, 1847, 2pgs.
• Pottawatomie Reservation: from A Tour of Indian Agencies in KS & the Indian Territory in 1870, by William Nicholson, Kansas Historical Quarterly, pgs. 308-313, publishing date unknown, 3pgs.
• Joseph Bertrand: from files received by Kansas State Historical Society, June 1959, 3pgs.
• Joseph Bertrand: from Land of Four Flags, pgs. 105-113, publishing date unknown,
• Last Will & Testament, George E Maines, 5pgs.
• Misc. History of Bertrand Family, 1830’s, 4pgs.
• Misc. History of Bertrand Family from different sources, 5pgs
• Misc. Historical Documentation in ref: certifying statements from different sources dated July 1859, this handwritten and signed by various Potawatomi leaders of the time, 4pgs.
• Misc. list of History of Bertrand family from multiple referenced sources compiled by Muriel T Cooter, 3pgs.
• National Archives, letters received 1814 – 1835, 4pgs.
• Excerpt: People of the Place of the Fire by Priscilla Mullin Sherard, pg. 115, Family names …Bertrand…, 1pg.
• Regina G Flood, CBP, letter to Gladys Moeller in ref: Bertrand/Higbee Descendants, Blood Degrees, dated November 1, 1982, 1pg.
• High School Transcript, Taayle Maines, 1939 - 1942
• High School Transcript, Louise Maines, 1937 – 1940
• Richard R Bertrand, letter to Wm Dole dated February 15, 1865, 1pg. (note these 2 pages copied and taped to reflect original size of doc)
• Susan Maines, letter to Vera Brandt in ref: Maines Family history, date Nov. 22, 1970, 3pgs.
• Misc. Bertrand History, excerpts from The Potawatomi Indians by Otto Winger, 3pgs.
• List of Signatories, members of the Potawatomi Tribe to hear charges preferred by A A Bertrand, dated July 13, 1858 2pgs.
• List of Signatories, Chiefs of the Potawatomi, in ref: to payments to the tribe, dated December 2, 1859, 1pg.

2005.5_4 Genealogy
• Bertrand Descendants, 2 charts; same chart one has handwritten info added to it. 2pg.
• Modified Chart Bertrand Descendants, 2 charts, same chart one has handwritten information on front and back. 2 pg.
• Genealogy Pedigree charts for: Anna Higbee Marsee Family Chart; Bernard Bertrand Family Chart; Elizabeth A Merritt Dennison Family Chart; Jennings David Colbert Family Chart; Joseph Bertrand Sr. Family Chart; Lois E Anderson Family Chart; Lou Ann Croy Family Chart; Marsha Gail Carter Jackson Family Chart; Mary A Higbee Lareau Family Chart; Paul Vincent Tatum Family Chart; Walter Bertrand Family Chart
• Genealogy Family Group Record Charts: Joseph Laurent Bertrand Family Group; Lewis Benjamin Delaine Higbee Family Group; William Alva Higbee Family Group
• Hand written notes: Higbee-Mainey Family; Joseph Bertrand Line. 2 pgs.
• Gladys Moeller letter including corrections and Additions to the family history of Joseph Bertrand Sr.; first document is letter/note from Gladys Moeller concerning 2nd page of typed notes. 2 pgs.
• Jonathan Waterman Family Tree, 2 charts

2005.5_5 Government Documents
• Charles E Mix, Acting Commissioner, letter to St Mary’s Mission in ref: Richard Bertrand, dated September 10, 1863, 1pg.
• Charles E Mix, Acting Commissioner, letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs in ref: Adelaide Bertrand, dated September 10, 1863, 1pg.
• Contract for services by Lewis Ogee, witnessed by Lewis H Bertrand, December 9, 1862, 1pg.
• David Easton, letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated December 23, 1865, 1pg.
• David Easton, letter to W P Dole, dated May 28, 1865, 1pg.
• US Dept of Int, letter to Moses Neal, Esq., US Agent, Sac & Fox Agency in ref: evading cattle tax imposed by the Chickasaw authorities, dated December 10, 1888, 2pgs.
• US Dept of Int, letter to Lee Patrick, Esq. in ref: Alleged fraudulent allotments to the children of Ben Bertrand, dated April 16, 1898, 2pgs.
• US Dept of Int, Summary of Report on Heirs, Addie A Paine, December 2, 1942, 3pgs.
• US Dept of Int, Wilbur J Barnett, Acting Superintendent, letter to John E Taylor, Superintendent, Shawnee Agency in ref: probate of the Estate of George Maines, April 14, 1969, 1pg.
• US Dept of Int, Kent R Blaine, Hearing Examiner, letter to Superintendent, Shawnee Agency in ref: Estate of George E Maines, July 25, 1969, 1pg.
• US Dept of Int, Acting Superintendent, letter to Joe B Walker, Superintendent, Shawnee Agency in ref: CDIB, May 11, 1973, 1pg.
• US Dept of Int, Jack Carson, Superintendent, letter to Superintendent, Shawnee Agency in ref: IIM Account Numbers for Heirs of George E Maines, July 30, 1974, 1pg.
• William E Murphy, US Agent for Potawatomi Indians, letter to A M Robinson, Saint Louis MO, July 28, 1859, 4pgs.
• William E Murphy, US Agent for Potawatomi Indians, letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, January 22, 1860, 2pgs.
• WWR, US Agent for Potawatomi Indians, letter to W P Dole, July 13, 1860, 2pgs.
• WWR, US Agent for Potawatomi Indians, letter to W P Dole, January 14, 1862, 2pgs.
• Potawatomi Agency, letter, March 10, 1862 1pg.
• WWR, US Agent for Potawatomi Indians, letter dated March 31, 1862, 2pgs.
• Potawatomi Agency @ St Mary’s Kansas, letter to WWR, March 5, 1862, 1pg.
• L R Palmer, Potawatomi Agency, letter to W P Dole, June 21, 1865, 2pgs.
• L R Palmer, Potawatomi Agency, letter to D Cooley, August 12, 1865, 3pgs.
• E Wolcott, Treasury Department, letter to B B Bertrand, December 16, 1865, 1pg.
• U S Indian Service, letter in ref: R R Bertrand Fire Insurance, October 7, 1879, 2pgs.
• W P Dole, letter to R W Landon, April 20, 1861, 1pg.
• WP Dole, letter to L R Palmer, June 20, 1865, 1pg.
• W P Dole, letter dated June 30, 1865, 1pg.

2005.5_6 Photographs
• Benjamin Henri Bertrand; Five Daughters of Madeline Lena Bertrand-Farley; George Clark/Nora Bertrand and family; George & William Paul Clark; “Ham” Bertrand’s Home & Post Office 1886; Henry & Nora Bertrand Clark & Sons: Henry, George & Lawrence; Joseph Bertrand Jr; Joseph Bertrand Sr; Lawrence Clark; Ralph & Fannie Hallway 2/14/1904; Madeline Bertrand Statue; Madeline Lena Bertrand; Mary Bertrand; Nora Bertrand Clark [2 photos]; Nora, Lucy & Laura Bertrand

2005.5_7 Miscellaneous
• His Ancestors • Joseph Bertrand Sr • His Descendants by Gladys Moeller
Bertrand Family History & Genealogy research compiled by Gladys L. Moeller © 1980, 161 pgs.
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