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Nadeau Family Manuscripts

Nadeau Family Manuscripts

Date1800-1900
Classificationslevel 1: collection
Credit LineCitizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center Archive and Research Division
Object number2005.31.1-253
Description2005.31 Nadeau Family Manuscripts
2005.31_1 Allotments [Nadeau]
2005.31_2 Census [Nadeau]
2005.31_3 Family History [Nadeau]
2005.31_4 Genealogy [Nadeau]
2005.31_5 Government Documents [Nadeau]
2005.31_6 Miscellaneous [Nadeau]

2005.31_1 Allotments [Nadeau]
•2005.31.1 Heirship card for allotment No. 1247 William (Grover) Martelle, probate No. 40313-14, other sur names Copeland, Bourbony, Bourbannais, Taylor. 1 pg.
•2005.31.2 photocopy of page from Kansas Kin August 1979 page 51, list transcribed from 1863 Tribal Roll for Potawatomi Indians residing on Kansas reserve, highlighted in pink is William Martel and family. 1 pg.
•2005.31.3 2 photocopy of page from Kansas Kin August 1979 page 51, list transcribed from 1863 Tribal Roll for Potawatomi Indians residing on Kansas reserve, highlighted in pink is Ambrose Martel age 1yr. No. 266. 1pg.
•2005.31.4 Allotment or Estate Record for Allot. No. 502 Amable Toupin, probate 1598-29. 1 pg.
•2005.31.5 Heirship card for Allotment No. 502 Amable Toupin probate 1598-29, other sur names Trousdale, Bowles, Chilson, Nedeau, Tierney, Motte, Tarkington. 1 pg.
•2005.31.6 Heirship card for Allotment No. 523 Martelle, probate LH-101573-14, other sur names on Neddeau [note this is first husband of Amanda Toupin]. 1 pg.
•2005.31.7 Allotment or Estate Record for Allot. No. 1247 William Martelle, probate No. 40313-14. 1 pg.
•2005.31.8 Allotment or Estate Record for Allot. No. 523 Jerome Martelle, probate No. LH-101573-14. 1pg.

2005.31_2 Census [Nadeau]
•2005.31.9 photocopy page from Census of the Citizen Pottawatomie Indians of Shawnee, Okla. Agency on June 30, 1916, numbers 1212 thru 1226, Martell family members are No. 1224-1226. 1 pg.

2005.31_3 Family History [Nadeau]
•2005.31.10 yellow ruled note pad paper with hand written notes referencing the marriage of Almira Worth and W. C. Baylis second husband of Almira first husband Albert Worth. 1 pg.
•2005.31.11 two handwritten notes on Kwantlen University College note pad, referencing family history of Almira Bayliss Wicks, other sur names Wicks and Worth. Both notes scanned together on 1 page.
•2005.31.12 -13Testimony of Amanda Neddeau to determine legal heirs of Jerome Martelle, other sur names Toupin. 2 pgs.
•2005.31.14 photocopy of The Holy Sacrament of Matrimony for Amable Toupin and Margaret Mack Sept. 25, 1859, document date is Feb. 10, 1987 as recorded in the marriage register of said church. 1 pg.
•2005.31.15-16 typed affidavit referencing Bozelle Neddeau (Nadeau) as Potawatomi, with family history of child Gilbert Neddeau second husband of Amanda Toupin Martelle, signed by Mrs. May Arilla Neddeau Fairchild. 2 pgs.
•2005.31.17-37 photocopy from unidentified archeological report titled “ Chapter V: Site 14SH359, Mark J. Wagner and Tracy Sandefur, references preexisting archeological site near Rossville Kansas, past and present archeological/archival work, which is archival and field investigations. Archival research provides family history for the following families Laughton, Wais-ke-shaw, Lhorton, Bernardus, Graverat, Bassman, Caldwell, Smet, Bassho, McPherson, Martel, Rodd, Bergnon, Tacier, Lawton, Nasseau, Gailland, Hoecken, Nadeau, Vieux, Bourbunie, Hale, Kitch-kumi-kwe, Bourbonnais, Navarre, Neddow, Bourassa, Young, Frazer, Heard, Bazliz, James, Higginbotham, Baldan, and Parr. 21 pgs.
•2005.31.38-40 photocopy from Kansas Historical Quarterly pages 332 thru 336 titled “Letters by William H. Hutter” in these letters there is reference to the visits to Joseph N. and Jude Bourassa near Union Town Kansas. 3 pgs.
•2005.31.41 printed from internet source IGI Record from site FamilySearch International Genealogical Index, for John N. Wicks, marriage to Sarah M. 1862 at Pottawatomie Indian Reservation, Jackson, Kansas, date printed 3-14-2000. 1 pg.
•2005.31.42 printed from internet source IGI Record from site FamilySearch International Genealogical Index, for Almira Wicks birth Sept. 16, 1836 Council Bluffs Iowa to father Stutely E. Wicks and mother Catherine. 1 pg.
•2005.31.43 typed page of genealogical descendant information for the Bayliss family beginning with William C. Bayless and Almira or Elmira C. (Wicks) Bayliss. 1 pg.
•2005.31.44 printed from internet source IGI Record from site FamilySearch International Genealogical Index, for Stutely E. Wicks and marriage to Catherine abt. 1835 of Council Bluffs, Iowa. 1 pg.
•2005.31.45-46 handwritten family genealogy information on ruled notebook paper for family of Stutely E. Wicks and Catherine Paschals, other surnames Bayliss, Felthaven, Spoon, and Muller. Note 2 scans of front and back 1 pg.
•2005.31.47 printed email from Stepnen Hoy to Mary Farrell in regards to information on Potawatomi ancestor Katherine Muller wife of Stutely Wicks. 1 pg.
•2005.31.48 photocopy of pages from Wisconsin Historical Collections Vol. XIX 1805-1821 Mackinac Baptisms, sur names present Chevalier, Nadau, Detrninyille, Bourassa, Mercier, and Lacroix. 1 pg.
•2005.31.49-51 photocopy from Kansas Historical Quarterly pages 332 thru 336 titled “Letters by William H. Hutter” in these letters there is reference to the visits to Joseph N. and Jude Bourassa near Union Town Kansas; highlighted paragraphs on page 334 and 335 referencing Joseph N. Bourassa and housekeeper Mrs. Nadeau. 3 pgs.
•2005.31.52 -90 group of photocopied documents; copies from the pages of “Portrait and Biographical Album Jackson, Jefferson and Pottawatomie Counties Kansas, pages 350, 353 referencing Martell family; typed transcribed information from St. Mary’s Star the death notice for Mrs. Sophie Wilmette Martell wife of William Martell; photocopied newspaper clipping titled “Antoine Ouilmette Called Friendly, Progressive Man” which a letter of 1905 tells of family recollections of Ouilmette and Martell ancestors; newspaper clipping titled “ Guess Who’s Coming to Heritage Diner? Article by Dwight Esau about family recollections of William G. Martell grandson of Antoine Oiulmett; photocopy of the Citizen Pottawatomi Indian Allotment under the Act of 1887 no’s. 1232 thru 1250, no’s. 521 thru 535; copy from Kansas Kin pages of 1863 roll/census of Kansas Potawatomi; photocopy of pages from “Wilmette: a history” by George D. Bushnell ; Allotment or Estate Record, heirship card, government documents for the probate, and Report of Sale of Allotted Indian Land for Allot. No. 1247 William Martelle; Modified family history ancestor chart for Michele L. Stebbins, other sur names Hensley, Wilmot, and Trombla. 39 pgs.
•2005.31.91 copy of a newspaper clipping titled “Giant elm tree traces its roots in U.S. history” by Ted Bartimus recounts early history of Louisville Kansas and Vieux family history and the part it played and still plays in present Louisville KS. 1 pg.
•2005.31.92 large family chart titled “The Family Tree of James Francis Thorpe compiled by Grace F. Thorpe August 1980, sur names on chart McCoy, Vieux, Goslin, Johnson, James, Grayson, McCleddan, Lasley, Askew, Miller, Rhodd, Kirkpatrick and Williams. 1 pg.
•2005.31.93 Pedigree chart for Tony Preston Hollingsworth, other sur names Nadeau, Bayliss, and Vieux. 1 pg.
•2005.31.94 Pedigree chart for Tony Preston Hollingsworth, other sur names Nadeau, Bayliss, Wicks and Vieux. 1 pg.
•2005.31.95 Bourbonnais family descendent chart for Anthony, Frank and Bescue Bourbonnais, other sur names Anderson, nadeau, Crabber, Peltier, Jenks, Hudson, Martell, and Young. 1 pg.
•2005.31.96 ancestor chart for Rachel Vieux, other sur names LeGreat, LeRoy, Jarveau and Ahkenapoway. 1 pg.
•2005.31.97 descendant chart for James Vieux and Angelique LeRoy, other sur names Goslin, Melott, Juneau, Thurber, Nadeau, Bourbonnais, Johnson, and Bayliss. 1 pg.
•2005.31.98 ancestor chart for Hollingsworth child [not legible] of Lena Nadeau and Claude Hollingsworth, other sur names Baker, Nadeau, Bayliss, Vieux, Wicks, and Fresk. 1 pg.

2005.31_4 Genealogy [Nadeau]
•2005.31.99 Barshaw Family chart, ancestor chart for Alice (Neddeau) Barshaw. 1 pg.
•2005.31.100 Barshaw Family chart for David D. West and Robert F. West, other sur names Barshaw, Neddeau, Roper, Godlove, and Henshaw. 1 pg.
•2005.31.101 Family History Chart of Tony Preston Hollingsworth, other sur name Nadeau, Bayliss, and Wicks. 1 pg.
•2005.31.102 Family ancestor chart for George Martell, other sur names Wilmette and Blackbird. 1 pg.
•2005.31.103 ancestor chart for Ronald d. Scott, other sur names Martelle and Wilmette. 1 pg.
•2005.31.104 Toupin family descendant chart from Amable Toupin and Mary Margaret Mack, other sur names Trousdale, Bowles, Tierney, Chilson, Martel and Nedeau. 1 pg.
•2005.31.105-192 87 page narrative genealogy titled “Descendants of Mascia dit Lavigne NADEAU” printed March 25, 2006 by Donald Fairchild, for complete list of sur names on index pages 75-87 at end of this document. 87 pgs.

2005.31_5 Government Documents [Nadeau]
•2005.31.193 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; Business Committee of the Pott Citizens not well known in Washington, April 3, 1886 notes taken from letters dated 1867, 1870, and 1871. 1 pg.
•2005.31.194 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; handwritten notes on top card, Prairie Pott: reference for Blanden family history, Eli Nadeau and his business and family in Oklahoma. 1 pg.
•2005.31.195 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; Nadeau family business and history. 1 pg.
•2005.31.196 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research. 1 pg.
•2005.31.197 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; list of allottees to apply for Land Patents. 1 pg.
•2005.31.198 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; list of allottees to apply for Land Patents. 1 pg.
•2005.31.199 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; lists of Pott. Indians on agency payroll, and the sale of Pott. Lands around St. Mary’s. 1 pg.
•2005.31.200 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; Potawatomi Business committee notes on elections and business committee elections. 1 pg.
•2005.31.201 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; Prairie condition at this time report of the group’s holdings and successes. 1 pg.
•2005.31.202 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; Enumeration of the two bands, and numbers were lost. 1 pg.
•2005.31.203 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; notes from the Treaty of 1861: Indian Signatories to the Treaty and other information on this treaty. 1 pg.
•2005.31.204 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; pay roll list. 1 pg.
•2005.31.205 photocopy of resource cards for Potawatomi history research; quotes from “The Jesuits in the Kaw Valley” by O’Conner in reference to Pottawatomies established government; handwritten notes of Business Committee Citizen Band members. 1 pg.
•2005.31.206-210 group of documents: handwritten letter from the Department of the Interior April 17th 1878 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs reference to board and tuition of Mary and Becky Nadeau daughters of Eli Nadeau; letter from U. S. Department of the Interior Jan. 25, 1984 to Mrs. Zelda Hale in reference to grandchildren enrollment in Citizen Band Potawatomi and blood degree. 5 pgs.
•2005.31.211-112 two hand written letters (same hand) dated June 30, 1865 and June 20, 1865 both in reference to tribal government and grievance payment. 2 pgs.
•2005.31.213-219 group of documents: handwritten letter from the Treasury Department Oct. 24, 1855 in reference to Mary Nedo and claim of Treaty of Chicago Sept 1833; payment receipt for payment rendered as ferryman for the Pottawattamie Indians; photocopies of handwritten letter/affidavit/court documents naming Eli Nadeau a member for the Prairie Band Pottawatomie Indians for whom he is United States interpreter, other letters referenced Julia Ann Nadeau and her property claim due her from first husband Joseph Laughton. 7 pgs.
•2005.31.220 photocopy handwritten letter from Pottawatomie Agency Jan. 5, 1855 referencing claim of Mary Nedo and children from past treaties. 1 pg.
•2005.31.221 photocopy of letter from Potawatomie Agency Feb. 13, 1834, in reference to claim by Mary Nadeau from treaty of Chicago 1833. 1 pg.
•2005.31.222-224 photocopy of letter from Office Kansas Agency Pottawatomie Reserve Ks. June 23, 1879 in reference to board and tuition at Academy of the Sacred Heart at St. Mary’s Kansas for Nadeau children. 3 pgs.
•2005.31.225 photocopy of handwritten letter from Washington House, Washington D. C. March 1, 1879, to Commissioner of Indian Affairs in reference to children of Eli Nadeau and funding for Academy of the Sacred Heart conducted at St. Mary’s Kansas being paid. 1 pg.
•2005.31.226-228 photocopy of handwritten letter from Pottawatomie Agency KS, August 12, 1865 in reference to Potawatomi Kansas members and how citizenship would change their responsibilities to paying for business licenses. 3 pgs.
•2005.31.229-234 photocopy of handwritten letter from Washington D. c. Jan 21, 187? to the honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs request for certified copies for the certificates of the allotments made to listed individual tribal members as in letter, sur names include Nadeau, Bourassa, McDowell, Edwah- Ge-zhic, Pe-an-ish. 6 pgs.
•2005.31.235-238 photocopy of handwritten records for affidavit type documents as character reference information from individuals for Agent William E. Murphy of the Pottawatomie Agency Kansas in 1859. 4 pgs.
•2005.31.239 photocopy of document from the United States of America Patent for a partition of the allotment property of Almira C. Bayliss and trust patent issued to Laura I. Nedeau for 24 years. 1 pg.
•2005.31.240-241 photocopy of handwritten document from the undersigned members of the Potawatomie Tribe of Indians in the vicinity of Saint Mary’s Mission against the character of W. E. Murphy Indian agent. 2 pgs.
•2005.31.242 -244 photocopy of will of Rena E. Hollingsworth, November 20, 1962. 3 pgs.
•2005.31.245-247 Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Apr. 24, 1914, Approval of heirship to estate of William Martelle. 3 pgs.
•2005.31.248 group of documents: photocopy letter from the Department of the Interior Sept. 29, 1914 regarding estate for Jerome Martelle; photocopy of letter from Department of Interior July 24, 1890 in reference to claims of Andrew and Basil Neddo, their descendants being able to receive Citizen Band Potawatomi allotment in Oklahoma; affidavit from Amanda Neddeau dated Jan. 18, 1951 for information on Otto Barshaw son of Charles Barshaw sometimes known as Bergeron and Alice E. Barshaw. 4 pgs.

2005.31_6 Miscellaneous [Nadeau]
•2005.31.252 photocopy of a family group photograph of Charles Barshaw and Alice Neddeau Barshaw family, names are on back of copy. 1 pg.
•2005.31.253 photocopy of 2 card photos identification is written on photos, Cyrus W. Baylis 1891 and Laura Bayles and Wilda Baylis

ARCHIVAL NOTES:
2005.31_1 Allotments [Nadeau]
2005.31_2 Census [Nadeau]
2005.31_3 Family History [Nadeau]
2005.31_4 Genealogy [Nadeau]
2005.31_5 Government Documents [Nadeau]
2005.31_6 Miscellaneous [Nadeau]

SUBJECT TOTALS : 2005.31 TOTALS
2005.31_1 Allotments [Nadeau]= Nadeau, allotment, heirship, card, Martelle, probate, Copeland, Bourbony, Bourbannais, Taylor, photocopy, Kansas, list, 1863, tribal, roll, Potawatomi, Indians, reserve, sur name, family, Martel, estate, record, Trousdale, Toupin, Bowles, Chilson, Nedeau, Tierney, Motte, Tarkington, Neddeau, husband
2005.31_2 Census [Nadeau]= Nadeau, photocopy, census, citizen, Pottawatomie, Indian, Shawnee, Okla., family, Martell, agency
2005.31_3 Family History [Nadeau]= Nadeau, note, marriage, Worth, Baylis, husband, Kwantlen University College, family, history, Wicks, sur name, testimony, Neddeau, Martelle, Toupin, photocopy, holy, sacrament, Mack, document, record, register, church, affidavit, Potawatomi, child, Fairchild, archeological, report, Wagner, Sandefur, site, Rossville, Kansas, archival, field, Laughton, Wais-ke-shaw, Lhorton, Bernardus, Graverat, Bassman, Caldwell, Smet, Bassho, McPherson, Martel, Rodd, Bergnon, Tacier, Lawton Nasseau, Bourbonnais, Navarre, Neddow, Bourassa, Young, Frazer, Bazlix, James, Higginbotham, Baldan, Parr, Kansas, quarterly, historical, Hutter, letter, Union Town, internet, record, genealogical, index, Pottawatomie, Indian, reservation, Jackson, descendant, Bayless, Council Bluffs, Iowa, handwritten, paper, Felthaven, Spoon, Muller, scan, Hoy, Farrell, Wisconsin, Mackinac, baptism, Chevalier, Nadau, Detrninyille, Mercier, Lacroix, housekeeper, portrait, biographical, album, Jackson, Jefferson, counties, Pottawatomie, St. Mary’s Star, newspaper, clipping, Ouilmette, allotment, Act of 1887, roll, census, Wilmette, Bushnell, estate, Vieux, Louisville, chart, tree, Thorpe, McCoy, Goslin, Johnson, James, Grayson, McCleddan, Lasley, Askew, Miller, Rhodd, Kirkpatrick, Williams, Bartimus, elm, tree, Hollingsworth, Baker, Fresk, ancestor

2005.31_4 Genealogy [Nadeau]= Nadeau, genealogy, chart, ancestor, family, Neddeau, Barshaw, West, sur name, Roper, Godlove, Henshaw, Hollingsworth, Bayliss, Wicks, Martell, Wilmette, Blackbird, Scott, Toupin, descendant, Mack, Trousdale, Bowles, Tierney, Chilson, Martel, Nedeau, Fairchild, Lavigne, narrative
2005.31_5 Government Documents [Nadeau]= Nadeau, government, document, photocopy, cards, Potawatomi, history, research, business, committee, citizen, Washington, note, letter, Blanden, Oklahoma, allotee, Indian, payroll, agency, land, St. Mary’s, election, report, prairie, enumeration, bands, treaty, Jesuit, Kaw, O’Conner, Pottawatomies, member, Department of the Interior, commissioner, board, tuition, Hale, enrollment, blood, degree, payment, treasury, claim, receipt, ferry, affidavit, court, interpreter, husband, Laughton, Chicago, Kansas, reserve, academy, St. Mary’s, sacred, heart, business, license, allotment, Bourassa, McDowell, Edah-Ge-zhic, Pe-an-ish, Murphy, Bayless, trust, patent, agent, Hollingsworth, Heirship, estate, Martelle, Neddo, Barshaw, Bergeron

2005.31_6 Misc [Nadeau]= Nadeau, Neddeau, Barshaw, card photograph, copy, photocopy, family, Baylis