Tescier Family Manuscripts
Date1800-1900
Classificationslevel 1: collection
Credit LineCitizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center Archive and Research Division
Object number2005.40.1-275
Description2005.40 Tescier Family Manuscripts2005.40_1 Allotments [Tescier]
2005.40_2 Family History [Tescier]
2005.40_3 Genealogy [Tescier]
2005.40_4 Government Documents [Tescier]
2005.40_5 Photographs [Tescier]
2005.40_6 Miscellaneous [Tescier]
2005.40_1 Allotments [Tescier]
•2005.40.1-6 copies of documents in the determination of lawful heirs of Agnes Melosh; testimony of Louis Melosh; list of parents and siblings; other sur names Tescier, Smith, Cook, Eldridge, Bressman. 6 pgs.
•2005.40.7-10 copies of documents from The United States Department of the Interior in the estate of Alice M. Tescier cert. No. 47; Examiners notice to heirs; Order determining heirs; Summary of Family History and Inventory; Allotment or Estate Record for Certificate No. 47 Alice M. Tescier. 4 pgs.
•2005.40.11-14 copies of documents; Allotment or Estate Record for Charles L. Vasser Allot. No. 595; family summary report. 4 pgs.
•2005.40.15 copy of Allotment or Estate Record for Joseph M. Welch Allott. No. 947. 1 pg.
•2005.40.16-18copies of Allotment or Estate Record for Anthony Tescier Allott. No. 544; heir card list other sur names Pitts, Schmidlkofer, Gardon, Goyer; family history report pages. 3 pgs.
•2005.40.19-23 copies of government Allotment or Estate Record for Frank M. Welch Allot. No. 948; testimony and family history report pages. 5 pgs.
•2005.40.24-26 copies of Allotment or Estate Record for John L. Welch Allot. No. 946 and family history report. 3 pgs.
•2005.40.27-32 copies of Allotment or Estate Record for Joseph Welch allot. No. 945; probate heir list card other sur names Moutan, Laye, Moutaw, Graham, Prickett, Soelter, Cope, Holley, Harpoll, Gamble, Downin, Drake, Griffith, Adams, Riat, Hoogstraten, Smith and Wheeler. 6 pgs.
•2005.40.32-37 government documents for the Allotment or Estate Record for Lucius A. Darling Alott No. 49; heir cards sur name Tescier, Moor, Streigel, Goyer, Konkoskie, Stewart, Greemore, Greenmore, Thompson, Bressinan, DeLay, Naeron, and Lavier Report on cash sale of allotted Indian land when patent in fee is to be issued to purchaser. 6 pgs.
•2005.40.38-39 copies of probate documents from the Department of the Interior in the estate of Eli (Tasier) Tescier Allottee No. 534; summary of family history and inventory for Christina Sena Tescier Helms Allot. No. 535. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.40-41 copy of Summary of family history and inventory pages for Eli (Tasier) Tescier Allot. No. 534 other sur names Gaddy and Gunruth. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.42 copy of heir card and receipt for patent for C.P. Cert-86 Agnes Melosh (Newton) dated May 25, 1915 other sur names Bressman and Green. 1 pg.
•2005.40.43-48 copies of Allotment or Estate Record of Katie May Tescier Allot. No. 545, receipt for patent dated June 30, 1913, Report on Application of a Patent in Fee for allottee Katie May Tescier – Pitts No. 545; Certificate of Appraisement. 6 pgs.
•2005.40.49-50 copy of Summary of Family History and Inventory for estate of Harriett (Hattie) E. Tescier/Mitchell Citizen Potawatomi No. 555, other sur names McAlevy, Dismukes, Martin, Woody, Henry, Armstrong, Altman, Campbell, Ward, Oles, Golindo, and Vasser. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.51-57 copy of testimony in the estate of Hattie (Harriett E.) Tescier Mitchel Allottee # 555. 7 pgs.
•2005.40.58-59 copy of Index and Heirship Card Enrollee for Alice M. Tescier Cert. 47 and Heirship Interests card. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.60-63 copies to Allotment or Estate Record for John J. Tescier Allot. No. 559, Order Determining Heirs; Examination of Indian Applicant for Leasing Privileges. 3 pgs.
•2005.40.64 copy of Index and Heirship card for Joseph V. Jr. Downin other sur names Welch. 1 pg.
•2005.40.65-68 copies from the Department of the Interior Summary of Report on Heirs for estate of John J. Tescier Allottee No. 559, other sur names, Whisenant, Bourbon, Maritt, Beckley. 4 pgs.
•2005.40.69 copy of Allotment or Estate Record of Catherine Plomandon Allot. No. 532. 1 pg.
•2005.40.70-71 copy of testimony in the Estate of John J. Tescier, Citizen Pott. 559. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.72-74 copy of Department of the Interior documents Order Determining Heirs for John Lee Welch Allottee No. 946 other sur names Soelter, Wheeler; affidavit. 3 pgs.
•2005.40.75- 78copies of probate documents for the approval of Heirship in the estate of Joseph M. Welch. 4 pgs.
•2005.40.79-81 copies of documents concerning Allottee Joseph Welch No. C.P. 545, Certificate of Appraisement, Order Determining Heirs and Approval of Heirship. 3 pgs.
•2005.40.82-88 copies of Documents for Joseph M. Welch Allotment No. 947 Report on Heirs, other sur names Duchane, testimony taken in the estate of Joseph M. Welch.
•2005.40.89-94 copies of documents in reference to Report on Heirship for Joseph Welch Citizen Pottawatomie Allotment No. 945; Summary of Family History and Inventory other sur names Lane, Whisenant, Beckley, Bourlon, Tescier, Konechiney, Marritt. 6 pgs.
•2005.40.95-97 copy of testimony to determine legal heirs of Joseph Welch, deceased Citizen Pottawatomie Allottee No. 945. 3 pgs.
•2005.40.98 copy of Certificate of Appraisement for Allottee Louisa Josephine Tescier dated August 26, 1913. 1 pg.
•2005.40.99-104 copy of testimony to determine the lawful heirs of Lucius A. Darling deceased allottee by E.M Bressman dated Sept. 19, 1912. 6 pgs.
•2005.40.105-106 copy of 1887 allottees and associated marriage and parental information. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.107-113 copies of probate records for the heirship to the estate of Lucius A. Darling Allottee No. 49 other sur names Bressman, Sutherland, Moore, Striegel, Thomspon, Greemore, Moutaw, DeLey, Tescier. 7 pgs.
•2005.40.114-120 copy of testimony in the estate of Sarah Tescier (Sarah Nadeau) Citizen Pottawatomie Allottee 533, Summary of Family History and Inventory other sur names Nadeau, Carsten, Locke, Vasser. 7 pgs.
•2005.40.121-127 copy of estate of Sarah Tescier (Sarah Nadeau) Citizen Pottawatomie Allottee 533, Summary of Family History and Inventory other sur names Nadeau, Carsten, Locke, Vasser. 6 pgs.
2005.40_2 Family History [Tescier]
•2005.40.128 photocopy of pages of unidentified documents; sticky note on this document has St. Louis Archives; highlighted in handwritten text is date of 1848 and then names Antoine Tesciers and Catherine Bourbonnais . 1 pg.
•2005.40.129 copy of letter to the U.S. Dept. of Indian Affairs from Christina Helms Shawnee Okla. providing family information on Charles Vasser. 1 pg.
•2005.4.130-133 copy of handwritten letter Dec. 1978 to Betty and Welber from Elmo providing family history for Bolivai Whisenaut and family members. 4 pgs.
•2005.40.34 copy of newspaper page with article obituary for John Tescier 77. 1 pg.
•2005.40.135 copy of printed email from Dennette Brand to Mary Farrell dated Dec. 18, 2001 ancestor info for Meloche. 1 pg.
•2005.40.136-137 poor photocopy of marriage certificate for John Tesier and Alice Smith in July 1889; page from family bible sur names Eldridge. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.138 copy of certified copy of record of birth for Max Whisenant. 1 pg. [this document restricted due to the date sensitivity of a vital record]
•2005.40.139-149 photocopied pages from different books; one the Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie History of Pottawatomie County (KS) page with information on early Potawatomi ancestors and tribal members living in Kansas; pages from Choctaw Area Family Histories providing Tesceir family history in early Oklahoma Territory in Choctaw area.11 pgs.
•2005.40.149-150 copy of print of email from Susan Campbell to Mary Farrell requesting information on Welch and Greemore family history. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.151 copy of delayed certificate of birth for Pauline Tescier daughter of John Isadore Tescier and Alice May Smith. 1 pg. [restricted document due to date sensitivity of vital record]
•2005.40.152-153 photocopied pages from the Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson, Jefferson and Pottawatomie Counties page 299 referencing Welch family. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.154-156 copies of documents ; baptismal of Elizabeth Catharine Bourbonnais daughter of Peter Bourbonnais and Mary Holcomb; poor photocopy of page from family bible with Smith and Eldridge births; copy of St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Oklahoma Attendance Records 1908. 6 pgs.
•2005.40.157 copy of printed email dated Nov. 1, 2000 from Susan Campbell to Mary Farrell in reference to Welch family history. 1 pg.
•2005.40.158-160 copy of hand written letter from V.E. Graham to W.A. Goforth in reference to Joseph Welch CP 945 dated Oct. 20, 1950. 3 pgs.
2005.40_3 Genealogy [Tescier]
•2005.40.161 genealogy ancestor chart for Amelia Welch CP 943 other sur names Wilmot, DuCharme. 1 pg.
•2005.40.162 genealogy ancestor chart for Daniel Lee (Tescier) Miller other sur names Harris, Marritt, Smith. 1 pg.
•2005.40.163 genealogy ancestor chart for Debra Louise Lancaster other sur names Moutaw and Welch. 1 pg.
•2005.40.164 copy of pedigree chart done by Jimmie C. Whisenant other names on chart Tescier, Smith Robuck, Neighbors, King, Bourbonne’, Darling, Wilmot, and Holcomb. 1 pg.
•2005.40.165 genealogy ancestor chart for Junita S. Beal other sur names Melosh. 1 pg.
•2005.40.166 genealogy ancestor pedigree chart for Pauline Whisenant other sur names Tescier, Smith Darling, Wilmot, Bourbonne’, Holcomb. 1 pg.
•2005.40.167 page from descendant chart for Archange 4/4 CP other sur names Wilmot, Welch, Ducharme, DeLeye, Moutaw. 1 pg.
•2005.40.168 genealogy ancestor chart for Celestine (Tescier) Konchoney other sur names Smith, Vesser, Plomondon, Holcomb, Darling, Wilmot. 1pg.
•2005.40.169 descendant chart for Antoine Wilmot and Archange Chevalier other sur names Welch, Darling, Greemore, Thompson, Beaver, Dalaye, Battese, Moutaw, Copeland, Tucker. 1 pg.
•2005.40.170-176 copy of handwritten family history for the Antoine Wilmot and Arhcange Chevalier descendants other sur names Trombla, Welch, Darling, Ducharme, Moutaw, Delaye, Greemore, Charet, Battese, Beaver, Thompson, Ramsey, Tucker, Morris, Sharia, Burtin, Shutherland, Smith, Bressman, Eldridge, Meloch, Hardin, Wilmer, Moore. 7 pgs.
•2005.40.177-188 print or copy from internet web site Descendants of Joseph Chevalier some not all due to size of list of sur names Barton, Reaume, Chaboillez, Deshetries, Locat, Cardin, Grignon, Dumee, Bourassa, Bertrand, Poitras, Crevier, Mallou, Gazaille. 11 pgs.
•2005.40.189-190 handwritten notes on yellow pad paper family history for John J. Tescier other sur names Mitchell, Plomedon, McAlvey, Dismukas, Martin, Woody, Armstrong, Campbell, Ward, Altman, Oles and Golindo. 2 pgs.
2005.40_4 Government Documents [Tescier]
•2005.40.191 copy of letter from B. W. Nearn to County Recorder and /or Indian Affairs Agency dated Oxt. 23, 1959 in reference to allotment land of Katie May Tescier Pitts. 1 pg.
•2005.40.192 copy of letter from B.W. Nearn to Director of Indian Affairs in reference to Katherine Tecier Nearn Pitts. 1 pg.
•2005.40.193-195 copy of letter from the Department of the Interior dated March 29, 1894 to Alice M. Tescier in reference to application for an allotment in Oklahoma and the process and documents that were already in process. 3 pgs.
•2005.40.196-197 copy of letter from the Department of the Interior dated Dec. 3, 1973 to John J. Tescier in reference to application of enrollment for children. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.198 typed note dated Nov. 1, 1993 to Mary from Dovie L. Sheridan in reference to blood degree. 1 pg.
•2005.40.199-200 photocopy of note cards or resource cards referencing a partial list from government of allottees able to manage their allotted land affairs; St. Mary’s Academy at Sacred Heart student roster from Indian Advocate July 1902 list. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.201 photocopy of unidentified page of family linage for Harriet Tescier Mitchell and children. 1 pg.
•2005.40.202-204 copy of handwritten letter from Pottawatomie Agency KS. August 12, 1863 referencing tribal members that live inside the Pottawatomie Nation Reservation names highlighted Welch, Beaubien, Nadeau, Bertrand, Lafromboise, Navarre. 3 pgs.
•2005.40.205-206 poor copy of handwritten letter from Pottawatomi Agency June 21, 1865 in reference to claims put forth in letter by members of the Pottawatomie Tribes of Indians. 2 pgs.
•2005.40.207 copy of letter from Shawnee Area Field Office, Shawnee, Oklahoma dated Oct. 26, 1959 to B. W. Nearn in reference to his inquiry into Katherine Tecier Nearn Pitts land interests. 1 pg.
•2005.40.208 copy of letter from the Department of the Interior dated March 12, 1901 to Lee Patrick, Esq., U.S. Indian Agent, Sac and Fox Agency, Okla. in reverence to James B. Yott heir to Lewis Yott Citizen Potawatomi reserve No. 94. 1 pg.
•2005.40.209 photocopy of handwritten letter dated June 30, 1865 in reference to assessing and collecting taxes of the Pottawatomie Indians and the unlawfulness of this act. 1 pg.
•2005.40.210 photocopy of handwritten letter dated June 20, 1865 in reference to grievances alleged by Pottawatomie members on the collection of taxes, and to cease this taxation. 1 pg.
2005.40_5 Photographs [Tescier]
2005.40.211-265 photographs copies that had been scanned and do not have physical counterparts just prints of scans in collection/sur names associated with these images this list is not necessarily in this order: Wedding Party of Joseph Andrew Nadeau and Sarah Catherine Tescier; Frank and Nellie (Tescier) Schmidlkofer; Frank and Nellie with extended family at 50th Wedding Anniversary photos; Fleischfresser Family Photo; Choctaw Subscription School; Rita Jeannette Oravetz and Nila Cecilia Locke; Nadeau Family Reunion, 1983; Mary Tescier Everette; Tommie Nadeau, Joe Nadeau, and James Ray Nadeau; Czarina Thompson, Dara Jayne Fleischfresser, and Rita Jeanette Oravetz; James Ray Nadeau and Dean Victor Nadeau; Ed Mitchell, Vincent Nadeau, Lillian Nadeau, Viola Mitchell, and Matilda Mitchell; Mitchell’s Garage and Service Station; Joseph Frances and Glorvena Nadeau with her parents; Annie Marguardt; Dean Victor and Dorothy Marie Nadeau; Diane Nadeau Forbes and Joseph Frances Nadeau; The Bourbonnais 1829 – Bourbonnais Grove; Elizabeth Catherine Nadeau; Frances, Glorvena, and Dean Victor Nadeau; Frank and Nellie Schmidlkofer on their Wedding Day; Henry and Joseph Nadeau with their Wives, Sara and Rosa; Joseph Frances and Glorvena Nadeau; Joseph Frances and Glorvena Nadeau in Cordell, Oklahoma; Joseph Frances Nadeau; Joseph Nadeau on Horseback; Kaylee Dawn Hunnicutt; Glorvena Nadeau; James Ray Nadeau; Joseph and Sarah Catherine Nadeau; Joseph and Glorvena at Lookout Mountain; Joseph Frances Nadeau, Lillian Nadeau Carston, Ray A. Nadeau, Sarah Nadeau, Cecilia Nila Locke, and Joseph Andrew Nadeau; Frank, David, and Dean Nadeau in Alaska; Rita Jeanette, James Ray, Glorvena, James Victor, and Joseph Frances Nadeau; Mary Matilda Nadeau; Mary Sara Hiolcomb; Moses and Bertha Nadeau; Paul E. Schmidlkofer; Rita Jeanette Nadeau, Sr.; Rita Jeanette Nadeau Garner on her Wedding Day; Sarah Catherine and Joseph Nadeau; Stella Lee Nadeau; Stella Lee Barnhart; Stella Nadeau and Vincent Henry Nadeau, Jr.; Three unidentified photos; William Nadeau; Thompson Family Photo; Rita Jeanette, Joseph Frances, Glorvena, and James Ray. 55 pgs.
2005.40_6 Miscellaneous [Tescier]
•2005.40.266 page copied from the book People from the Place of the Fire by Pricilla Sherard page 86 that has Family names Tasier, Bourbannois, Brunett, Navarre and Anderson. 1 pg.
•2005.40.267-275 copy of family history narrative titled Anthony Tescier providing family history when Tescier come to Eastern Oklahoma County. 8 pgs.
SUBJECT LISTS
2005.40 Tescier Family Manuscript
Tescier, allotment, document, copies, heir, Melosh, testimony parent, sibling, Smith, Cook, Eldridge, Bressman, United States Department of the Interior, estate, notice, examiner, summary, family, history, inventory, record, certificate, Welch, report, card, list, Pitts, Schmidlkofer, Gardon, Goyer, probate, Darling, Moor, Moore, Streigel, Konkoskie, Stewart, Greenmore, Greemore, Thompson, Bressiman, DeLay, Naeron, Lavier, sale, Indian, land, patent, fee, Department of the Interior, Helms, Gaddy, Gunuth, cert, Green, application, appraisement, Mitchell, Citizen Potawatomi, McAlvy, Dismukes, Martin, Woody, Henry, Armstrong, Altman, Campbell, Ward, Oles, Golindo, Vasser, heirship, lease, affidavit, order, Plomandon, Duchane, Whisenant, Beckley, Bourlon, Konechiney, Marritt, Sutherland, Moutaw, Nadeau, Carsten, Locke, , photocopy, note, St. Louis, archives, Bourbonnais, letter, U.S. Dept. of Indian Affairs, Shawnee, Okla., Oklahoma, Welber, Bolivai, newspaper, article, obituary, email, Brand, Farrell, Meloche, Tesier, bible, birth, vital, book, pioneer, prairie, Pottawatomie, county, Potawatomi, tribal, Kansas, KS, Choctaw, territory, portrait, biographical, album, Jefferson, baptismal, Holcomb, St. Mary’s, Sacred Heart, Graham, Goforth, genealogy, ancestor, descendant, chart, Wilmot, DuCharme, Miller, Harris, Lancaster, pedigree, copy, Robuck, Neighbors, King, Bournonne’, Beal, Deleye, Konchoney, Vesser, Plonmondon, Chevalier, Beaver, Dalaye, Battese, Copeland, Tucker, Trombla, Ramsey, Morris, Sharia, Burtin, Shutherland, Hardin, Wilmer, web, internet, Barton, Reaume, Chaboillez, Deshetries, Locat, Cardin, Grignon, Dumee, Bourassa, Bertrand, Poitras, Crevier, Mallou, Gazaille, pad, , Plomedon, McAlvey, Dismukas, Golinda, government, recorder, affairs, agency, Nearn, director, children, blood, degree, Sheridan, enrollment, allottee, academy, roster, student, Indian Advocate, reservation, nation, Beaubien, Bertrand, Lafromboise, Navarre, member, claim, linage, tribe, office, inquiry, Patrick, Sac and Fox, Yott, citizen, reserve, taxes, photograph, scans, wedding, Schimidlkofer, annerversary, Fleischfresser, reunion, Oravetz, Everette, garage, station, Forbes, grove, Cordell, Hunnicutt, mountain, Alsaka, Garner, Barnhart, Tescir, Tasier, Bourbonnois, Sherard, fire, page, narrative, Brunett
2005.40_1 Allotments [Tescier]
Tescier, allotment, document, copies, heir, Melosh, testimony parent, sibling, Smith, Cook, Eldridge, Bressman, United States Department of the Interior, estate, notice, examiner, summary, family, history, inventory, record, certificate, Welch, report, card, list, Pitts, Schmidlkofer, Gardon, Goyer, probate, Darling, Moor, Moore, Streigel, Konkoskie, Stewart, Greenmore, Greemore, Thompson, Bressiman, Bressman, DeLay, Naeron, Lavier, sale, Indian, land, patent, fee, Department of the Interior, Helms, Gaddy, Gunuth, cert, Green, application, appraisement, Mitchell, Citizen Potawatomi, McAlvy, Dismukes, Martin, Woody, Henry, Armstrong, Altman, Campbell, Ward, Oles, Golindo, Vasser, heirship, lease, affidavit, order, Plomandon, testimony, Duchane, Whisenant, Beckley, Bourlon, Konechiney, Marritt, Sutherland, Moutaw, Nadeau, Carsten, Locke
2005.40_2 Family History [Tescier]
Tescier, family history, photocopy, document, note, St. Louis, archives, Bourbonnais, letter, U.S. Dept. of Indian Affairs, Helms, Shawnee, Okla., Oklahoma, Vasser, Welber, Bolivai, Whisenaaut, newspaper, article, obituary, email, Brand, Farrell, Meloche, Tesier, Smith, Eldridge, bible, certificate, birth, record, vital, book, pioneer, prairie, Pottawatomie, county, Potawatomi, tribal, Kansas, KS, Choctaw, territory, Campbell, Farrell, Welch, Greemore, portrait, biographical, album, Jefferson, baptismal, Holcomb, St. Mary’s, Sacred Heart, record, Graham, Goforth
2005.40_3 Genealogy [Tescier]
Tescier, genealogy, ancestor, descendant, chart, Welch, Wilmot, DuCharme, Miller, Harris, Marritt, Smith, Lancaster, Moutaw, Whisenant, pedigree, copy, Robuck, Neighbors, King, Bournonne’, Darling, Holcomb, Beal, Melosh, Deleye, Konchoney, vesser, Plonmondon, Chevalier, Greemore, Thompson, Beaver, Dalaye, Battese, Copeland, Tucker, Trombla, Ramsey, Morris, Sharia, Burtin, Shutherland, Bressman, Meloch, Hardin, Wilmer, Moore, web, internet, Barton, Reaume, Chaboillez, Deshetries, Locat, Cardin, Grignon, Dumee, Bourassa, Bertrand, Poitras, Crevier, Mallou, Gazaille, pad, family history, Plomedon, McAlvey, Dismukas, Martin, Woody, Armstrong, Campbell, Ward, Oles, Golinda
2005.40_4 Government Documents [Tescier]
Tescier, document, government, letter, county, recorder, Indian, affairs, agency, allotment, land, Pitts, Nearn, director, application, allotment, Oklahoma, Department of the Interior, children, blood, degree, Sheridan, enrollment, photocopy, card, list, allottee, St. Mary’s, academy, Sacred Heart, roster, student, Indian Advocate, Mitchell, reservation, nation, Welch, Beaubien, Nadeau, Bertrand, Lafromboise, Navarre, member, claim, linage, tribe, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, office, Oklahoma, inquiry, Patrick, Sac and Fox, Yott, citizen, Potawatomi, reserve, taxes
2005.40_5 Photographs [Tescier]
Tescier, photograph, scans, wedding, Nadeau, Schimidlkofer, annerversary, Fleischfresser, family, reunion, Oravetz, Locke, Everette, Thompson, Mitchell, garage, station, parent, Forbes, Bourbonnais, grove, Cordell, Oklahoma, Hunnicutt, mountain, Alsaka, Garner, Barnhart
2005.40_6 Miscellaneous [Tescier]
Tescir, Tasier, Bourbonnois, Sherard, fire, book, page, family, history, Oklahoma, county, narrative, Brunett
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