Agnes Cyrette
| Agnes Cyrette | |
|---|---|
| Agnes Gordon | |
| Born | c. 1882 or 1883 |
| Years in Thunder Bay | at least 1901 |
| Children | |
Agnes Cyrette (née Gordon; born c. 1882 or 1883) was enumerated on the Fort William Band schedule of the 1901 Census of Canada as the wife of Ambrose Jr. Cyrette.[1]
The return, taken as of 31 March 1901, enters the household as family 344 on Book #2, page 15 (LAC reel T-6554, image 827). Her husband is written Leyrette Ambrose Jr, age 25; she is Agnes, age 18; their daughter is Eliza, age 3, born in Manitoba. Leyrette is the form used for the Cyrette surname on this schedule. Age 18 at last birthday implies a birth about 1882 or 1883. The schedule has no birth-date column.
The Ontario marriage affidavit for their son George Cyrette and Clara Singleton, 16 December 1924 at the Fort William Mission, names the maiden name of the bridegroom's mother as Agnes Gordon and the bridegroom's father as Ambroise Cyrette.[2] The identification of those parents with this woman and Ambrose Jr. Cyrette of the 1901 household is very strong. The names are distinctive; both records belong to the same Fort William / Squaw Bay community; Ambrose Jr. died at Squaw Bay in 1920; and a son born about 1904 (George was 20 on 16 December 1924) fits a couple who were about 25 and 18 in 1901. No second couple of these names is known in that community. The 1924 record does not name ticket 9 or Louisa Gordon.
This is not the same person as Agnes Gordon Brown (née Collier, died 1985).
References
- ↑ 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, district 44 Algoma, sub-district 78 Fort William Indian Reserve, Book #2 page 15, family 344, LAC reel T-6554, image 827. Archived.
- ↑ Archives of Ontario, marriage affidavit, registration no. 019211, marriage of George Cyrette and Clara Singleton, 16 December 1924 at Fort William Mission; and marriage licence no. D 67229, issued 15 December 1924 at Fort William. FamilySearch, "Canada, Ontario, Marriages, 1869-1927", ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-PTXY (affidavit, image 1429) and ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-PTXR (licence, image 1428). Archived: affidavit, left column, affidavit, statistical table, licence.