Joseph Esquimau

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Joseph Esquimau
OccupationHunter; schoolteacher

Joseph Esquimau was a mixed-ancestry hunter and schoolteacher of the Red Rock area.[1]

Life

  • Described as a "Half Breed Hunter" and "school teacher" in the 1889 inspection report for the Red Rock post.
  • Listed as "Indian" on the 1881 census; on the 1891 census his parents are given as from the United States and Ontario.
  • By the census order of visitation, he lived near other families of known mixed ancestry.

References

  1. ↑ "Historical Profile of the Lake Superior Study Area's Mixed European-Indian Ancestry Community."[website].Joan Holmes & Associates Inc. (for the Office of the Federal Interlocutor, Department of Justice Canada).2007-09-30.Link.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
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