Joseph Singleton (Fort William Band)
| Joseph Singleton | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1849 or 1850 |
| Years in Thunder Bay | at least 1901 |
Joseph Singleton (born c. 1849 or 1850) was enumerated on the Fort William Band schedule of the 1901 Census of Canada as the head of family 373.[1]
The return, taken as of 31 March 1901, is on Book #2, page 11 (LAC reel T-6554, image 823). He is entered as Singleton Joseph, age 51, with wife Mary Jane, age 26; a step-daughter entered as Denomme, age 3; and an adopted child, Joseph S. Howard, age 12. Age 51 at last birthday implies a birth about 1849 or 1850. The schedule has no birth-date column.
He appears on the Fort William paylists of the Robinson-Superior Treaty annuity payments from at least 1880, including ticket 67 in the 1890s. The 1880 list remarks that he was "Married to woman No 73"; the wife is not named there.[2][3]
The Ontario marriage affidavit for Clara Singleton and George Cyrette, 16 December 1924 at the Fort William Mission, names the bride's father as Joseph Singleton and the maiden name of the bride's mother as Jane Denomme.[4] Clara, age 17½, was living at and was born on the Mission Reserve. The identification of this Joseph Singleton of the Fort William Band with the father named on that record is very strong: the names and the Mission / Fort William community match, and his wife is identified with Jane Denomme on Mary Jane's page.
This is not the same person as Joseph Singleton (died 1975).
- A Joseph Singleton was authorised by order in council on 25 February 1905 to buy lot 56 in the Mission village of the Fort William Reserve (2.4 acres) on his enfranchisement, and on 8 March 1906 to sell the lot to the Grand Trunk Pacific; see 1905 Railway Taking. Probably this man, but not confirmed.[5]
References
- ↑ 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, district 44 Algoma, sub-district 78 Fort William Indian Reserve, Book #2 page 11, LAC reel T-6554, image 823. Archived.
- ↑ Pay-list of Robinson Treaty annuities, Fort William, 1880, ticket 67, "Singleton Jos". Héritage, LAC reel C-7167, image 357.
- ↑ Pay-list of Robinson Treaty annuities, Fort William, 1896, ticket 67, "Singleton Jos." Héritage, LAC reel C-7169, image 440.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Inventory of Orders in Council Pertaining to Land Issues – Ontario Region, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1993, Fort William Reserve No. 52. Archived.