Paul Auger

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Paul Auger
Bornc. 1887
Died1948-05-23
Pays Plat

Paul Auger (c. 1887 – (1948-05-23)23 May 1948) was a mixed-ancestry resident of Pays Plat and Rossport.[1][2]

Life

  • Four years old on the 1891 census for the Pays Plat and Nipigon Indians, which recorded both parents as from Ontario.
  • His parentage was given as "by a Frenchman" on the 1899 Pays Plat Band paylist.
  • Recorded as a son of Joseph Musquash (1901 census, Rossport) and as a child of Alex Musquash, with his origin given as "Ojibway".

Newspaper record

  • Biographical notice in Fort William Daily Times-Journal, 1931-08-21.[3]
    • Index note: In accident/Port Arthur Briefs.

References

  1. Fort William Daily Times-Journal, 25 May 1948, p. 1
  2. "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)
  3. Fort William Daily Times-Journal, 21 August 1931, p. 3