Elizabeth Kozeyah

Elizabeth Kozeyah (nee Elliott) is # 1101 on the 1907 Wooster Roll. She is the wife of Thomas Kozeyah # 1100. Her grandfather's name is recorded as "Otchewens". Her traditional name is recorded as "Mindinoie" meaning "Old Woman", an accurate translation but with non standard spelling and an atypical traditional name for someone who likely held the name from her youth. The name also may have been partially misunderstood by the 1907 recorder since the usual form of the word is "Mindemoya" which is the name of a lake on Manitoulin Island. It is not clear whether Elizabeth Kozeyah was familiar with Lake Mindemoya or had a family association with it as other Potawatomi people did (and do). The "Mindinoie" entry in the Wooster Roll requires scrutiny and comment by those with expertise in the nuances of the Anishinaabemowin language and Potawatomi culture. In 1907 Mrs. Elizabeth Kozeyah was living with her husband and four children at Cape Croker Reservation where she held full rights in Canada.

Elizabeth also appears as # L6FJ-86L in the Family Search database as the wife of Thomas Kozeyah but with a different birthdate than the Wooster Roll data. Family Search reports the birthdate of Elizabeth Elliott as Nov. 18, 1861 and her birthplace as Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

See also 1901 Canadian Census at http://interactive.ancestry.ca/8826/z000053802?pid=12504189&backurl...