Member of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

BIA 100% blood Quantum

Brief Life History of Angelique
When Angelique Charette Petit was born about 1805, in Northwest Territories, Canada, her father, Weesh-e-damo Little Shell II Tacgitcit Split Rump Aisaince III Thomas Petit dit Thomas, was 12 and her mother, Susanne Marguerite dit Lionais Petit (Daunis), was 7. She married Jean Baptiste Paul on 29 February 1832, in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1866, in Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62.

National Archives, RG 75, Entry 364, "Treaty of April 12, 1864, Red
Lake and Pembina Half-Breeds," Scrip Stubs, Number 000; with
notation, "This Certificate, in Blank, sent to the Commissioner of
the General Land Office, Oct. 9, 1868

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Charette, Baptiste (1810) [1850 U.S.] ·
Charette, Baptiste [Lake Superior Scrip]
Charette, John Bte. [R.L. Scrip #49] ·
Charette, John [R.L. Scrip #185] ·
Minnesota Territorial Census, Pembina County, 1850, family 33/33
and family 72/72: born Pembina, Hunter
Lake Superior Halfbreed Scrip; April XX, 1866 - Humboldt, Cal.
National Archives, RG 75, Entry 363, "List of Persons to Whom
Scrip was Issued under Red Lake & Pembina Treaties...." Halfbreed
Scrip No. 49 [checked] issued February 12, 1873, under the
authority of Secretarial Decision, June 12, 1872, delivered
February 12, 1873 [notation: "approved conditionally H.15"],
Halfbreed Scrip No. 185 issued July 7, 1873, under the authority
of Secretarial Decision, June 12, 1872, delivered July 7, 1873
National Archives, RG 75, Entry 364, "Treaty of April 12, 1864,
Red Lake and Pembina Half-Breeds," Scrip Stubs, Number 49, dated
February 12, 1873, 160 Acres, delivered February 12, 1873, issued
to John Bte. Charette, delivered to Agent E.P. Smith
husband of: Charette, Angelic (181l), born Red River Br.
issue: Charette, Alexander (1840), born Red River Br.

    Charette, Baptiste (1843), born Red River Br.

    Charette, Marguritte (1845), born Pembina

    Charette, Mary Ann (1848), born Red River Br.

    Charette, Moyese (1845), born Red River Br.

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Angelique Petit was the daughter of Thomas Petit "Little Shell II Way-ke-ge-ke-shig" and Marguerite Danis/Daunais. Sister of The Great Pembina Chippewa Nation Grand Chief Ayabe-Way-We-Tung Thomas (Peter Cochelle) Wenis, Long Voice, Egec, Little Shell III and Chief Ochechakonsh Little Crane. Angelique was baptized at St. Boniface, Manitoba on 10-March-1833, at the age of thirteen years. Angelique Petit married Jean Baptiste Charette (1804-1894)at St. Norbert, Manitoba about 1839.Her father Thomas Petit dit Thomas, was born at St Michel, D'Yamaska, Quebec, Canada. He came to the Northwest to work for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1816. He had the following "Country wives"
Marguerite Danis, Marie Beaulieu, Josephte Ouelette, and a marriage in 1825 to Genevieve Cadotte. In 1833 Marguerite Danis married Louis Lamirande at Saint Boniface, Manitoba. This couple had many children. On their marriage record, Marguerite's father Jean Baptiste Danis, was listed as deceased. Thomas Petit retired from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1835. According to his daughter Marie's marriage record at Pembina, Thomas Petit was deceased by 1868. Marguerite Danis-Lamirande died at St. Norbert, Manitoba on 9-May-1873.