Chief Andre Tenmesqet

ANDRE (OTHERWISE TAYEMASKRED. TY-MASKET, TEYMASKRET, T-MASKRET, OR TAYE'MASKAT)

Chief of the Simpcw First Nation: The people of the North Thompson

Chief André is the son of Tseyenetssa (Peter Tenmesqet or Tseynitse7), and his wife, Kwilretkwa (Qwilcetkwe). He is said to have been born in 1832 and he was baptised on 25 August 1867, at the Church of St. John the Baptist. It should be noted that while records list the location as Kamloops, the Church of St. John the Baptist is in Chu Chua (Kamloops District). His aboriginal name is said to be Tayemaskred [BC Archives: Baptismal Records] http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-14C855C/view/Baptisms/find-ad...

He was succeeded as Chief of the Simpcw First Nation by his son-in-law, David Casimir, who had married his daughter Lizette [Marianne Ignace, Ph.D., Overview of the Social and Political Organisation of the Secwepemc] http://www.slideshare.net/tpoelzer/sntc-presentation

North Thompson Indian Reserve Census, 1877

Chief André is identified as Andre Ty-masket in the Indian Reserve Census of 1877 [Royal BC Museum: Living Landscapes] http://142.36.5.21/cgi-bin/census?db=ind1877&pg=br&inc=50&n=751

Canadian Federal Census, 1881

Chief André is identified as André Teymaskret in the Canadian Federal Census of 1881 [Canada Census, 1881, database, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV6S-JHM

Canadian Federal Census of 1911

[Recensement du Canada de 1911, database, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-Q5JX

Spence's Bridge, 1911

Chief André was one of the signatories to the Memorial to the Honorable Frank Oliver, Minister of the Interior, Ottawa, which was signed at Spence's Bridge on 10 May 1911 [Skeetchestn Indian Band: Memorial to the Hon Frank Oliver] http://www.skeetchestn.ca/frank_oliver

Death

Chief André died on 17 October 1919, at the North Thompson Indian Reserve, in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. He was eighty-nine years of age [British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL15-8QM

Marriage

Chief André (Otherwise Andre Tayemaskret) married Lucie N-willkranak on 25 August 1867. They were married at the North Fork Okanagan Mission [BC Archives: Marriage Records] http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4F41BF8/view/Colmarriages/fin...

Registration Number:A5 23T BC Archives Mfilm Number:B09707
GSU Mfilm Number:2073299 Event Date (YYYY-MM-DD):1867-08-25 Event Place:NORTH FORK OKANAGAN MISSION Groom:ANDRE TAYEMASKRET Bride:LUCIE N-WILLKRANAK

Children

Chief André and his wife Lucie had at least three children whose names have been identified from their baptismal records. Their names follow:

(1) Emile is the son of Andre Taye'maskat and Lucie Nehoulhe'nak. He was born in March 1876 and baptised on 24 June 1876 [BC Archives: Baptismal Records] http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-3E5EAF/view/Baptisms/find-adv...

(2) Nicolas is the son of Andre T-maskret and Lucie Noll-hem'k. He was born in January 1881 and baptised on 17 July 1881 [BC Archives: Baptismal Records] http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-3E5EAF/view/Baptisms/find-adv...

(3) Eliza (Otherwise Lizette) is the daughter of Andre Taye'maskat and Lucie Nouhilhe'nak. She was born in June 1878 and baptised on 22 August 1878, at the Church of St. John the Baptiste in Kamloops [BC Archives: Baptismal Records] http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4114536/view/Baptisms/find-ad...