Chief Joseph 'Pug-o-nay-ge-shig' Woodbury

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Chief Joseph 'Pug-o-nay-ge-shig' Woodbury (Hole-in-the-Day)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States
Death: September 03, 1904 (36)
White Earth Reservation, Becker County, Minnesota, United States
Place of Burial: White Earth, Becker County, Minnesota, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Edith May Haffner
Partner of Jane Cynthia Stocker
Father of Joseph Harold Woodbury; Clarence Remenda Quewezaince Woodbury; Mary Walton Woodbury; Harry Pease Woodbury and Gladys Woodbury

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About Chief Joseph 'Pug-o-nay-ge-shig' Woodbury

Chippewa
Bug-o-nay-ge-shig/Pug-o-nay-ge-shig "Hole-in-the-Day/Hole-in-the-Sky"


  • Chief at the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota; Chief of the Chippewa
  • As chief, forced to sign the Agreement of 1889 or the Nelson Act of 1889
  • Corporal in the Spanish American War
  • Birth parents: Bug-o-nay-ge-shig (Hole-in-the-day, the Younger) and Ellen McCarthy
  • Adopted by non native parents: Daniel and Elizabeth Woodbury
  • 1st partner: Jane Cynthia Pease
  • Their children: Clarence, Mary/Mamie, Harry and Gladys Woodbury
  • 2nd partner: Edith May Smith, Tuscarora
  • Their child: Joseph H. Woodbury
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182639383/joseph-l_hole_in_the_...

Joseph Pugonaygeshig Woodbury HOLE-IN-THE-DAY
Father: Joseph Chief_II Quewezaince HOLE-IN-THE-DAY
Mother: Ellen McCarthy MCCARTY
Birth: 1868
Christening: 27 JUL 1868, Indian Agency,near Crow Wing,MN
Death: 3 SEP 1904, White Earth,Indian Res.,MN
Partnership with: Jane Cynthia PEASE
Divorce: (Date and Place unknown)
Child: Clarence Reminde Quewezaince WOODBURY Birth: 8 MAR 1888, Minneapolis,Hennepin,MN
Child: Mary Walton WOODBURY Birth: 12 JAN 1891
Child: Henry WOODBURY Birth: AUG 1892, enrolled in,Chippewa Tribe,Minnesota
Child: Gladys WOODBURY Birth: DEC 1894
Partnership with: Edith SMITH
Child: Joseph H. WOODBURY Birth: 1903
!NAME: Hole-in-the-Day, Joseph (1868) NAME: Woodbury, Joseph (1868) [V.R. #261]NAME: (1868) Pug o nay ge shig [V.R. #261]!GENEALOGY_COMPILED_BY_VIRGINIA_ROGERS: [V.R., Broken Tooth Genealogy, #261](WE-347) His godparents were Jean Eveque and Susane MacFarlen. He was the son of Chief Joseph Hole-in-the-Day and Ellen Kater (or McCarty).After the death of Chief Hole-in-the-Day, Ellen Kater went to Minneapolis,where young Joseph was adopted by Daniel and Elizabeth Woodbury. He was educated in Minneapolis. After his marriage he worked for the Agency Office on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and later for the Minneapolis Post Office. He was a Corporal in the Spanish-American War. After the death of Chief Ignatius Hole-in-the-Day, Joseph took his family to White Earth where he acted as Chief and where he signed the agreement of 1889 at age 21. He died at the age of 34.
Census Date: 30 Jun 1891
Joseph Hole In The Day Father abt 1868Male Ojibwe(Ojibbeway) Minnesota
E Guay Zamce Daughte rabt 1888

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Chief Joseph 'Pug-o-nay-ge-shig' Woodbury's Timeline

1868
April 1868
Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States
July 27, 1868
Indian Agency, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States
1888
March 8, 1888
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
1891
January 12, 1891
Minnesota, United States
1892
August 27, 1892
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
1894
December 1894
Minnesota, United States
1904
September 3, 1904
Age 36
White Earth Reservation, Becker County, Minnesota, United States
1904
Minnesota, United States
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Saint Columba Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Earth, Becker County, Minnesota, United States