Julia Ella Fry Strong, Kane, Peel

One of eight children of Richard and Justine Fry

"Idaho, Marriages, 1878-1898; 1903-1942," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWD6-J89 : accessed 08 Aug 2014), William H. Streny and Julia Ella Fry, 29 Jun 1889; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1548240. ... Name: Julia Ella Fry; Spouse's Name: William H. Streny; Event Date: 29 Jun 1889; Event Place: Bonners Ferry, Kootenai, Idaho ... In another record, the spouse is William Henry Strong. ... https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW6S-5X7

March 16, 1892: ["Hot Springs News," Ainsworth, B.C., Canada] "It is rumoured at Ainsworth that G.T. Kane, the founder of Kaslo City, was married the forepart of the week at Fry, Idaho, to Miss Julia, the third daughter of Richard Fry."

1900 U.S. "Indian Population" Census: Listed as 27, divorced, white/half Indian, and living on Colville Reservation, Kootenai County, Idaho, with widowed mother "Justeen" Fry (60), three Fry brothers George (38), Clarence (21), and Frank (17), her mother's grandsons Robert Fry (12) and Clarence E. Strong (10), as well as sister "Kater" (Katherine) Ewing (26) and sister's 5 Ewing children William (12), Mary (8), Richard (7), Clara (4), and Raymond (2). Her mother is listed as "colored"/Indian and a farmer. Her brothers are cited as white/half Indian and farm laborers with the grandsons as white/1/4 Indian and in school. Her sister also is listed as white/half Indian and having had 6 children with 5 living. Her sister's children are described white/one fourth Indian and in school. Julia also is described as having had 2 children with one living.

Buried in the Grandview Cemetery in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with her parents Richard and Justine, brother George, sisters Christina and Katherine, Christina's husband Arthur Bunting, and Katherine's husband Robert Lockhart. Contrary to the 1900 U.S. Census, her grave marker cites her birth year as 1877.