Marie

MARIE (aka OLD MARIE or OLD MARY)

Marie is one of the people of the confluence: Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc

Marie is the daughter of Gregoire Blours and his wife Yarshin-Ma British Columbia Marriage Registrations She was born in British Columbia in 1840. Canada Census, 1881

Canadian Federal Census of 1881

Marie and her first husband and six of their children are noticed on 4 April 1881, in the Canadian Federal Census of that year. It is probably her mother, Catherine Yaratshenma, and two of her siblings, Martin and Charlie, who were also living in the same household [Canada Census, 1881, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV63-W44

Indian Industrial School at Kamloops

Marie gave up her right to hold 160 acres of land which she inherited from Abraham Larue so that the Industrial School proposed for the Kamloops Indian Reserve could go ahead. She received $165 in compensation for the improvents which had been made on the land. This is confirmed by a letter dated 29 March 1889, sent from the Indian Office to the Superintendent General: "I have the honor to enclose vouchers in duplicate for the sum of $165.00 being amount paid to Mary Hli-hleh-Kan for her improvements on the site of the proposed Industrial School at Kamloops as per cheque No. 1173 received under cover of your communication of the 2nd instant" [Federal Court, Trial Division, Collier J., 18 June 1976: Leonard et al. v. The Queen] http://iportal.usask.ca/docs/CNLC/v9/pp151-159.pdf

Death

Marie is reported to have died in 1933 [Federal Court, Trial Division, Collier J ., 18 June 1976: Leonard et al. v. The Queen] http://iportal.usask.ca/docs/CNLC/v9/pp151-159.pdf

First Marriage

Marie married Abraham Larue [Federal Court, Trial Division, Collier J ., 18 June 1976: Leonard et al. v. The Queen] http://iportal.usask.ca/docs/CNLC/v9/pp151-159.pdf Marie and Abraham had eight children:

(1) Martin Larue

(2) Charlie Larue

(3) Agnes Larue

(4) Lizette Larue

(5) Elie Larue

(6) Cyprien Larue

(7) Alice Larue

(8) Sophie Larue [Canada Census, 1881, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV63-W46

Second Marriage

Marie married Chief Louis Clexlixqen [Federal Court, Trial Division, Collier J ., 18 June 1976: Leonard et al. v. The Queen] http://iportal.usask.ca/docs/CNLC/v9/pp151-159.pdf They were married at Kamloops on 20 February 1889 [British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD84-3L9 She and Louis are reported to have had six children [Dictionary of Canadian Biography] http://www.biographi.ca/EN/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=7285

Her marriage to Chief Louis is mentioned again in a letter dated 13 March 1889, sent from the Indian Office to the Superintendent General: "I have the honor to Acknowledge the receipt of your letter of Feby 28th requesting to be informed of the widow Le Roux's name in full. In reply, I beg to state that her name is now Mary Hli-hleh-Kan having been married to the Kamloops Chief Louis Hli=hleh-Kan about a month ago" [Federal Court, Trial Division, Collier J ., 18 June 1976: Leonard et al. v. The Queen] http://iportal.usask.ca/docs/CNLC/v9/pp151-159.pdf