Richard Tabassing KIng

Richard King ( born c1862) is listed as # 1636 on the 1907 Wooster Roll. His recorded traditional name "Tabassing" was translated on the roll as "Lightning all over" but that translation requires scrutiny and comment by a person with expertise in Anishinaabemowin and Potawatomi culture.

Ancestry.com also identifies "Tabassang" as the son of Beshigob and his wife Charlotte Assance. http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/beshigob_161580591.

In 1907 when Richard King was age 45 he was a resident of Parry Island, District of Parry Sound, Ontario now referred to as Wausaksing First Nation per http://www.wasauksing.ca/ . Richard King held NO rights in Canada.

Richard King # 1636, born c1862 has 5 siblings: - Jonas Kebasomay King # 1617, born c1838 - William Nawadegishig King # 1600, born c1847 - Mrs. Eliza Menominee (nee King) # 1624, born c1849 - Robert Shedonkwad King # 1646, born c1865 - Mrs. Anna Wassamokwe Pawis (nee King) # 1629, born c1867