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Alice Frances Sheppard, born 07 July 1911 in Duane, Mahnomen, White Earth Indian Reservation, Minnesota; died 18 November 2001 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Allan Lionel Sheppard and Elizabeth May Goodwin. She married (1) James Allen Dennis November 1930 in Fort Snelling Chapel. He was born 30 April 1907 in Missouri, and died 25 February 1982 in Columbia, South Carolina. He was the son of William Steve Dennis and Nannie Murphy.
See a list of surnames in the Sheppard/Goodwin tree (1951 individuals and 386 surnames as of 01/18/09).
Read about Alice's Great Grandfather, Kabupi/Joseph Coursolle, in The Ordeal of Hinhankaga - Narrative 5, JOSEPH COURSOLLE'S STORY, From Through Dakota Eyes; Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862, Edited by Gary Clayton Anderson/Alan R. Woolworth. Compare the narrative to Joseph's own words from his 1885 testimony.
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Child of J. Laprairie and sister of Mary Laprairie Porter:
Nancy (nee Laprairie) Gheen
Children of George George and Nancy Laprairie:
Mary Goodwin
Charles Goodwin
Ellen Goodwin
On this page: Sheppard, Coursolle, Goodwin, Porter, and more
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Dennis, Sheppard, Ohmann, Gardner, and Schmid Ancestors
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The Duane Cemetery just north of Beaulieu, Minnesota is the resting place for many Goodwin and Porter ancestors. View gravestones in the online albums. They may also be viewed at FindAGrave.
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The Pind Bend Mission was the church home for many Porter ancestors. View the Pine Bend Mission records and the autobiography of the mission's founder, Rev. D. F. Porter. View Pine Bend gravestones in the online albums and at FindAGrave.
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The 1901 Census of England and Wales includes many relatives of Norman Sheppard, and additional online records are available from the Public Records Office of The National Archives, UK.
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The Dakota County Historical Society has online census, cemetery, obituary, and church record indexes which include the Auge, LeClair, and Robinette surname.
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Pipestone County is home to the Pipestone Indian Training School where Allan Sheppard, a Dakota mixed blood, and Lizzie Goodwin, an Ojibwe mixed blood, met and married.
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Selected records from the Register of Indian allotment entries under the Nelson Act, 1901 give allotment number, allottee's Indian and/or English names, tribal band, age in 1889, and more. Records were selected for their connection to the LaPrairie, Porter, Goodwin, and connected families.
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The 1920 Census of the Pillager Band of Ojibwe of Leech Lake Agency provides both the Ojibwe name and the English name for many people. This census courtesy of the Cass County Museum and Historical Society.
Catholic Records:
Selected records from registers of baptisms, marriages, deaths, and confirmations conducted by Catholic priests at St. Paul and at St. Peter's Church in Mendota:
Vol. 1 Baptisms: 23 Severe Martin Turpin, 25 Genevieve Turpin, 43 Emilie Batilde Robinet, 48 Henri Martin, 105 Joseph Robinet, 107 Henriette Elisabeth Robinet, 117 Joseph Coursal, 119 Louis Martin, 121 Emilie Bellecourt, 123 Joseph Makye, 124 Susanne Boursier, 125 Rosalie Martin, 131 Louis Thomas Boursier, 140 Denis Felix, 152 Jean Baptiste Turpin, 153 Helene Robinet, 160 Adele LeClair, 180 Joseph Martin, 182 Agnes Martin, 185 Eustache Belcourt, 202 Olivier Boursier, 212 Henri Robinet, 218 Xavier Turpin, 241 Felix, 262 Angelique Turpin, 263 Louise Leclair, 274 Alexis Turpin, 296 Marie Rose Martin, 303 Marie Leclair, 306 Antoine Boursier
Vol. 1 Marriages: 5 Boursier and Makye, 10 Robinet and Turpin, 17 Turpin and Makye, 21 Brunel and Makye, 23 Martin and Winona, 26 Turpin and Brunelle, 52 Beauchemin and Boursier
Vol. 1 Confirmation: Genevieve Kilkoul, Joseph Coursolle, Joseph Robinet (father), Joseph Robinet (son)
