LAFRAMBOISE, Francois
- Born: 2 November 1811, St Benoit, Ceux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
- Marriage (1): DORION, Denise on 27 November 1851 in St James Parish, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA 1
- Died: 1885-1887, Wahkiakum, Washington State, USA 1
Another name for Francois was LA FRAMBOISE, Francois.
General Notes:
According to the 1860 US Census for Clark County Francis Laframboise was a 57 year old farmer, born in Canada. 1
Research Notes:
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"LAFRAMBOISE - THE RASBERRY BRANCH
Courtesy of Pat Smith
On the 2nd of November 1811 Francois Franche-Laframboise was christened at St. Benoit, Deux Montagnes, Quebec, Canada. The son of Joseph Franche-Laframboise and Catherine Lamagdeleine. Little is known of Francois' early childhood. There are notations of his father's dealings with the Northwest Fur company in Manitoba and the Hudsons Bay Company in Quebec.
From the parish registers of St. Benoit we find several brothers and sisters:
Jean-Baptiste christened 1815, married 11 August 1845 to Adeline Gourgon, daughter of Michel Gourgon-St. Maurice and Marie Lachance.
Marie Louise, christened 28 April 1818.
Ann christened 1816, married 14 July 1840 to Joachim Boileau.
Julie, christened 1817, married 3 November 1846 to Michel Proulx.
Emelie, Christened 1 August 1822.
Moyse, christened 28 May 1826, died 15 August 1826.
The census records of 1840 through 1870 indicate that a large number of the family kept residence in the parishes of St. Benoit, Scholastique, St. Eustache and Deux Montagnes.
Francois arrived in Oregon Territory the 28th August 1830. He was a young man of 19 years. An uncle preceded him in 1811 on the ship Tonquin; Michel, a noted employee of Hudsons Bay Company. Francois was married at St. James Parish, Vancouver, Washington Territory, the 26th June 1846. His bride was Mary Marguerite Tomwata, a Chinook Indian. Her parents were Paghakaliash and Sheipa of the Chinook Nation. Born to them were two children:
Joseph, christened 14 Decenber 1848.
Marguerite, christened 18 November 1849.
Francois and Marguerite applied for a Donation Land Claim of 503.93 acres on Public Domain land. Settlement was made on the 1st day of November 1849. The claim certificate, number 114, was granted them on the 12 March 1863.
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Oregon Records
Laframboise, Francois 1846 Land Claim Vancouver Gen. Vol 3 pg 672
Laframboise, Francois 1848 Land Claim Vancouver Ge. Vol 7 pg 134
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Marguerite was to enjoy this land only a short time before her death at Fort Vancouver, 15 November 1850. Burial was on 16 November 1850.
Francois declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States on the 12th day of September 1850, before G.S. Curry, Clerk of the U.S. District Court, Clackamas County, Oregon, and applied for citizenship April 3rd 1855 in the District Court of Clark County Washington Territory, and was Naturalized by that court on that day as a citizen of the United States.
He served 101 days during the Yakima Indian War from the 6th April to 16th July 1856, in Captain William Kelly's Clark County Hangers, Second Regiment, Washington Volunteers, as a private.
Note: Washington National Guard, Vol.2 Pg. 136.
A year after Marguerite died, Francois married Denise Marie Dorion. Their marriage is recorded at St. James Parish, Vancouver, on 27 November 1851. Her parents were Jean-Baptiste Dorion of French-Sioux ancestry and Josette Cayuse of the Cayuse Nation. The Dorion's are decendants of Pierre Dorion, Sr. of Montreal, Canada, who served as guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Her Grandmother was Madame Marie Dorion of the Sioux Nation, who with her husband Pierre Dorion, accompanied the Hunt Expedition to the Columbia River mouth. Francois and Denise raised a large family.
The first child, Jeremie, was born 7 feb 1855 at Vancouver, WA TERR.
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No death record can be found for the parents "There is an old cemetery on the Art Koski land near Dahlia, WA. Many stones have sunk into the ground. We had though perhaps this might be their burial place as Joseph, the son of Francois' 1st wife, is buried in this spot." Mildred Colbert of Portland offers this bit of interesting information. Another suggestion by Francois' granddaughter, Della Souvigny Quigley, age 96, that family tradtion has him buried in the Old Pioneer Cemetery, Cathlamet Co., Wahkiakum. With the restoration of this old cemetery few headstones had been preserved due to the ravages of time and weather.
Francois' Donation Land Claim skirted Vancouver Lake. "He was raising Timothy Hay for market a few miles below Vancouver." This, no doubt, would be from his land claim. He and his wife Denise were listed among the settlers at Chinookville in 1851; he was still living there at least temporarily, in 1866. He seemed to move back and forth between his land claim in Vancouver and Chinookville. "In the meantime, Amable Petit hunted for a house to buy. He found a one-story shake house, 20 X20, which belonged to Laframboise, which he bought for $5; as the Petit family moved in, Laframboise moved out into another little house."" 1
Francois married Denise DORION, daughter of Jean Baptiste DORION and Josette CAYUSE, on 27 November 1851 in St James Parish, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.1 (Denise DORION was born in 1834 in Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory, USA and was baptised in 1848 in Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory, USA 1.)
Marriage Notes:
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"Marriage Notes for Denise Dorion and Francois Laframboise:
Copy of Marriage document between Francois Laframboise and Denise Dorion
P124: M5 Catholic Records
Courtesy of Pat Smith
The 27 November, 1851, in view of the dispensation of 3 bans of marriage granted by us, Vicar General, between Francois Laframboise, of-age, widower of Marguerite of this parish of St. Jacques of Vancouver, on one part, and Denise Dorion, minor daughter of the late Jean Baptiste Dorion and of an Indian woman (Josephine Cayuse), also of this parish, on the other part; nor any impediment being discovered, we priest curate undersigned have received their mutual consent of marriage and have given them the nuptial benediction in presence of Jean Baptiste Bauchemin; of Narcisse Raymond, uncle of the bride; of Charles Proulx; of Joseph Morin and of several other relatives and friends who have not known how to sign.
J.B.A. Broullet, priest
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(Narcisse Raymond, uncle of the bride, was so by marriage. Narcisse's wife was probably a sister of Denise's mother.)" 1
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