Mary Louise SMALL

Notes:

given name Janet?

Mother was an Indian, whose tribe was from an island in the St Lawrence
River near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

The Story of Martintown, A Pioneer Village, a book written by Rhodes CM
Grant, gives the following information. Janet Small married Louis Jacques,
son of Joseph Jacques, a land owner in Glengarry (as of 1872). The next
generation of Jacques were tinsmiths and plumbers. Two of the sons
served as sailors on Sir David Beatty's flagship, the Lion, at Jutland. One
was still alive as of 1974. Another son was killed in France during WW I.
Total of children was 8 girls and 4 boys.

Smalls are descendants of Peter Small -- a Welsh fur trader in the North-
West. In 1838 Patrick Small & Nancy Hughes were married in Fort Pitt by
Father Norbert Blanchet, a well known missionary. The bride's parents
were James Hughes of the NW Company, and Nan-touche, and Indian from
west of the Rockies. Their 9 children were all married before they were.
One daughter, Charlotte, was called the prettiest girl in North America.

Mary married . [Group Sheet]

1. Jessie Philomena JACQUES was born 22 Jul 1888, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada; was christened 12 Aug 1888; died 17 Mar 1970, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States.