ESPIEW family in Michigan

Additions / corrections appreciated - ongoing project:

 

Generation One

1. Espao / Esbao / Espiew.

 

Probably Esiban=raccoon. Unsure of mothers of children.

He married Mary WARBANABYQUA, also known as Waw-be-ore?-be-quay/Waw-ben-ege-quay, b. c.1805 in MI.

 

Mary: Durant 11-61a. This is confusing. Durant states she is mother of all but father not really listed for any in notes.

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Children:

2. i. Mary b. c. 1835.

3. ii. Margaret b. c. 1842.

4. iii. Peter b. c. 1844.

5. iv. Monica.

6. v. Harriet b. c.1864.

 

Generation Two

2. Mary ESPEW, Indian name Naw-o-quay-ge-zhe-go-quay, b. c. 1835.

 

Durant #3-61a.

(1) She married Thomas AW-WAW-NAW-QUOT.

 

Thomas: Durant #17-56b. This is confusing as William, Thomas & Moses appear to be children of Thomas when they are children of Louis.

Children:

7. i. Louis b. c. 1854.

(2) She married William BARNHART.

Children:

8. ii. George b. c. 1856.

9. iii. Mary b. c. 1858/60/1.

10. iv. Lillian b. c. 1870/1.

　

3. Margaret ESPIEW, also known as Way-win-daw-quaw-do-quay, b. c. 1842 in MI.

(1) She married unknown.

Children:

i. Libbie _____, also known as Elizabeth LAHAYE, b. c. 1857.

(1) She married J.J. LAWSON.

(2) She married _____ SCOTT.

(2) She married Ephraim LaHAYE, b. c. 1823 in CAN, d. 23 Feb 1903.

 

Ephraim:

1870 Fed. census, Hamlin Twp., Mason Co., MI #8-8.

Ephraim Lahaye 47 CAN fisherman

Margaret " 28 MI

Peter " 7 MI

Isabelle " 3 MI

Mary " 8/12 MI

Elizabeth " 13 MI

Children:

11. ii. Peter b. c. 1862.

iii. Isabelle/Lizzie LAHAY, b. c. 1867 in MI.

12. iv. Mary b. Oct 1869.

　

4. Peter ESPIEW/DESPEW, b. c. 1844 in MI, d. 1925.

 

1880 census gives wife name as Sarah. Aka "Indian Pete"/ Me-a-ba/May-ya-ba/Ma-yow-ba/May-Yaw-O-Bay.

(1) He married Sarah/Petawan _____, b. c.1850 in MI, d. by 1885.

Children:

13. i. Jane/Jennie/Angeline b. 22 Mar 1868.

14. ii. Jetty/Charta/Chilta b. c.1873.

iii. Margaret ESPEO, b. c.1875 in MI.

iv. Susan ESPEO, b. c.1879 in MI.

v. Laura ESPIEW, b. c.1888.

 

Durant says by 2nd marriage.

Married 1918?, Charles THEODORE, b. c.1881 in Mason Co., MI, (son of John THEODORE and Jennie HINMAN) d. 1930? in Mason Co., MI.

 

Charles: 1st mar. rec gives mo. as Sarah BOCK.

(2) Married 12 Apr 1894 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, Elizabeth PETERS, indian name Chaw-Shaw-waw-nay-bece, b. c.1856/60/2 in MI, (daughter of James PETERS and Sarah BARNHART) d. 24 Sept 1905 in Grant, Mason Co., MI.

 

Elizabeth: 1m. to _____ BENNETT.

Children:

vi. _____ ESPIEW, b. 12 Mar 1889 in Hamlin, Mason Co., MI.

15. vii. Nora b. 22 Jul 1890.

viii. Edward ESPIEW, b. c.1891 in Mason Co., MI.

ix. _____ ESPEO, b. 6 Aug 1893 in Hamlin, Mason Co., MI.

x. Peter ESPEO, b. 20 Jan 1894 in Hamlin, Mason Co., MI.

xi. Elmer ESPIEW, b. 13 Jan 1900 in Grant, Mason Co., MI.

xii. Albert ESPER, b. 8 Nov 1902 in Grant, Mason Co., MI.

　

5. Monica ESIBAU.

 

Unsure of her parentage. Not mentioned by Durant.

She married Anthony PENASHAY.

Children:

i. Delphonia PENASHAY, b. c. 1869 in Cross Village, Emmet Co., MI, d. 15 Oct 1869 in Cross Village, Emmet Co., MI.

　

6. Harriet ESBAO, b. c.1864 in MI, d. 14 Aug 1935 in Hamlin Twp., Mason Co., MI, buried in No. Victory Cem., MI.

 

Durant 11-61a. Note marriage date & birth years of children.

Co. Hist gives name "Libby" & states b. in 1849.

(1) She married Frank FROEW.

Children:

i. Henry FROEW, also known as SHAGWAY, b. 18 Aug 1872 in Hamlin, Mason Co., MI, d. 1953.

 

Have Obit.

(2) Married 11 Apr 1894 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, Robert SHA-SHAW-QUA/SHAGWAY/SHAW-GUAY, b. c.1859 in MI, (son of Sha-Shaw-Qua and unknown) d. 1906.

Children:

ii. Joe SHAGWAY, b. c. 1876.

iii. Martha SHAGWAY, b. c. 1880.

iv. _____ SHAGWAY.

v. _____ SHAGWAY.

16. vi. Eunice b. 21 Jul 1889.

　

　

Generation Three

7. Louis THOMAS, Indian name Ne-gon-ne-ke-zhick, b. c. 1854.

 Durant #31a-57. These Durant Field notes say Louis did not have any children by 2nd wife.

 However, for notes 21-50 it gives children's names for 2nd m.??

(1) He married Mary SMITH.

 

Mary: Ottawa.

Children:

17. i. Charles b. c. 1867/71.

18. ii. William b. c. 1876.

iii. Thomas THOMAS, b. c. 1886 in MI.

iv. Moses THOMAS, b. c. 1892.

(2) He married Maggie PETERS, indian name Migissk/hiqua, b. c. 1865, (daughter of James PETERS and O-zhe-gaw-bo-we-quay) d. 17 Apr 1917 in Luther, Lake Co., MI,i (see note 1).

 

Maggie: Either she is older or born our of wedlock or James & Jane were not married 37 years.

 

In 1900, in Osceola Co., Leroy Village is Liza Cross, Head, b. April 1881, single; Maggie, Mother, b. Jan. 1864 M 21 years, mother of 10 children, 8 living; Charlie, brother, b. Nov. 1882; Fred, brother,b. May 1886; Rosie, sister, b. July 1896; Mabel, sister, b. Aug.1899, James Peters, Grand F, b. Feb. 1833, Single. All are listed in the special Indian enumeration as Dawas. James' wife Jane must have died between June 4th when the census was taken in Lake and June 18th when the census was taken in Leroy.

Maggie's Indian name is listed as Migissk/hiqua.

 

Did Maggie divorce/not marry CROSS and then remarried him?

Children:

v. Fred THOMAS, also known as CROSS, b. May 1886.

vi. Bert THOMAS, b. c. 1889.

vii. Katie THOMAS, b. c. 1891.

viii. Louis THOMAS, b. c. 1896 in MI, d. 3 Mar 1900 in LeRoy, Lake Co., MI,ii (see note 2).

　

8. George BARNHART, b. c. 1856.

He married unknown.

Children:

i. William BARNHART, b. c. 1885.

ii. Joe BARNHART, b. c. 1889.

iii. George BARNHART, b. c. 1891.

iv. Edmund BARNHART, b. c. 1894.

v. Matthew BARNHART, b. c. 1896.

vi. Ambrose BARNHART, b. c. 1898.

vii. Lillian BARNHART, b. c. 1899.

　

9. Mary BARNHART, b. c. 1858/60/1 in Mason Co., MI.

(1) Married 12 Jun 1884 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, Joseph CAMPEAU, also known as CAMPO / COMPEAU, b. c. 1852 in CAN.

Children:

19. i. James b. c. 1878/80.

20. ii. Benjamin Franklin b. 25 Jun 1888.

iii. Lillian COMPEAU, b. c. 1889.

iv. Bessie COMPEAU, b. c. 1891.

(2) Married 7 Dec 1907 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, Oscar P. CRAIG, b. c. 1856 in Lenawee Co., MI, (son of Robert CRAIG and Nancy WELCH).

Children:

v. Oscar CRAIG, b. c. 1900.

　

10. Lillian BARNHART, nickname Lillie, b. c. 1870/1 in Mason Co., MI.

Married 11 Jul 1888 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, Ambrose LaFROMWAY, b. c. 1866 in CAN, (son of Seillon FROMWAY and Mary VERMET).

　

Children:

i. May LaFROMWAY, b. c. 1892 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, d. 12 Jan 1898 in Hamlin Twp., Mason Co., MI.

 

Difficult to read middle name poss. Sra or Gra.

ii. Margarette LaFROMWAY, b. 20 Jul 1892 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, d. 20 Mar 1907 in Hamlin Twp., Mason Co., MI, buried 22 Mar 1907 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI.

iii. Harry LaFROMWAY, b. 31 Jul 1900 in MI, d. 23 May 1917 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, buried 26 May 1917 in Ludington Catholic Cem., Ludington, Mason Co., MI.

iv. Gladys LaFROMWAY, b. c. 1901.

v. Fred LaFROMWAY, b. c. 1904.

　

11. Peter LAHAY, b. c. 1862 in MI.

(1) He married Maggie JACKSON, b. c. 1858, (daughter of Jackson KEY-WAY-CUSH-CUM and Maggie _____).

Children:

i. George LAHAYE, b. c. 1881.

ii. Charles LAHAYE, b. c. 1884.

iii. Peter LAHAY, b. c. 1889.

(2) He married Addie JUDSON, b. 1872 in MI, (daughter of James JUDSON and Alice NABENAYKEZHICK).

 

Addie: Age from 1880 Mason Co. Census.

Children:

21. iv. Edward b. 1896.

　

12. Mary LEAHY/LAHAYE, b. Oct 1869 in Hamlin, Mason Co., MI, d. 25 Nov 1957 in Lansing, Ingham Co., MI, buried in Mason, MI.

 

Durant #4495 Buried North Victory Cemetery Surname also listed as Lake and Lahaye.

Married 24 Oct 1898 in Fern/Carr Settlement, Mason Co., MI (see note 3), Joseph MOBY/MAWBY Jr., b. 17 Jun 1870 in MI, (son of Joseph MOBY/MAW-BY and Susan _____) d. 1 Feb 1957 in Meridian Twp., Ingham Co., MI, buried in Mason, MI, occupation farmer.

 

Joseph: Durant #4494 Buried North Victory Cemetery.

　

Children:

i. Mary MOBY, b. 6 Feb 1901, baptized 24 Jun 1901 in Fern, Mason Co., MI.

 

Durant 4499.

She married _____ HUSTON.

　

ii. Catherine MOBY, b. 16 Nov 1903, baptized 14 Jun 1904 in Fern, Mason Co., MI.

 

Durant 4500.

She married _____ NELSON.

　

iii. Rose MOBY.

Married 31 Jul 1911 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, Al RAY, (son of Frank RAY and Eliza FARLAND) occupation farmer.

　

13. Jane/Jennie/Angeline ESPIEW/ESBIA/DESPEW, b. 22 Mar 1868 in Victory/Hamlin, Mason Co., MI, baptized 26 May 1895 in Elbridge, Oceana Co., MI.

 

Mother listed as Mary.

Married 27 May 1895 in St. Joseph, Elbridge, Oceana Co., MI, Joseph COON, b. c.1860/6 in Pentwater, Oceana Co., MI, (son of William/Nemkegon COON and Mary/Pemog _____).

 

Joseph:

Not listed in Durant 6-56.

Children:

i. James/Jacob COON, b. c.1887/8 in MI.

Married 21 Sept 1908 in Weare, Mason Co., MI, Lizzie SHAGWABANO, b. c. 1889 in MI, (daughter of Isaac SHAGWABANO/SHAGWABLENO and Susan PAPTAGOGUAN).

　

ii. Frank/Francis COON, b. 17 Apr 1891 in Oceana Co., MI, baptized 8 Sept 1891 in St. Joseph, Elbridge, Oceana Co., MI.

iii. Anthony COON, b. Dec 1892 in MI, baptized 26 May 1895 in Elbridge, Oceana Co., MI.

iv. Martha/Magdalena COON, b. 1 May 1898 in Fern?, Mason Co., MI, baptized 28 Jun 1898 in St. Joseph, Elbridge, Oceana Co., MI.

v. Angeline COON, b. 20 Mar 1901 in Oceana Co., MI, baptized 24 Mar 1901 in St. Joseph, Elbridge, Oceana Co., MI.

vi. Frank COON, b. 20 Aug 1903 in Hamlin, Mason Co., MI.

vii. Rosie/Nancy COON, b. 16 Dec 1907 in Grant Twp., Mason Co., MI.

　

14. Jetty/Charta/Chilta ESPIEW/ASPOE, also known as Janet, b. c.1873 in MI, d. 12 Jan 1903 in Grant, Mason Co., MI.

 

Not mentioned in the 1880 census unless she is Margaret or Susan. Death record looks like Charity.

Married 14 Apr 1894 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, James BATTISE/WABASEWA, b. c.1857/8 in MI, (son of Waba-swey/Wa-ba-she-wa and Martha _____).

 

James: Adopted son of Elizabeth CHINGWASH.

Children:

i. Bert BATTISE, b. c.1890.

ii. Nora BATTESE, b. c.1893 in MI, d. 24 Dec 1894 in Hamlin, Mason Co., MI.

 

Mother's name listed as Jeanett.

22. iii. Moses b. 12 Jun 1895.

iv. William BATTISE, b. c.1896.

v. Thomas/John BATISE, b. 25 Jan 1902 in Grant/Fountain, MI, d. 23 Nov 1902 in Freesoil, Mason Co., MI.

　

15. Nora ESPIEW/ESPAO, b. 22 Jul 1890 in Hamlin, Mason Co., MI.

Married 1918 in Mason Co., MI, Cornelius BAILEY, b. 22 Sept 1897 in Custer, MI, (son of Henry BAILEY Jr. and Theresa DONEGAY/DONEGAN/DONAGON) d. Aug 1972 in Ludington/Custer, Mason Co., MI.

 

Cornelius: Have obit.

Children:

23. i. Doris Virginia b. 25 Mar 1931.

　

16. Eunice SHAGWAY, b. 21 Jul 1889, d. 28 Feb 1974.

(1) She married Frederick C. COURSER, d. 1926.

Children:

i. Naomi COURSER.

(1) She married Clarence T. LILLEBERG, d. 3 Apr 1975.

(2) Married 1943, Robert G. HOORNSTRA.

 

(2) She married Eric A. CARLSON, d. 1944.

　

　

Generation Four

17. Charles THOMAS, b. c. 1867/71 in MI.

He married Martha NODIN, b. 16 Nov 1871 in MI, (daughter of William NODIN/NEWTIN/WAW-WAW-CHE-NO-DIN and Alice NABENAYKEZHICK) d. 16 Sep 1916 in Freesoil, Mason Co., MI, buried 19 Sep 1916 in Freesoil Cem., Freesoil, Mason Co., MI.

 

Martha: Unsure of mother. This is confusing, Durant says 1m. Edward Skinhorn, then under George Skinhorn says son Asebun/Coon with mother, now wife of Charles THOMAS.

Children:

i. Mary THOMAS, b. 11 May 1907 in MI, d. 17 Jan 1909 in Freesoil, Mason Co., MI, buried 21 Jan 1909 in Freesoil Cem., Freesoil, Mason Co., MI.

ii. Elizabeth THOMAS, b. Jun/Jul 1908 in MI.

　

18. William THOMAS, b. c. 1876.

(1) He married unknown.

 

(2) He married Mercy HALL, also known as Mary, b. c. 1879, (daughter of George HALL and Angeline COBMOOSA/COUBMOSAY).

Children:

i. Lewis THOMAS, b. c. 1905, d. Apr 1908.

　

19. James COMPEAUX, also known as COMPAN, b. c. 1878/80 in Victory Twp., Mason Co., MI.

Married 4 Jun 1902 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI, Eliza LAHAYE, b. c. 1876/8 in Victory Twp., Mason Co., MI, (daughter of Ephraim LaHAYE and Marian ROBINSON).

Children:

i. Percy Lawrence COMPEAU, b. 12 May 1913 in Victory Twp., Mason Co., MI.

ii. Hazel Cecelia COMPEAU, b. 1914 in Victory Twp., Mason Co., MI.

　

20. Benjamin Franklin CAMPEAU, also known as COMPEAU, b. 25 Jun 1888 in Hamlin Twp., Mason Co., MI, d. 27 Aug 1953 in Hamlin Twp., Mason Co., MI, occupation caretaker, carpenter.

He married Alice M. LAHAYE, b. 19 Mar 1890 in MI, (daughter of Ephraim LaHAYE and Marian ROBINSON) d. 20 Jun 1980 in Ludington, Mason Co., MI.

Children:

i. Ruth Marie COMPEAU, b. 21 Mar 1912 in Victory Twp., Mason Co., MI.

　

21. Edward LAHAY, b. 1896 in MI, d. 14 Dec 1928 in Elk Rapids, Antrim Co., MI, buried 16 Dec 1928, occupation day laborer.

 

Edward JUDSON @ 20 MI (s/o James JUDSON & Ada JOHNSON) m. 2 Apr 1913 Honor, Benzie Co., MI to Alice WASAQUAM @ 18 MI (d/o Thomas).

He married Lucille Priscilla ANDERSON, b. 25 Mar 1903 in Antrim, Antrim Co., MI, (daughter of Edward ANDERSON and Teresa ROUNDSKY) d. 29 Jul 1967 in Antrim, Antrim Co., MI, buried in Kewadin, Antrim Co., MI.

 

Lucille: durant #375, payroll #307 1910 Antrim Co. census age 8.

Children:

i. Edward JUDSON, b. c. Mar1927, d. 13 Dec 1927, buried in Kewadin, Antrim Co., MI.

ii. Elizabeth JUDSON.

She married Russell BENNETT.

　

iii. Effie JUDSON, b. 30 Aug 1929.

(2) She married Ray Donaldson.

　

22. Moses BATTISE/BAILEY, b. 12 Jun 1895 in MI, d. 20 Feb 1982 in Allen Park, Wayne Co., MI.

 

He never lost sight of Indian heritage

By RICK RATLIFF

Free Press Staff Writer

Moses Bailey was a full-blooded American Indian who taught his children to speak the lilting Ottawa

language and to read the changing of the seasons in the phases of the moon or the length of an animal's fur.

He could move his broad-shouldered body with silent grace through a forest and knew how to mark a path with stones or sticks. In ceremonial garb, he performed Indian dances - including, the rabbit, partridge and snake dances for -- children at Metropolitan Beach on Lake St. Clair from 1962 to 1967.

Mr. Bailey, of Detroit, a former Ottawa chief, also known by his Indian name, Yellow Sky Eagle, died Saturday in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Alien Park. He was 86.

"He did whatever he could do along the way to remind his children and grandchildren that they were Indians and also to be proud of it," Norma Wellman. his daughter, said. "He was in the middle of two worlds - his world and the white man's."

He was born in Free Soil, Mien., near Ludington, the son of a lumber camp worker, and was graduated from the Mt. Pleasant Indian School. .

As a soldier in Europe in World War I, Mr. Bailey, was wounded in a wrist.

He held a wide variety of jobs - as a tailor, a mail handler on a train, a motorman on Detroit streetcars, an assembly-line worker at an Aunt Jane's Picklel factory and a glass laminator at the Shatterproof Glass Co. in Detroit. He was a member of the North American Indian Association and treasurer of the North American Ottawa Indian Association, Unit 10.

Although Mr. Bailey never lost sight of his Indian heritage or of his family's prehistoric roots in Michigan, Michele Wellman, a granddaughter, said, he also didn't take himself too seriously.

"He showed us where to find humor in things." She said. "He always did little, silly, crazy things like wiggling his ears... or making little faces."

Surviving are his daughter Norma; a son, Thomas Albert Bailey, and 25 grandchildren.

Services were held Wednesday in the Wilkie Funeral Home, 11583 W. Outer Drive, with burial in Grand Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may; be made to the John R. WinchesterMemorial Scholarship Fund for disadvantaged American Indians at Michigan State University. (p. 4C DETROIT FREE PRESS/THURSDAY. FEB. 25.1982).

He married Delia JOHNS.

Children:

i. Thomas Albert BAILEY, b. c.1926 in IL.

He married Doris Virginia BAILEY, b. 25 Mar 1931 in Manistee, Manistee Co., MI, (daughter of Cornelius BAILEY and Nora ESPIEW/ESPAO).

ii. Norma BAILEY.

She married _____ WELLMAN.

　

23. Doris Virginia BAILEY, b. 25 Mar 1931 in Manistee, Manistee Co., MI.

She married Thomas Albert BAILEY, b. c.1926 in IL, (son of Moses BATTISE/BAILEY and Delia JOHNS).

Children:

i. Dan BAILEY, b. c.1952.

 

NOTES:

Note 1 Death recorded under maiden name but lists as widow @53-5-0. Parents listed as James & Jane.

Note 2 Mother only listed as Mrs. Thomas.

Note 3 Marriage record lists her as 21 years.

　

Sources:

i Lake County, MI county clerk, Lake County, Michigan Death Records, v.1, p.133.

ii Lake County, MI county clerk, Lake County, Michigan Death Records, v.1, p. 190.