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The following records provide information on the Nabaise Family.
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On his scrip application, John Nabaise said he moved from Norway House to Cumberland House in 1862, but it must have been at least a year earlier, because he was listed among the servants at the Cumberland House in 1861. See below.
According to information sent by Les Carriere of Cumberland House, Donald Nabaise was also known as Tatipas, but it is unclear as to the source of this information. The same source indicates that there was a Paul Tatipas, Widow Polly Tatipas, and Noah Tatipas, presumably on the 1878 Treaty Annuity Paylist for Cumberland House. (Information from Les Carriere obtained by fax on 11 March 2008)
1861
Index Cumberland Servt. Accounts, Outfit 1861 Joseph Atkinson, John Ballendine A, John Ballendine B, John Ballendine C, Abraham Ballendine, Alexander Ballendine, Robert Ballendine, George Ballendine, Charles Bell, Peter Bell, Fredk. C. Borrman, John Cochrane, John Constant, Louison Constant, Edward Cook, John Dorion, Peirish Dorion, Edward Dufresne, Pierre Deschambeault, Charles Fiddler, Joseph Henderson B, Jorgers? Jensen, Baptiste McKay, Doanld McKay A, Joseph McLellan, Donald McLeod, William Muchekoonipe, John Nabaise, Michol Okakeek, David Pachenoose, James G. Stewart, Baptiste Sahys, John Simpson John Stove, James Todd, John Thompson, Philip Turner, Joseph Turner, John Wilson. (PAM, HBCA, B.49/z/1, fo. 16-16d, Cumberland House Miscellaneous Items, 1817-1870, mf. 1M874) William Muchekoonipe or Muchikekwanape, was a brother-in-law to John Nabaise.
Cumberland District Servants Balances, Outfit 1861, John Ballendine A, P[ost]. Mast[er], wages £50. James Todd, another postmaster, also paid £50. These were the highest salaries listed. John [sic] MucheKoonipe, Bowsman, £23; John Nabaise, Steersman, £25, Michel Okakeek, Interpreter?, £22, Pachunoose, steersman, £27. (PAM, HBCA, B.49/z/1, fo. 17, Cumberland House Miscellaneous Items, 1817-1870, mf. 1M874)
1863
Abstract of Cumberland District Servants Accounts Outfit 1863, Alexander Ballendine, Fisherman, reengaged for 2 years; George Ballendine, Interpreter, Reengaged for 2 years at £35 p ann.; John Ballendine (b), Carpenter, Retiring @ Red River; Robert Ballendine, Middleman Disobey’d orders 23 March & dismissed the Service; [in pencil John Ballendine, wages 1 month] Joseph McLellan, Fisherman, Sick. Retiring @ Red River; William MesaKiKoonap, Bowsman, Deserted August 1863. Wages for 2 months. John Nabaise, Steersman, Reengaged for 1 Year. (PAM, HBCA, B.49/z/1, fo. 20, Cumberland House Miscellaneous Items, 1817-1870, mf. 1M874)
1862
No. 1154, Elizabeth Nāpās [Nay-pay-s], aged 5 months, daughter of Fanny, baptised by Charles Stringfellow, at Rossville, 20 July 1862. (PAM, GR 1212, Item 10, Norway House Wesleyan Methodist Mission, Register of Baptisms, 1840-1889) Presumably the mother was Fanny, daughter of Andrew and Agnes, baptised in 1844.
No. 1155, Mary [Nāpās? Nay-pay-s], daughter of Peter and Peggy, Rossville, 6 months, baptized at Rossville, 20 July 1862 by Charles Stringfellow. (PAM, GR 1212, Item 10, Norway House Wesleyan Methodist Mission, Register of Baptisms, 1840-1889) No surname was recorded, but it was probably Nay-pay-s, because of it location right below the baptism for Elizabeth Nay-pay-s. This may be a child of Peter Naa-pay-s.
1876
No. 51, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 8 September 1876, One man, one woman, 1 boy, 1 other relation. “Paid to Mr. Belanger” (Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC), Record Group (RG) 10, Vol. 9352, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1877) According to the paylist, all the Cumberland Band were paid at The Pas. That “other relation” appears to have been a daughter of band member George Britain.
1877
No. 59, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 3 September 1878, One man, one woman, 1 boy, 1 other relation. (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9352, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1877) John was paid at The Pas.
1878
No. 59, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 3 September 1878, One man, one woman, 1 boy, 1 other relation. “Adopted daughter.” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9353, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1878) John was paid at Cumberland House. Only John Knight and one other man were paid at Moose Lake.
In correspondence obtained from Les Carriere, 11 March 2008, it was suggested that there was a connection between the Nabaise and Tatipas family, and that there was a Paul Tatipas, a widow Polly [Sally?] Tatipas, and a Noah Tatipas. Research needs to be done to see what the basis of this claim is.
1879
No. 62, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 3 September 1879, One man, one woman, 1 boy, “Adopted daughter married.” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9354, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1879) From 1879 on, it appears that the band was always paid at Cumberland.
1880
No. 63, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 3 September 1880, One man, one woman, 1 boy. (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9355, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1880)
1881
No. 63, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, [date unreadable] 1881, One man, one woman, 1 boy. (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9356, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1881)
1882
No. 63, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 25 August 1882, One man, one woman, 1 boy (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9357 Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1882)
1883
No. 13, Peter Budd, Cumberland Band, 27 August 1883, 1 man. “Daughter is married to Donald, son of John Nabaise No. 63.” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9358, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1883)
1884
No. 63, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 8 September 1884, One man, one woman, “Paid to Wife” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9359, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1884)
No. 92, Donald Nabaise, 1 man, 1 woman, 1 son. “Paid to himself. Boy born.” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9359, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1884)
1885
No. 63, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 19/20 August 1885, One man, one woman, “Paid to himself.” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9360, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1885)
No. 92, Donald Nabaise, 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy, 1 girl. “Paid to himself. Boy born. (Should have been a girl)” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9360, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1885)
In 1885, the Ballendines, Budds, Cadottes, Cooks, Thomas Head, John Harcus, John Nabaise, Angus McKay, Adam, John, James Jr, and Abel Paul withdrew from treaty.
1886
No. 63, John Nabaise, Cumberland Band, 23/24 August 1886, 2 people “Discharged 19/11/86.” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9361, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1886)
No. 92, Donald Nabaise, 1 man, 1 woman, 4 people. “Discharged with family 19/11/86” (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9361, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1886)
1887
Claim 1837, dated 23 July 1887, Eliza Nabais, wife of John Nabais of Cumberland House, born at Norway House about 1837.[1827?] Father: Roderick Meatik- Ka Kwa nep. Both parents described as “half breeds.” She lived at Norway House until 1862, when she moved to Cumberland House. In 1851 [in fact it was 1846], she married John Nabais at Norway House. One child Donald born about 1853 [January 1848]. Ann McKay swore that John Nabais was a “half breed” on his father’s side [LAC, Record Group (RG), Department of the Interior (15), Dominion Land Administration (D), Dominion Land Branch (II), Land Records, Half-Breeds and Original White Settlers (8), Applications 1886-1901, 1906 (c), mf. C-14993)
Claim 1822, dated 22 July 1887, John Nabais of Cumberland House, born at Oxford House in 1827 [1826 or earlier?], son of John Nabais and Nancy. Father Half Breed, mother Indian woman. Lived at Norway House, and at Cumberland House after 1862. Married in 1851 [1846] to Eliza, one living son, Donald. (LAC, RG15, D II, 8C, mf C-14993)
Claim No. 1848, 22 July 1887, Donald Nabais of Cumberland House, born at Norway House about 1853, son of John Nabais, half breed, and Eliza, Indian woman. He lived in the North West all his life, at Norway House when he was young, then at Cumberland House where he resided 15 July 1870. He was married in 1882 at Cumberland House to Nancy Budd, 3 children, Colin, Ann, and John. He received $240.00. In the affidavit, Ann McKay said she knew the brother of Eliza Nabais, Thomas Machekekanin to be a half breed, but didn’t know which of his parents was a half breed, but she knew one of them was a “halfbreed for sure.” (LAC, RG15, D II, 8C, mf C-14993)
Nancy Nabais, widow of Donald Nabais made a claim on behalf of her daughter Christy Ann. Nancy described herself as born Nancy Bear, [sic - Budd] a Half’Breed. “My deceased daughter Christy-Ann was taken to Winnipeg seven years ago by one Mr. McFarlane, to attend school, she died there 4 years ago at the age of 11 years, her father predeceased her leaving the following heirs. Nancy Nabais, widow of Donald Nabais and mother of the deceased, Colin, brother of deceased, aged 17 years, John, another brother, aged 12, and Albert, another brother, aged 10. Each received $60.00 for a total of $240.00. Christy Ann, daughter of Donald and Nancy Nabaise, Cumberland, born 1 May 1885, baptised 15 May 1885 by R. McLennan. In John Settees affidavit he says Christy Ann died at St. Pauls Industrial School at Middle Church about 4 years ago. [1896?] (LAC, RG15, D II, 8C, mf C-14993) We need to get the exact date of this record to determine the death dates of Christy Ann Nabaise and her father Donald Nabaise.
1894
No. 63, Mrs. John Nabaise, widow, arrears allowed and retained for woman 1889, also annuity retained on scrip acct. Arrears due for 1890, 91. (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9369, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1894)
No. 92, Mrs. Donald Nabaise, widow, six boys, 2 girls. Arrears allowed & retained for man, woman, 5? boys & 1? girl for 1889, also annuity is retained on scrip account. Man dead. Boy born. Arrears due for 1890, 1891. (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9369, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1894)
Both women were still living in 1896 and listed on the Cumberland House Band List.
No. 81, Sally Tatipas, widow, living along. (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9369, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1894) Les Carriere of Cumberland House has suggested that the Nabaise and Tatipas families were somehow connected. This needs investigation.
No. 82. Noah Tatipas, with a wife and 3 daughters. (LAC, RG10, Vol. 9369, Indian Affairs, Treaty Annuity Paylists, Treaties 1, 2, 3 and 5, 1894)
More research needs to be done to determine what became of the descendants of John and Eliza Nabaise.
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