Rosie Mark, the youngest child of Peter Mark Nah-we-ke-zhick and his wife Anna Sha-wa-da-se, was born 27 Jun 1900 in Michigan. Her family was living in the Kalkaska county area of Aarwood.
Rose was sent to several Native American boarding schools. The Durant Roll (1907) states she attended the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, in Chilocco, Oklahoma. She is listed as entering as a student at the Mt. Pleasant Indian School (Isabella county, Michigan) in 1913.
Name tribe parents address blood age admitted years
Mark, Rosa Chippewa Peter Mark Rapid City, Mi. Full 13 Sep 1, 1913 3
There is a marriage license dated 25 Jan 1921 in Calhoun county, Michigan for Fred Kane (Kanaan) and Rosie Marks. Note that no marriage is shown as taking place, but Rosie used the name Kanaan and lived with Fred.
When Rosie died on 14 Feb 1927 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, as Rose Kanaan, her death certificate says she is divorced.
Rosie's only child, Mildred, was born 18 Jul 1918 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Her father is unknown - a soldier at Camp Custer. According to a letter dated 3 Apr 1934, Mildred's aunt believed Mildred's father to be Native American.
Mildred's Mt. Pleasant Indian School records were photographed at the National Archives at Chicago, Illinois. Her file in contains over 275 pages.
Starting in 1934 Mildred work at Teysen's in Mackinaw City in the summers.
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The 1940 Federal Census of Mackinaw City, Mackinac, Michigan shows Mildred, age 21, with husband Boyd Stokes, 24 and son James, 7 months.
The obit of Elwood Boyd Stokes shows children James, William, Shirley and Lisa, but doesn't show if all the children are Mildred's. Source Greenwood Cemetery -name of newspaper not given.
William's obit names siblings as James, Robert, Shirley and Alice. Source Greenwood Cemetery - name of newspaper not given.
Through DNA matches it is proven that Shirley is Mildred's child.
Mildred died 19 Nov 1996 in Detroit with the last name of Maceijewski.
Rose was sent to several Native American boarding schools. The Durant Roll (1907) states she attended the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, in Chilocco, Oklahoma. She is listed as entering as a student at the Mt. Pleasant Indian School (Isabella county, Michigan) in 1913.
Name tribe parents address blood age admitted years
Mark, Rosa Chippewa Peter Mark Rapid City, Mi. Full 13 Sep 1, 1913 3
There is a marriage license dated 25 Jan 1921 in Calhoun county, Michigan for Fred Kane (Kanaan) and Rosie Marks. Note that no marriage is shown as taking place, but Rosie used the name Kanaan and lived with Fred.
When Rosie died on 14 Feb 1927 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, as Rose Kanaan, her death certificate says she is divorced.
Rosie's only child, Mildred, was born 18 Jul 1918 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan. Her father is unknown - a soldier at Camp Custer. According to a letter dated 3 Apr 1934, Mildred's aunt believed Mildred's father to be Native American.
Mildred's Mt. Pleasant Indian School records were photographed at the National Archives at Chicago, Illinois. Her file in contains over 275 pages.
Starting in 1934 Mildred work at Teysen's in Mackinaw City in the summers.
The 1940 Federal Census of Mackinaw City, Mackinac, Michigan shows Mildred, age 21, with husband Boyd Stokes, 24 and son James, 7 months.
The obit of Elwood Boyd Stokes shows children James, William, Shirley and Lisa, but doesn't show if all the children are Mildred's. Source Greenwood Cemetery -name of newspaper not given.
Through DNA matches it is proven that Shirley is Mildred's child.
Mildred died 19 Nov 1996 in Detroit with the last name of Maceijewski.
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