Family Tree

 

​-->Gijigossekot Kechegosekot (~1530) Lived in the St. Lawrence River area.

GENEALOGY_COMPILED_BY_VIRGINIA_ROGERS: [V.R., Broken Tooth Genealogy, #I (after Kohl, p. 147): "the first ancestor mentioned by Mon-go-sid, was born in the early 1500's, probably near the St. Lawrence River in what is now Quebec, Canada. Between 1300 and 1400 the Chippewa were near the Atlantic Ocean in the present New England states and on both sides of the International boundary
between the United States and Canada. By around 1400 they were being forced by the eastern tribes, west along the St. Lawrence River toward the Great Lakes. Note : !LCCN: E99.C6K713; Kohl, Johann Georg; Kitchi-Gami (Copyright 1860);
1985 Reprint by MN Historical Society: "Kohl says of the name Gi-ji-gos-se-kot, "With the name of the last, Loon-foot's genealogical tree was lost in the clouds...of this name Loon-foot gave me the extraordinary explanation, 'l ciel qui a peur de l'homme.' He must have been a species of Titan. I cannot give the derivation of the word, but I find in it certainly, traces of Gigjig= heaven and agoski = fear." Note: The patrilineal descendants of this family are mixed-bloods with the French surname of Racine. An alternate explanation to that of Virginia Rogers' is that this person is the metaphorical "Our Father Who Art In Heaven," preserving in the oral history of the French Metis a personification of the French Catholic concept of God at the time.

-->Miskwandibagan Miskahwandebahga (~1550)

-->Mitiguakosh (~1580)

-->Schawanagiijik Shahwanegeshick (~1610)

-->Wajki Waishkey "Whiskey" (~1640)

--> Wajawadajkos (~1670)

-->Matchiwaijan (~1700) born in La Pointe, WI

-->Biauswah II or Biauswa (1720-1825)

-->Chief Kahdewahbeday "Broken Tooth" Kautahwaubets RACINE (Racine-a nod to our possible intermarriage with the French) and his wife, Ombemegeshigoqua. which resulted in the birth of daughter, ​Kechekahdayquayz Chekahdahquayzai. They also had a daughter, Mahnun who married Chief Hole-In-the-Day the 1st, and would give birth to son Chief Hole-In-the-Day the 2nd.

-->Kechekahdayquayz Chekahdahquayzai (sister of Mahnun) partnered with Chequodaince Kechequodaince Quodaince. Together, they had daughter Mary Hole-In-the-Day who married the Scottish fur trader, William Aitkin. I'm still trying to clarify why Mary had the last name of Hole-in-the-Day. It is possible her mother "partnered" with her brother-in-law, Chief Hole-In-the-Day the 1st resulting, in Mary, making her the half-sister of Chief Hole-In-the-Day the 2nd. Or, perhaps she was adopted by Mahnun and Chief-Hole-In-the-Day the 1st.

-->William Kechegahnegwabe Shagahnausheence AITKIN and Mary Ombebewonoquay HOLE-IN-THE-DAY (1815-1893).

Mary was one of Aitkin's 6 wives. Together, they had a daughter, Anne Aitkin. Mary Hole-In-the-Day also had a "partnership" after William Aitkin's death with Peter Odahkay Roy, which resulted in the birth of Joseph August Roy.

-->Anne Aitkin married Daniel David S. Mooers, and had at least three children including, Carrie (Mooers) Cooper.

-->Carrie (Mooers) Cooper​

-->Claude Cooper

-->Nancy (Cooper) Foster