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The Etcheverrito house in Lecumberry, France

Recollections by Daryl Minnabarriet on his great-grandfather’s second mariage

Daryl Minnabarriet is the only child of Louis Joseph “Joe” Minnabarriet (1911-1981) and Florence Marie Minnabarriet (née Lafleur, 1923-2001). Daryl’s father is the fourth of six children of […]

The Bar-X Rangers

Joe was the most proficient of the musicians, playing the fiddle, the saxophone and many other instruments. The violin was his favourite instrument. The band played swing and […]

Roping champion Percy Minnabarriet

Louis Antoine and La’staa’s great-grandson Percy was a champion calf-roper and All Around Cowboy who won his first steer-riding competition at age 16. In 1979, Pro Rodeo Canada […]

Verna Minnaberriet, “B.C. Indian Princess 1975”

Verna Minnaberriet, great-granddaughter of Louis Joseph Antoine Globe, first becomes Miss Ashcroft and is then crowned as “BC Indian Princess” in 1975. The pageant was sponsored by the […]

Painting of Chimney Creek ranch buildings

Amédée was the first pre-emptor of land at Chimney Creek, south-east of Williams Lake, in the district now named after the Isnardy family. By 1864, he built a […]

Sons of Amédée and Julianne Isnardy

No photo exists of Amédée Isnardy or Julianne Waillamalkwa, the parents of these young men. Note the very Mexican tone of the hats and jackets. Many cowboys in […]

Jimmy and Evelyn Isnardy

Jimmy and his first wife, Christine Bowe (1886-1919) had 5 children: Matilda “Tillie” (1907-1995) Irene Pearl (1908-1995) James Edward “Buster” (1909-1986) Myrtle Dorothy (1912-1995) David Andrew “Sonny” (1914-1988) […]

Fiddler Jimmy Isnardy

James “Jimmy” Isnardy (1879-1978), son of Amédée and Julienne Waillamalkwa, attended St. Louis College of the Oblates in New Westminster, where he learned how to play the violin. […]

Mike Isnardy heading out on a cattle drive

Rupert Michael “Mike” Isnardy (1923-2004), eldest child of Jimmy and Evelyn, was well respected as a horseman. On his Springhouse ranch, he raised cattle as well as bucking […]

Mike Isnardy’s prize saddle

Some of Mike Isnardy’s winnings are now artifacts at the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame, Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin, Williams Lake, including the prize saddle presented to […]

Isidore Boucherie with “old-timers” of the Okanagan

Isidore Boucherie is seated second from the right. Luc Girouard, the first European settler at Vernon stands second from the right. Bernard Lequime, son of Éli Lequime, the […]