Category: Children

The Versepuech family

Mootla was the daughter of Koteminak and Cormenaskat of the Dog Creek Band (today, the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation). Mootla and Isidore’s son Édouard became a champion golfer […]

The Versepuech house

Joseph Pigeon family members

Ernest was the eldest of the children of Joseph and Josephte Arthurine “Athénaïse” née Blain. Some French was spoken in the family, and an elderly Marie Anna was […]

Family of Moïse Pigeon

While the family’s sons worked mostly on the ranch, Teresa sent her daughters to school in New Westminster to ensure their education. When Moses died, Teresa passed the […]

J.P. Patenaude and family members

The family patriarch often played on the J.P. acronym of his name and his title (Justice of the Peace).    

Bryson Patenaude’s family with pet bear cub

The Quilchena hotel in Quilchena

Gerard Guichon’s cousin Guy Rose (son of Joseph’s daughter Virginia) and his wife Hilde acquired the hotel and an important portion of the ranch, which became the Quilchena […]