Post by smacmill on Feb 2, 2016 18:43:45 GMT -5
Perhaps someone reading here can help me with a relationship mystery.
In the Indian Census Rolls, my Yankton great grandmother, Anna Dezera Howard, is listed along with a man named Andrew Makeke, every year from 1894 through 1902, when Andrew married and established his own household.
One document infers that Makeke means war. Is that correct?
My great grandmother and Andrew Makeke were five years apart in age. I am wondering if they were cousins. My great grandmother was married to a white man during those years, so it was not a romantic tie.
In 1886, prior to being with my great grandmother, Andrew Makeke (age 31) is listed on the rolls with two listed as brothers, Makana (age 23), and Makanahomni (age 27).
In 1893, one year prior to being with my great grandmother, Andrew Makeke is listed with a daughter named Anpetuskawin.
It appears that in 1903 Andrew married a woman named Sarah, and they had children Wallace, Helena, Christiana, and Custer.
Knowing Andrew's family heritage could open up a further link to my great grandmother's heritage.
It's funny, when I Google Makeke all I get is Hawaiian links.
Any Makeke descendants out there?
Also of note that during that time it appears also in the household was Charles Jones, the fellow who left and came back with the Peyote Church, and his wife and family. Why they were in the household is also a mystery.
In the Indian Census Rolls, my Yankton great grandmother, Anna Dezera Howard, is listed along with a man named Andrew Makeke, every year from 1894 through 1902, when Andrew married and established his own household.
One document infers that Makeke means war. Is that correct?
My great grandmother and Andrew Makeke were five years apart in age. I am wondering if they were cousins. My great grandmother was married to a white man during those years, so it was not a romantic tie.
In 1886, prior to being with my great grandmother, Andrew Makeke (age 31) is listed on the rolls with two listed as brothers, Makana (age 23), and Makanahomni (age 27).
In 1893, one year prior to being with my great grandmother, Andrew Makeke is listed with a daughter named Anpetuskawin.
It appears that in 1903 Andrew married a woman named Sarah, and they had children Wallace, Helena, Christiana, and Custer.
Knowing Andrew's family heritage could open up a further link to my great grandmother's heritage.
It's funny, when I Google Makeke all I get is Hawaiian links.
Any Makeke descendants out there?
Also of note that during that time it appears also in the household was Charles Jones, the fellow who left and came back with the Peyote Church, and his wife and family. Why they were in the household is also a mystery.
