Today I will provide my first general review of the data collected for Dr. Isaac J. Kanistanaux who I believe is the same man as Isaac J. Kindness. I need to assess what is known and what is missing for this family member. This will assist me in planning my next phase of research.
Family-Kanistanaux
Lewis Kindness Review (1)
Today I will provide my first general review of the data collected for Lewis M. Kindness. I need to assess what is known and what is missing for this family member. This will assist me in planning my next phase of research.
Categories: Family-Kanistanaux, Review
Laton Review (1)
Today I will provide my first general review of the data collected for Thomas Laton Kindness aka Laton Kanistanaux. I need to assess what is known and what is missing for this family member. This will assist me in planning my next phase of research.
Categories: Family-Kanistanaux, Review
Marleah Review (1)
Today I will provide my first general review of the data collected for Marleah / Mary (Moulton) Kanistanaux. I need to assess what is known and what is missing for this family member. This will assist me in planning my next phase of research.
Categories: Family-Kanistanaux, Review
Moulton Family Review (1)
Today I will review what I know about Eli & Catherine Moulton. Since I know very little about this couple, this will be a good post to explain my charts in case a reader is interested in using this technique to analysis their own family mysteries.
Categories: Family-Kanistanaux, Family-Moulton, Resources-Other, Review, Tutorials-Tips
Kanistanaux Family Review (1)
The Kanistanaux family appears to be central to this mystery of who the two Indian Doctresses (Marleah & Lee-o-netto) are and how they relate to each other. However, as is so often the case in genealogy research, the more I learn about the family, the more I realize I don’t really know very much about this family!
Categories: Family-Kanistanaux, Review
Kanistanaux General Review
Today I will begin the process of reviewing and analyzing what I have uncovered so far. This will help me re-set my priorities if needed, focus on missing data, and get ideas of where I might look for additional data.
Categories: Analysis, Family-Kanistanaux, Review
William & Laton go to Colorado
I realized I had not finished tracking William Kanistanaux in Census records. William is the youngest (presumed) child of Laton & Marleah Kanistanaux. I question his relationship with his parents, so I don’t want to neglect investigating him. Today I am posting the results of tying up this loose end.
Categories: Analysis, Documentation, Family-Kanistanaux
Tags: 1910 us census, census record, colorado, evergreen colorado, jefferson co, laton
Lewis Kindness
This post contains all the information I have collected to date for Lewis Kindness. I will update the page as new information is gathered, so bookmark this page and check back often.
Last updated on 20-Apr-2012
Lewis M. Kindness was born about 1838 in New York State. He was the son of Phebe Kindness and was a member of the Brothertown Tribe. He is a cousin to Laton Kanistanaux. He is identified in census records as Indian.
Timeline
- 4-Sep-1838 – born at Brothertown, Oneida Co., NY (1900 & 1910 US Census, Brothertown Genealogy).
- 1861 to 1865 – served in Co. I & B, 5th Wisconsin Regiment during the civil war. He enlisted 5-Oct-1861 from Wisconsin and mustered out 11-Jul-1865. He served just a few months short of the entire war (Ancestry.com & Fold3.com Civil War collections). We all owe this man our gratitude!
- 26-Sep-1869 – married Ruth Coyhis in Calumet Co., Wisconsin (Brothertown Genealogy).
- c1868 – a son, William is born in Wisconsin and died there in 1890 (Brothertown Genealogy).
- Jul-1900 – resident of Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY as a border in the household of Laton Kanistanaux. He is a white male age 59, born in NY State and working as a day laborer (1900 US Census).
- 1901 – filed Court of Claims application from Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY (Brothertown Genealogy).
- 2-Feb-1902 – admitted as a resident of the Chautauqua County Almshouse due to “Kidney Trouble” preventing him from earning a living. He is 63 years old and claims to have lived in NY for 36 years (Ancestry.com NY Almshouses, 1830-1920).
- Jun-1904 – files for a Military Invalid Pension based on his Civil War service (Ancestry.com & Fold3.com military collections)
- 1910 – resident of Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY as head of household. He is age 73, Indian, single man living alone and working as a Peddler of what looks like “Yankee Notions” (1910 US Census).
- 22-Jul-1910 – admitted as a resident of the Chautauqua County Almshouse due to Rheumatism. He is age 70, “Red”, single, and has been living in New York for 25 years (1910 US Census).
Discussion & Notes
This man was believed to be a brother of Laton Kanistanaux, but further research (Claims Applications and other Brothertown documents) indicates he is actually a cousin.
It appears Lewis was divorced from his wife, for she is found remarried in Wisconsin while he is in New York.
See Lewis Kindness – A Soldier’s Story on this blog for my full examination of this man’s life based on documents in his Civil War Pension File.
Sources & Documents
- 1900 U.S. Census for Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY
- 1910 U. S. Census for Stockton, Chautauqua Co., NY
- Compiled Brothertown Genealogies by Caroline Andler
- Laton’s 1901 Application
- Civil War Pension File share by Caroline Andler
- Review & To-Do for Lewis
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Categories: Documentation, Family-Kanistanaux, Review
The Kindness Connection – part 2
In 1898, a number of Indian tribes from New York joined together for the purpose of suing the U.S. Government. The suit involved a broken treaty (imagine that ;) ). Not only did they win the right to sue, they actually won the case and where awarded a sum of money as compensation. The money was to be distributed amongst the members of the tribes (including the Brothertown Tribe).
In order to properly distribute the money, the government requested individuals fill out applications to prove they had a right to settlement distributions. These applications are an incredible source of genealogical information. Thanks to the kind generosity of Caroline Andler of the Brothertown Indian Nation, I have a copy of the Application filed by Thomas Laton Kindness as well as one for his son, Purcell.
Categories: Documentation, Family-Kanistanaux
Tags: indian nation, indian tribes, kindness, laton, new york indians, purcell, thomas
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