ONTARIO MÉTIS FACTS

Olive Beausoleil and Isidore “McKoy” Dusome were married on May 23, 1875 in Penetanguishene, deepening the Georgian Bay Métis Community’s already well established family and kinship networks. Olive Beausoleil was born in Penetanguishene around 1854, the daughter of 1840 Penetanguishene Halfbreed Petition signatory, Alexis Beausoleil, and Olive Giroux. Raised on the shores of Georgian Bay, Olive grew up in her Métis community. Isidore Dusome was born in Penetanguishene around

On October 20, 1920, Charles Douglas Swanson and Isabella Mabel Saunders were married in Chapleau, uniting two Métis families already long connected through shared marriage, mutual support, and kinship within the Abitibi Inland Métis Community. Charles Douglas was born around 1892 near James Bay. Like his brother William, his early life was centred within the Abitibi Inland Métis Community. By 1901, Charles was living with his Métis family in Chapleau, where he later grew int

On November 7, 1916, Abitibi Inland Métis Community members, William Henry Swanson and Ester Edna Saunders were married in Chapleau. William Henry Swanson was born in 1883 on James Bay, the son of George Swanson and Marie McLeod. Working as a laborer for the Hudson’s Bay Company, George Swanson introduced his Métis children to a life deeply rooted in their Métis community. By the 1901 census, William Henry was living in Chapleau alongside many other Métis families, reflecting