Michilimackinac
My Métis roots are in the fur trade in Michilimackinac and Mackinac Island. Over the last 20 years I've researched my ancestors and their stories. Every day I learn something new about their lives, the historical and political context, and how it impacted my family's life today. I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I do!
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Marie Elizabeth Louise Dubois: Who is She?
Marie Elizabeth Louise Dubois was my great-x5-grandmother. She married Ezekiel Solomon. Click here for a timeline of Solomon’s life.
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Learning About Ezekiel Solomon’s Home in Fort Michilimackinac: Creating a Timeline
For years I’ve been exploring my family history, trying to learn more about my family story. Among the most fascinating discoveries has been the story of Ezekiel Solomon, and the first post I wrote about him remains the most visited and most commented one on my site.
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Jane Johnston Schoolcraft’s Loneliness
There is so much I want to share with you about Jane Johnston Schoolcraft.
I’ve been re-reading Robert Dale Parker’s “The Sound that Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky.” I loved this poem so I retyped it for you! Written in 1820…
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Ezekiel Solomon and “Search out the Land”
In February I received a note from a reader about the book Search out the Land: The Jews and the Growth of Equality in British Colonial America, 1740-1867 by Shedon and Judith Godfrey. Anne says the book has information about Ezekiel Solomon. When I began my research a couple years ago I had read bits of this book online too.
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Is Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, the First Native American Literary Writer, My Great(x5) Aunt?
I always wondered if we had a writer hiding somewhere up in the family tree. My aunts write. I write. Now I have learned that a great(x5) aunt, Bamewawagezhikaquay, also known as Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, was a writer too: “the first Native American literary writer, the first known Indian woman writer, the first known Indian poet, the first known poet to write poems in a Native American language, and the first known American Indian to write out traditional Indian stories” (Robert Dale Parker).
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Ezekiel Solomon: Introducing My Jewish-Canadian Grandfather
Born in Berlin. Child of the Enlightenment Era.
Ezekiel Solomon was born in Berlin, Germany in 1735. Solomon shares his birth year with John Adams (second American President) and Paul Revere (American Patriot). In 1735, Alexander Pope was writing poetry and George Frederic Handel composed operas. King George II was on the British throne.
