Ghostkeeper Blog

It is time to upgrade this website. Due to the massive software enhancements made to Joomla this leaves us with no choice but to upgrade. All the blog comments made the transition to the new software.

The genealogy database has been changed. I could not keep the previous database. I settled on one that is being developed.

We are working hard on this and hope to have it completed in the next day or two day.

We have been busy with researching our other family lines. Hopefully, in 2011 we will get a chance to follow up on the Chalifoux family. We do have some information on the Chalifoux family but have never followed up researching the possible connections with the Ghostkeeper family. The connection is a marriage in the early 1800's.  I will need to confirm the sources before making any announcment . I plan to do this in April 2011.

Living family members have stated we are related to the Chalifoux family. In my 7 years of research on the Ghostkeeper family I occasionally found genealogical information on the Chalifoux family. I now have enough information to start building the Chalifoux family tree as it relates to the Ghostkeeper family. The following is a pedigree chart of Eugenie Rhone who is the daughter of Cleophas Rhone and Rosalie Chalifoux. Eugenie Rhone is married to Colin Ghostkeeper.

Update: It was my intention to begin research work in October 2009 but there has been a delay. Our research will begin in May-June 2010.

Rosalie Chalifoux is NOT PROVEN by original sources as being the daughter of Jean Baptiste Chalifoux and Josette Cartier. The above mentioned information is from derivative sources. I will be working to PROVE the origins of Rosalie Chalifoux.

Source to prove Rosalie is the mother of Angelique aka. Eugenie Rowan:

Script
13 Reference: Rg15, Interior, Series D-II-8-c, Volume 1352, Reel C-14978, Access code: 90
File Title: Kameotawapo or Rowan; address: Lesser Slave Lake; claim no. 267;
Father: Wiskipasico (Métis) born: 1839 at Sturgeon Lake.
Mother: Wiskitacausin (Indian); married: 1858 at Lesser Slave Lake to Rosalie Chalifoux
Children living: Angelique, Bella, Nancy, Madelaine; children deceased: Edouard & John;

Scrip cert. no. 562 A Finding Aid number: 15-21

From my own research Angelique is also known as Eugenie who married Colin Ghostkeeper.

I deleted the Ghostkeeper Mail list. No activity.

The Ghostkeeper Mail List is now available at RootsWeb.

What is a mailing list? It is a way of forwarding messages to others who are interested in the surname of Ghostkeeper. You send your message to the list and it is sent to everyone who has subscribed to the Ghostkeeper Mail List. And mail that anyone else sends to the list will be sent to you. The Ghostkeeper Mail List is a great way to find others who are researching in the same surname.

How do I subscribe? To join GHOSTKEEPER-L, send mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join GHOSTKEEPER-D, do the same thing with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . For detailed instructions, click on this link: Ghostkeeper Mail List

Whether seasoned professionals or novice beginners, most genealogists and family historians have, at one time or another, encountered a brickwall; the point in their research when the trail goes cold.

We have reached a brickwall and have provided the following information:

Time Period: 1775-1835

Location: Two possible locations in Alberta are Wabaska or Lac La Biche.

Source: Catholic Parish Records

Ancestors: The following are believed to be brothers:
* Ayisikwew Richard (Ghostkeeper)

• Etawiskikweyau
  Common Law: Marie Anne "Miyoskikabaw" Chalifoux (daughter of Wabistikwan Chalifoux and Niyas "Iroquois")
  Common Law: Catherine "Sokkihawasiw" Caraizon (daughter of Wabistikwan   Chalifoux and a Indian name.
• Piwabiskokas
• Iyasweskamikotew
  Common Law: Catherine "Kwasisiwit" Gladue (de Francois and Marie Huron)
• Kikinittawikiw (Father of Eyesiw)

We have been researching the surname of Ghostkeeper for over six years and accumulated a lot of information which we have started to place online.To place ALL of the in information online will take several weeks. Please keeper checking back as we develop this website.

The photograph on the left is my grandfather - Adolphus Ghostkeeper.

If you are a Ghostkeeper or are related please drop us a message. We would be glad to hear from you. You can leave us a message at Contact Us.

 

After several years of research I stumbled onto the surname of Collins. I was searching for the Ghostkeeper script and found they registered for the script using the surname of Collins. A word of advice DON'T GIVE UP. Keep searching. I was fortunate.

Script
RG15 , Interior , Series D-II-8-c , Volume 1341 , Reel C-14958 , Access code: 90
File Title: Collins, Colin; address: Lesser Slave Lake; claim no. 115; born: 1857 at Stoney Point on; Lesser Slave Lake.

Script entry reads as follows:

Father: Ke-na-wa-tsaquay-o Collins (Indian)
Mother: Ema Cartier (Métis)
Married: Nov. 1875 at Lesser Slave Lake to Angelique Rowfast for Rowan
Children living: 3
Children deceased: 5
Colin Collins, scrip cert. no. 21 B
Jean Felix Collins, scrip cert. no. 276 A
Dolphis Collins, scrip cert. no. 277 A
Philippe Collins, scrip cert. no. 278 A

Métis Elders have recounted that families spent Christmas Eve by attending Midnight Mass, occasionally singing hymns in Cree or French, and then having a large supper and party known as réveillon . However, most celebrating during the holiday season was reserved for NewYear’s Day. As one Batoche Elder told historian Diane Payment “On Christmas Eve, we went to Midnight Mass, and when we got home, we ate a little, dranksome tea and went to bed. The presents were for New Year’s Day”.

Association of Métis & Non-Status Indians of Saskatchewan , December 1985. New Breed (11) December 1985. New Breed Magazine, Métis, Christmas, Poetry, Christmas Carols, Recipes, La Pierre, Eva, Sports . Retrieved December 6, 2008, from http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/05134.pdf