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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'>Regarding
the name “Blanchette,” I wonder if there is a chance the name was
taken in honor of Father Norbert Francis Blanchet, since his tenure in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> was during the
time the Indian population was beginning to take anglicized names.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'>Again, in
my internet “browsing,” I find that Father Blanchet arrived in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> in 1838 as </span></font><font
size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'>the Vicar General for the Missions
of Oregon in 1838. From <a
href="http://www.archdpdx.org/previous-archbishops/ab_blanchet.htm">http://www.archdpdx.org/previous-archbishops/ab_blanchet.htm</a>:
“By 1878, the Archdiocese of Oregon City (later Portland in Oregon) had
23 churches, nine academies for girls, one college for boys, two parochial
schools for girls, an orphanage and Indian mission schools, with 23 priests and
68 sisters. … He retired in 1880” (at the age of 83).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'>I wonder if
there’s a chance <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ada</st1:place></st1:City>
was at the orphanage or one of the Indian mission schools. Just a
thought. I love to speculate about history</span></font><font size=4
color=blue face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:blue'>J</span></font><font size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'>. Do
you know if the family was Catholic?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'>Marilyn</span></font><font
size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Palatino Linotype"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Kith-n-Kin<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:54
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">or-roots
mail list</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [or-roots] Need a
look up in 1930 census</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>So, the name
we’re looking for to be Native American is Shepherd/Shepard/Sheperd, or
Blanchette.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>There are no Native
Americans with Shep* for a last name in the 1880 or any earlier censuses for <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>That may or may not mean anything, as the Indian population may not
have been given, or taken, anglicized names by that point.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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