A digital portrait of my great great grandmother Sai-Sai-go-no-kwe

The founder of the village called Killarney in Ontario, Canada

http://www.killarneyhistory.com

A Brief Summary of Killarney's History

The community of Killarney is situated on the North Channel of Georgian Bay (in Lake Huron) in the province of Ontario, Canada. For many years, the village was known as Shebahonaning, an Ojibwe name meaning "canoe passage". The Native peoples who hunted, fished, and trapped here lived on what was to become a well-traveled route for the voyageurs and explorers of France and England. Fur trade posts were built along the Georgian Bay, with the Killarney post established on June 28th, 1820, by Etienne Augustin Rocbert de la Morandiere. His wife, Josephte Sai-sai-go-no-kwe (woman of the falling snow") was a member of the Odawa Nation (the traders) and was born in Michigan. She was the niece and adopted daughter of Chief Kitchi Bashigigan and a close relative of the famous Chief Tecumseh.....

Etienne de la Morandiere died in Killarney May 1st 1859 at the age of 92. He was buried in the Wikwemikong Catholic Cemetery on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. His wife Josephte died in Killarney on November 20th 1868 at the age of 85. They had ten children, most of whom remained at Killarney with their families. Descendants of the de la Morandieres and of many of the other early families who settled in Killarney in the 1800's live here today.