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Looking for information on Chief August Jack of the Siwash Nation

Looking for information on Chief August Jack of the Siwash Nation

Jan Bell (View posts)
Posted: 28 Jan 2002 5:18AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Jack, Burns, Evans
I am trying to find out my roots and request information from anyone who knows of or about Chief August Jack. He had a sister first name I don't know and she had 1 daughter that I'm aware of.
I only know a few things. Her daughters name was Addie Burns and she married an Edgar Evans. They had 2 children
Cyril Evans and Bernice Evans
Anyone with information please email me.

Siwash ~ Coast Salish ~ Halkomelem etc.

Rocky (View posts)
Posted: 28 Jan 2002 7:20AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Jan...

Siwash was a word used in the distant past. It was a word from the Hudson Bay Co. Chinook Jargon (not an official language) that was used for trade in the Colonial Period of BC history and survived to a time shortly after the turn of the 20th Century. http://tenaswawa.home.attbi.com/gibbs.htm ..... Today you will find words to describe the people who fall into the terrirory of the South Western portion of BC using the name Salish, and Coast Salish but it too does not sufficiently describe correct names for the First Nation people who live here. Today, the term for the people who live along the lower Fraser River to the south and east portion of Vancouver Island is Halkomelem. Halkomelem (properly written Halq'eméylem) is a Salish language spoken in British Columbia, around the Fraser river and in the southern end of Vancouver Island. There are three dialects, Halq'eméylem, spoken by the upriver Stó:lo or Fraser people; Hun'qumi'num' dialect of the downriver Stó:lo; and Hul'q'umín'um' dialect spoken in Vancouver Island by the following peoples: Nanoose, Nanaimo, Chemainus, Cowichan, and Malahat. Etnographic words class these peoples with the label "Central Coast Salish", but there are many other groups under the same label, speaking different languages.

http://www.sd69.bc.ca/~firstn/Coast%20Salish/html/cs_languag... <~some more info.

You may wish to find out what part of the Hulkomelem territory August Jack came from... it is a rather large area (Hope to South East Vancouver Island & Gulf islands). This would be the best place to start. Be careful not to assume that August stayed in one area if he was living before Reservations were placed upon his freedom. As his territory would have been extensive for hunting and fishing and seasonal homes. Also after Missionary and Colonial contact August may have been forced by law into a residential school if he was of age, when that paternalistic law was in effect (1870's up to the 1980's). So that may have meant that he (as a child) was pulled from his family in his traditional home to be placed hundreds of miles away... Kamloops, Lytton, and Kuper Island are sites of some of the 14 Residential schools throughout BC. Thousands of children were taken from family to be placed in residence many miles away from home and family. Many of these children grew up only to find themselves disconnected from their heritage and family so they chose to make a life in the area of the residential school and married into Reserves other than their own. So be aware that August could very well have been from the lower Fraser River and have been forced to Kamloops only to chose to stay in his new home as an adult....(that is just an example)... it may not be the case for August Jack.

Here sre some names I came across in the Archives Web page: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/index.htm (search VITAL EVENTS)

1
Groom Name: PIERRE AUGUST JACK
Bride Name: EMMA BAPTIST
Event Date: 1918 7 18 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Event Place: SPUZZUM

Reg. Number: 1918-09-002100
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11391
GSU Microfilm Number: 1984112


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2
Groom Name: AUGUSTIN JACK
Bride Name: MARY ANN PAUL
Event Date: 1919 6 27 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Event Place: PEMBERTON

Reg. Number: 1919-09-003235
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11391
GSU Microfilm Number: 1984112


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3
Groom Name: AUGUST JACK
Bride Name: ANNIE CELIMA
Event Date: 1921 3 28 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Event Place: YALE

Reg. Number: 1921-09-005494
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11391
GSU Microfilm Number: 2032900

I have no idea who August Jack was but I wish you all the best in your research. If you find that one of the above names is your relation the actual certificate can be purchased from the Archives on line. The actual paper would hopefully give more details such as parents names and witnesses and birthplaces.

Good luck and best wishes.... Rocky Sampson

Re: Siwash ~ Coast Salish ~ Halkomelem etc.

Joan McIlmoyl Cleghorn (View posts)
Posted: 18 Feb 2002 5:54AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 10 Aug 2003 2:55AM GMT
Thanks Rocky for such an informative response and for that great SD 69/Coast Salish web site. It's going to take me awhile to read it all but am enjoying it.

8-)
Joan
From Beautiful Victoria BC

Re: Looking for information on Chief August Jack of the Siwash Nation

Posted: 8 Sep 2003 9:42PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 29 Mar 2005 6:11PM GMT
Did you get the information you were looking for? IF not, let me know and I may be able to help. Joanne

Re: Looking for information on Chief August Jack of the Siwash Nation

Posted: 2 Jul 2015 9:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Evans
I realize the question was posted 13 years ago but I just found a WWII service record from my dad's father, Cyril Evans and became interested in this geneology as well. His parents were Addie and Edgar. Cyril married Emily and they had two son's, John and David. I could query my uncle David who kept better records than me if you're still looking for info.
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