June 24, 2016, Wheat Field Lavadour Allotment

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Title

June 24, 2016, Wheat Field Lavadour Allotment

Description

This is a photograph of the Narcisse Lavadour Allotment in Umatilla County, Oregon. Letitia Carson’s daughter Martha Carson married Narcisse Lavadour of the Metis French Canadian Lavadour family in January 1868 in Oregon Territory near the Umatilla Reservation in Umatilla County, present-day Milo. These photos were taken in Adams, Oregon on land believed to be the Narcisse Lavadour Allotment that he and Martha lived on. Narcisse was Martha’s second partner, she had one child with Soloman Bigham on November 26, 1864, named Mary Alice Bigham. Martha and her child Mary Alice Bigham married Lavadours and raised their children a short distance from Letitia’s farm, where Letitia lived to become a grandmother and great-grandmother.

In the summer of 1887, the two Lavadour families moved to the Umatilla Reservation, in large part to take advantage of the new “Dawes Act” Allotment claims that could be made on the reservation during that year. Jack stayed behind with his mother, Letitia, not being qualified to claim an allotment and not likely interested in moving, and Letitia deeded her land to him. Martha and Narcisse had five children together in Umatilla, OR.

- Agnes M. was born 1869-09-18
- Ada was born in 1873-06-08
- Albert was born in 1875
- Millie E. was born in 1882-06-24
- Nelson was born in 1887-11-30

Descendants of Martha and Narcisse still live in Adams, Oregon, direct relatives of Letitia Carson. One of these relatives is Joey Lavadour.

Creator

Bob Zybach

Source

Bob Zybach Personal Collection

Publisher

LCLP

Date

2016-06-24

Contributor

Bob Zybach, Joey Lavadour

Rights

Copyright: Bob Zybach

Relation

From a series of photos taken in Adams, Oregon in Umatilla County by Bob Zybach on the land owned by the Lavadour family, which Letitia's daughter Martha married into when she married Narcisse Lavadour in January 1868.

Format

JPEG image

Type

Photograph

Identifier

Adams 2016 -4

Coverage

Adams, Oregon, Umatilla County

Citation

Bob Zybach, “June 24, 2016, Wheat Field Lavadour Allotment,” Letitia Carson Digital History Collection , accessed March 28, 2024, https://letitiacarson.omeka.net/items/show/163.

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