Elizabeth G. McQuesten
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Name Elizabeth G. McQuesten Birth 27 Mar 1896 Gender Female Person ID I13558 Family Last Modified 26 Oct 2003
Father Leroy Napoleon McQuesten, b. 9 Jul 1836, Litchfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 
d. 4 Sep 1909, Berkeley, California (Age 73 years) Mother Katherine James, b. 1860, Kokrines, Alaska d. 1921, Berkeley, California (Age 61 years) Marriage 2 Sep 1882 Alaska [1] - In a letter written by Jack to his family, he wrote, "I don't suppose you boys will think I did very well, when I tell you I have a full-blood Alaska Indian wife (I named her Kate), but I never expected to see a white woman again, so I took the best the country afforded, and we have a large family of bright children whom I dearly love." Katherine was among the very first Athabascans to marry an Ammerican, and as the wife of the senior trader, she played an important role in integrating the white and Native cultures. Many of the Native women who married white men were scorned as were some of the white men they married. These men were called "squaw men," a rude term which has persisted into the 1990's.
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- In a letter written by Jack to his family, he wrote, "I don't suppose you boys will think I did very well, when I tell you I have a full-blood Alaska Indian wife (I named her Kate), but I never expected to see a white woman again, so I took the best the country afforded, and we have a large family of bright children whom I dearly love." Katherine was among the very first Athabascans to marry an Ammerican, and as the wife of the senior trader, she played an important role in integrating the white and Native cultures. Many of the Native women who married white men were scorned as were some of the white men they married. These men were called "squaw men," a rude term which has persisted into the 1990's.
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Sources - [S384] McQuesten, Leroy Napoleon.
- [S384] McQuesten, Leroy Napoleon.