Lucy Blodgett Kirkpatrick

Lucy was a Salish-Kootenai or more probably Bitterroot Salish woman who lived on the Flathead Reservation
(Curator Note: The practice of "flat heads" among some Native American tribes, often referred to as "cranial deformation" or "head flattening," involved intentionally shaping a baby's skull by applying pressure to it using cradleboards or bindings, most commonly practiced by tribes in the Northwest Coast region like the Chinookan people, where a flat head was often seen as a sign of status or beauty; however, it is important to note that the "Flathead" tribe, also known as the Salish people, did not actually practice this custom despite their name which arose from early European observations of other nearby tribes who did engage in head flattening.)

The Flathead Indian Reservation is home to three tribes, the Bitterroot Salish, Upper Pend d’Oreille, and the Kootenai, and is centered on the Flathead Indian Reservation



The town of St Ignatius on the Flathead Indian Reservation sits before the Mission Mountains. Photo: Rob Pongsajapan, CC BY 2.0 Deed

Bitterroot Salish, or Flathead, originally lived in an area west of Billings, Montana extending to the continental divide in the west and south of Great Falls, Montana extending to the Montana–Wyoming border. From there they later moved west into the Bitterroot Valley.

By request, a Catholic mission was built here in 1841. In 1891 they were forcibly moved to the Flathead Reservation. The Bitterroot Salish are known by various names including Salish, Selish, and Flathead. The name "Flathead" was a term used to identify any Native tribes who had practiced head flattening. The Salish, however, deny that their ancestors engaged in this practice. Instead, they believe this name caught on because of the sign language used to identify their people: Pressing both sides of the head with your hands meant "we the people".

Biography:
Lucinda "Lucy" Decker was born on January 2, 1875, in Missoula County, Montana, to father Franklin "Frank" Decker, a white man born in Maine, and her mother Louise Eloise La Fontaine, also born in Montana.

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Lucy is recorded in Indian census reports as being 1/4 blood, which would mean that one of her grandparents was a Salish Indian, but this information so far has been unavailable. Lucy had two older brothers and five husbands. Her husband James Gladstone adopted her three previous children by Ashbury Blodgett. It also appears that she adopted the Blodgett surname as a sort of middle name from that date forward.

According to the book Vanished in Hiawatha, author Carla Joinson suggests the following: Luch was Flathead (likely erroneous, see the discussion above), was admitted to Canton on March 4, 1911 (Paperwork shows she was admitted from the Flathead Indian School in Jocko, Montana, likely co-located with the Indian Agency), and was discharged on September 5, 1911. She was diagnosed with chronic depression, probably hysteria. (Manic depression with proximal hysteria is atypical depression and is a chronic syndrome that can be associated with personality traits like rejection sensitivity. Some symptoms of hysteria overlap with those of depression, including emotional outbursts, fainting, hallucinations, paralysis, and seizures.) However, for whatever reason, her stay in the Canton Asylum was of short duration, she was discharged on September 5, 1911 (See the patient file here: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000212434754947)

It is entirely possible that Lucinda was a member of the Charlo band of the Bitterroot Salish, having lived her entire life in the Bitterroot Valley which was under the guidance of Chief Charlo and his insistence that his people be allowed to live there and that he never signed the treaty giving up the land of the Bitterroot Valley. Of that he appears to be truthful, it is reported that James Garland, the negotiator and future president, who, having failed to acquire Chief Charlo's agreement, simply forged his mark on the treaty.

• Charlo followed a policy of peace with the American settlers in Southwestern Montana and with the soldiers at nearby Fort Missoula.
• After the extermination of the buffalo herds, Charlo struggled for twenty years to maintain his people's economic independence in their homeland, the Bitterroot Valley. When Charlo's people were finally forced to remove to the Flathead Indian Reservation by the U.S. federal government, Charlo negotiated with retired general Henry B. Carrington to secure good farms and assistance for the Bitterroot Salish. Charlo spent the rest of his life attempting to hold the U.S. government accountable for fulfilling its promises and defending his people's rights to reservation land against white efforts to open the reservation for homesteading.
• In 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant issued an executive order to remove the Salish from the valley. When Congressman James A. Garfield arrived to carry out the order in 1872, the conflict over land claims nearly escalated into a military clash. The diplomacy of Charlo and other Salish leaders calmed the situation. Garfield negotiated an agreement through which part of the tribe moved to the Flathead Reservation. The rest of the people could remain in the Bitterroot if they became "land-holding U.S. citizens."] In the face of a military threat, Charlo refused to sign the agreement. To secure a signature, government officials recognized Arlee as chief. Charlo's signature was forged on the published version of the agreement, and Arlee led part of the tribe to the Flathead Reservation in 1873. Charlo still refused to leave, and he never forgave or spoke to Chief Arlee again.

Source: Wikipedia contributors. "Charlo (Native American leader)." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 Apr. 2024. Web. 15 Dec. 2024.

Lucy lived a long life, and passed on April 12, 1960, in St. Ignatius, a small town in Lake County, Montana on the Flathead Reservation. She is buried in the Jocko Church Cemetery, Arlee, Lake County, Montana, in the Bitterroot Valley

Source: extracted from a Google Maps search

Curator Note: The obit in the Polson Obituaries provides information that conflicts with Find a Grave:
..............................................Documents.................................................................Polson Obit
Date of birth..........................January 2, 1875.........................................................January 26, 1876
Location of birth....................Missoula.....................................................................Stevensville
Date of death........................April 12, 1960.............................................................April 12, 1960
Burial....................................*Jocko Church Cemetery, Arlee, Lake County.............Catholic Cemetery, St. Ignatius, Lake County

• The source of the Jocko location is FaG and is 'therefore' suspect (IMO).

Her profile is part of the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Canton_Asylum.

Research Notes:
-Daughter Mary Ellen Louise Storey is listed as a Salish-Kootenai Indian (NOT Flathead) on her death certificate

Additional Reading:
1) “Native American Boarding Schools in Montana.” Montana History Portal, www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/92610.
2) Courchane, Chalk. Montana’s Flathead Reservation and Its Outlaws, of Which Four Were Hanged in Missoula on December 19, 1890.
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Sources:

1880 Jun 4 - "United States, Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH8H-4DK : Sat Mar 09 15:00:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank Decker and Elouise Decker, 1880, pg. 883/942, line 8 (age 5), census of the inhabitants in Township of Bitter Root Valley, Missoula County, Montana

1900 Jun 11 - "United States, Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTZ-1HR : Sun Oct 27 17:34:29 UTC 2024), Entry for Ashbary Blodgett and Lucy Blodgett, 1900, pg. 339/363, line 35 (age 25 as Lucy Blodgett), census of the flathead Reservation, Missoula County, Montana

1903 Jul 30- “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll108unit/page/n398/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 399/504, line 1118 (age 28 as Lucy Blodgett wife of Asbury Blodgett), census of the Flathead and Confederated tribes of Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1904 Jun 30- “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll108unit/page/n445/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 446/504, line 1038 (age 30 as Lucy Blodgett wife of Asbury Blodgett), census of the Flathead and Confederated tribes of Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1905 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll108unit/page/n486/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 487/504, line 1046 (age 31 as Lucy Blodgett), census of the Flathead and Confederated tribes of Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1906 Jul 15 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll109unit/page/n36/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 37/743, line 1046 (age 32 as Lucy Blodgett), census of the Flathead and Confederated tribes of Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1907 Sep 1 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll109unit/page/n87/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 88/743, line 992 (age 33 as Lucy Blodgett), census of the Flathead and Confederated tribes of Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

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1910 Jul 1 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66M5-FS63 : Thu Jul 11 19:08:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Lucy Blodgett Gladstone, 1910, pg. 268/746, line 1105 (age 36 as Lucy Blodgett Gladstone), census of the Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1910 - https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/246096:61560, Lucy Decker
in the Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1944, Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1944

c. 1910 Undated - "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PB1-KSSS : Fri Oct 25 17:06:23 UTC 2024), Entry for James Gladstone and Lucy Decker, pg. 292/532, Census • Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995

1911 Jul 1 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6698-729V : Fri Mar 08 23:57:26 UTC 2024), Entry for , 1911, pg. 398/746, line 1096 (age 37 as Lucy Blodgett Gladstone), census of the Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency

1911 Jul 3 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll015unit/page/n503/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 504/519, line xxx (age 32), Canton Asylum census

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1912 Dec 6 - "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F334-QWQ : Fri Nov 22 17:46:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank Kirkpatrick and George Kirkpatrick, 06 Dec 1912, pg. 302/354, Marriage License 2417, to Frank Kirkpatrick 6 Dec 1912

(Curator Note: Image 1 Book of Records, Image 2 Marriage License, Image 3 Index of Marriage Certificates-Women, Image 4 Index of Marriage Certificates-Men))

1913 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:669H-R718 : Fri Mar 08 20:31:33 UTC 2024), Entry for, 1913, pg. 662/746, line 865 (b=1874), census of the Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1914 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll110unit/page/n68/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 69/703, line 1092 (b=1874 as Lucy Blodgett Kirkpatrick), census of the Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1915 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll110unit/page/n203/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 204/703, line 1074 (b=1874 as Lucy Blodgett Kirkpatrick), census of the Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1916 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll110unit/page/n342/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 342/703, line 1103 (b=1874 as Lucy B. Kirkpatrick), census of the Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency

1917 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll110unit/page/n485/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 486/703, line 1113 (b=1874 as Lucy B. Kirkpatrick), census of the Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Mont.

1918 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll110unit/page/n628/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 629/703, line 1130 (b=1874 as Lucy B. *Kirkpatrick), census of the Conf. Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency

1918 Sep 12 - "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W69S-WYPZ : Sat Nov 23 02:31:10 UTC 2024), Entry for Lucinda Blodgett, from 1917 to 1918, Draft Registration for Joseph Benjamine Blodgett

1919 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll111unit/page/n71/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 72/784, line 1124 (b=1874 as Lucy B. *Kirkpatrick), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1920 Jan 26 - "United States, Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M831-CZL : Sat Mar 09 03:37:27 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank Kirkpatrick and Lucy L Kirkpatrick, 1920, pg. 1023/1139, line 57 (age 44), census of Arlee Town, Precinct 35, Missoula County, Montana

1920 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll111unit/page/n223/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 224/784, line 1174 (b=1874 as Lucy B. *Kirkpatrick), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1921 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll111unit/page/n380/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 381/784, line 1200 (b=1874 as Lucy B. *Kirkpatrick BHS), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1922 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll111unit/page/n539/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 540/784, line 1214 (b=1874 as Lucy B. *Kirkpatrick BHS), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1923 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll111unit/page/n699/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 700/784, line 1226 (b=1874 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BHS), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1924 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll112unit/page/n78/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 79/834, line 1226 (b=1880 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BHS), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1925 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll112unit/page/n240/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 241/834, line 1258 (b=1874 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BHS), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1926 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll112unit/page/n406/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 407/834, line 1261 (b=1880 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BHS), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1927 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll112unit/page/n574/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 575/834, line 1270 (b=1874 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1928 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll112unit/page/n741/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 742/834, line 1279 (b=1874 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Confederated Flathead Indians, Flathead Agency, Montana

1929 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll113unit/page/n132/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 133/683, line 1279 (b=1874 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Flathead tribe, Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1930 Apr 3 - "United States, Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCMP-8WD : Sat Jul 13 06:29:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank J Kirkpatrick and Lucinda Kirkpatrick, 1930, pg. 893/1201, line 49 (age 48), census of St. Ignatius, Township 18N Range 20W (Mission Lake), Lake County, Montana

1930 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll113unit/page/n342/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 343/683, line 1336 (age 56 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead Agency

1931 Apr 1 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll113unit/page/n547/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 548/683, line 1361 (age 57 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1932 Mar 31 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll114unit/page/n114/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 115/787, line 1366 (age 58 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1933 Apr 1 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll114unit/page/n399/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 400/787, line 1388 (age 59 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1934 Apr 1 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll114unit/page/n639/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 640/787, line 1394 (age 60 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1935 Jan 1 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll115unit/page/n116/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 117/830, line 1400 (age 61 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1935 Dec 31 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll115unit/page/n406/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 407/830, line 1424 (age 62 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1936 Dec 31 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll115unit/page/n673/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 674/830, line 1444 (age 62 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH @ St. Ignatius), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1937 Dec 31 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll116unit/page/n122/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 123/532, line 1453 (age 63 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH @ St. Ignatius), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1939 Dec 31 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll116unit/page/n392/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 393/532, line 1490 (age 64 as Lucy Blodgett *Kirkpatrick BH @ St. Ignatius), census of the Flathead Reservation, Flathead jurisdiction

1940 Apr 9 - "United States, Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBQ3-CYP : Thu Mar 07 04:08:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank Kirkpatrick and Lucinda B Kirkpatrick, 1940, pg. 114/1181, line 37 (age 66), census of Saint Ignatius Town, Lake County, Montana

1960 Apr 12 - "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2F-NCF2 : 14 April 2023), Lucy, ; Burial, Arlee, Lake, Montana, United States of America, Jocko Church Cemetery; citing record ID 71555683, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71555683/lucinda-blodgett: accessed December 14, 2024), memorial page for Lucinda “Lucy” Decker Blodgett (25 Jan 1875–12 Apr 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71555683, citing Jocko Church Cemetery, Arlee, Lake County, Montana, USA; Maintained by Redriver (contributor 47269236).

1960 Apr 14 - "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Obituaries, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PRJ-1QR4 : Fri Oct 25 20:49:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Mrs Lucinda Blodgett Kirkpatrick and Mrs Louise Storey, 14 Apr 1960, pg. 1723/2100

1988 Mar 18 - "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KWF-HVM5 : 10 February 2023), Lilian Decker in entry for Louise Ellen Wilson
Name Louise Ellen Wilson
Name Note Name and form dates: Application: LOUISE ELLEN WILSON (Aug 1942), Application: LOUISE ELL STOREY (Jan 1951), Death: LOUISE E STOREY (18 Mar 1988)
Alias Louise Ell Storey
Second Alias Louise E Storey
Third Alias Louise Ellen Bladget
Sex Female
Birth Date 18 May 1903
Birthplace Arlee Missou*, Montana, United States
Social Program Application Date Aug 1942
Previous Residence Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States
Previous Residence Postal Code 59801-0000
Death Date 18 Mar 1988
Race White
Father's Name Asbury J Bladget
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Lilian Decker
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Social Program Correspondence
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Curator Note: The following sources come from Tribal census reports, they are undated and in no particular order.
1) "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P13-YCWT : Fri Oct 25 21:23:16 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Bertram or "dewey" Blodgett and Ashbury Blodgett @ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P13-YCWB

2) "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PB4-2NDY : Fri Oct 25 17:15:37 UTC 2024), Entry for B. F. Storey and Mary Ellen Blodgett @ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PB4-2N6M

3) "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P1W-82Y4 : Fri Oct 25 21:19:39 UTC 2024), Entry for A J Greene and Mary Ellen Blodgett @ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P1W-82YZ

4) "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P1S-RR8H : Fri Oct 25 23:23:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred B Wilson and Mary Ellen Blodget @ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P1S-RR88

5) "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PBG-YS3B : Fri Oct 25 23:20:42 UTC 2024), Entry for E J Nelson and Mary Ellen Blodgett @ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PBG-YSQ9

6) "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PB1-T3Z2 : Fri Oct 25 23:24:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Ashbury Blodgett and Joseph Smith Blodgett @ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6PB1-T3ZP

7) "Montana, Flathead Reservation, Tribal Census, 1870-1995", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P14-LZMY : Fri Oct 25 23:25:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Dale Louis Decker and Laura May Brown @ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6P19-Z4H5