 1866 - 1952 (85 years)
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| Name |
Nellie Patkanim Patterson |
| Born |
28 Mar 1866 |
Whatcom County, Washington  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
28 Feb 1952 |
Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington |
| Buried |
Bayview Cemetery Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington |
| Person ID |
I20147109129 |
Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family |
| Last Modified |
16 Nov 2008 |
| Father |
Holden Allen Judson, b. 10 Sep 1826, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio , d. 26 Oct 1899, Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Phoebe Newton Goodell, b. 25 Oct 1831, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada , d. 16 Jan 1926, Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington (Age 94 years) |
| Married |
20 Jun 1849 |
| Family ID |
F18275435563 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
James McDonald, b. 20 Jul 1861, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 Dec 1922, Whatcom County, Washington (Age 61 years) |
| Married |
28 Jul 1897 |
Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
16 Nov 2008 |
| Family ID |
F18275435780 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- Phoebe Judson wrote the following in her book A Pioneers Search For An Ideal Home:
"Lizzie, the mother of Dollie and Nellie, was still living. Colonel Patterson had purchased her from the chief of the Snohomish Indians, and, thoug she was a proncess, the colonel being raised in a slave state, considered her only a piece of property. He was a severe taskmaster and left her alone much of the time with only Ned, a young Indian, to carry on the work of the ranch. On an average, there were twenty cows to milk, with the contingent daily work.
Lizzie was young and pretty and Ned a bright young man, handsom above the ordinary Indian. The burden of life under the colonel's stern sway became unbearable and yielding to Ned's pleadings, one night while the colonel was at home to look after the little girls, she crept out in the darkness and joining Ned, who was waiting for her, together fled to the Sumas country."
She goes on to state that the colonel realized his willimg slave had rebelled at last and left him. He loved his little girls and he sent pleading messages to Lizzie telling her the girls cried all the time for her and asked her to return. He found his persuations were of no avail and swore that the girls would never see their mother again.
After Phoebe and Holden moved into the girls old home, the Indians had told Lizzie of her daughters return and she sent a messenger to Phoebe asking permission to see her little girls, which Phoebe allowed.
The girls were able to see their mamma one more time before her death. They waited, expectantly, by the window watching intently, on the day their mother was to come see them. They soon saw her and and broke out with joyous exclamation, "Oh, I see her! I know it's mamma, she has on her red shawl!"
The girls spent the day with their mother and were shy but excited. They danced, laughed and hugged though they seemed to realize that her stay would be short.
"We did not think it would be Lizzies last visit with her children, but it proved to be so, for she died soon after. The little girls never forgot their mother. He memory is a living fragrance in their hearts and can never die....."
- Notes for NELLIE PATTERSON:
Newspaper Clipping, March 1952:
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY FOR NELLIE MCDONALD PIONEER OF THIS AREA With the funeral Wednesday of Mrs. Nellie McDonald, Clipper, 86, the end of another colorful chapter in Whatcom county history will be written. Mrs. McDonald and her sister, Mrs. Dollie Rittenberg, who passed away in 1943, were the daughters of Colonel James Alexander Patterson, West Point graduate, prospector and pioneer who came to California in the gold rush of '49 and then into the Northwest in the Fraser River gold stampede in 1858. Shortly there after he staked out a claim in the fertile timber and valley area on the Nooksack in the north end of Whatcom county, cleared and developed it, raised cattle which he drove up the Caribou as food for the miners, and became one of the most colorful figures in the early days of the county. On the death of his Indian wife in the latter 1860's, Colonel Patterson went to Captain Henry Roeder and said he was willing to turn over his Nooksack river farm to anyone who would take his two small daughters. Captain Roeder sent him to Mrs. Phoebe Judson who took the girls and reared them as her own. EARLY DAYS RECALLED Their memories of the early days in Whatcom
county, bear came to the Patterson home in search of food and cougar attacked their father's cattle. When friends were made with the Indians, when their father bought things mostly at the Indian trading post at the mouth of the Nooksack, but for supplies and clothing drove to Sehome where Ulyssess Baxter had the first store, were subject of numerous Newspaper features and recountings at Old Settlers' meetings. In 1938 Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. Rittenberg, then 75 and 72, received the Old Settlers' cup given by Judge Jeremiah Neterer, Mrs. Rittenberg died in 1943 at the age of 80. Mrs. McDonald was born March 28, 1866, and in just four weeks (she died in a local hospital) would have attained 87 years. For 13 years under the century mark she had lived in Whatcom county. Her husband, John McDonald, died December 26, 1925. Her two son are John H. McDonald, Clipper, road engineer with the U.S. Forest Service, and J. Ivan McDonald, of Pasco. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Bingham -
Dahlquist & Jerns Chapel, Rev. Harold Penhalurick, of the First Presbyterian church, officiating, with interment in Bay View cemetery.
- Part of an article written in the Seattle Times on Saturday March 27, 2004:
The Snoqualmie Tribe is a known entity, federally recognized in 1999, its name echoed in natural wonders enjoyed by millions of people.
But the Snoqualmoos? Who are they?
They are a native group of about 300 people who share a dynamic blend of similarities and bitter disagreements with the Snoqualmie. The two groups lived as one tribe in the Snoqualmie Valley for thousands of years and as recently as the 1800s.
Despite keeping a relatively low profile over the years, the Snoqualmoo gained new prominence this month by publicly opposing an expansion of Salish Lodge near Snoqualmie Falls, which the tribe considers a sacred site. The members' re-emergence is the latest chapter in a complicated history inseparable from their more prominent, wealthier cousins.
Both groups share many of the same views on issues, such as protection of the falls and opposition to the lodge expansion, but they differ sharply on tribal identity and who has the right to speak for the native people of the Snoqualmie Valley.
Their divisions over bloodlines are so deep, they can't even agree on a name. The Snoqualmoos say their title is accurate. Chief Patkanim, the leader of the Snoqualmie Valley people, claimed his tribal affiliation as Snoqualmoo when he signed the Point Elliott Treaty with white settlers in 1855.
"(Snoqualmie) became a bastardized way of saying it," said Elmer Assman, a Snoqualmoo sub-chief. "After Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie Falls and Snoqualmie Pass, it just sort of stuck."
The Snoqualmies say Western influence did change the last two letters of the word, but their tribe's federal recognition in 1999 confirmed they are the true descendants of Patkanim.
"(The Snoqualmoos) have just created a new name for themselves, and they're a splinter group," said Matt Mattson, Snoqualmie tribal administrator. "They're not a real tribe."
For the Snoqualmoos, most of whom have lived quietly under the name for 150 years, those are hurtful words. But regardless of title, the two groups are intertwined.
Same family tree
At least half the Snoqualmoos used to be members of the Snoqualmies, and both tribes are part of Patkanim's family tree, said Ken Tollefson, an anthropologist who used to work for the Snoqualmies.
In the 1840s, Patkanim's daughter Julia married a white settler and moved from the Snoqualmie Valley to Whidbey Island. Her descendants make up about half the current Snoqualmoos, and they've lived as a separate tribe for the past 150 years, tribal leaders said.
- 1880 Census Lynden, Whatcom, Washington listed as adopted
1900 Census Baker, Whatcom, Washington with her husband
1910 Census Baker, Whatcom, Washington
1920 Census Baker, Whatcom, Washington
She was the granddaughter of Chief Patkanim
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