She was a daughter of the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) Tribe and was born in about 1811. The Nez Perce at that time inhabited areas of present day Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana. Her native name may have been Ti-Ma-To-Wit (unsourced).
She may have been sister or kin to fellow Nez Perce women who wed Rocky Mountain Anglo-American fur trappers during the 1830s. They and were given the following names by their husbands: "Catherine Jane" Wilkins; "Virginia" Meek; and "KItty" Newell.
In about 1834 in the Rocky Mountains, she wed fur trapper George W. Ebbert who gave her the name "Fanny." Sons John and Alfred were born to them prior to the family's arrival in Oregon Territory on March 13, 1839.
They arrived here at Tualatin Plains in December 1840 and obtained a donation land claim that is recorded in her name as well as her husband's. Daughters Jeanette and Iva Ariadna "Adna" were born to them here. Fanny and George may have wed again in a civil ceremony in 1843 in Washington County, Oregon Territory. She and her family appear in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses for this area.
She as well as the other Nez Perce wives of trappers who settled near here is credited with helping the early non-Indian settlers and their children survive by showing them how to harvest, prepare and eat local bark, roots, plants and other subsistence foods.
Fanny was pre-deceased by daughter Jeanette, who died in August 1850 at age 7 years, 6 months.
She may have been sister or kin to fellow Nez Perce women who wed Rocky Mountain Anglo-American fur trappers during the 1830s. They and were given the following names by their husbands: "Catherine Jane" Wilkins; "Virginia" Meek; and "KItty" Newell.
In about 1834 in the Rocky Mountains, she wed fur trapper George W. Ebbert who gave her the name "Fanny." Sons John and Alfred were born to them prior to the family's arrival in Oregon Territory on March 13, 1839.
They arrived here at Tualatin Plains in December 1840 and obtained a donation land claim that is recorded in her name as well as her husband's. Daughters Jeanette and Iva Ariadna "Adna" were born to them here. Fanny and George may have wed again in a civil ceremony in 1843 in Washington County, Oregon Territory. She and her family appear in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses for this area.
She as well as the other Nez Perce wives of trappers who settled near here is credited with helping the early non-Indian settlers and their children survive by showing them how to harvest, prepare and eat local bark, roots, plants and other subsistence foods.
Fanny was pre-deceased by daughter Jeanette, who died in August 1850 at age 7 years, 6 months.
She was a daughter of the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) Tribe and was born in about 1811. The Nez Perce at that time inhabited areas of present day Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana. Her native name may have been Ti-Ma-To-Wit (unsourced).
She may have been sister or kin to fellow Nez Perce women who wed Rocky Mountain Anglo-American fur trappers during the 1830s. They and were given the following names by their husbands: "Catherine Jane" Wilkins; "Virginia" Meek; and "KItty" Newell.
In about 1834 in the Rocky Mountains, she wed fur trapper George W. Ebbert who gave her the name "Fanny." Sons John and Alfred were born to them prior to the family's arrival in Oregon Territory on March 13, 1839.
They arrived here at Tualatin Plains in December 1840 and obtained a donation land claim that is recorded in her name as well as her husband's. Daughters Jeanette and Iva Ariadna "Adna" were born to them here. Fanny and George may have wed again in a civil ceremony in 1843 in Washington County, Oregon Territory. She and her family appear in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses for this area.
She as well as the other Nez Perce wives of trappers who settled near here is credited with helping the early non-Indian settlers and their children survive by showing them how to harvest, prepare and eat local bark, roots, plants and other subsistence foods.
Fanny was pre-deceased by daughter Jeanette, who died in August 1850 at age 7 years, 6 months.
She may have been sister or kin to fellow Nez Perce women who wed Rocky Mountain Anglo-American fur trappers during the 1830s. They and were given the following names by their husbands: "Catherine Jane" Wilkins; "Virginia" Meek; and "KItty" Newell.
In about 1834 in the Rocky Mountains, she wed fur trapper George W. Ebbert who gave her the name "Fanny." Sons John and Alfred were born to them prior to the family's arrival in Oregon Territory on March 13, 1839.
They arrived here at Tualatin Plains in December 1840 and obtained a donation land claim that is recorded in her name as well as her husband's. Daughters Jeanette and Iva Ariadna "Adna" were born to them here. Fanny and George may have wed again in a civil ceremony in 1843 in Washington County, Oregon Territory. She and her family appear in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses for this area.
She as well as the other Nez Perce wives of trappers who settled near here is credited with helping the early non-Indian settlers and their children survive by showing them how to harvest, prepare and eat local bark, roots, plants and other subsistence foods.
Fanny was pre-deceased by daughter Jeanette, who died in August 1850 at age 7 years, 6 months.
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Fanny
Wife of
Geo. W. Ebbert
Died
Mar. 1, 1877
Age 66 yrs.
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