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ANGELINE (TROTTIER) PRINCE
SHE WAS THE WIFE OF JOHN ENOCH PRINCE. JOHN DIED IN 1867 LEAVING ANGELINE WITH SONS PETER AND ANDREW, ANTOHER SON, ISAAC DIDED AT THE AGE OF 8. FOLLWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM AN ARTICLE "THE FRNCH IN CHIPPWA VALLEY" BY ALEX TREMBLY.
ANOTHER PERSONAGE OF NOTOE THAT VERY FEW OF THIS DAY HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WAS MRS. ANGELINE PRINCE, BETTER KNOWN AS GRANDMA PIRNCE. SHE WOULD BE CALLED AN ANGEL OF MERCY. SHW WAS A NATURAL BORN DOCTOR. IN HER CHILDHOOD SHE HAD LEARNED HOW TO BREW MEDICINE, FROM HERBS THAT GREW IN THE FOREST OF CANADA, FROM HER FATHER. SHE CAME TO CHIPPEWA FALLS IN ABOUT 1850 A WIDOW WITH TWO SMALL BOYS. SHE FIRST KEPT HOURSE FRO TWO BTOTHER THAT WERE HERE FOR SOME TIME BEFORE. WHEN THE BOYS GREW UP THEY GOT A HOME FOR THEIR MOTHERS. FROM THAT TIME ON SEH DEVOTED HER TIME TAKING CARE OF SICK PEOPLE. SHE WAS IN GERAT DEMAND ALL OVE RTH VALLEY AND WENT NIGHT OR DAY WHENEVER SOMEONE NEEDED HELP AND NEVER ASKED FOR ANY PAY. PEOPLE GAVE HER WHAT THEY COULD. MOST PEOPLE WERE HARD UP IN THOSE DAYS. SHW WAS ACTIVE TILL THE END OF HER DAYS. SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF 96. SHE HAS DESCENDANTES IN BOTH RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES. THERE WAS ONE GRAND-DAUGHTER WHO BECAME COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY. SHE HAS SEVERAL GREAT GRAND DAUGHTES WHO ARE NUNS, THEREE OF THEM JOINED THE SERVITES OF LADYSMITH.
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