Emma Poitras or Portra

  General Notes:

I wondered why this marriage was short-lived. She was Indian. Dan marries when she is only 16 years old!!! Found marriage document - she is only 16 - good night!! He was 44 years old. She's 1/2 Indian.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Marriage Contract, 22 Aug 1908, Valley County, Montana.

Emma married Daniel E. Ma-To-Na-Pa "Bear Paw" Mitchell, son of Joseph aka Dave or David Indian name: Bloody Knife Mitchell and Isabelle St. Germain, on 22 Aug 1908 in Valley County, Montana. (Daniel E. Ma-To-Na-Pa "Bear Paw" Mitchell was born on 28 Feb 1864 in Winnepeg Manitoba Canada, died on 18 Jun 1940 in Fort Peck, Montana and was buried in Fort Peck, Montana.). The cause of his death was Advanced age.