Josephine (Lee) Rinker (abt. 1879 - 1917)

Died 6 Jan 1917 at about age 38 in Spokane, Washington, United States

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Biography

Josephine was Coeur d'Alene.

Josephine Lee was a Coeur d'Alene Indian, born about 1879 (her death certificate says 1882), the daughter of Louis Lee, a white man, and Elanora Paone, Coeur d'Alene. As was common at the time, she is listed as white on U.S. Census records since both her father and her husband were white men.^[1] In 1890 the family is recorded living in Washington state, in the area served by the Colville Agency. Josephine, her mother Eleanor and her siblings are living with Eleanor's parents, Cornelius and Pauline. ^[2]

In 1899 Josephine married Charles Rinker. ^[3] They were the parents of four children, Mildred, Miles, Alton, and Oliver. ^[4] Josephine died January 6, 1917 ^[5] and is buried at the Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Washington. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6Q19-J8W?cc=1325221&wc=9BWM-BZG%3A1030550101%2C1032470801%2C1032525501 : 5 August 2014), Washington > Whitman > ED 103 Lone Pine, Tekoa, and Tekoa City Precincts Tekoa town > image 2 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. Year: 1890; Roll: M595_49; Page: 9; Line: 31; Agency: Colville Indian. Ancestry.com. U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
3. ↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZL-135N?cc=1534448 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Olympia.
4. ↑ 1916 census of the Kootenai Indians, Coeur d'Alene agency, #466-470. National Archives and Records Administration. Year: 1916; Roll: M595_43; Page: 26; Line: 11; Agency: Coeur d'Alene Ancestry.com. U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
5. ↑ "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV7Z-SJ2M : 29 January 2020), Josephine L. Rinker, 1917.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 December 2020), memorial page for Josephine L. Lee Rinker (21 Oct 1882–6 Jan 1917), Find a Grave Memorial no. 136239318, citing Fairmount Memori</ral Park, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Rick Valentine (contributor 47475621) .