People of Detroit:
Gies Family/Families

The following information was provided by Karl-Gustav Gies of Germany.

The people listed below were all born in Neustadt/Hessen, Germany.

Name Born Died Place of Death
Gies,Adam 22.4.1827 later 1910 Detroit, MI
Gies,Anna Gertrude 17.11.1867 later 1910 Detroit, MI
Gies,Anna Katharina 24.10.1791 27.2.1848 Detroit, MI
Gies,Barbara 10.2.1811 Detroit, MI
Gies,Carolina 2.3.1831 17.11.1886 Detroit, MI
Gies,Christina 8.2.1819 Detroit, MI
Gies,Christina 19.2.1822 1873 Detroit, MI
Gies,Eduard 13.5.1839 Detroit, MI
Gies,Elisabeth 22.3.1819 Detroit, MI
Gies,Elisabeth 10.12.1860 Detroit, MI
Gies,Emil 13.1.1875 Detroit, MI
Gies,Eva 17.8.1832 later 1900 Detroit, MI
Gies,Franz 25.10.1872 Santa Clara, CA.
Gies,Friedrich 16.4.1832 8.7.1872 Detroit, MI
Gies,Gustav 9.8.1845 Detroit, MI
Gies,Johann Georg 2.12.1786 later 1860 Detroit, MI
Gies,Johann Heinrich 6.11.1792 1834 Detroit, MI
Gies,Johann Heinrich 12.11.1798 14.1.1865 Detroit, MI
Gies,Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Carl 11.2.1837 Detroit, MI
Gies,Johannes Gregor Anton Wilhelm 9.5.1837 Detroit, MI
Gies,Johannes Heinrich 18.10.1821 1870 Livonia, MI
Gies,Johannes Jakob 18.12.1823 Livonia, MI
Gies,Joseph 19.5.1867 Livonia, MI
Gies,Julius 4.1.1871 Livonia, MI
Gies,Karl 31.8.1864 17.2.1885 New York, NY
Gies,Karl 10.11.1868 New York, NY
Gies,Karl Ludwig 27.4.1843 11.8.1919 New York, NY
Gies,Kasparina Katharina 6.1.1841 New York, NY
Gies,Katharina Elisabeth 27.11.1834 26.2.1900 ChaskaTwp., MN
Gies,Konrad 5.2.1813 later 1870 Detroit, MI
Gies,Konrad 20.1.1805 Detroit, MI
Gies,Konrad 23.11.1817 Detroit, MI
Gies,Magdalena 12.2.1815 later 1864 Detroit, MI
Gies,Margaretha 18.1.1830 Detroit, MI
Gies,Maria Anna 29.1.1813 Detroit, MI
Gies,Maria Magdalena 25.2.1792 1856 Dubuque Co, IA
Gies,Martin Gustav 2.3.1870 3.1.1916 Detroit, MI
Gies,Odilo 11.2.1835 Detroit, MI
Gies,Paul 15.11.1827 13.1.1899 Detroit, MI
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Algonquin

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes (and others): Delaware, Fox, Huron, Miami, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Ottawa, Potawatomi, Sac, Shawnee and Winnebago.
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arquebus

A 39 pound (approximate) musket that two men would prop on a tri-pod and fire with a small torch. The arquebus was used by Champlain's men against the Iroquois to defend the Hurons. This may be the cause of decades of Iroquois abuse of the Hurons.
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clay and wattle

Building technique used in the construction of chimneys in the early days of Fort Ponchartrain. The technique involved piling sticks and packing them - inside and out - with clay and mud.
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Colbertism

Name for early French mercantilism in America, which Jean-Baptiste Colbert was influential in developing.
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conges

Trade permits issued by the Canadian government/court of France in the late 1600s to early 1700s.
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coureurs de bois

Very early French inhabitants of the current US and Canada who gave up their farmsteads for lives in the fur trade. They often lived with Native Americans.
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District of Hesse

Land district provisioned by the Canadian Council on July 24, 1788. The area was on the east side of the Detroit River.
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Fox

"Properly ""Mesh-kwa-ki-hug"". Native American tribe living in the area between Saginaw Bay and Thunder Bay at the time Detroit was founded. The French called the tribe Renyard. An allied tribe of the Sacs and Mascoutin."
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Huron

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Iroquoian

General term sometimes used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca.
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Iroquois

"A Native American tribe known for antagonizing and brutalizing the Hurons (see also arquebus)"
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Mascouten

Native American tribe living in the Grand Traverse Bay area at the time Detroit was founded. An allied tribe of the Foxes and Sacs. Also spelled Mascoutin.
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Miami

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Muskhogean

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek.
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New York Currency

First standard currency used in Detroit (first used in 1765).
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Ottawa

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Outagamies

Native American tribe living in the Grand Traverse Bay area at the time Detroit was founded. An allied tribe of the Foxes (and Sacs?).
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Plains Indians

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and Pawnee (Pani).
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Potawatomi

A Native American tribe that built a village near Fort Ponchartrain.
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Quebec Act

Act of June 22, 1774, in which British Parliament decides to exercise English law in criminal cases and old French provincial law in civil cases in western settlements. The idea was to discourage people from settling in the west.
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Renyard

See Fox
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ribbon farms

Original land grants given by Cadillac. The lots were typically around 200 feet wide at the river front, with lengths up to 3 miles.
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Sac

See Sauk
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Sakis

See Sauk
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Sauk

Native American tribe living in the area between Saginaw Bay and Thunder Bay at the time Detroit was founded. The French called the tribe Sakis; English and Americans generally call them Sacs. An allied tribe of the Foxes/Renyards and Mascouten.
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Shoshonean

General term used to describe Native Americans of the following tribes: Bannock and Shoshone.
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Treaty of Montreal

Treaty ending the war between the Iroquois and France and England. Negotiations began in July of 1698 and the treaty was signed in August of 1701.
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Treaty of Ryswick

September 20, 1697 treaty ending war between France and England.
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voyageurs

Early French explorers who traveled mainly by water.