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Brűlč, Joseph &
Maranda dit Le Frise, Mary Ann
07 AUG 1848 Parish Records - A. Langlois (priest) p. 42 "The Sooke Story - The History and the Heartbeat" On August 7, 1848, in the Willamette, the marriage of the son of Marguerite Brulé was recorded in the register of the Mission of St. Paul.. "in the view of the publication of 1 ban of marriage and .. dispensation.. between Joseph Brulé, minor son of the late Jacques Iroquois and Marguerite Brulé of this parish on one part and Marie Ann Maranda dit la Frise .. of this parish on the other part .. have received their mutual consent to marriage and have given them the nuptial benediction in the benediction of Jean Baptiste Brulé, foster-father and stepfather of the groom consenting as well as the mother, and of Louis Maranda dit la Frise, father of the bride, consenting... registered by A. Langlois, priest (note 25)
 
   
 
Marie, or Mary Ann as she was generally called was the daughter of a man well known at French Prairie and St. Paul in the Willamette Valley, Louis Maranda (or sometimes known as Louis Marschelle) and nicknamed "Frizzee". Because of her marriage to Joseph (Iroquois) Brulé, Mary Ann was to have a significant role to play in the settlement of Sooke.

In August 1848, however, 15 years old and just out of Sisters' convent school at St. Paul, in French Prairie, Oregon, she could hardly have imagine what the future held for her.

(note 25) CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS OF THE PACIFIC N W - St. Paul op cit