1809-1896+Josette+Legace+Work

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=__**Who: **__= -Josette Legace was the wife of John Work, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company and head of one of the founding leaders of Victoria. -Legace was a mixed-blood woman from the Spokane tribe -She accompanied her husband on many of his trading expeditions

-Her husband John Work was initially supposed to marry the daughter of Cayuse Indian chief, to secure relations with the Natives living along the Columbia River. -She was the mother of eleven children, three boys and eight girls
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-Work was born in 1809 into a Spokane Tribe located to the north-eastern of what now is the Washington State -She married her husband John in 1826 at the age of seventeen -After marrying John Work she and their children lived at Fort Simpson(Northwest Territories) while their children attended school at Fort Vancouver from 1836 until 1849 -In 1849 her family moved to Fort Victoria so her younger children could get a better education -in 1852 the Work family acquired 823 acres (3 330 563 square metre) of farmland north of Fort Victoria and built a fine home there -Her husband was appointed to the Legislative Council of Vancouver Island in 1853 -By 1859 her family owned over 1,800 acres (7284341 square metres) of land in Victoria, becoming the largest private land owners.
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