Chief William DePoe

DePoe family

The founder of the DePoe family was Che-wes-cla, a Tututni Indian, who became known as Charles DePoe. He was a leader among his tribe, which was forcibly removed from the Rogue River and confederated with other tribes, which are known today as the Siletz Indians. His son Robert graduated from Carlisle College in 1897, where he met an Ojibway girl, Mary Hauser, his future wife. Mary's grandparents were Sitting Bear and Matches Woman, two of the survivors of the infamous Sand Creek massacre. ... more

The history of the Siletz tribes



Klun-Se with older sisters Diana and Toni

  • A1. Che-wes-cla (Charles DePoe) Tututni tribe judge, lvd:1831/1906, m. Minerva;
    • B1. Robert Reginald DePoe, lvd:1877/1938, m. Mary Emily Hauser;  ==>  Hauser / Cheyenne
      • C1. Peter Oscar DePoe, lvd:1915/1977, m. Marjorie Vernon Balmer;  ==>  Balmer family
        • D1. Diana Vernon DePoe, b:1939, m1. Paul Cornwell, m2. Wayne Jackson;
          • E1. [m1]: Jennifer Malcolm Cornwell;
          • E2. [m2]: Jill Jackson;
        • D2. Antoinette Mary DePoe, b:1941, m. Loren VanKirk;
          • E1. Wesley VanKirk;
          • E2. Ronald Eugene VanKirk;
          • E3. Kathi Ann VanKirk;
          • E4. Tyler Jonathan VanKirk;
        • D3. Klun-Se (Roberta Suzanne DePoe), b:1946, p1. John Tobin, m2. Ron Joslin, m3. Álmos Zob;  ==>  Zob family
          • E1. [m1]: Kimberley Jones, m. Christopher Ratigan;
          • E2. [m2]: Ronald Wesley Joslin, b:1966, m. Kathy Turner;
          • E3. [m3]: Niili-Tre-Nasa (Jessica Ildiko Zob), b:1985, m. Aaron Campbell;  ==>  Campbell family
        • D4. John Edwin DePoe, lvd:1948/1981, m. Ronda Phillips;
          • E1. Mahtas-Ne (Autumn DePoe);
          • E2. Serena DePoe;
      • C2. Chief William Hauser DePoe, lvd:1916/1997, m. Marie LaFrance;
        • D1. Charlotte DePoe, b:1935;
        • D2. Chief William Hauser DePoe Jr., b:1936, m. Frances Porter, p. Norma Anderson;
          • E1. Gail DePoe, b:1957;
          • E2. Suzanne DePoe, b:1959;
          • E3. William DePoe, b:1960;
          • E4. Gary DePoe, b:1964;
        • D3. Ronald DePoe, b:1938;
        • D4. Peter DePoe, b:1944;
        • D5. Ilene DePoe, b:1946;
      • C3. Roberta Mary DePoe;
      • C4. Reginald DePoe;
      • C5. Charles Robert DePoe;

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Robert DePoe among the 1897 graduates of Carlisle Indian School