Unit 3: Set 5: Fred Gerard & The Fur Trade - Photographs

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Fred Gerard was a fur trader, but also a successful business
man as this photo taken in St. Louis demonstrates. A3277

Fred Gerard worked at Fort Lincoln as a scout
and interpreter for several years. A3778

Ella Waddell married Fred Gerard in 1879. She was
the mother of four of Gerard’s seven children.
B782 #2

Frederic Curtis Gerard shared his father’s and
half-brother’s first name. His suit indicates that
his family lived a middle-class lifestyle. B782 #4

Birdie was the second child of Ella and Fred Gerard.
B782 #8

Charles was the third child of Ella and Fred Gerard.
B782 #6

Flossie was the youngest daughter of Ella and Fred
Gerard. There are no childhood pictures of his
daughters by Helena Catherine. B782 #9

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