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- Henry's cousin, Leroy Flamand, lives in Calgary.
Middle name "Louis" was added later, not received at birth.
«u»14 Feb 2010 chat between Dawn Kirkpatrick and Henry Flamand«/u»
Henry's first wife Mary was renowned for her pies.
His dad, Robert Flamand, was a Mountie in Alberta. He would patrol the border on horseback and Henry's mom would run her family's cattle on the U.S. side. They would race their horses (she called hers her little "cayuse") along the border and that's how they met and fell in love. In the end, Robert was likely murdered. He was found half in and half out of his cabin with a huge gash in his head and the cabin burned down around him.
Henry's maternal grandfather, William Lewis, was a Colorado Sioux. He had a finger shot off when reaching for his saddle horn. His nickname was Chickasoos, which means "fast with a gun." He was a Scout for the army that was to come in behind Custer at Little Big Horn but when he arrived with his men it was all over and he found not a man left alive. All were slaughtered. (Custer was supposed to wait for the coming reinforcements but started into battle ahead of schedule.)
Henry always had a "dark spot" on his back that seemed to have healing powers. It was warm to the touch (I verified that myself!) and anyone with a migraine headache could have it alleviated by putting their head on his dark spot. This mysterious spot would eat through Henry's t-shirts within a couple of weeks. I personally witnessed many shirts with holes in the back of them while mom, Sheila, was folding laundry. Henry says it even ate through some of his jackets. As he grew elderly the dark spot faded and seemed to lose some of its power. The spot was about the size of my hand, say seven inches long and about five inches or so wide.
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1920 - 2011 (90 years)