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Ikwesens Pinesi OKijikokwe, daughter of the Grand Chief, Pierre Louis Constant Pinesi and Marie Dubois OKijikokwe

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Many genealogists have been researching a woman who was born 244 years ago. Who was she? Many of us sit - using false authority - behind the screen of a computer, writing deemed facts regarding her. Presently, on a popular site called Wiki Tree , its creators have purposed a merge regarding this woman. It's reasons?  Marie (Ikwessens) Pinesikijikokwe (abt.1779-1844)  (Ikwessens-1) and  Ikwesens Binisi Okipikokive (Montagnaise) McPherson (abt.1795-1844)  (Montagnaise-2) have been proposed as a merge. There is a question as to what her name actually is and if the difference in birth date and name means that (Montagnaise-2) is possibly a second wife to Andrew McPherson.  Both profiles agree on the English name of Marie and that she was the wife of Andrew McPherson.   The comments regarding Marie(Ikwessens) Pinesikijikowe, on Wiki-Tree, reveal a struggling conversation between two people -- not related to Ikwesens or the McPherson line -- concluding they were " Orphaning profile i