Her own name. Her own business.

By the autumn of 1893, the family had reached Helena, Montana, with five children and two trades. He was a jeweler trained in Montréal. She was a furrier, taking work under her own name.

“Ladies’ and Gents’ Furs Altered and Repaired,” she offered that November. Her shop was on Broadway. By December 1894, customers could find her on North Rodney Street, still advertising in the town’s newspaper.

Her husband’s bench was on Main Street, at a firm selling jewelry, silverware, clocks and pianos. She had her own customers and her own work to send home with them. Two trades supported the household; both belonged in the family story.