Sons of Amédée and Julianne Isnardy
![Studio photo of three cowboys in gear](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/les-ranchers-francophones_the-francophone-ranchers/wp-content/uploads/sites/110/2022/12/7B.jpg)
Joseph “Joe”, Frances “Frank” et Charles Bernard “Charlie” Isnardy, sons of Amédée Isnardy and Julianne Waillamalkwa, ca. 1885. Source: Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin, Williams Lake (colourised)
No photo exists of Amédée Isnardy or Julianne Waillamalkwa, the parents of these young men.
Note the very Mexican tone of the hats and jackets. Many cowboys in the Cariboo originally came from Mexico. Their fashions and tools were well known in the region.