The British Americans, living in Ontario by Order in Council,
proclaim all lands, to the Rocky (Stony) Mountains, as part of Upper Canada.
These ignorant American rejects have gone completely mad.
10/09/2011
METIS HISTORY 1793-1794
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1791
By Order in Council in 1791, Ontario declared that the limit of Ontario should extend to what was known as the western limit of Canada under the French,... the Rocky Mountains.
(I)-Count Andreani of Milan visited Chagouamigon and Grand Portage Lake Superior.
Harley Aslin b-1791, living 1870 Newberry, Michigan.
Theodora Aslin b-1791, living 1870 Newberry, Michigan.
William Aslin b-1791, living 1870 Newberry, Michigan
Sophia Ballantyne, Metis, b-1791, Rupert's Land, married (I)-William Dennett, a Scott (1780-1864)
John Bartlett an American sailor first described a 45 foot high Haida totem pole on Langara Island this year. He was a crewman of the British ship Mercury. It was commanded by John Henry Cox and when it reached the Pacific, its name was changed to Gustavus III and sailed under a Swedish flag. They had previously visited Unalaska in October and November 1789.
Jean Baptiste Braconnier b-1791 Canada married Elise Beauchemin Metis b-1790 U.S.A. daughter Andre Beauchemin b-1778 and Madeleine Doucharme Metis b-1801 Red River des Metis Settlement.
(I)-Benjamin Bruce born October 10, 1770 Parish of Walls, Island of Flotta, Orkney, Scotland died April 19, 1823 Isle a la Crosse, North West Territories, buried Landsman's Point, Saskatchewan, employee HBC (1789-1823) York Factory then assigned to Saskatchewan District (1799-1823). married about 1790 Metis or Indian (* likely Benjamin Bruce b-1775 ID # 552 2nd married Mathilda b-1778). Recorded Metis children are
1st marriage York Factory Indian or Metis woman
(II)- William Bruce Metis b-1791, York Factory bapt 1827 Red River married 1827 Red River Frances Andre Metis
(II)-Nancy (Anne) Bruce Metis (1794-1859) born York Factory married 1817,Iie-a Ila-Crosse (I)-Patrick Cunningham (1789/94-1831)
2nd marriage Saskatchewan District Mathilda Metis b-1778
(II)- James Bruce Metis b- about 1801, Saskatchewan District
(II)- Margaret Bruce Metis b- about 1802, Saskatchewan District
(II)- Matilda Bruce Metis b-1810, Saskatchewan District married Joseph Cook b-1792 & Donald McKenzie Metis b-1800
(II)- Jane Bruce b- about 1808 (she may be Jane Prince daughter Chief Pequis that was adopted by Benjamin and Matilda) source Catherine Davis Collins and * Genealogy First Metis Nations.
Nemaha Territory, Missouri, birth Marie Dorion Metis born about 1791 daughter Pierre Dorion (1740-1810) and Yankton woman (Holy Rainbow). It is noteworthy that Pierre was a polygamist also married to a Iowa woman. See 1780.
Toussaint Faille Metis dit Faye and Lafayette (1795-1875) others say b-1791 Lower Canada married Marie Wilkey (Wilkis) Metis b-1805/10 Red River des Metis Settlement.
(I)-Peter Fidler (1769-1822) lived among the Chipewyans January to April. He then journeyed from Buckingham House (near Lindberg, Alberta) to the Rocky Mountains on the North Saskatchewan River.
Jean Baptiste Frederick b-1791 married Josephite Bouret Metis b-1800 likely North West.
Joseph Gauthier born 1791 likely Lake Superior died February 9, 1843 La Pointe, Wisconsin.
(II)-James Grant, Metis b-1791 NWT son (I)-Cuthbert Grant d-1799 of NWC and Utiniwasis b-1775 Indian:
(I)-Robert Grant, d-1801, built Fort Riviere Tremblante; alias Grant's House, Upper Fort and Aspin House for the North West Company, on the upper Assiniboine River (Saskatchewan).
Edward Guiboche b-1791 married Marie Larocque Metis b-1795 North West Territories.
Alexander Henry the younger, (1764-1814), nephew of Alexander Henry the elder (1739-1824) and Chopin his Indian slave girl, joined the North West Company, serving the company, until his death, at posts from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean. He is trading Red Rive this year.
Julia Ikwesehchich (Big Girl) born 1791 died February 5, 1836 La Pointe, Wisconsin
Nicolas Janis built the Green Tree Tavern, Ste. Genevieve, about 60 miles south of St. Louis.
Margaret Kawwongedosaw b-1791, living 1870 census, Gills Pier, Michigan.
(I)-John Lewis b-1791 England 1st married Jane Ballendine Metis b-1802 North West Territories daughter John Ballendine b-1780 and Ann b-1781, 2nd marriage Margaret Metis b-1792 most likely North West.
John McBeath, Metis, b-1791, son Alexander McBeath, b-1757, married 1790 Native woman; married 1825 Ellen Matheson.
(II)-John Richard McKay Metis b-1791/92 North West Territories died 1877, son (I)-John McKay (1753-1810) and (II)-Mary Favell Metis (1775-1810); 1st married Catherine White Metis b-1833 North West Territories, 2nd married Harriet Ballendine Metis (1800-1854) most likely North West.
Albany birth (II)-Donald McKay Jr. Metis (1791-1884) son (I)-Donald (Mad) McKay (1753-1833) and (II)-Hannah Sutherland Metis
(I)-John McKay, b-1753/1763 Scotland, died July 5, 1810 ; married 1791 (Manitoba), (II)-Mary Favel, Metis, b-1775 Albany daughter (I)-John Favel d-1784 and Titameg. John is believed to be the brother of (I)-Mad Donald McKay (1753-1833). John was previously employed by Angus Shaw, a Montreal Trader, at Lake St. Anne (Nipigon) joined HBC 1790, posted to Albany
(II)-Donald McKay Jr. Metis (1791-1884) son (I)-Mad Donald McKay (1753-1833) (II)-Hannah Sutherland, Metis, died 1802 near York Factory, likely daughter (I)-James Sutherland (1751-1797)
Alexander McKay d-1811 son Donald McKay and Elspeth Kennedy joined NWC (1791-1808) was involved with (II)-Alexander Mackenzie (1763-1820) to the Pacific Ocean in 1793. Joined Pacific Fur Company (1810-1811) to Columbia District. Alexander McKay had one wife and one or more children. McKay married Marguerite Wadin (1775-1860), the mixed descent daughter of Swiss fur-trader Etienne Wadin. Together they had son
Thomas McKay Metis (1797-1849), who became prominent in the Columbia fur trade.
After McKay's death, widow Marguerite Wadin married Dr. John McLoughlin.
Alejandro Malispina of Spain with two painters Jose Cardeno and Thomas Suria explore the Pacific Coast and contact the Nootka, Chumash and Tlingits People (1791 to 1792). Mount Malaspina, Yukon is named in his honor.
Antoine Martin, Ojibwa Metis, b-1791, arrived 1833 St. Ignace, son of an Ojobwa Woman, listed March 28, 1836 treaty.
Louison Matchion b-1791 married Marie Leblanc Metis b-1795 most likely North West.
Sophia Moses b-1791, living 1870 census Cross Village, Michigan.
(I)-Ormand (Oman) Norquay (1773-1820) arrived in the service of the Hudson Bay Company (1791-1818) York District but assigned Cumberland, Edmonton, Paint River and Carlton (1892-1818) retired Red River. Married (II)-Jean Morwick Metis daughter (I)-James Morwick and native woman. (II)-Jean married 1820/22 (I)-James Spence b-1779. Recorded children are:
(II)-John Norquay Metis (1811-1849) married 1832 Isabella Truthwaite (1818-1843) 2nd married 1845 Nancy Ward
(II)-Henry Norquay Metis bapt 1823 married Anne Spence 2nd marriage (II)-Mary Mokman Metis daughter (I)-James Mockman (1775-1865) and Mary Cree.
(II)-Isabella Norquay Metis married (II)-John Morwick Metis b-1783
(II)-Nancy Norguay Metis
(II)-William Norquay Metis
(II)-James Norquay Metis
Francois Paul b-1791 Canada married Marguerite Grant Metis b-1790 most likely North West.
Charles Pelletier, Metis, b-1791, died December 28, 1853, Red River son Antoine Pelletier and Marquerite a Native; married, 1812, Red River des Metis, Suzanne Bercier, Metis, b-1801 NW, died 1881, daughter, Alexis Bercier b-1772 Lower Canada and Josephte Native (1783-1853).
Antoine Pepin b-1791 Canada married Marguerite Davis Metis b-1819 U.S.A. daughter David Davis b-1795 and Josette Indian b-1797.
(I)-John Peter Pruden b-1788? d-1868 joined HBC (1791-1837) York but mostly on the Saskatchewan River, not well respected by George Simpson. Which likely means he was a good man.
Married 1st Nancy Cree (1785-1837)
(II)-William Pruden Metis b-1804
(II)-Charlotte Pruden Metis b-1806
(II)-Peter Pruden Metis b-1807
(II)-Margaret Pruden Metis b-1810
(II)-Maria Pruden Metis b-1813
(II)-Cornelious Pruden Metis b-1819
(II)-Arthur Pruden Metis b-1820
(II)-James Pruden Metis b-1823
(II)-John Pruden Metis b-1829
(II)-Caroline Pruden Metis b-1831
(II)-Elizabeth Pruden Metis
2nd marriage 1839 Ann Armstrong
Fort Detroit, marriage (V)-Joseph Marie Robert born March 22, 1754, son (IV)-Antoine Robert; married 1791 Detroit, Suzanne Tirot.
(I)-George Robertson (Robinson) (1771-1855) employed HBC (1791-1815) York Factory, retired Red River. He married Nancy or Anne an Indian Woman about 1811, bapt 1829 when he was running the Winnipeg River and wintering in Red River.
(II)-Catherine Robertson Metis bapt 1825 married 1825 (I)-John or (II)-James Forbister? see 1821
(II)-George Robertson Metis bapt 1828
(II)-Andrew Robertson Metis bapt 1828
(II)-Peter Robertson Metis bapt 1828
(II)-Robert Robertson Metis bapt 1828
(II)-Sarah Robertson Metis bapt 1828
(II)-Thomas Robertson Metis bapt 1828
(II)-James Robertson Metis bapt 1828
(II)-John Robertson Metis bapt 1828
(II)-William Robertson Metis bapt 1831
(II)-Margaret Robertson Metis bapt 1834
(II)-Francois Louis Sayer (Sayis) Metis b-1791 son (I)-John Sayer (1750-1818) and Obemauunoqua , married 1815 Marguerite Saulteaux (Chippewa) b-1795 most likely Minnesota.
(I)-John Sayer (1750-1818) of Sault Ste Marie formed the J. Sayer Co. to trade Lake Superior area as an agent of NWC which was absorbed by NWC by 1797. He married 1st. Obemauunoqua daughter Mamongazida (Big Foot) and 2nd married Elizabeth McPherson.
John founded the J. Sayer & Company in 1791 and became an agent of NWC which was absorbed by NWC by 1797
(I)-William Sinclair (1766-1818) employed HBC (1782-1818) married York Factory Margaret Nahoway Cree or Metis
George Spence, b-1791, son James Spence, b-1753 and Margaret Batt married 1823 NWT, Nancy Ward, Metis, b1800, NWT, daughter John Ward and Native Woman.
Jeremie Sulvan born 1791 likely Lake Superior died March 12, 1856 LaPointe, Wisconsin.
(I)-James Swain Sr. b-1775 joined HBC (1791-1819) mostly York District, married a native woman, he returned to England with one son but basically abandon his family, he was still being paid dividends in 1829
(II)-Charlotte Swain Metis sailed 1816
(II)-James Swain Jr. Metis (1799-1887) Severn, York married Margaret Racette b-1809 bapt 1826
(II)-Mary Anne Swain Metis (1805-1850) bapt 1825, married 1825 (I)-William Robert Smith (1795/97-1869), one daughter bapt 1825
(II)-Sarah Swain Metis bapt 1825 married 1825 John MacDonald, two daughters bapt 1825
(II)-Margaret Swain Metis (1802-1870) bapt 1826 married 1826 (I)-Donald Gunn (1797-1878) his 2nd wife
(II)-Brigitte Swain Metis bapt 1827 d-1844
(II)-John Swain Metis bapt 1827 married 1837 Mary Alaire
(II)-Elizabeth Swain Metis bapt 1827 married John McLeod
Joseph Tchetchigwais born 1791 likely La Pointe, Wisconsin married January 3, 1836 La Pointe, Wisconsin Maria Tatchiga born 1806 likely La Pointe, Wisconsin.
British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Jean Baptiste Guillet Tourandeau to (IV)-Marie Louise Reaume daughter (III)- Pierre Reaume dit Thamur (Themus) (1709-1766) and Suzanne Hubert Lacroix b-1709; 1st married 1770 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), Alexis Cuillerier Beaubien and 2nd marriage 1791 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), Jean Baptiste Guillet Tourandeau.
Red River des Metis Settlement (Pembina), birth Andre Trottier Trotchie Metis died April 24, 1874 son Andre Trottier b-1757 Montreal and Louise Chippewa Indian; married 1824 Red River (White Horse Plains) Marguerite Paquette St Denis.
Andre Trottier Metis Jr. b-1791 Red River des Metis Settlement joined NWC (1813-1818) Red River, son Andre Trottier Sr and Louise Saulteaux; married 1811 Red River Marguerite Pacquet Metis b-1787/1800 Red River des Metis Settlement daughter Antoine Pacquet and Lissette Cree
Andre Trottier Metis 3rd married Isabel Falcon b-1819 daughter Pierre Falcon
(III)-Pierre Versailles, Metis, b-1791, son (II)-Louis Versailles dit Bourquin, born October 20, 1743 and Magdelaine Montagnaise; married June 6, 1825, Red River, Josephte Letendre, Metis, b-1798 daughter Jean Baptiste Letendre, b-1761, Quebec and Josephte Cree.
Pierre Versailles Metis b-1791 North West Territories married Josephte Letendre Metis b-1798 most likely North West.
One report suggests that 900 of the 1,400 Voyagers of the North West Company owed the Company more than the amount of 10-15 years salary. If true, this is staggering and suggests they are indentured slaves to the Montreal merchants. It is known that 400 men are working the Montreal to Grande Portage. Some suggest the calculations in support of this claim are in error.
Furs collected at the Lake Superior Posts this season are valued at 40 pounds sterling per bundle and are numbered as follows:
15 bundles Bay of Guivindu (Keweenaw)
20 bundles Fond Du Lac
20 bundles La Pointe
24 bundles Alamoicon (Nepigon)
30 bundles Pic
40 bundles Michipicoton
1,400 bundles Grande Portage.
(II)-Isaac Batt Metis, a free trader, is killed by the Blackfoot while hunting bison (buffalo), but his companion John Thompson was not harmed.
The H.B.C. built Lac La Pluie (Rainy Lake) Post with traders from Osnaburgh.
White Horse Plains about 15 miles up the Assiniboine River from the Red River, acquired its name from an Indian legend concerning a white horse and that legend was adopted by the Metis People.
The Canada or Constitutional Act created Upper Canada, mostly to satisfy the displaced English speaking Americans living in Canada. They didn't like the French seignior land system of narrow ribbons vs. their rectangular or square system. They didn't like the supreme authority of the Church, even the Catholic Highlanders, and wanted an assembly to govern their affairs. Quebec became part of lower Canada and began closing in upon itself, as if in a hostile continent. Canada is off to a bumbling start. By order in council, the limit of Ontario should extend to what is known as the western limit of Canada under the French, namely the Rocky (Stony) Mountains. Ninety one men are issued travel permits out of Montreal for Grand Portage and the Western Sea.
Andrew Todd of Mackinac outfitted Jean Baptiste Perrault (Perrot) (1761-1844) to trade Fond du Lac to Red River. (I?)-John Sayer (1750-1818) of Sault Ste Marie (possible son John Sayer b-1750 and Obemauunoqua) has also established himself as a free trade outfitter and has made two winterings to Fond du Lac. Jean Baptiste Nolin, who married Marie Angelique Couvret b 1770, of Sault Ste Marie has wintered at Sandy Lake. Jean Baptiste and Joseph Reaume (1739-1796), being goaded by Alexander Henry the elder (1739-1824), enter the country to take the savages from the Lac de la Sence to the Prairies. Joseph Reaume (1739-1796) wintered at Leef River. Cadotte has proposed taking the Leech Lake band of Ojibwa into the valley of the Red River to work beaver there. (IV)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte (1761-1818) and Michel Cadotte left their women at Fond du Lac, considering the expedition too dangerous for women and children.
Ojibwa Chief Shewequenap, a long time Hudson Bay trader of a large band, told (I)-Robert Goodwin (1761-1805) that they will not trade when they can get a better deal with the Canadian Peddlers. The Peddlers also carried a larger variety of trinkets and fine gartering.
Hudson Bay Company reported reaching the Athabasca to see for themselves the resources of the region and the extent of the North Western Company activities. They are in awe when they reached Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca. They discovered that the Fort had supplies of trade goods to last two seasons. The essence of this report appears to support the contention that earlier reports of Hudson Bay Company exploration may be based on second hand Native reports and not first hand English reports. The Hudson Bay Company also reported that 900 employees of the North West Company owed the Company more than the wages of 10-15 years employment. This could be propaganda used to discourage Hudson Bay men from entering the field.
General Arthur Saint Claire, claimed as Governor of the North West Territories, replaces Brigadier General Josiah Harmar after his humiliating defeat by the Indian Nation. This unprovoked invasion of a friendly neighbor Nation resulted in over 600 of his troops being killed in battle and nearly half again as many wounded. The infamous George Washington was determined to invade the Free Indian Nation and not to have a third embarrassing defeat. He, therefore, turned the command over to General "Mad" Anthony Wayne; their revolutionary hero.
John McDonald, clerk of the North West Company, recorded that at the Sault, Jean Baptiste Nolin and Marie Angelique Couvret, b-1770 and (I)-John Johnson (1762?-1828) or (1742-1830?), are the principle persons here. This is poor judgment by McDonald, as Johnson had just arrived on his way to La Pointe and would return to Montreal by 1792. Johnson knew nothing about the west or the fur trade so he couldn't possibly be a principle person.
(I)-John Johnson (1762?-1828) or (1742-1830?), an Irishman, arrived Fort La Pointe (Madeleine Island, Wisconsin) with a commission. The French Canadian Metis traders are hostile and lured his voyagers from his service. He lost his supplies and much trade good. Even the Ojibwa denied him a wife, claiming the English usually abandon their wives, and he would have to wait seven years to prove his worthiness. This is noteworthy as the Ojibwa are using the scriptures against the English.
La Pointe (Wisconsin) marriage 1793/1797 (I)- John Johnson (1762?-1828) or (1742-1830?), son William Johnson and Jane Mussenden married Susan or Angelice Oshawousgodaywaygua (Oshahgushkadawaquay) Woman of the Great Meadow the died 1843 daughter of Chippewa (Ojibwa) Chief Waubjeeg (white Fisher). Their Metis children are George, who married Wassidjeewinoquay, William, Jane Obahbahmwawagezhegoquay, who married 1823 Henry R. Schoolcraft, Anna Maria Omiskabugoquay, who married James L. Schoolcraft, Charlotte Ogenabugoquay, who married Reverand William McMurray, Louis Saurin, John McDowall and Elizabeth Wahbamungoquay.
(IV)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Jr. (1761-1818) and Joseph Reaume (Reyaulm) (1739-1796), being equipped by free trader Alexander Henry the younger, Metis (1764-1814),nephew of Alexander Henry the elder (1739-1824), are at Leech Lake, charged with leading a group of Leech Lake Ojibwa to the prairies and Red River. Alexander Henry the younger, Metis (1764-1814) says the Ojibwa are very officious in wishing to provide me with a wife. It is the Ojibwa custom that after marriage, the groom lived with his wife's family for at least a season hunting, trapping and trading, and providing goods for the in-laws. Henry provided ammunition and goods to avenge the murder of his wife's parents. (IV)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Jr. (1761-1818) and (IV)-Michel Cadotte (1764-1837) wintered at LaPointe and are probably the unpleasant neighbors mentioned of by (I)-John Johnson (1762?-1828) or (1742-1830?) this year. James Perlier of Montreal arrived Green Bay.
The Hudson Bay Osnaburgh Post on Lake St. Joseph, reported trading 3,600 beaver for the 1790-91 season, despite much competition from the Canadians.
(I)-William Tomison in the field (1760-1811), an Orkney and Factor, constructed Buckingham House a short distance from the earlier constructed Canadian House, Fort George, approximately 100 miles downstream from the later Edmonton House (13 km southeast of Elk Point). The following spring it is nearly lost by fire. (I)-William Tomison claimed it was ordered set by Angus Shaw d-1832, the trader in charge of Fort George. These Forts remained side by side until 1800.
(I)- Duncan Cameron a Scot (1764-1848) of the HBC? noted that the North West Company dressed the country wives in scarlot, callicos and silk ribbons. Colin Robertson described him as "dull but active and obstinate".
The North West Company built Fort Chesterfield 12 miles below present Empress, Alberta, on the north bank of the South Saskatchewan River.
Jose Maria Narvaez b-1768, of Spain charted the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia. He explored the Pugent Sound and anchored Point Grey. He named it Islas de Langara. He discovered the Frazer River trading with the natives. The landed Howe Sound to take on fresh water. They sailed as far north as Texada Island. A year later Captain Vancouver was mortified to discover Narvaez had discovered Vancouver.
January 13: Fort Detroit, marriage (V)-Joseph Menard dit Monjour, Metis, son (IV)-Pierre Menard dit Montour, Metis, b-1725 and Genevieve Sicard, epouse November 27, 1781 Fort Detroit Joseph Carie; married Cecile Robert b-1776 daughter Pierre Robert..
January 17: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (IV)-Joseph Morand born January 14, 1763 Fort Detroit. died May 4, 1793 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (III)-Claude Charles Morand (1722-1775) and (III)-Marie Anne Belleperche (1734-1794); married (IV)-Catherine Boyer born 1767 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), daughter (III)-Ignace Boyer (1721-1784) and (IV)-Angelique Pepin dit Descardonnets.
January 19: Fort Detroit, marriage (V)-Francois Marie Menard dit Monjour born April 1, 1773 Fort Detroit son (IV)-Pierre Menard dit Montour b-1725 and Genevieve Sicard epouse November 27, 1781 Fort Detroit Joseph Carie; married Angelique Jacob daughter (III)-Etienne Jacob.
January 24: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Louis Chapoton son (III)-Louis Alexis Chapoton born 1764 and (IV)-Catherine Meloche born 1765.
January 24: Kamouraska, marriage Nicolet Michel Martin to (III)-Marie Rose Laur et Lor daughter (II)-Pierre Benjamin Laur et Lor and (II)-Marie Blanchard.
January 27: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (IV)-Charles Cabassier born October 24, 1763 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (III)-Joseph Cabassier (1722-1773) and (II)-Angelique Bienvenu dit Delisle born 1721; Charles married Jeanne Milmenne 2nd marriage (III)-Angelique Moran veuve de Paschal Viger daughter (II)-Vincent Moran.
January 31: Fredericksburgh Town, Ontario, marriage, Elias Huffman and Nancy Reed of Richmond Town, Ontario.
February 6: Fredericksbourg Town, Ontario, marriage, Timothy Thompson and Elizabeth Fraser.
February 16: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Francois Belan to (IV)-Archange Jeannes daughter (III)-Robert Jeannes et Jeanne b-1730, died April 3, 1793 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), and (IV)-Catherine Reaume b-1740.
February 20: St, Louis, marriage Jean Baptiste Arimeau to (II)-Marie Elisabeth Marechal, Metis, born November 1, 1757 Cahokia (Illinois) daughter (I)-Nicolas Marechal de St. Vincent and Marie Jeanne Illinoise et lleret; de Ste Anne, Fort Chartres; Marie 1st. married January 19, 1774 St. Louis, Missouri a Antoine Martin.
February 21: Detroit, marriage (II)-Jean Baptiste Bigeot dit Nantais, Metis b-1759 likely Montreal, son (I)-Jean Baptiste Prudhomme, b-1733 and (II)-Marguerite Bigeot, Metis, b-1739; married 1st 1782 (II)-Marie Dellard, b-1756; 2nd marriage February 21, 1791, Detroit, (IV)-Archange de Marsac, b-1744.
February 21: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (IV)-Francois DeMarsac son (III)-Francois DeMarsac sieur de L'Homme Trou and (IV)-Marie Charlotte Bourassa Metis b-1746; married (V)-Cecile Saucier born 1773 daughter (IV)-Joseph Saucier.
February 21: Fort Detroit, marriage, (II)-Jean Baptiste Prudhomme b-1759 son (I)-Jean Baptiste Prudhomme dit Nantais and (II)-Marguerite Pigeot et Dumouchel b-1739; married 1st. 1782 Marie Dellard; 2nd marriage February 21, 1791 Fort Detroit Archange De Marsac, epouse January 8, 1755 Fort Detroit Francois Lacoste.
February 28: Fort Detroit, marriage, (II)-Pierre Vallee dit Versailles, son (I)-Jean Vallee dit Versailles, and (III)-Marie Elisabeth Drouillard b-1740, epouse 1767 Pierre Desnoyers, daughter (II)-Jean Drouillard; married 1791 Marie Francoise Comparet.
March 4: Vermont was admitted as the 14th State. It was the first addition to the original colonies.
March 8: Detroit, marriage Alexis Cerat and (V)-Cecile Trembley born April 8, 1773 Detroit, daughter (IV)-Ls Michel Tremblay b-1738 and (II)-Cecile Yax b-1753.
March 6: Detroit, marriage (III)-Alexis Solo, born March 6, 1763 Detroit,son (II)-Claude Solo, b-1732 and (II)-Marguerite Descomps (1734-1765); married Marie Madeleine Paille.
February 22: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Alexander Askin son John Askin to Archange Barthel.
February 21: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Jean Baptiste Prudhomme to (IV)-Archange DeMarsac daughter (III)-Jean Baptiste (also called Benjamin) DeMarsac (1742- 1793) and (IV)-Genevieve Seguin.
March: The ship Gustavus III, a Swedish ship alias Mercury a British ship, under command of Thomas Barnett, was in Clayoquot Bay B.C. trading for 10 days.
March 1: Detroit, marriage (IV)-Alexis Serat ey Cerat dit Coquillard b-1758 son (III)-Jean Baptiste Serat; married (V)-Cecile Tremblay.
March 7: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (III)-Pierre Doucet son (II)-Jean Baptiste Doucet (1717-1792) and (III)-Marie Louise Delage born 1725; married Elisabeth Fontaine daughter Charles Fontaine.
April 7: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Jane Macomb daughter William Macomb and Sarah Drinor (Dring).
May: (IV)-Charles Chaboiller (1772-1812) is hired by Joseph Frobisher under a four year contract as a North West Company clerk. He was assigned to NWC Cumberland House and Ile a la Crosse NWC post until 1796.
May 5: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), Francois Dubois, arpenteur il etait au Detroit, source Tanguay.
May 9: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (II)-Louis Billiau dit L'Esperance son (I)-Jean Baptiste Billiau and (III)-Marie Francoise Mesnie, see parent birth 1758; married (IV)-Therese Chauvin born May 9, 1771 daughter (III)-Jean Baptiste Chauvin born 1740 and (IV)-Therese Seguin.
May 16: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Jean Baptiste Leclair to Therese Catin daughter Antoine Catin died before 1791 and was married about 1767 to Marie Anne Martin living south west of La Cote.
May 3: Fredericksburgh Town, Ontario, marriage, Gilbert Harris and Mary MacDougall.
June 17: Detroit, death (IV)-Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (1727-1791) who married March 1, 1756 Boucherville Marguerite Deneau b-1735.
July 4: Detroit, marriage (III)-Louis Suzor son (II)-Ls Francois Suzor b-1738 and Marie Joseph Lebeau; married (II)-Marie Francoise L'Enfant, Metis, born June, 1774 Corlac and baptised August 9, 1774 Fort Detroit daughter (I)-Joseph L'Enfant and (IV)-Francois Tessier, Metis, b-1736..
July 11: York Factory, (I)-Oman Norquay (1773-1829) employed HBC (1781-1819)
July 31: Adolphus Town, Ontario, marriage, Conrad Van Dusen, widower, and Milleson Hoover of Fredericksburgh, Ontario.
August 1: Robert Carter III, a Virginia plantation owner, freed all 500 of his slaves in the largest private emancipation in US history.
August 10: Fredericksburgh Town, Ontario, marriage, Frederick Kellar and Elizabeth Peters.
August 16: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, Louis Campeau son Louis Campeau and (IV)-Therese Moran daughter (III)-Claude Charles Moran.
August 18: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth/death, (V)-Basile Campeau died October 20, 1791 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), son (IV)-Francois Basile Campeau (1743-1795) and (IV)-Suzanne Moran born 1760.
August 22: Detroit, marriage (V)-Joseph Marie Robert son (IV)-Antoine Robert et Boucher (1765) b-1713 and (II)-Marie Louise Becquemont b-1727; married August 22, 1791 Detroit Suzanne Tiriot.
August 25: Alured Clarke, acting governor Canada to September 4, 1793.
August 30: Sophiasburgh Town, Ontario, marriage, Henry Young and Nancy Dyre.
Robert Haswell (1768-1801) wintered Clayoquot, B.C. until March 1792. He built a fort and a sloop called Adventure, and placed it under command of Robert Haswell. John Boit and John Hoskins were among this party. It is noteworthy that King Georges Men were concerned with politics and commerce whereas the Boston Men were only interested in commerce.
September 5: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Francois Bernard to (V)-Madeleine Crete born June 18, 1768 Bout de I'IIe, Montreal daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Crete born 1736 and (II)-Marie Joseph Atmond born 1741.
September 6: River St. Clair, Western District of Canada birth David Laughton son Peter Laughton and Catharine Harson.
October 22: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), death, (IV)-Louis Chartier born 1747.
November 15: Michilimackinac, marriage James M. Hamilton to Louisa Mitchell daughter David Mitchell, esquire.
November 17: Fort Detroit, New France (Michigan), birth, (V)-Marie Anne Sicotte daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Sicotte b-1749 and (IV)-Marie Angelique Poupart Laboize b-1753.
November 21: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, John Van Skiver of Adolphustown, Ontario and Isabel Brock of Adolphustown, Ontario.
December 13: Jean Louis Carignant, Superintendent of Navigation of Lake Michigan, drowned at Michilimackinac. He was married to Felicite unknown.
December 27: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, Samel McCay Ernest Town, Ontario and Amarilla of Ernest Town, Ontario.
1792
Dakota, marriage (I)-James Aird (born Ayrshire, Scotland died 1819 Prairie du Chien) about 1792 Grey Cloud daughter Dakota Chief Wabasha, and one daughter is recorded Margaret Mahkpiyahotowin/Gray Cloud II, Metis (1793-1850) epouse 1805 Thomas G. Anderson and later Hazen Mooers.
Charlotte Agosa b-1792, living 1870 Northport, Michigan
Thomas Asham b-1792 married Nancy Indian b-1790 North West Territories.
Sophia Assinaway b-1792, living 1870 Goodheart, Michigan.
Pierre Bernard b-1792 married Marie Fortin Metis b-1820 Red River des Metis Settlement.
(II)-George Bird,Metis (1792/93-1855) North West (Cumberland House) son (I)-James Bird (1773-1856) of England, and Indian woman, 1838 census Red River and HBC records; married Anne Thomas.
(II)-James Curtis Bird, Metis born 1773 son (I)-James Bird aka Curtis and Elizabeth married Cumberland House Elizabeth Oo-menahomisk. It is noteworthy he gave the surname Curtis to his children. Some suggest this James Bird is same man as (I)-James Bird Sr., a.k.a. James Curtis (1773-1856), who is at Cumberland house this year. Other records put (II)-James Bird as (1783-1892) and (1800-1892) and (1798-1800) Other records suggest (II)-James Bird, Metis, b-1798 Sturgeon River, North Saskatchewan River and married Sarah Butts..
Pierre Blondin b-1792 married to Marie Gray, Metis b-1795 likely North West. Possible daughter Robert Gray (1755-1806) of west coast expeditions??
John Bourke b-1792 Ireland married Nancy Campbell Metis b-1794 U.S.A. daughter (I)-John Campbell b-1775 and Ninse Dakota Indian b-1778.
(I)-Henry Buxton b-1792 England married Francise Thomas b-1795 likely North West.
(I)-John Archibald Campbell, born 1775 Londonderry, Muff Co. Ireland died 1808, first entered the trade, and by 1794 is trading Little Rapids with the Wahpetons. (1800-1806) was a trader for the Machinac Co. & then an independent trader. He was killed in a duel with trader Redford Crawford a former trading associate, Robert Dickson acting as Redford's second.
1st married Catherine Demontigny,
(II)-John Campbell born about 1790,
2nd marriage Ninse a Dakota woman who died 1801. Their children included
(II)-Jeremiah Campbell, Metis
(II)-Duncan Campbell, Metis, b-before 1802 married about 1815 Therese a Dakota woman
(II)-Colin Campbell, Metis, b-1787/90 died 1853 married (II)-Elizabeth Metis b-1801
(II)-Scott Campbell, Metis, b-1794/95, married Margaret Menager
(II)-Margaret Pelagia Campbell, Metis who married 1st Edward Pizanne and 2nd Hercules, and finally
(II)-Nancy Campbell, Metis born 1794 died 1887 who married (I)-John Palmer Bourke b-1792.
Most, if not all of the children, are likely Metis. Some claim John, who married Marguerite Ainse, daughter of Joseph Ainse and Marie Therese Bondy, is a son of the first wife. The balance of the kids are from the Dakota woman.
Ontario, New Johnstown, birth, Catherine Campbell daughter Alexander Campbell (1734-1800); Catherine married James Stanley Godard and also Henry Francois Oriel. Brothers John Duncan Campbell (1773-1835) and Colin Campbell (1787-1853) were involved in the western fur trade.
(II)-Joseph Cook, Metis (1792-1848) North West Territories son (I)-William Cook b-1766 England and Mary Metis likely North West; married October 27, 1824 (II)-Catherine Sinclair Metis b-1795 (1798-1881) likely Oxford House, North West daughter (I)-William Sinclair (1760/1766-1818) and Margaret Nahovway (Nahoway Swampy Cree, or Metis . Joseph joined the Hudson Bay Company in 1803, working mostly inland..
(II)-Jacob Daniel Metis (1792-1870), born Albany, in Red River Settlement in 1870, son (I)-Jenkins Daniel (1740-1825) and Indian woman;
Married 1824 Albany (II)-Marguerite Goodwin, Metis (1795/96-1881) Brandon House, Albany, daughter (I)-Robert Goodwin aka Goodwyne (1761-1805) and Jenny Mistigcose Indian.
(III)-James Daniel Metis b-1825
(III)-Marguerite Daniel Metis b-1825
John Day of Virginia is reported as living at Cakokia, Illinois by this year. Source Nick Sheedy.
Catherine Dufaut born 1792 most likely Lake Superior died July 20, 1866 La Pointe, Wisconsin.
(I)-George Gladman (1765-1821) married 1792, Moose Factory (Ontario), Mary More (Moar) an Indian woman from Moose Factory (Ontario) (1774-1858)
Joseph Flamant Sr. aka Flammand, Flamand, Metis, b-1792 Canada son Joseph Flammand, b-1770 NWT and a Cree Woman, b-1772 NWT; employed NWC (1811-1821) Ile-a-la Crosse, English River, HBC (1821-1833) Ile-a-la Crosse, English River, free man 1833 a Swan River, in Red River 1835 census 1822/23 with wife 2 boys under 7 and one girl under 7 and he married 1834 Marguerite Moreau Metis b-1797 NWT.
Oliver Flammand Metis b-1830 joined HBC (1859-1871) married 1856 Red River Helene Malaterre
(I)-James Gaddy Sr. b-1760 joined HBC (1792-1800) York Factory and inland, he was the only HBC man who chould speak Blackfoot and Blood which suggests he married an Indian girl. But James Jr may not be related.
(II)-James Gaddy Jr (1774-1833) joined HBC (1793-1823) York Factory and inland, Churchill, retired Red River 1823, married Mary Metis/Indian
(III)-Isabella Gaddy Metis
(III)-James Gaddy Metis
(III)-John Gaddy Metis
(III)-William Gaddy Metis
(I)-George Gutcher b-1775 joined HBC 1792-1810) York Factory and Saskatchewan (1793-1810) he was sick and refused to go to Beaver River from Edmonton House. Returned home to Orkney, 1810.
Moses Hamlin b-1792, living 1870 census, Sutton's Bay, Michigan.
James England b-1792 married Margaret, Metis b-1797 likely North West.
(I)-Peter Fidler (1769-1822) lived among the Peigans and visited the Kootenays 1792-93.
Joseph Flammand Sr., Metis, b-1792, Canada son Joseph Flammand, b-1770, NWT and Cree woman, b-1772, NWT; married August 3, 1834, Red River, Marguerite Moreau, Metis b-1797 likely North West.
John Forbisher b-1792 Orkney married Catherine Robertson b-1805 Red River des Metis Settlement.
(II)-Simon Fraser born May 20, 1776 New York, died August 18, 1862 Ontario son (I)-Simon Fraser and Isabel Grant joined the North West Company this year.
(II)-Josephte Grant, Metis b-1792 NWT daughter (I)-Cuthbert Grant d-1799 of NWC and Utiniwasis b-1775 Indian: married 1st Charles Latour; married 2nd 1788 John Wells; married 3rd Pierre Montour.
Albany: birth (II)-John Hodgson Jr. Metis employed HBC (1809-1843) son (I)-John Hodgson Sr. b-1753 employed HBC (1774-1810) and Indian Woman: married Albany between 1809-1824 Charlotte Yorston or Garson, churched December 4, 1827 Red River. Three children are recorded
(III)-John Hodgson Metis bapt-1826, married July 5, 1849 Catherine Davis
(III)-Matilda Hodgson Metis bapt-1831.
(III)-Charles Hodgson Metis bapt-1833, died 1843.
Thomas Humphable b-1792 married Anne Turner Metis b-1797 most likely North West.
Keywaycushcum Jackson b-1792, living 1870 census, Glen Haven, Michigan.
(II)-Thomas Kippling, Metis, b-1792 Red River des Metis Settlement son married Nancy Indian b-1800 U.S.A. A duplicate of the next two entries?
(II)-Thomas Kipling, Metis, (1792-1836). son (I)- John Kipling Sr., b-1724 England, died November 23, 1794, Fort Albany, NWT and married 1773 1st Marguerite Okanehus, Ojibwa (Little Bone) married 2nd 1787, Nancy Indian; Thomas married Nancy Indian b-1800 USA. This Thomas is a half brother to (II)-Thomas dit Pishk Kipling, Metis, (1792-1829/31). Source Michel Keplin.
(II)-Thomas dit Pishk Kipling, Metis, b-1792, died 1829/1831, son (I)-John Kipling Sr., b-1724, died November 23, 1794 Fort Albany, NWT and Nancy a Native; married 1809 most likely Red River des Metis, Marguerite dit Plouffe Villebrune, Metis b-1805, died after 1850, daughter Louis Villebrun and Marie Anne Collet.
Louis Laplante Metis b-1792 married Josephte Lapierre Metis b-1809 Canada
Toussaint Le Sieur built Fort Alexander on the Winnipeg River, two leagues from the French fort.
York Factory. birth (II)-Phoebe Sinclair, Metis (1792-1848) daughter (I)-William Sinclair, Orkney (1766-1818) employed HBC (1782-1818) married Margaret Nahoway Cree or Metis; married Thomas Bunn (1765-1853)
Jean Baptiste Lepine b-1792 Canada married Charlotte Saulteaux Indian b-1794 North West Territories.
Jean Baptiste Lepine b-1792 Lower Canada married Julie Henry Metis b-1805 U.S.A.
Frederick Paul b-1792 Canada married Josephte Brunet Metis b-1795 most likely North West.
(II)-John Richards McKay, Metis, born August 10, 1792, Albany Factory,d-1877/87 son (I)-John McKay, b-1753/1763, Scotland died July 5, 1810 and (II)-Mary Favel, Metis, b-1775, Albany, daughter (I)-John Favell Jr.d-1784 and Tittmeg aka Titameg native woman, and grandson John Favel Jr, Metis and Titameg a Swampy Cree; married (II)-Harriet Ballenden (Bellendine) (1795/1800-1854), York Factory daughter (I)-John Ballenden, b-1757 and Jane Indian Woman.
(III)-John McKay Metis b-1816
(III)-William McKay (1818-1883)
(III)-Mary McKay Metis b-1820
(III)-William McKay Metis (1823-1899)
(III)-Charles McKay Metis died in infancy
(III)-Edward McKay Metis (1824-1884)
(III)-Alexander McKay Metis (1826-1878)
(III)-Elizabeth McKay Metis (1828-1926)
(III)-John McNab Ballenden McKay Metis (1831-1907)
(III)-Letitia McKay Metis b-1833
(III)-Harriet McKay Metis b-1835
(III)-Caroline McKay Metis b-1838
(III)-Charles McKay Metis (1840-1916)
(III)-Joseph McKay Metis b-1842
2nd marriage Catherine Smith
(III)-Jane Harriet McKay (1859-1861)
(III)-Albert Edward McKay (1861-1912)
(III)-Emelie McKay b-1862
(II)-Simon McGillivray, Metis, (1792-1840) son (I)-William McGillivray and Susan Indian: married Therese Raefe, Metis b-1819 most likely North West.
Angeline McGulphin b-1792, living 1870 census Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Elizabeth McGulphin b-1792, living 1870 census Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Mrs Benjamin McGulphin b-1792, living 1870 census Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Albany Factory, birth (II)-John Richards McKay Metis (1792-1877) son (I)-John McKay (1753-1810) and (II)-Mary Favell Metis b-1775, he joined HBC (1808-1858) married Harriet Ballendon (1795/1800-1854). Children: From Harriet Ballenden:
(II)-John McKay Metis b-1816
(II)-William McKay Metis (1818-1883
(II)-Mary McKay Metis b.1820
(II)-Charles McKay Metis (d.infancy),
(II)-Edward McKay Metis (1824-1884),
(II)-Alexander McKay Metis (1826-1878),
(II)-Eliza (Elizabeth) McKay Metis (1828-1926),
(II)-John Mc Nab Ballenden McKay Metis (1831-1907),
(II)-Letitia McKay Metis b.1833),
(II)-Harriet McKay Metis b.1835),
(II)-Caroline McKay Metis b.1838),
(II)-Charles McKay Metis (1840-1916),
(II)-Joseph McKay Metis b.1842).
Married Catherine Smith b-1836; Children from Catherine Smith:
(II)-Jane Harriet McKay Metis (1859-1861),
(II)-Albert Edward McKay Metis (1861-1912),
(II)-Emelie McKay Metis b.1862)
Mistress LaReine Trottier; Children from LaReine Trottier:
(II)-William McKay Metis (1823-1899)
Paul Mamogona b-1792, living 1870 census Michigan, living San Francisco, California.
Peter Mark b-1792, living 1870 census Kewadin, Michigan.
Jose Longinos Martinez, b-1769 wrote in his diary about grizzly mauling that killed 2 Indians in California.
Mwaykewenaw b-1792, living 1870 census Northport, Michigan.
Nawwegozhego b-1792, living 1870 census Kewadin, Michigan.
Okewash b-1792, living 1870 census Stonington, Michigan.
Joseph Ouellette, Metis, b-1792, Red River des Metis, died May 12, 1885 Batoche, Saskatchewan, son Joseph Ouellette Sr., B-1765, married 1825 Therese Elizabeth Houle, b-1805, died January 19, 1900 Batoche, Saskatchewan, daughter, Antoine Houle, b-1782, died March 1867, Red River and Josephte Lauzon, b-1789, died April 19, 1873, Red River.
(I)-John Park (1768/71-1847) joined HBC (1792-1822) York Factory (1792-1804) Joseph Howse's expedition over the Rocky Mountains (1810-1811); assigned Saskatchewan River (1812-1822) including Fort Edmonton (1815-1819) married 1823 Margaret Metisse (1796-1853). John os likely the brother of (I)-James Park b-1772 joined HBC (1792-1798) then home.
(II)-Margaret Park Metis b-1821
(II)-George Park Metis b-1826
(II)-Catherine Park Metis bapt 1823
(II)-John Park Metis bapt1824
(II)-James Park Metis b-1831
(II)-Mary Park Metis b-1832
Andre (Henery) Poitras (Poitra) Sr. (1762-63-1831) employed NWC on and off (1793-1818), thereafter as a free man and settler in Red River. He married this year or earlier (I)-Marguerite (Margarite) Grant, Metis b-1889/1892 daughter (I)-Cuthbert Grant d-1799 & Utiniwasis Indian Woman, her second marriage 1st being Michel Monet Belhumeur. Others suggest more likely another Indian Woman who gave birth to a son Pierre Poitras, Metis b-1793 likely Fort Esperance (Saskatchewan) or Red River (Manitoba)
Charlotte Pelletier, Metis b-1792 Red River des Metis married about 1835 Red River to Antoine Azure, Metis, b-1794 Red River des Metis. 1850 census. Genealogy First Metis Nation suggest Charlotte birth date is 1815.
Charles Reaume (1752-1822/23), wife Sanguenette and four children moved to Green Bay. Charles, however, wintered 1792/93 at his post on the Saint Croix River with James Porlier and Laurent Barth.
Joseph Reaume (1739-1796) wintered at the mouth of the Pembina; others suggest he wintered near Red River (Pembina).
Marriage likely St. Louis, Missouri, Antoine Roy to (II)-Felicite Vasquez b-1775 St. Louis, Missouri daughter (I)-Benito Vasquez (1738-1810) and Marie Julie Papin.
John Sanssway b-1792, living 1870 census Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
Peter Shaywawdayse b-1792, living 1870 census Northport, Michigan.
York Factory, birth (II)-Phoebe Sinclair (1792-1848), Metis daughter (I)-William Sinclair (1766-1818)and Margaret (Nahoway) Cree; married (I)-Thomas Bunn (1765-1853).
John Spence, Indian b-1792 Red River des Metis Settlement married Jane Tait Indian b-1795 Red River des Metis Settlement.
James Spence, Metis born 1792 North West, census 1831 Red River, census 1834 lists birth as 1787 and 1835 census as 1779 probably a different person. Census 1834 lists a John Spence born this date. Likely two or more similar names. A James Spence of the Hudson Bay Company married a country Woman (Cree) in the early 1790's, this could be their son.
Angeline Stonge b-1792, living 1870 census Mackinac Island, Michigan.
William Tait Metis b-1792 North West Territories married Marry Bear Indian b-1815 most likely North West.
Margaret Tardiff b-1792 Canada, living 1850 census Sault Ste. Marie, Wisconsin,
Francois Xavier Trottier dit Bellecour b-1743 is at Detroit
James Whitford, Metis, b-1792, son, James Peter Whitford, b-1771 and Sarah Native; married 1820 Red River, Mary Spence, Metis, b-1797, Fort Vermillion (Alberta), died 1877, Victoria (Alberta) daughter Magnus Spence and Christina Cree.
St. Louis, Missouri, birth (II)-Hypolyte Vasquez (1792-1837) son (I)-Benito Vasquez (1738-1810) and Marie Julie Papin; married 1817 Marie Therese Lajeunesse.
Sophia Williams b-1792, living 1870 census Stonington, Michigan.
Forsyth, Richardson and Company; Todd, McGill and Company; (I)-Robert Grant, d-1801 and Company, and Alexander Henry, the elder (1739-1824) joined the North West Company by accepting small shares of the Company. Henry is one of the first English traders; known as the peddlers from Quebec. He was, however, from New Jersey. Their objective is to restrict free trade into Fond du Lac, specifically Red River. Grant joined NWC in 1779 and was one of the founding members.
It is reported that 25% of the Chickasaw Nation in Tennessee is composed of white, Metis English men.
The Hudson Bay Company built a trading post on Lake Nipigon, being supplied from Fort Albany, James Bay.
The Hudson Bay Company didn't send any men to Lake of the Woods, this failure caused great loss of credibility among the People (Indians).
The North West Company established a trading post at the mouth of the Winnipeg River in the 1792-1793 season.
(I)-Philip Turnor (Turner) (1751-1799), Hudson Bay Company surveyor, claimed to have trained (I)-David Thompson (1770-1857). (I)-Peter Fidler (1769-1822) became Chief Surveyor this year. He retired permanently to Britain. Thompson was assigned to find a more direct route from Hudson Bay to Lake Athabasca but was frustrated by faltering support for his surveys.
(I)-Peter Fidler (1769-1822) believed it was impolite to help out the Indians in any way. He believed that the more a European does work, the worse he is respected by the natives. This English beliefs and values are in direct conflict with Native, Metis and French values in the North West.
The first comprehensive map of Canada by Aron Arrowsmith relied heavily upon three Indian maps to delineate the area north of Fort Churchill.
The North West Company acquired Fort St. Joseph at the outlet of Sault Ste Marie; opposite the southern end of St. Joseph Island. This site is used as a center where canoes are built for interior service. Fort St. Joseph was built by the British troops in 1765.
The North West Company established five departments:
Fond Du Lac, including the St. Louis and Mississippi River systems.
Folle Avoine, including the St. Croix River system.
Lac Couterville, covering the water ways of the Chippeway.
Lac Du Flambeau and waters of the Wisconsin.
Grande Portage, to cover the North West including the Assineboines and Red River system.
Michel Cadotte (1764-1837) and his brother (IV)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Jr. (1761-1818), with 60 men, traded the headwaters of the Mississippi. Included in the party are voyageurs, Coureurs des Bois, engages, servants and traders Reyaulm, Pickette, Roberts and Bell. They wintered at the mouth of the Leaf River where it joins the Crow Wing. They traded with the Dakotahs and returned by way of Winnipeg Lake to Grande Portage, loaded with furs. As a result of this expedition, the North West Company opened up the Fond du Lac Department where (IV)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Jr. (1761-1818) served for the next two years. Equassway, the Mixed Blood wife of (III)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Sr. (1723-1803), wintered at Fond du Lac near Duluth with their children.
Chief Wa-won-je-gwon of the Red Lake Band marks the Expedition of Jean Baptiste Cadotte this year, as the start of the permanent settlement of Red Lake. Prior to this time, he said that the people came and went with the seasons. Wa-won-je-gwon, an aged and intellectual Chief of Red Lake in 1850, stated that, using the date of the expedition of Jean Baptiste Cadotte in 1792 or 1793, the settlement of Red Lakecan be dated permanently by the Ojibwa. This is not correct, but maybe he was referring to his own family or tribe?
Warren (Cadotte?) wintered on the Leaf River of the upper Mississippi with his older brother. They worked the Thief River, Leech Lake, Winnipeg Lake, Cass Lake, Pokaguma Falls and Oak Point. There is no indication that the Warren's are in the region until 1818. This must be a reference to the Cadotte brothers.
(IV)-Michael Cadotte (1763-1837) is believed settled at La Pointe village, Madelaine Island about this time, frequently wintering at Lac du Flambeau and Lac Court Oreille where he had posts. The Ojibwa called him Kichemashane (Great Michel). (IV)-Michael Cadotte (1763-1837) at Makinac married Madeleine Equay-say-way, daughter of Waubijejauk, Chippewa Chief, White Crane of the Bayfield area of Wisconsin. They married in Sault Ste Marie, as no priest served at La Pointe (Madeleine Island, Wisconsin). Her baptism name is Madeleine. Chief White Cane named the largest of the Apostle Islands, Madeleine, (Wisconsin) in her honor. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft would try in the future to rename it Virginia Island, but the residents rejected the name. Michael Cadotte is in charge of La Pointe (Wisconsin) and would make it his home until his death. It would appear that Monsieur Garneau (Gaunaux), the stray of Ste Pierre de Montmagny, born about 1769, has abandoned his La Pointe (Wisconsin) wife for another at Red Lake (Minnesota).
The Russian Orthodox, Russian Fur Company moved its headquarters to Kodiak city, Alaska and soon dominated all of Alaska. Alexander Baranov, a Russian, is fur trading Alaska, British Columbia and California among the Aleuts, Tlingits, and Pomos.
Robert Gray (1755-1806) and William R. Broughton, Americans, are on the Northwest coast, Gray's Harbor and the Columbia River, Oregon Territory. Gray sailed up the mouth of the Columbia River. This expedition on the northwest coast lasted from 1790 to 1793.
January 1: Michilimackinac, marriage Jean Baptiste La Borde (Laborde) dit Sansregret married Marguerite Marchard Chevalier.
January 1: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Timothee Dagneau died June 22, 1837 Detroit, Michigan, son (IV)-Antoine DaGneau alias DeQuinore (1751-1814) and Catherine DesRivieres alias LaMorandiere (1757-1817); married November 18, 1823 Assumption, Ontario Jeanne Godet Marenette.
January 15: Detroit, birth, (III)-Archange Bigeot Metis, daughter (II)-Jean Baptiste Bigeot dit Nantais, Metis b-1759 likely Montreal, and (IV)-Archange de Marsac, b-1744.
January 16: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (IV)-Joseph Bourdeau dit L'Lle Ronde Metis son (III)-Joseph Bourdeau dit L'Lle-Ronde, habitant de la Cote Nord-est, born 1730, died 1793 married 1760 British Fort Detroit (Michigan), (III)-Marie Louise Clermont et Bordeau (Dvbord) born 1645 daughter (III)-Louis Bordeau dit Clermont; Joseph married (V)-Agathe Reaume born 1749 daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Reaume.
January 16: Fort Detroit, marriage Joseph Bourdeau to (V)-Louise Agathe Reaume, daughter (IV)-Jean Baptiste Reaume b-1741 and (III)-Agathe Barrois b-1735.
January 29: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, Elisha Miller of Sophias, Ontario, and Jennet Campbell of Adolphus, Ontario.
February 2: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, John McGregor son Gregor McGregor and Susan Robert.
February 2: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, John Sager, Richmond, Ontario and Elizabeth Van De Burgh.
February 2: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, David Brown, of Adolphus, Ontario and Catherine Van Dusen of Adolphus, Ontario.
February 12: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, George Smith, of Sidney, Ontario and Gerdrant Friend of Amelias, Ontario.
February 13: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (VI)-Rene Cloutier (Clotier) son (V)-Rene Cloutier; married (V)-Elisabeth Robidou born October 30, 1766 Bout de I'lle, Montreal daughter (IV)-Jean Louis Robidou b-1742 and (II)-Isabelle Soucherau et Fouchereau Jouchereau dit Langoumois.
February 13: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (III)-Antoine Davignon son (II)-Alexis Davignon died 1780 and Marie Louise Crete; married (VI)-Therese Cloutier daughter (V)-Rene Cloutier born 1734 and (IV)-Marie Joseph Campeau born 1745.
February 13: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, Elijah Williams of Earnest, Ontario and Roby Jenckes of Sophias, Ontario.
February 28: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, Mathew Clark and Anna McKay, Earnest Town, Ontario.
February 28: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, Daniel Hicks of Marysburgh, Ontario and Susanah Dawson of Marysburgh, Ontario.
March: (I)-Robert Goodwin (1761-1805) at Osnaburgh House, Albany District sent all the Indians to hunt for more provisions- "or else we must starve."
March 13: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, Jehiel Hawley of Fredericks, Ontario Amanda Cass of Ernest, Ontario.
March 19: Michilimackinac, marriage Alexis (Alexander) FaFard dit LaFramboise, horseman, born February 4, 1763, Three Rivers, Quebec, died April 02, 1800 Fort Michilimackinac, Michigan son Jean Baptiste Fafard dit Laframboise and Genevieve Exupere Trotter LaBissonniere; 1st married March 19, 1792, St. Ignace, Mackinac Island, Michigan, Marguerite Sauragess Sauteuse born Fort Detroit Michigan; 2nd marriage Marie Josette Adhemar St. Martin daughter Antoine Adhemar and Genevieve Blondeau of Detroit, Michigan. See July 29, 1796.
March 25: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), death, Joseph Gervais b-1723, a voyageur.
April 16: Fort Detroit, marriage (VI)-Felix Pelletier b-1749 son (V)-Jean Baptiste Pelletier, married (IV)-Catherine Casse.
April 23: Detroit, marriage (V)-Charles Lauzon born February 13, 1763 Detroit son (IV)-Jacques Lauzon b-1737 and (IV)-Marie Anne Casse; married April 23, 1792 Angelique Raymond dit Toulouse b-1775 daughter Jean Baptiste Raymond dit Toulouse.
April 26: St. Louis, Missouri, birth (III)-Marie Catherine Marechal daughter (II)-Antoine Marechal, Metis, b-1754 likely Cahokia, (Illinois) and (IV)- Catherine Tabeau b-1757.
May 18: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, James Sparkman son John Sparkman to Susannah Stedman.
June 14: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Marie Angelique Chapoton daughter (III)-Louis Alexis Chapoton born 1764 and (IV)-Catherine Meloche born 1765.
June 15: Red River des Metis Settlement, birth, Michel Lambert, Metis, son Alexis Lambert and Native woman; married (III)-Marguerite Favel, Metis, b-1803, North West Territories, daughter (II)-Thomas Favel, Metis, b-1780/81 and Sarah or Sally Trouit a Native Woman, b-1780.
June 25: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, (III)-Pierre Solo, born November 15, 1759 Detroit, son (II)-Claude Solo b-1732 and (II)-Marguerite Descomps (1734-1765); married (VI)-Catherine Cloutier, b-1769 daughter (V)-Rene Cloutier born 1734 and (IV)-Marie Joseph Campeau born 1745; 1st marriage (IV)-Marie Joseph Bourdeau.
July 1: Michilimackinac, marrage Charles Chandonnet son Andre Chandonnet and Charles Fichot; married Charlotte Marcot died January 2, 1806.
July 1: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, David Lockwood, of Ernesttown, Ontario and Hannah Fraser of Earnesttown, Ontario.
July 3: Benjamin Gervis, died Little Canada, Minnesota, son Jean Baptiste Gervais Sr., and Francoise Jonineau; married September 29, 1823, Red River, Genevieve Lareance, born June 28, 1804, Quebec, died August 30, 1885, Little Canada, Minnesota.
July 9: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, John McNabb son Colin McNabb and Elizabeth.
July 13: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Frederick Augustus Scram son Frederick Scram and Angelica.
July 13: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Isaac Crumb son Benoni Crumb and Sarah.
July 15: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Peggy Slingerlandt daughter Richard Slingerlandt and Elizabeth.
July 15: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Mary Hodgkinson daughter William Hodgkinson and Mary.
July 15: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Andrew Haynes son Nathaniel Haynes and Lydia.
July 15: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Jacob Derby son George Derby and Margaret.
July 15: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Margaret Miller daughter William Miller and Margery.
July 16: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Deborah Butler daughter Thomas Butler and Ann.
July 22: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Thomas Silverthorn son John Silverthorn and Esther.
July 22: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Aaron Silverthorn son John Silverthorn and Esther.
July 22: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, John De Forest son Abraham De Forest and Elizabeth.
July 22: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, William Dayton son Asa Dayton and Sarah.
July 22: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Martha Lampman daughter Abraham Lampman and Hannah.
July 22: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, James Hamilton son the Honorable Robert Hamilton and Catherine.
July 30: Niagara on the Lake, death, Sara Rock, an infant; M. Fitzgerald, an infant; Elizabeth Sheehan daughter W.B. Sheehan;
August 5: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Mary Bark daughter Francois Bark and Jane.
August 5: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Deborah Barraws daughter Thomas Barraws and Mary.
August 9: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, John Clement son Joseph Clement and Margaret.
August 10: Albany Factory, birth, (II)-John Richards McKay, Metis son (I)-John McKay, born 1763 Scotland and (II)-Mary Favel, Metis, b-1775 Ruperts Land; married Harriet Ballendine, Metis, (1795/96-1854) York Factory daughter John Ballendine and Jane Metis.
August 11: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Peter Mann Ball son Peter Ball and Elizabeth.
August 13: Detroit, death (III)-Jean Baptiste Solo, son (II)-Claude Solo, b-1732 and (II)-Marguerite Descomps (1734-1765).
August 16: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, Philip Hartman, Addington, Ontario and Huldah Hough of Addington, Ontario.
August 19: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, John Scram son Jeremiah Scram and Mary.
August 22: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Jane Cassady daughter Samuel Cassady and Sarah.
August 23: Niagara on the Lake, marriage, Henry Warren and Catherine Aglor.
August 23: Niagara on the Lake, marriage, Michael Showers and Elenor Thorn.
August 24: Niagara on the Lake, marriage, James Hamilton and Louisa, were previously married by a commanding officer.
August 26: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Anna Isabella Sheehan daughter Walter Butler and Elizabeth, 2nd marriage?
August 26: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Elizabeth Sheehan daughter Walter Butler and Elizabeth 2nd marriage?
August 27: Niagara on the Lake, marriage, Corporal Crawford and widow Farewell
August 28: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, David Hofman of Ernest Town, Ontario and Elizabeth Moore of Ernest, Ontario.
August 29: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Basile Campeau son (IV)-Francois Basile Campeau (1743-1795) and (IV)-Suzanne Moran born 1760.
September 4: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Francois DeMarsac son (IV)-Francois DeMarsac born 1770 and (V)-Cecile Saucier born 1773.
September 12: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (IV)-Jean Baptiste Chapoton son (III)-Benoit Chapoton and (IV)-Therese Meloche.
September 12: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Elizabeth Rees daughter Jacob Rees and Elizabeth.
September 17: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Susannah Henesy daughter James Henesy and Phebe.
September 17: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Sarah Henesy daughter James Henesy and Phebe.
September 17: Cahokia, marriage (IV)-Antoine Lepage, Metis, son (III)-Joseph Lepage, Metis, b-1750 and Genevieve Frechet: married Suzanne.Goderre.
September 21: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Sarah Dew daughter Jacob Dew and Elizabeth.
September 21: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Mary Springer daughter Richard Springer and Sarah.
September 24: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Catherine Gould daughter John Gould and Hannah.
September 25: Niagara on the Lake, death, Samual P. Jarvis, an infant of William Jarvis, esq.
September 25: Quebec, marriage Louis Gagnon to (III)-Catherine Marois b-1718 epouse January 31, 1752 L'Ange Gardien, Quebec (IV)-Charles Lefrancois b-1725, epouse Joseph Cliche.
September 25: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Nicolas Langlois to (IV)-Marie Desanges Meloche, daughter (III)-Jean Baptiste Meloche b-1741 and (V)-Marie Louise Robert.
September 29: Michilimackinac, baptism, (V)-Michel Bourassa Metis born September 29, 1792 son (IV)-Daniel (David) Bourassa Metis b-1752 and Marguerite Bertrand, witness C. Gauthier.
September 30: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Clartie Hinner son Richard Hinner and Hannah.
October 17: Niagara on the Lake, baptism, Harriet Secord daughter Licut. Sol. Secord and unknow.
October 21: William R. Broughton (1762-1821) sailed up the Columbia River and explored until November 10, and then claimed the Oregon Territory for Britain.
October 21: Michilimackinac, baptism, Therese Victoire Barthe daughter Jean Baptiste Barthe and Dame Genevieve Beaubien.
November 5: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), marriage, Etienne Dubois to (III)-Marguerite Descomps daughter (III)-Alexis Descomps and (V)-Marie Francoise Robert born 1752.
November 8: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, William Curtis of Ernest, Ontario and Isabell Johnson of Ernest, Ontario.
November 10: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, (V)-Amtoine Gamelin son (IV)-Francois Gamelin died 1774 and Joachine Faucher.
November 20: Fort Detroit, marriage (II)-Charles Lelievre, Metis, son (I)-Pierre Lelievre and (III)-Marie Therese Galarneau, Metis b-1723; married Cecile.
November 24: (III)-Rene Bourassa dit La Ronde (1718-1792) died British Fort Detroit (Michigan).
November 25: British Fort Detroit (Michigan), birth, John James Roe son Walter Roe to Ann Laughton daughter John Laughton.
December 17: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, William Cook of Cambden, Ontario and Keziah Babcock of Cambden, Ontario.
December 20: Edward Vanderlip, of riper years.
December 27: Ernest Town, Ontario, marriage, James Morden of Sophias, Ontario and Margaret Parliament of Sophias, Ontario.
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