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ALBERTA HISTORY 1850-1869

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1830  

Cecile Belcour, Metis b-1830, Alberta, mother Benjamin Belcour b-1850, Alberta, she is  living Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), 1901.

Peace River, birth  Therese Bisson,  married 1851 Fort Edmonton, Alexander Savard, born 1831 Slave Lake (Alberta).

Thomas Karaconti Callihoo, (1830-1874) son Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L/Iroquoise and Marie Tekonise Patenaude, Metis (1803-1854); married 1844, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Mary Findlay, b-1827, Jasper House (Alberta).

Basile Cardinal, Metis, b-1830 Beaver River, NW son Jacques Cardinal, Metis, B-1798, Moose Mountain, Pitt and Josephte Tcikak, b-1780; married 1858, Lac La Biche, (Alberta), Isabelle Capot-Vert, Metis, b-1829, Athabasca District, daughter Masko-meh Capot-Vert a Native and Isabelle Cardinal.

Josephte Suzette Cardinal, b-1800, Lac La Biche (Alberta)

Norbert Cardinal, Metis, b-1830 Buffalo Lake (Alberta), died October 1870 son Jacques Cardinal, Metis, b 1798 and Josephte Tcikak, b-1780; married 1848,  Lac La Buche (Alberta), Nancy Labonne, Metis, b-1835, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) daughter Basile Labonne and Nanette Cardinal, Metis, b-1814.

Josephte Peis-check dit Gladu Chalifoux, Metis b-1830 Grouard (Alberta), daughter Jean Baptiste Canadian dit Chalifoux and Josephte Cartier, Metis; married Piyesiwitakusiw.

J. Courtedate, Metis b-1830 Alberta married to Josetthe Metis b-1832 Alberta living St. Pierre, Alberta 1901.

Catherine Delorme dit Bidoux, b-1830, Fort Edmonton, daughter Jean Baptiste Delorme dit Bidoux and Marie Lavallee; married, 1848 Red River, Joseph Beauchamp, Metis, b-1862 Red River son Jean Baptiste Beauchamp, b-1800 and Angelique Pangman, Metis, b-1800. 

Paulette Desjarlais Metis, b-1830, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) son Joseph Desjarlais Metis and Josephte (Suzette) Cardinal, Metis, born, 1800, Lac La Biche; married 1st. Lizerre Bruneau; married 2nd 1868 Lac La Biche (Alberta) Betsy Cardinal, b-1844 Lac La Biche (Alberta).

Oliver Flamand, Metis b-1830 Assiniboia married to Ellen Metis b-1836 Assiniboia living Pincher Creek, Alberta 1901.  Assiniboia at this time could reference any area in southern Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba. 

Joseph Gaucher, b-1830, Jasper House son Pierre Jean Gaucher and Lisette Colette; married Elizabeth aka Elise Blandion, b-1842 daughter Antoine Blandion and Marie Desjarlais.

Joseph Howse, Metis b-1830 Red River married about 1868 Alberta Elizabeth Metis b-1842 Red River, living Lakeland, eastern Alberta 1891.

Guillaime Laborcan, Metis b-1830 Assiniboia married about 1851, likely Assiniboia living Duhamel 1901. 

Fort Edmonton, birth Louison Paul, Metis, b-1830, son Paulette Paul and Bethsey Metis, married 1849 Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) Catherine Gladu, Metis, b-1833, Slave Lake, (Alberta), daughter Charles Gladu, b-1810 and Therese Gray, Metis, b-1813, Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta).

Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) birth Mitshus Michel Paul, Metis died 1870 Fort Pitt son Paulette Paul and Bethsay Metis; married 1864 Battle River Metis Settlement (Alberta). Josephte Patenaude, Metis, b-1833, Fort Edmonton daughter Michel Patenaude Jr., Metis, b-1808, Fort Edmonton, died 1875 South Saskatchewan River and Rosalie Berger, b-1815, Fort Edmonton.

Fort Edmonton, birth Louison Paul, Metis, son Paulette Paul and Bethsey Metis; married 1849 Lac Ste Anne Catherine Gladu, Metis, b-1833 Slave Lake, daughter, Charles Gladu b-1810 and Therese Gray, Metis b-1813 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta). 

Mary Rowland, b-1830, Fort Edmonton, daughter William Rowland and Betsy Ballendine, b-1796.

Angelie Rushell, Metis b-1830 Alberta mother Louis Rushell, Metis b-1859 Alberta and John Rushell b-1863 Alberta.

Abraham Salois, Metis, b-1830, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), died 1803, son Joseph Salois and Angelique Lucier; married 1848, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), susanne Bouvette, b-1828, Fort Edmonton (Alberta daughter Francois Bouvette and Suzanne Lucier.  

Benjamin St. Arnaud, b-1830, Slave Lake son Benjamin St. Arnaud, a French Canadian, and Marianne Centsous; married 1st. Sophie Bruneau; married 2nd. 1861 St. Albert (Alberta), Helene Callio, born Fort Edmonton daughter Michel Callio, b-1823 Lesser Slave Lake and Marie Sauard (1823-1869).

Therese Vallee, B-1830, Fort Edmonton daughter Antoine Vallee and Susanne Lefebvre; married 1852 Red River, Joseph Trottier Sr. b-1827, Oak Lake, Manitoba.

Fort Edmonton, birth Jean Baptiste Vandel, born between 1830-1832 son Pierre Vandel Sr., b-1787 and Charlotte Hughes, Metis (1796-1872); married Marie Primeau.

The flooding of Fort Edmonton this year follows the previous flooding of 1825.  Rowand (1787-1854) moved the fort from the Rosedale flats to higher ground, below where the legislature building now stands.  Fort Edmonton was three hundred by two hundred feet, with the palisade of logs twenty feet high.  Rowand (1787-1854) built the Big House, that most called Rowand's Folly, which is thirty feet wide, eighty feet long and three stories high.  Its interior is decorated with some of the weirdest color patterns ever seen.  Colin Fraser (1807-1867), the kilted highlander, was the Governors piper and would later become postmaster.

September 22:  Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), birth Madeleine Gladu, married about 1863, Lac Ste Anne ( Alberta), Jean Baptiste Letendre aka Mooshwan, b-1807, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) 

1831  

Augustia Auger, Metis b-1831 Peace River married about 1872 Alberta Sylneshe Metis b-1841 Alberta living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.

Eustas (Eustace) Barard (Birard), Metis b-1831 Fort Edmonton, N.W.T. son Louis Birard and Catherine Niyhes, married about 1862 N.W.T. Margaret Metis b-1841 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Jimmy Jock Bird (1785-1892) a Metis, is the chief interpreter for the mission out of Fort Edmonton to the headwaters of the Missouri River, were he built a trading post at the Junction of the Yellowstone and the Missouri Rivers and proceeded to trade with the United States fur traders.

Auborne Cardinal, Metis b-1831 Alberta, a trader married about 1875 Maria Metis b-1846 Alberta living Lakeland, eastern Alberta 1891 

Francois Cardinal, b-1831, Lac La Biche (Alberta), son, Jacques Cardinal, b-1798 Moose Mountain, Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan) and Josephte Teikak, b-1780; Married 1861, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Angela Desjarlais, b-1848, Lac La Biche (Alberta) daughter Jean Marie Desjarlais, b-1830 and Marguerite Gladu.

Francois Cardinal, Metis, b-1831, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), son, James Cardinal and Marguerite Metis;  married 1859, Buffalo Lake (Alberta),  Adele (Angele) Desjarlais, Metis, b-1820, daughter Joseph Desjarlais, b-1782/94 and Josephte Suzette Cardinal, Metis, b-1800 Lac La Biche (Alberta). 

Jasper House, birth Narcisse Cardinal, Metis, b-1831 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married Marie Madeleine Garpiepy b-1833, daughter Louis Gariepy Sr. b-1782 and Josephite Ducharme b-1806.

Jasper House, birth Narcisse Cardinal, Metis, b-1831 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married Marie Madeleine Gariepy b-1782 daughter Louis Gariepy Sr.  b-1782 and Josephte Ducharme b-1806.

John J. Grant, Metis b-1831 N.W.T. son Richard Grant b-1806 Canada and Mary Ann Breland, Metis b-1811, married about 1868 Red River Clothelde Bruneau, Metis b-1850 Red River daughter Francois Bruneau, Metis b-1810 N.W.T. and Marguerite Harrison, Metis b-1809, living Red River 1885, living Pretty Hill, Alberta 1901.  

Richard Hardisty (1831-1889), the Metis red head, as some would call him, is born 1831 at Moose Factory (place where white man repaired cart wheel with the jaw bone of the moose).  His father Richard Hardisty Sr became a Chief Factor and his mother Marguerite Sutherland, came from a Company family.  He would be married September 20, 1865, to Elizabeth Victoria at Victoria Metis Settlement, (Alberta) located eight miles south of Smoky Lake that was a Methodist Mission.  Richard would become Chief Factor Fort Edmonton 1870 to 1883.  Brother Joseph would be factor Hawaii and W. L. Hardisty at MacKenzie River, and brother Thomas would work part time for the company.  Richard Hardisty would declare himself a half-breed in the April, 1874 census.  However he is first recorded as white, then stroked out and changed to Metis.  

Jean Laderoute, Metis b-1831 Red River married about 1880 Alberta Sarah Metis b-1847 Alberta living St. Pierre, Alberta 1901.

John La Fleur, Metis b-1831 Athabasca a trader married about 1860 Francis Metis b-1841 Alberta their son John b-=1864 Peace River, David b-1861 McKenzie River, Jane b-1874 Peace River, Louisa b-1875 McKenzie River, Napolian b-1885 McKenzie River, all living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891. 

Mary F. L'Hirondel, Metis b-1831 N.W.T. living Calgary, Southern Alberta 1891.

Etienne Paul b-1831 Red River, an old man, living Calgary, Alberta 1891.

Slave Lake, birth Alexander Savard, son Antoine Savard and Marieanne Vallee; married 1851, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) Therese Bisson, b-1830, Peace River (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste Bisson and Rosalie Simon..

Margaret Stewart, Metis b-1831 Alberta N.W.T. married about 1860 N.W.T., children include James b-1861, Frank b-1863, and Charles b-1865 all born N.W.T.  and all living Fort Edmonton 1891 and living Pakan, Alberta 1901. 

April 30:  Fort Assiniboine (Alberta), birth Louis Loyer, Metis, son Louis Loyer and Jennie Metis; married 1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Angele Callihoo, Metis, b-1837 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1782, Quebec and Marie Tekanise Patenaude (1803-1854) a Gros-Ventre.   

1832  

Antoine Auger Jr. b-1826 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Antoine Augustin Auger and Marie Madeleine Klyne, b-1808; married 1848 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Louise Boucher, Metis, b-1832 Battle River Settlement (Alberta) daughter Joseph Boucher and Marguerite Dupus, Metis, b-1802. 

Catherine Rowand Bruneau, Metis, b-1832, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) married William Tasrawitch, b-1807.

Louison Montojnais Bruneau, b-1832, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Michel Joachim Bruneau, b-1806 and Marie Catherine Ladouceur, b-1810; married 1843 Angelique Dumont Metis, b-1837 daughter Gabriel Dumont, Metis, b-1795 and Suzanne Lussier, Metis; 2nd marriage 1871 St. Albert (Alberta) Marguerite Allmy, b-1936 Red River.  

Jasper House, (Alberta) birth Marie Cardinal, Metis, born April, 1832 daughter Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795; Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married 1851, Red River, Louis Gariepy Jr. (1828-1884) son Louis Gariepy, b-1782 and Josephite Ducharme, b-1806..

Michel Cardinal, b-1832, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son So-so-wa-pas Cardinal and Susanne Decoine, b-1807, Lesser Slave Lake: married Elizabeth McGillis, Metis born July 28, 1838 daughter William McGillis, Metis, b-1813 and Marie Campbell, Metis b-1816. 

William Connolly (1787-1849) who joined the N.W.C. in 1801 and became a partner by 1818.  He married 1803, Rat River, Suzanne Cree, d-1862 and had 6 children.  The Roman Catholic Church committed a horrific crime by tell him his marriage was invalid, a barbarous union to an infidel.  It mattered not that he was married 28 years and had fathered 6 children.  As a result he put his infidel wife away in Red River and took a second Christian wife Julia Woolrich and had more children.  In 1867 Justice Samuel Cornwallis Monk ruled that the Country Marriage was valid and the marriage to Julia Woolrich was bigamous, therefore making her children bastards.  Unfortunately this was not an isolated case.

Paulette Desjarlais, b-1832, Devils Lake (Lac Ste Anne des Metis), (Alberta), baptized October 3, 1838, 1st married May 7, 1854, Lac La Biche des Metis, Lizette Bruneau; 2nd married April 13, 1869 Lac La Biche (Alberta) Betsy Cardinal daughter Louis Cardinal and Susanne Nipissing Desjarlais Courteoreille. 

Philippe Durocher dit Petit, married 1832, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), Catherine Parent or Pinaud, b-1818 Fort Carlton (Saskatchewan) daughter Parent and Suzette Pinaud.

Louise Hodgson, Metis b-1832 Alberta living St. Pierre, Alberta 1901.

Louis Loguier, Metis b-1832 Athabasca married to Angele Metis b-1839 Athabasca, living Alberta 1858, living White Whale Lake, Alberta 1901.

Louison Isaac Nepissing, b-1832, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Ignace Commandant Nepissing and Elizabeth Lizette Courteoreille; married 1857, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) madeleine Malaterre, b-1842, Red River, died November 1892, Duhamel (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste Malaterre (1815-1851) and Therese Comptois (1821-1846).

Fort Edmonton, birth Josephte Patenaude, Metis daughter Michel Patenaude Jr, Metis b-1808 Fort Edmonton died 1875 on the South Saskatchewan River and Rosalie Berger b-1815 Fort Edmonton; Married 1864 Battle River, Mitshus Michel Paul, Metis b-1830 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) died 1870 Fort Pitt son Paulette Paul and Bethsay Paul, Metis.

Nancy Rowand, b-1832, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) married Alex Belcourt, b-1826.

George Wishart b-1832 Red River, living Gleichen, (Alberta) 1891.

James Wishart b-1832 Red River, a farmer, living Gleichen, (Alberta) 1891.

A Peigan trading post is constructed at the headwaters of the Bow River, Alberta and was abandoned in 1834.  Some contend white men (Metis?) settled this year near Morley not far from old Bow Fort.

Seventy-eight pack horses are needed to take supplies across the portage to Fort Assiniboine and other northern points.  The herds of horses needed to support this portage are pastured at Big Lake (St. Albert) and Lac La Nonne (Alberta), guarded by one or two Metis.  These Metis are also employed for  the long trip to York Factory.  Lac La Nonne became, in 1947, a favorite vacation place of the Garneau's until the 1980's.  J.E. Harriott built a post on the north side of the Bow River, east of Canmore.  After two years it closed, as the Piegan objected to the intrusion of their lands.  Harriott moved to Rocky Mountain House and remained in charge until 1841.  This post usually closed each summer. 

A cholera epidemic swept Canada and 60% of seriously infected patients died this year.  This influenza epidemic began in Asia in 1830, spread to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malay peninsula and back into Asia.  It then spread to Russia, spreading westward eventually arriving North America.

January 12:  Peace River, birth, Julie Blondin, daughter Pierre Blondin, b-1792 and Betty Gaze (Daze); married, 1852, Red River, Pierre Cadotte, b-1830 Red River.

November:  Fort Edmonton, birth Jean Baptiste Vanesse dit Anas Sr. married 1855 Jasper House, (Aberta)  Catherine Cardinal, Metis, born February, 1838. 

1833  

Pierre Beaulieu, Metis, b-1833, Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, N.W. son Francois Beaulieu and Chipewyan Woman; married 1854, Fort Chipewyan, Delphine Cadeau, b-1840, Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, N.W. daughter Paul Cadieu Chipewyan and Elizabeth Native.

Catherine Beyan Metis b-1833 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.

Antoine Blandion, b-1833, Jasper House (Alberta), son Antoine Blandion and Catherine Berland; 1st married, 1857, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Marie Surprenant, Metis, b-1840, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), died September 14, 1870, daughter Alexis Surprenant and Francoise, Metis; 2nd marriage 1872 St Albert, Josephte Klyne, b-1855 Red River.

Inspector Brisebois, in 1875, noted the ruin of an old fort by the mouth of the Elbow River which he believed to be built by an American Fur Company trader about 1833.

Jerome Cardinal, Metis b-1833 Alberta married Susettee Metis b-1834 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Paul Chalifoux, Metis, b-1833, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), son Jean Baptiste Canadian dit Chalfoux, Metis, and Josephte Cartier, Metis; married 1859, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Anne Genevieve Campion b-1835, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), daughter Joseph Sapin dit Campion, b-1797 and Marie Nepissing, b-1810.

Genevieve Jane Desjarlais aka Cardinal, b-1833 daughter Joseph Desjarlais, b-1782 and Josephte Suzrtte Cardinal, b-1800, Lac La Biche (Alberta); married James Pruden, b-1823, Barlton (Saskatchewan).

Joseph House Metis b-1833 Red River son Jane House, Metis b-1816; married about 1868 Alberta Elizabeth Anderson Metis b-1837 daughter James Anderson, Metis b-1808 Saskatchewan and Jane Truthwaite Metis b-1816 Saskatchewan; Joseph and Elizabeth living Lakeland, Alberta 1891.

Josephte Patenaude, Metis, b-1833, Fort Edmonton, daughter Michel Patenaude, Metis, b-1808 Fort Edmonton, died 1875 South Saskatchewan River and Rosalie Berger;  1st married 1864, Battle River Settlement (Alberta), Mitshus Michel Paul, Metis b-1830 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) died 1870 Fort Piutt son Paulette Paul and Bethsey Metis.

Charles Quintal, Metis b-1833 Alberta married to Phrezine Metis b-1833 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Fort Edmonton (Alberta)  reported that they were supporting 18 Metis men, 28 women and 71 children.  This would be in the fort proper not the surrounding area.

Smallpox again swept through the prairies.

November:  Fort Edmonton (Alberta), birth, Jean Baptiste dit Anas Vanasse, Metis, son Pierre dit Anas Vanasse and Julie Parisien, Metis, b-1818; married 1855, Jasper House (Alberta) Catherine Cardinal, born February, 1838, daughter Antoine Cardinal, b-1795 and Marie Godin Demontigny Comptois, b-1795.

November:  Fort Edmonton (Alberta). birth, Jean Baptiste Vanasse, dit Anas, Sr., Metis, son Pierre Vanasse dit Anas and Julie Parisien, Metis, b-1818, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), married 1855, Jasper House, (Alberta), Catherine Cardinal, Metis, born February 1838, daughter Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie Godin Demontigny Comptois, b-1795.

1834  

Jean Baptiste Belcourt, b-1820 and Cecile Callihoo, b-1834, Peace River

Cecile Callihoo, Metis, b-1834, Peace River (Alberta) daughter Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1782 Quebec and Marie Tekanise Patenaude (1803-1854) a Gros-Ventre; married 1836 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Jean Baptiste Belcourt, b-1820 son Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta). .

Basil Cardinal, Metis b-1834 Alberta married about 1876 Alberta Isabel Metis b-1846 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Pierre Cardinal, Metis b-1834 Alberta married to Agnes Metis b-1835 Alberta living Wetaskiwan, Alberta 1901. 

Paul Chalifoux, Metis b-1834 Athabasca, married about 1877 Alberta, Genevieve Metis b-1850 Athabasca, living Egg Lale, Alberta 1901.

Louis Commandant, Metis b-1834 Alberta married about 1872 likely Athabasca.

James Richards, b-1834, Moose Factory, North West, son Thomas Richards and Peggy Moar; married 1st 1859, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), Judith or Marguerite Godin; 2nd married 1867, St. Albert (Alberta), Madelaine Nippissing, born December 1848, Lac La Nun (Alberta) daughter Edwouard Nipissing and Eve Ma-ni-tsouch.

John Rowland (Rowand?), Metis b-1834 Alberta possible son John Rowand? (1787-1854); married about 1862 Sophie Metis b-1841, Alberta living St. Albert 1901

1835  

Francois Berland Sr, Metis, b-1807 son Jean Baptiste Berland and Susanne McLeod Nepissing; married 1835 Lac Ste Anne, Alberta, Genevieve Moignon.

Nancy Berland, Metis, b-1835 daughter Jean Baptiste Berland and Susanne McLeod Nepissing; married Richard Collin Jr. son Richard Collin Sr. and Genevieve Bruyere.

Rosalie Berland, Metis, b-1835, Jasper House (Alberta) daughter Francois Berland, b-1807 and Therese L'Iroquois Callihoo, b-1820, died 1878, St. Albert (Alberta); 1st married 1852 Jasper House (Alberta) Andre Cardinal, b-1835 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie Godin Comptois Demontigny; 2nd marriage 1876, St. Albert (Alberta), Jean Baptiste Robinson.

Antoine Blandion 1st married 1835 Big Lake (St. Albert, Alberta) Catherine Berland; 2nd marriage 1939, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Marie Desjarlais, b-1824, Lac La Biche (Alberta).  

Judith Boucher, Metis b-1835 Athabasca married about 1880 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Margaret Cardinal, Metis b-1835 Alberta living Rabbit Hill, Alberta 1901.

Andre Cardinal, Metis, b-1835 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795, and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795; Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married 1852 Jasper House, (Alberta) Rosaline Berland, Metis b-1835, Jasper House daughter Francois Berland Sr. b-1807 and Therese L'Iroquopis Callihoo, b-1820/35, Jasper House (Alberta), died, 1878 St. Albert, (Alberta).

Gabriel Cardinal dit Labatoche, Metis, b-1835, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Jean Baptiste Cardinal dit Labatoche, Metis, b-1815, and Emmy Moignon (Moigan); married, 1855, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Marie Bruneau, Metis, b-1837, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), daughter, Jean Baptiste Bruneau, b-1810 N.W., Marie Kool Salteaux. 

Andre Cardinal, Metis, b-1835 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois, b-1795 

Pierre Chalifoux, born March 20, 1806, Lac Poisson Blanc son Charles Chalifoux and Suzette Chalifoux, Metis; married 1835, Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta) Marie Cartier, Metis, born June 21, 1821, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Cartier a Whiteman and La8i8le Gladu a Metis. 

Colin Fraser (18071867) with his Cree wife and nine Metis children are posted to Jasper House. 

Michel Gravel, baptised July 21, 1821 Red River, a freeman from Pembina, was killed on Milk River by the Blackfoot. 

Fort Edmonton, birth Harriet Leblanc married William J. Shanks Gladstone Sr.

Jean Baptiste Lapointe, Metis b-1835 Assiniboia married to Marie Metis b-1852 Assiniboia, living Duhamel, Alberta 1901.

Louis LeBlanc Sr., married 1835 Fort Edmonton (Alberta), Angelique Vallee, b-1820, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), daughter Antoine Vallee and Sasanne Lefebvre.

Harriet LeBlamc, b-1835, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) daughter, Louis Leblanc Sr. and Angelique Vallee, b-1820 Fort Edmonton (Alberta); married May 6, 1855, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta) William J. Shanks Gladstone Sr., b-1824, Quebec.

Isabel (Isabella) Magilvery (McGilvery or McGilvray) Metis b-1835 N.W.T. married about 1864 N.W.T. living Fort Edmonton 1891, living Popular Lake, Alberta 1901.

Henry Monkman b-1835 Red River married to Nancy Spence b-1842 Red River, 1st. or 2nd wife is Louisa, living Whitford, Alberta 1901.

Elouise Munro, Metis b-1835 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

Marie L Nipising, Metis b-1835 Alberta married 1959 most likely Devils Lake (Lac Ste Anne), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Nancy Quintal, b-1835, daughter, Pierre Quintal and Charlotte Ladouceur, b-1814; 1st married, Alexis Cardinal, b-1828, Battleford (Saskatchewan), d-1895, Cold Lake (Alberta); 2nd marriage 1860, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Jean Baptiste Singer aka Kah-nah-ka-moot and Castor, Metis.

Alexander Savard, Metis b-1835 Alberta, married Therese Metis b-1827 Athabasca, living Egg Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

Guillaume Villebrune, Metis, b-1835 don Louis Villebrune Jr., Metis, b-1801 and Louise Collin, Metis, b-1807; married 1868, Lac la Biche (Alberta), Floria Hope, b-1848, Slave Lake, (Alberta) daughter James Hope and Judith Desjarlais, b-1825. 

Helen Villeneuve, b-1836, likely Fort Edmonton daughter Francois Villeneuve, b-1825and Helene Vallee, b-1828.

Elizabeth Wishart b-1835 Red River, living Gleichen, Alberta 1891. 

December 10:  Athabasca District, birth, Judith McCarthy, married Narcisse Boucher Sr. b-1827 Quebec. 

1836  

Jean Baptiste Annass, Metis b-1836 Alberta married about 1870 Alberta, most likely Trail Creek, Catherine Metis b-1841 Alberta living Trail Creek, Alberta 1901.

William Auger, Metis, b-1836, Trout Lake (Alberta), son Jean Baptiste Auger and Catherine Gray; married about 1880, likely Athabasca, Marie Catherine Nipissing, Metis, b-1859, Alberta; second marriage about 1883 Catherine Cardinal, b01860, Buck Lake (Alberta), daughter Antoine (Okeestole) Cardinal and Cecile Boucher, living Athabasca Landing 1901. 

(I)-William Barwick b-1836 Scotland married about 1868 N.W.T. Betsey Metis b-1834 N.W.T. son (II)-Peter b-1869, son (II)-Simon b-1872 all living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Charles Beauregard Sr. died 1885, married about 1836 Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise b-1822 Lesser Slave Lake daughter Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L;Iroquoise born October 17, 1782 and Josephte Patenaude b-1820.

Jean Baptiste Belcourt Sr., b-1820 (Alberta), son Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793 Lesser Slave Lake; married, 1836 Lac Ste Anne, Cecile Calliho (Callihoo), L'Iroquoise, b-1834, Peace River, daughter Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, born October 17, 1782 Quebec and Marie Tekanise Patenaude.

Pierriche Blandion, Metis, b-1836, Big Lake (St. Albert, Alberta), son Antoine Blandion, and Catherine Berland.

Thomas Boucher, Metis, b-1836, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), son Joseph Boucher and Marguerite Dupuis, b-1802; married 1847, Larose Gladu. 

Alexis Bruneau, Metis, b-1836, Devil Lake, (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), son Jean Baptiste Bruneau, b-1810, N.W. and Marie (Salteux) Kool; married October 1870, St. Albert (Alberta) Anne DesChamps, b-1850, Red River.

Jacque Cardinal, b-1836, Big Lake (St. Albert, Alberta) son Pierre Eia-io-wew, married 1818, Moose Hills, Marie Catherine Cardinal, b-1800, Fort Edmonton, daughter Joseph Cardinal, b-1756, Quebec and Lizette Maskegan.

St. Luc Cardinal, Metis, b-1836. Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Pierre Cardinal, b-1810 and Marguerite Native; married Marguerite Desjarlais, b-1839, Lac La Biche (Alberta), daughter Joseph Desjarlais, b-1782/94 and Josephte Suzette Cardinal, b-1800, Lac La Biche (Alberta).

John Dorion Gladu, b-1836, Slave Lake, (Alberta) son Louison Gladu, b-1798 and Genevieve Gray;  married 1856 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Jane Collin, Metis, b-1838 B.C. daughter Richard Collin, Metis and Genevieve Bruyere, Metis.

Jennie Folet, Metis b-1836 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

John Dorin Gladu, Metis, b-1836, Slave Lake, son Louison Gladu, b-1798 and Genevieve Gray, Metis; married 1856, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Jane Collin, Metis, b-1838, B.C. daughter Richard Collin, Metis and Genevieve Bruyere, Metis.

(II)-Joseph McDonald, Metis b-1836 Red River married about 1872 Alberta son (I)-Donald McDonald b-1794 and Jane Beaudry Metis b-1796; married Margaret Fraser Metis b-1838 Alberta daughter Colin Fraser b-1819 and Nanly Gaudry Metis b-1820, living Strathcona, (Alberta), 1901. 

Daniel Noyes, Metis b-1836 Alberta married about 1871 Alberta Adelaide, Metis b-1853 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.

Felicite Patenaude, Metis, b-1836 Fort Edmonton daughter Jean Baptiste Patenaude, Metis, b-1804 and Felicite Arcand b-1820; married 1851, Red River, Joseph Boyer.

Phillis Paupin b-1836 Red River, living Assiniboia West 1891.  Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta or south western Saskatchewan at this time.

President Andrew Jackson caused a depression in the United States by preventing the re-charter of the Second Bank, calling it a money monster.

October:  Devil's Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), birth Ester Robillard, Metis, daughter Jean Baptiste Robillard, b-1781 and Marie Rose Antoinette Lagimodiere, Metis, b-1801; married Paul Blondin, b-1827, Slave Lake son Pierre Blondin, b-1792 and Marie Gray, b-1795

1837  

Joseph Beaudry Jr., b-1809 son Joseph Beaudry, b-1780 and Sophie Latour;  married, 1837, Fort Edmonton, Louise Ladouceur, Metis b-1820, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), died 1906, daughter, Joseph Ladouceur and Josephte (Suzette) Cardinal, Metis, b-1800, Lac La Biche (Alberta). 

Helen Beauregard, b-1837, Lesser Slave Lake daughter Charles Beauregard Sr., died 1885 and Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquois, b-1822; married 1856, Fort Edmonton William Rowland, b-1827, Fort Cumberland, Saskatchewan son William Rowland and Betsy Ballendine, b-1796 Fort Cumberland, Saskatchewan..

William Campion, Metis, b-1837, Lesser Slave Lake, Athabasca (Alberta) son Joseph Sapin dit Campion, b-1797 and Marie Nepissing, b-1810 (daughter Ignace Nepissing and Elizabeth (Lizette) Courteoreille); married 1859 Big Lake (St Albert, Alberta), Philomene Chalifoux, Metis,  b-1834 Lesser Slave Lake, daughter Jean Baptiste Canadian dit Chalifoux, Metis and Josephte Cartier, Metis, living Lac Ste Anne (Devil or Spirit Lake, Alberta) 1901.

John Cardinal, Metis b-1837 Alberta married about 1875 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901. 

Joseph Daquette, Metis b-1837 Alberta married about 1879 Alberta Magdeleine Metis b-1850 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.

Fort Edmonton birth Cecile Durand daughter Paul Niyawekanis Durand, born 1796 Rocky Mountain House (Alberta) and Marie Ahskekahmuahtaht; married 1845, Henri Paquette, born April 20, 1814 Quebec.

Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), marriage Joseph Ladouceur, Metis, b-1813 Beaver River, son Joseph Ladouceur and Josephte Suzette Cardinal, Metis; married Julie Auger, Metis b-1822 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) daughter Antoine Augustin Auger and Marie Nippissing.

William Mackay b-1837 Scotland married about 1876 N.W.T. Jane Metis b-1857 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

Joseph Paquette Metis b-1837 Alberta married to Magdeleine Metis b-1850 Alberta.

Ann Paul b-1837 Red River, living Calgary, Alberta 1891. 

Francois Villeneuve, b-1837, likely Fort Edmonton son Francois Villeneuve, b-1825and Helene Vallee, b-1828.

May:  Wabiscaw District, Athabasca, birth, Paulette Gladu, Metis, son Louison Gladu, b-1798 and Genevieve Gray, Metis; 1st married 1856, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Marie Labonne, Metis, b-1842, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), died December 28, 1870, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Basile Labonne and Nanette Cardinal, Metis b-1814; 2nd married, November 1872, Lesser Slave Lake, Betsy Carifello, born May 1855, Wabiscaw District, Athabasca.  . 

May 10:  Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), birth Madeleine Surprenant, daughter, Alexis Surprenant and Francoise Metis; married December 24, 1854, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), Joseph Nooskeyeh or Brilliant. 

1838 

Antoine Blandion Metis b-1838 Alberta married about 1872 Alberta Josette Metis b-1855 Alberta living Two Lakes, Alberta 1901.

Paul Bruneau, Metis, b-1838, Beaver Hills (Alberta), died 1870, son Jean Baptiste Bruneau, Metis, b-1810, N.W. and Marie Salteux Kool; 1st. married Genevieve Ayotiow Petit Couteau, Metis (1845-1870), daughter Michel Petit-Coutreau, b-1810, N.W., died 1870 and Marie Cree; 2nd married August 1870 Marie Godin, Metis.

Catherine Cardinal, Metis, b-1838 daughter Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married 1855 Jasper House, Jean Baptiste Vanasse dit Anas Sr.

Joseph Cardinal dit Mustatip, Metis, b-1838, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) son Jacques Cardinal, Metis, b 1798 and Josephte Tcikak, b-1780; married, 1857, Buffalo Lake (Alberta), Marie Neyomonpekinam a Cree.

Joseph Chalifoux, Metis, b-1838, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), son Jean Baptiste Canadian dit Chalifoux, Metis and Josephte Cartier; married 1864, St. Albert (Alberta), Julie Campion, b-1841 Lake McLeod daughter Joseph Saoin dit Campion, b-1797 and Marie Nippissing, b-1810.

Fort Edmonton (Alberta), birth Pierre Lemay Delorme, Metis b-1838 son Pierriche Delorme, b-1813, White Mud (Alberta) and Angele Bourassa, b-1805, Big Lake (St. Albert, Alberta); married, 1856, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), Marguerite Callion L'Iroquoise, Metis, b-1841, daughter, Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise b-1782, Quebec, and 3rd wife, Marie Tekanise Patenaude (1803-1854); married about 1885 (Alberta) Mary Metis b-1865 Athabasca, living Lac Ste Anne, Alberta 1901 must be a second marriage?.

Dunwoodie Dumont, Metis b-1838 Alberta married about 1871 likely Fort Edmonton, Mary Metis b-1856 Alberta, living Edmonton 1901.

Jacques Dumont, Metis, b-1838, Rocky Mountain House (Alberta), son Gabriel Dumont, Metis, b-1795 and Suzanne Lussier, Metis;  married 1850, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Marianne Bruneau, b-1839, Lac La Biche (Alberta), died November 24, 1865, St. Albert (Alberta) daughter Michel Joachim Bruneau, b-1806 and Marie Catherine Ladouceur, b-1810.

Joseph McDonald, Metis b-1838 Red River married about 1873 N.W.T. Margaret Metis b-1839 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

(I)-William Meaver b-1831 Scotland married about 1867 N.W.T. Annie Metis b-1838 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Felicite Patenaud, Metis, b-1836, fort Edmonton (Alberta) daughter Baptiste Patenaude, Metis, b-1804 and Felicite Arcand, b-1820; married 1851 Red River, Joseph Boyer son Pierre Boyer, b-1786 and Marguerite Bonneau, Metis, b-1802 Red River des Metis.

St. Albert (Alberta), marriage Jean Baptiste Robinson, Metis, b-1838 Red River 1st marriage to Marguerite Auger, b-1843, Slave Lake, (Alberta), 2nd marriage 1976 St. Albert (Alberta) Rosalie Berland.

John Sinclair, Metis b-1838 N.W.T. married to Elizabeth Metis b-1851 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Jasper House (Alberta), birth Jean Baptiste Waniyande Jr., Metis, son Jean Baptiste Waniyande, born 1821 Jasper House (Alberta) (son Louis Ignace Waniyande and Marie Walker), and Isabelkle Karaconti, b-1820 Jasper House, died 1888 Jasper House (daughter Ignace Karaconti L'Iroquoise, (1880-1890) and Anne of the Sekanaise tribe (Montiagnais nation) Sekana); married 1872 Dunvegan, Athabasca, Isabelle Laurion, Metis, b-1840 Rocky Mountains (B.C. side), daughter Thomas Lauron and Angelique Metis.

Pierre Ward, Metis b-1838 Alberta married about 1865 Alberta Bison Ward b-1836 Alberta living Legal, Alberta 1901.

Small pox again ravaged the prairies, originating, this time, with an American Fur Company steam-man on the Missouri River Steamboat St. Peter. It traveled across the prairies, killing three quarters of the Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Blood, Piegan and Sarcee.  The worst part of the catastrophe, Edmonton Trader John Rowand (1787-1854) said, is to have to witness so much misery without being able to do anything.  A vaccination program given by the Hudson Bay Company had protected some Cree and Assiniboine.  Six thousand natives, out of approximately nine thousand, perished this year.  The Roman Catholic priests Francois Blanchet and Modestre Demers visited Edmonton on their way to Fort Vancouver.  They are believed the first priests to visit Fort Edmonton. 

Fathers Demers and Blanchet, went up the Saskatchewan, to Fort Edmonton, to become the first Catholic Priests in Alberta.  They erected a large cross above Fort Edmonton on the hill that now houses the Alberta Legislative Buildings.  They then proceeded to Jasper and on to the Columbia River, to the Oregon Territories.  At Jasper House they encountered Colin Fraser (1807-1867) one of the traders.

August 21:  Fort Carleton, marriage Bazil Larence, b-1789-95 Berthier, Quebec to Agathe Michel L'Iroquoise b-1812-25, Slave Lake daughter Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise born October 17, 1782 Iroquois village of Chaughawaga near Montreal, Quebec and Marie of the Sekanaise tribe Katis (Montagnais Nation).

 October 2:   At Fort Jasper they baptized 35 half-breed children.  The Edmonton Metis population is growing, with most moving to Lac Ste Anne and Lac La Nonne to support themselves by fishing, hunting, raising horses and freighting.   Forty Metis, however, had pitched their summer tents around Fort Edmonton.  John Rowand (1787-1854) was fearful they would begin establishing winter homes and thereby become free traders, competing with the Company.  John Rowand (1787-1854) wrote to Bishop Provencher of St. Boniface asking for a mission to come and take the Metis and Indian from the vicinity of the Fort.  He didn't want the missionaries in his vicinity, but he wanted the Metis even less.

October 2:   Father Blanchet reached Fort Jasper, named after Jasper Hawes a Hudson Bay Company trader, and reported that he baptized thirty-five Metis children.  Three being the Metis daughters of Colin Fraser (1807-1867) and his Cree wife.  Blanchet would become the first bishop of Oregon City and his companion, Demurs, became the first bishop of Vancouver Island.

1839

Marguerite Beaudry, b-1839 (Alberta) daughter Joseph Nabestiwayan Beaudry (1809-1881) and Louise Ladouceur b-1820; married May 25, 1857, Fort des Prairie (Edmonton, Alberta) Ignance Iroquois Gaucher Callihoo son Louis Kwanakwante Kollion Iroquois and Mary Katis Lesekanaise.

Jerome Cardinal, b-1839, Victoria (Alberta) son Laurent Cardinal (1819-1853) and Marie Moignon, b-1822, egg Lake (Alberta); married 1859, Lac La biche (Alberta) Josephte Desjarlais, b-1843 between Red River and Qu'appelle.

John Cardinal, Metis, b-1839, Victoria (Alberta) son Pierre Cardinal, b-1810-17 and Marguerite a native; married 1866, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Angele Desjarlais, b-1846, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Francois Pa-ya-sis Desjarlais, b-1824, Beaver River and Euphrosine Auger, b-1828, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta).

Andre Comtois, married 1839 Slave Lake (Alberta) Marie (Quenneville) Saulteuse.  see 1777?

Victoria Metis Settlement, (Alberta), located 90 km NE Fort Edmonton, birth Alexis Courteoreille, Metis son Alexander (Alexis) Courteorville and Lalouise Ahchakee a native; married, 1857, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Angelique Kesquaypayees. 

Francois Decoine Sr., married 1839, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) and Josephte Desjarlais, Metis, b-1820.

Constance Gladu, b-1839, Wabascow Lake, Athabasca son Andre Gladu and Catherine Auger; 1st married 1855, Opaskium; 2nd marriage 1872, Richard Kaskawan a native.

Louis Piochon, b-1839 Red River married about 1873 Athabasca Margaret Metis b-1847 N.W.T., living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

1840 

Devil lake aka Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), birth Jean Baptiste Beaudry, d-1870 son Joseph Beaudry , b-1809 and Louise Ladouceur (1820-1906);  married 1868, Nancy Leveille, Metis, born March 4, 1844 Red River, died 1868 daughter Pierre Leveille, b-1783 and Julie MacKenzie, Metis, b-1805, Inuit Metis. 

Noel Beaudry, b-1840 Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), daughter, Joseph Nabestiwayan Beaudry (1809-1881) and Louise Ladouceur b-1820.

Archange Belcourt, b-1840, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Joseph Belcourt, b-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793 Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta); married 1857 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Jean Baptiste Short, Metis, b-1834 Red River, died February 27, 1874 son James (Jacques) Short, Metis B-1810 and Marie Charlotte Gladu, b-1806, died August 17, 1847 Red River.

Marie Boucher, Metis, born 1840, Devil Lake (Lac St. Anne, Alberta), died October 9, 1870 St. Albert (Alberta), daughter Joseph Boucher and Marguerite Arcand (Dupas?) Metis, b-1802 and she married 1858 Fort Edmonton a DeFroneut, others suggest she married Louis Gregoire, born April 1, 1826, Quebec.  This is fairly representative of the movement of many Metis in the Fort Edmonton District.  Others settled Strathcona, Fort Edmonton, Egg Lake and Lac La Nonne, all in Alberta..

Jasper House, birth Josephte Cardinal, Metis, b-1840 daughter Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married 1857 Red River Pierre Nadeau dit La Corde.

John Cardinal, Metis, b-1839, Victoria Metis Settlement, (Alberta) son Pierre Cardinal, Metis, b-1810 and Marguerite a native; married, 1866, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Angela Desjarlais, b-1846, Lac La Biche (Alberta) daughter, Francois Pa-ya-sid Desjarlais, b-1824, Beaver River and Euphrosine Auger, b-1828, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta). 

Louison Cardinal, b-1840, White Fish Lake, Athabasca, son, So-so-wa-pas Cardinal and Susanne Decoine, b-1807, Lesser Slave Lake; married 1864, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Marguerite Larocque, Metis, b-1847, Norway House, daughter Francois Larocque, Metis, born June 7, 1824, Red River and Angelique Sayis aka Sayer, b-1821, Red River. 

Isabelle Comtois, Metis, b-1840 Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Andre Comtois, and Marie (Quenneville) Saulteuse; married Jean Baptiste Robillard, Metis b-1824 son Jean Baptiste Robillard and Marie Rose Antonet Lagemoniere.  

Joseph Courteoreille, b-1840, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), died 1870, son Laurent Courteoreille and Josephte (Suzette).

Augustin Hamelin "Azure", b-1840, Red River, married Marie Desjarlais, b-1824.

Jimmy Jock (1785-1892) loved to play tricks when acting as interpreter for Reverend Robert Rundle or Father De Smet. 

Ferdinand Ladret, Metis b-1840 N.W.T. married about 1896 likely Edmonton, Virginie Metis b-1860 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

Catherine Logan, Metis b-1840 N.W.T., married about 1878, living Edmonton 1901.

Charles Quintal, b-1840, Lac La Biche (Alberta), son Pierre Quintal and Charlotte Ladouceur, b-1814; married 1860, Lac La Biche (Alberta) Euphrosine Cardinal, Metis, b-1843 Victoria (Alberta) daughter Jacques Cardinal Metis, b-1798, Moose Mountain, Fort Pitt and Josephte Teikak b-1780. 

Henry Bird Steinhauer, an Ojibwa Indian and Methodist Missionary, entered Alberta and would establish a mission at Whitefish Lake in 1858, among the Woods Cree.  Chief Pakan, a Wood Cree, would help build the mission.

Louis Torangeau, Metis b-1840 Alberta married about 1879 Alberta Marie Metis b-1838 Red River living St. Albert, Alberta 1901. 

Jean Baptiste Torangeau, Metis b-1840 Alberta married to Nancy Metis b-1850 Alberta living Duhamel, Alberta 1901.

Mary Ward, Metis b-1840 Alberta living Ponoka, Alberta 1901.

Peter Ward, Metis, b-1840, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta) son, George Ward, Metis, b-1810 and Bethsey Turcotte; married July 26, 1858, Big Lake aka St. Albert, (Alberta), Rosalie Bisson, b-1843, Slave Lake, (Alberta), daughter, Jean Baptiste Bisson and Rosalie Simon. 

The reverend Robert Terrill Rundle, representing the Wesley Society of London, arrived 1839 or 1840 and centered at Fort Edmonton.  His parish extended from Saskatoon (area of wild berry)  to Jasper and Banff and to Lesser Slave Lake.  Mount Rundle in Banff carries his name.  Due to his failing health, he left in 1847.  Fort Edmonton consisted mainly of ultra Protestant Orkneymen, who scorned the prayer book services of the English Wesleyans.  Piche, a Metis from Fort Edmonton, is reported to have requested that Bishop Provencher of Red River send a priest to Fort Edmonton.  More likely, on a trading trip, he had made mention that the Wesleyan Missionary Rundle had set up shop at the Fort, and that it would alarm the Catholics, especially as he was aware that John Rowand (1787-1854) didn't want missionaries in his domain.  John Rowand (1787-1854) invited the Gros-Ventre and Blackfoot to stop trading with the United States.   The Cree and Saulteaux slaughtered thirty-eight tents containing one hundred men, women and children on their way to Fort Edmonton.  Only six Cree and two Saulteaux remained in the place of bloodshed.

The Mountain Cree built the first bridge, west of the great lakes, about this year, on the Cree Trail to Fort Edmonton and later upgraded it for cart use.

February 29:  Fort Dunvegan, the Troside and P. Hommes 1st Son arrived from L'Aogle, Neslar and La Malice who are beyond the Bear Lake Mountain.  They had done nothing in making Furs owing to starvation.

October 24:  Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), birth Norbert Bellerose, son Oliver Belleorse, b-1814 and Josephte (Suzette) Savard) b-1819; married January 8, 1869, Marie Plante, b-1855, Red River daughter Magloire Plante, b-1829 and Isabelle Lowe, b-1829.

December 27:  Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), birth, Louis Cardinal, Metis, son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois, b-1795; married, June 1868, Dunvegan, Athabasca (Alberta), Marie Bisson, b-1840, Dunvegan, Athabasca (Alberta), daughter, Louis Bisson and Isabelle Nisandaway.   Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden.

1841

Alexander Beaudry, b-1841 (Alberta), died April 27, 1865, St. Albert (Alberta) son Joseph Nabestiwayan Beaudry (1809-1881) and Louise Ladouceur b-1820; married March 29, 1864 St Albert (Alberta), Marie Anne Berland daughter Francois Berland and Therese Karakonti L'Iroquois.

(I)-Reverend James Evans, (1803-1846), a Methodist minister, visited Fort Edmonton (1841-42), converting many natives.  He was accompanied by his wife Mary Blythe Smith, daughter and likely Henry Bird Steinhauger.  He then went to the Peace and Slave River region.

P. Burns b-1841 Red River, a freighter, living Calgary, Southern Alberta 1891. 

Joseph Pepamowew Courteoreille, b-1818, married 1841, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Susanne Desjarlais, b-1822, St. Albert (Alberta).

Adam Darling b-1841 Red River, a freighter, living Calgary, Southern Alberta 1891

Isabelle Durand, Metis, b-1841 Fort Edmonton daughter Paul Niyawekanis Durand, Metis, b-1796 Rocky Mountain House, aka Poste de la Montagne de Roches, married 1816, Fort Edmonton, Marie Ahskekahmuahtaht, 2nd marriage 1846 Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, Kewtchit.

Margaret Favel Metis b-1841 Alberta, living Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta 1901.

Marguerite Fosseneuve, b-1841, Athabasca District (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste alias Lacroche Villeneude or Fosseneuve, b-1815 and Julie Morand, b-1811; 1st married January 11, 1859 Red River,  Antoine Gonneville (1832-1864); 2nd married 1873, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Paul Decoine, b-1838, Lac La Biche (Alberta), died 1876, Fort Vermillion (Alberta);  3rd married, 1876, Lac La Biche, Louison Frederick, b-1846 Red River.

Frapp is killed near Green River, in the Rocky Mountains.

John Fraser, Metis b-1841 Alberta, married about 1873 likely Edmonton, Sarah b-1847 Red River, living Edmonton 1901.

Frank Gladue, Metis b-1841 N.W.T. married to Catherine A., Metis b-1844 Alberta, living Fort MacLeod, Alberta 1901.

William Labracon b-1841 Red River living Pretty Hill, Alberta 1901.

Maggie Lafontaine, Metis b-1840/41 N.W.T. living Medicine Hat, Southern Alberta 1891.

Alexis Piche a Metis of Devils Lake (Lac St. Anne, Alberta) traveled to Red River to ask for a priest for the Metis Community.

Reverend R. T. Rundle, June 1841 camped at the foot of Cascade Mountain, Banff, climbed it, and later visited the Bow Falls.  

Mary Samett, Metis b-1841 Alberta, visiting Ponoka 1901.

Marshal Tremblay, Metis b-1841 Athabasca married about 1881 Alberta Sophia Metis b-1845 Alberta living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Louie Whitebear, Metis b-1841 N.W.T. married about 1884 N.W.T. Nancy Metis b-1845 N.W.T. living Pretty Hill, Alberta 1901.

John Whitford b-1841 Red River, living Assiniboia West 1891.  Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta or south western Saskatchewan at this time.

David P. Wishart b-1841 Red River, living Southern Alberta 1891.

Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) an illegitimate Scot , Peyton, Rodgers, and Amos E. Erye are at Fort Bridger.

Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) met John Rowand (1787-1854) in Fort Garry and, on July 3, started back to Fort Edmonton.  The party had thirty horses and one light cart. They planned to change horses at Fort Ellice, Carton and Pitt, along the Carlton or Edmonton trail.  The trip took twenty-two days.  This appears to be the earliest reported use of the Red River cart between Fort Edmonton and Fort Carlton and Red River.  It is most like he had Metis guides who showed him the way.

Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) provided an estimate of the number of people residing in the Saskatchewan District of which Fort Edmonton was the center.  His estimate is as follows:

Assiniboines        4,060
Crees                  3,500
Piegans                2,450
Blackfoot             2,100
Gros Ventrers      2,100
Blood                  1,750
Sarcees                   350
Half-breeds             280
Saulteaux                140

Total                  16,730        

The estimates are based on number of tents and assumed 7 people per tent.

October:  (I)-Francis Butcher b-1810 replaced Colin Campbell b-1787 at Fort Dunvegan.  Butcher entered service with the H.B.C. in 1833 and was posted Fort Chipewyan 1834-1841.

December 14:  (I)-Rev. James Evans, (1803-1846), a Methodist missionary and his party arrived Fort Dunvegan.

1842

Alexandre Beaudry, b-1842, son Joseph Neaudry, b-1809 and Louise Ladpoceur, b-1820, Lac La Biche; married March 29, 1864, St. Albert, (Alberta),Marianne Berland, Metis, b-1844, daughter Francois Berland, b-1807 and Therese Callihoo L'Iroquois (1820-1878): Marianne epouse August 26, 1867, St. Albert (Alberta) Jacques Dumont, b-1838 Rocky Mountain House.

Pierre Beauregard, Metis, b-1842, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta) son Charles Beauregard Sr., died 1885 and Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquois, b-1822 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta).

Benjamin Bellerose, b-1842, Slave Lake, died November 5, 1870 son Oliver Belleorse, b-1814 and Josephte (Suzette) Savard) b-1819; married 1863, St. Albert (Alberta), Juliet Nault, b-1848, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), daughter, Alexis Nault (1822-1867) and Angelique, b-1828.

Moise Chalfoux dit Labouteille, Metis, b-1842, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Pierre Chalifoux, Metis, b-1806, Lac Poisson Blanc and Marie Cartier, Metis, born, June 21, 1821, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married 1870, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) Rosaline Nippissing or Shawan, born May, 1819, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta) daughter Thomas Shawn Nipissing, b-1818 and Rosaire Gladu. 

 John Frazer, Metis b-1842 N.W.T. married about 1867 Sarah b-1847 Red River, living Fort Edmonton (Alberta) 1891.

Antoine Gouin, 1st married Marie Blondeau; second marriage September 19, 1842, Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta), Francoise Boncher (Boucher), Metis, b-1814 daughter Joseph Boucher and Marguerite Dupuis, Metis, b-1802.

Pierre Ladoucer, Metis b-1840 Ontario married Margaret Metis, b-1842, Alberta living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

John Paul, Metis b-1842 N.W.T. married about 1882, N.W.T. Philomine Metis b-1851 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton (Alberta), 1891.

Xavier Plante married 1842 Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta) Elizabeth Belcourt, b-1829 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta).  

James Sinclair, Metis b-1842, Alberta, married 1st. about 1862, Alberta, married 2nd about 1883 Adeline Metis b-1862, Alberta, living Whitfish Lake (Alberta), 1901.

January 26:  (I)-Reverend James Evans (1803-1846), the Wesleyan Missionary, with wife (I)-Mary Blyth Smith  and sixteen year old daughter (II)-Clarissa, arrived Fort Chipewyan from Norway House with his interpreter Thomas Hassel a Chipewyan, his man servant and Young Blondin Pepin and Sylvester from Fort Vermillion (Alberta).  So reports Colin Campbell who had a wife and a family of nine girls and three boys.  Their eldest was Anne b-1829, age 13.  

February 13:  Fort Chipewyan, marriage, Thomas Hassel, a Chipewyan to Betsy Sinclair, a visitor at Fort Chipewyan are married by (I)-Reverend James Evans (1803-1846).

March:  Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), birth, Peter Andrews, son Baptiste Andrews and Catherine Gladu; married Jilu 3, 1870 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) Adele Lechasseur (Etenisekwegen), b-1850, White Fish Lake, Athabasca, daughter, Nitaousiquayo Lechasseur, a native and Marianne Calahaison. 

June 19:   Father Jean Baptiste Thibeault (Thibault), an Oblate (Order of Mary Immaculate,OMI) from St. Boniface, arrived at Fort Edmonton to cover the same territory as Reverend Rundle.  He had come overland in a Red River Cart being led by a Metis guide.  Bishop Provercifer commissioned him to evangelize the wild Indians and half-breeds in the West.  He met Piche, the Metis, at Fort Edmonton where 80 Metis resided.  He baptized 353 children at Devil's Lake (Lac Ste Anne) and married 20 couples.  A year or so later he would establish a mission at Lac Ste Anne to serve that growing fishing community.  Thibault wrote that when the last buffalo was dead, it would be possible to attempt something on the Prairies.  Henry Le Froy, a surveyor, recorded, at Fort Edmonton, that John Rowand (1787-1854), the Roman Catholic, had finally married his Indian girl, Louis Umphreville.  After four months Father Thibault returned to St. Boniface.

July 18:  Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta), marriage Louis Leblanc to Angelique Vallee, b-1822 daughter Antoine Vallee and Susanne Lefebvre.

September 12:  Fort des Prairies (Fort Edmonton, Alberta), marriage Francois Villeneuve, b-1825, Quebec married (married country style 1835) to Helene Vallee, b-1828 daughter Antoine Vallee and Susanne Lefebvre.

September 19:  Francois Lussier, Metis, b-1799, son Francois Lussier and a Metis woman; married September 19, 1842, Fort des prairies (Edmonton, Alberta), Louise Bruneau, Metis, daughter Jean Baptiste Bruneau and Cree Woman. 

September 19:  Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta), marriage, Antoine Gouin, 1st married Marie Blondeau, 2nd marriage September 19, 1842, Fort des Prairies (Alberta), Francoise Boucher, Metis, b-1814 daughter Joseph Boucher and Marguerite Dupis, Metis, b-1802. 

November:  Big Lake aka St. Albert, (Alberta), birth, Charles Beauregard, Metis, son Charles Beauregard Sr., died 1885 and Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquois, b-1822, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married October 18, 1864, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), Marie Bellerose, b-1843, Slave Lake, (Alberta), daughter Oliver Bellerose, born August, 1814 and Josephte Savard, b-1819, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta).

1843

Edouard Beaudry, (1843-1865) son Joseph Nabestiwayan Beaudry (1809-1881) and Louise Ladouceur b-1820; married November 24, 1862 St. Albert (Alberta), Rosalie Dumont daughter Gabriel Dumont and Suzanne Lussier.

Edwin Belcourt, b-1843, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) son Jean Baptiste Belcourt, b-1820 and Cecile Callihoo, b-1834, Peace River; married 1873, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta),  Louise Paul, Metis, b-1857, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), daughter Louison Paul, Metis b-1830, Fort Edmonton and Catherine Gladu, Metis, b-1833, Slave Lake, (Alberta).

Edmond Brosseau b-1843 Quebec married about 1880 Alberta Julie Metis b-1843 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.

George Challifoux, Metis b-1843 N.W.T. married about 1872 N.W.T. Angele Metis b-1852 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

Scholastique Delorme, b-1843 St. Albert (Alberta) daughter Pierriche Delorme, b-1813 White Mud, (Alberta) and Angel Bourassa b-1805, Big Lake (St. Albert, Alberta).

William Flanagan b-1843 Red River (listed (f) milliner, must be an error likely Mary Ann Flanagan), living Calgary 1891.

Toussaint Gladu, b-1843, died 1898 Calling Lake, Athabasca, married about 1867 Angelique Atonkapow Cree, b-1839, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta)

James Guillion, Metis b-1843 Alberta, living Athabasca Landing 1901.

Alexander Hamlin b-1843 Red River married about 1863 Red River Angelique b-1845 Red River, living Alberta 1867, back at Red River 1876, back in Alberta 1879-82, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Catherine Hope, b-1843, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), daughter, James Hope and Judith Desjarlais, b-1825 Lac La Biche (Alberta); married 1844 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) Francois Gladu, born March 20, 1841 son Francois Gladu and Agathe.

Adam Ladoucer, Metis b-1843 Alberta married about 1881, Alberta Margaret Metis b-1857 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Joseph L'Hiroundelle, Metis b-1843 Alberta married about 1872 likely Red River Lizzie b-1853 Red River, living Alberta 1874 and in Calgary 1901.

Julie L'Hyrondelle, Metis, b-1843, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste L'Hyrondelle, b-1816, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Catherine Loyer, Metis, born August, 1828, Jasper House (Alberta); married, 1st. 1864, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Vinuslas Bruno; 2nd married 1876 St. Albert (Alberta), Edmond Brousseau, born October 5, 1843.

Joseph Mallette, Metis b-1843 Saskatchewan married Maria Metis b-1843 Saskatchewan, one child is recorded Adolph b-1875 Saskatchewan, all living Calgary 1891. 

Patrick Prudin, Metis b-1843 Saskatchewan married about 1867 Alberta Elizabeth Metis b-1846 Alberta living Alberta 1867 to 1890, living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.

Theophile Villeneuve, b-1843, Fort Edmonton married Elizabeth McGillis, Metis b-1841.

Donald Whitford, Metis b-1843 Red River married about 1878 Alberta most likely Trail Creek Margret Metis b-1853 Alberta living Trail Creek, (Alberta) 1901.

Father M. Thibeault visited Devil's Lake, so named by the Metis, or some referred to it as Manitou (Spirit) Lake, renamed Lake Saint Anne.  There were about forty houses occupied by Metis, Cree, Assiniboine and Blackfoot.  John Rowand (1787-1854) could see little value in missionaries.  He wrote that the worst thing for trade is these ministers and priests because the natives will never work half so well now since they like praying and singing.  Mr. Thingheaute (Thibeault) is allowed to go back to Saskatchewan.  We shall all be saints, after a time.  Rundle says that all Catholics will go to hell.  For himself, he is sure of going strait to heaven when he dies, but he longs to find a wife.

Theophile Villeneuve, b-1843, Fort Edmonton son Francois Villeneuve, b-1825and Helene Vallee, b-1828.

James Douglas with 15 men began building Fort Camosun (Victoria), Vancouver Island.  Father Bolduc also arrived about this time.

December 27:  Morleyville (Alberta), birth, St. Pierre Dumont, Metis, son Gabriel Dumont, Metis, b-1795/1801 and Suzanne Lussier, Metis; married 1st., 1866, Betsy Berland, Metis, b-1845, daughter Francois Berland, Metis, b-1807 and Therese Callihoo L'Iroquois, b-1820, died 1878, St. Albert (Alberta); 2nd married December 1871, Lac Ste. Anne (Alberta), Nancy Anne Callio, b-1851, Fort Edmonton, daughter Michel Callio, born October 1, 1823, Lesser Slave Lake, d-1911 and Marie Savard (1828-1869)..

1844 

Veronique Batard, b-1844, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Eto-we-ka-poe Batard and Marie Rose She-nas-ka-mik-ppew; married, 1864, Slave Lake, Joseph Mahkass. 

Fathers LaFleche and Bourassa, Oblates, establish a mission at the Metis Devil's Lake village and change the name to Lake St. Anne after Ste Anne De Beaupe.  Some suggest that the natives called the lake Manito Sakahigan, the Divine Lake or God's Lake.   

Jean Belcourt, born March, 1844 son Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793, Lesser Slave Lake; married 1865, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Olive Callio, Metis, b-1852, Fort Edmonton daughter Michel Callio, Metis, born October 1, 1923, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), died April 6, 1911 and Marie Savard (1828-1869).

Father Bourassa the Oblate was surprised to discover that a number of Iroquois who's ancestors were from Caughnawaga near Montreal was living among the Metis and Indians at Devils Lake (Lac Ste Anne).

Marguerite Brazeau, Metis, b-1844, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta) daughter Joseph Edward Brazeau and Marguerite Brabant, Metis alias Salois, b-1815, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta); married 1867 Mountain Fort, George Gullion, born October 17, 1833, Scotland..

Gidore Bruno, Metis b-1844 Alberta married about 1885 likely Athabasca Landing Scholastiquor Metis b-1840 Alberta. 

Betsy Cardinal, b-1844, Lac La Biche, married 1868, Lac La Biche (Alberta) Paulette Desjarlais, b-1830, Lac a Biche (Alberta). 

Joseph Cardinal, d-1856, Lac La Biche (Alberta), married April 30, 1844, Fort des Prairie (Edmonton, Alberta) Louise Frobisher daughter of Joseph Frobisher and Charlotte Joubert, 2nd marriage May 17, 1849 Fort des Prairie (Edmonton, Alberta) Isabelle Capot Vert daughter Capot Vert and Vermillion.  Xenia suggests Louise Frobisher's mother is a Maskegan (Swampy Cree) and not Charlotte Joubert.  

Louis Fousenault, b-1844 Red River married about 1874 Alberta Theresa Metis b-1843 Alberta, living LKac La Biche, Alberta 1901.

James Hope married 1844 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), Judith Desjarlais

(I)-James Jullian b-1839 Scotland married about 1872 Flarah Metis b-1844 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Varniek Ladauerier, Metis b-1844 Athabasca living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.

Oliver Laderoute, Metis b-1844 N.W.T., married about 1879 N.W.T. Adelaide Metis b-1850 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

Louise Larence, Metis, b-1844 Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta), daughter Bazil Larence, b-1789/95 and Agathe Michel L'Iroquoise b-1812/25; married Joseph Hamelin, Metis b-1840 son Jean Baptiste Hamelin, Metis, b-1800 and Francoise Ducharme;  married Francoise Aucharme.

Jno Manning b-1844 U.S.A., married to Margarite Metis b-1865 Alberta, living Edmonton 1901. 

Elizabeth Manager de Lard Chipewyan, b-1844, Buffalo Lake, (Alberta) married (I)-Henry Sanderson, born Orkney. 

Alexander McKay, Metis b-1844 N.W.T., living Medicine Hat, Southern Alberta 1891.

Birth Isabelle (Kakakekamik) Moise, Metis b-1844-53 daughter Jean Baptiste (Kakakekamik) Moise b-1827 and Charlotte Wapisiokowan; 2nd married 1856 Madeleine Abraham; married 1866 Lac La Biche (Alberta), Paul Bruneau b-1848 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) son Michel Joachim Bruneau and Marie Catherine Ladoucher.

Jean Baptiste (Kakakekamik) Moise, Metis, b-1827 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) son man named Moise and Susanne Decoine, Metis, b-1807, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married 1st. 1844, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), Charlotte Wapistokowan, 2nd married 1856, Madeleine Abraham.

Jean Baptiste Nipising, Metis b-1844 Alberta married to Betsy Metis b-1848 Athabasca, living Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) 1901. 

Patrick Pruden, Metis b-1844 Saskatchewan married about 1873 Alberta Isabell Metis b-1847 Alberta, Living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Peter Pruden, Metis b-1844 Red River a trader married to Mary b-1839 living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891. 

Louis Shot, Metis b-1844 Athabacsa married about 1872 Alberta Therasis Metis b-1846 Alberta living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.

Father J.B. Thibeault (Thibault) and Father Bourassa started building a mission at Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne).  Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) wrote that the priests are not allowed to trade except for provisions.  Thibault is requested to "avoid as far as in him lies that collision of creeds which is as unnecessary in so wide a country as it is inexpedient among so ignorant a race."  Father Thibault visited Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) and Cold Lake (Alberta).   Simpson wrote: "with respect to Mr. Thibault, I saw very little of him -- but quite enough."   He would later write:  "I wish Thibault was in his mother's belly."

St. Pierre Quintal, b-1844, White Fish Lake, Athabasca, son, Pierre Quintal and Charlotte LaDoucher, b-1814; married 1864, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Marie Oka-ee-ma-oo-wasis Gladu, b-1846, Riviere La Biche, daughter Oka-ee-ma-oo-wasis and Marianne Gladu. 

January 6:  Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta) birth Mary Jane McDougall daughter John George McDougall and Genevieve Gaspard.

January 15:  Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta), marriage, Louis Vallee, b-1822 son Antoine Vallee and Susanne Lefebvre; married LouiseDurand, Metis, died July 4, 1871, daughter Paul Niyawekanis Durand, Metis, born 1796, Rocky Mountain House (Alberta) and Marie Ahskekahmuahtaht.  

September 13:  Fort Des Prairie (Fort Edmonton, Alberta), marriage Narcisse Morrissette to Julia Judith Cardinal, Metis, b-1827 daughter Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden.

1845

Ursule Beauregard, b-1837, Fort Edmonton, daughter Charles Beauregard Sr., died 1885 and Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquois, b-1822.

Alexy Berland, Metis b-1845 N.W.T. married about 1878 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1846 N.W.T. living Battle River, Alberta 1891.

Father Bourassa visited Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta)

Isidore Bruneau, Metis, b-1845, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) son Jean Baptiste Bruneau, b-1810, N.W. and Marie Salteux Kool; married October 4, 1865, St. Albert (Alberta) Isabelle Hamelin, Metis, born May 29, 1847, St. Albert (Alberta) died September 9, 1870, daughter Francois Hamelin and Catherine Nepissing.

Joseph Caillioux Metis b-1845 Alberta married about 1874 Alberta Elizabeth Metis b-1851 Alberta, living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.

Antoine Okeestole Cardinal, married, 1845, Lac La Biche (Alberta) Cecile Boucher.

Dominique Cardinal, b-1845, Floating Stone Lake (Alberta), son Laurent Cardinal (1819-1853) and Marie Moignon. b-1822, Egg Lake (Alberta); married 1865, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Marie Anne Destarlais.

Yilkers Complois b-1845 Red River married to Margret Metis b-1856 McKenzie River living Lakeland, Alberta 1891.

Theodore Decoine, b-1845, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), died October, 1870, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Francois Decoine Sr., and Josephite Desjarlais, b-1820;  married 1868, Lac La Biche, (Alberta) Christine Carlouche Viver, Metis, b-1851 daughter Oliver (aka Charles) Callouche Viver, Metis and Lisette Vallee, b-1817.   

Fort Edmonton, birth William Gladstone Jr., died 1891, Fort Calgary (Alberta), son William J. Shanks Gladstone Sr. b-1824, Quebec, and Harriet Leblanc, b-1835 Fort Edmonton (Alberta); married Marie Samat Vandal, b-1855 Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan).

Alexis Gladu, b-1845, Lac La Biche (Alberta), d-1879, St. Albert (Alberta) son Charles Gladu, b-1810 and Therese Gray, b-1813, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married Elizabeth Malaterre, b-1852. 

Jean Baptiste Gladu, b-1807, N.W.T. son Francois Gladu, born December 25, 1763 married about 1797, N.W.T.,  Josephte Cartrand, b-1773; married October 8, 1845, Fort des Prairies (Fort Edmonton, Alberta), Sophie Collin, Metis, b-1815, Jasper House, daughter Richard Collin Sr., Metis..

Francois Hamelin Jr., Metis, b-1845 Lac La Nun (None) son Francois Hamelin Sr. and Catherine Nepissing; married 1870 St. Albert, Catherine Whitefish, born Red River daughter Alexis Whitefish and Catherine.

Alexandre (Alide) Karaconti, L'Iroquoise, b-1845 Rocky Mountain House,  son Thomas Karaconti Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1806 Jasper House and Lizette Karaconti; married 1866 Lac Ste Anne, Mooshwan Rosalie Letendre, b-1848, Lac Ste Anne.

Alexia (Alexis) Nault (1822-1867) son Amable Nault and Marie Josephte Lagimodiere, b-1809; married 1845, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), Angelique Brabant, Metis, b-1828 daughter Augustin Brabant and Angelique Lucier, Metis, b-1800..

James Rowland (Rowand?), Metis b-1844 N.W.T. possible son John Rowand? (1787-1854); married about 1867 Julia Metis b-1844 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.  

Paul Kane (1810-1871), who was commissioned by Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) to do twelve canvases of Indian life, reported the buffalo were as far as the eye could see and so numerous that they impeded their journey to Fort Edmonton and filled the air with dust, almost to suffocation.  Paul Kane wintered at Fort Edmonton until 1846 and described Fort Edmonton:  A large establishment, some forty to fifty men with their wives and children, making about one hundred and thirty people who lived within the pickets of the fort.  Some historians suggest only 80 Metis are being supported out of Fort Edmonton this year.  Kane, however, goes on to say that their employment is in building boats for the trade, sawing timber; which is rafted down river from ninety miles higher up, cutting popular for fire-wood; as eight hundred cords are consumed each winter.  The women are all, without exception, either squaws or half-breed. They make moccasins and clothing for the men and convert dried meat into pemmican.  He also described the great icehouse which contained seven to eight hundred buffalo carcasses.  Kane painted the Cree Metis Cunnewabum; meaning one that looks at the stars and is struck with her beauty.  

Saskatchewan River by Paul Kane (1810-1871)

A fleet of boats, laden with furs from the western wilderness, sails down the Saskatchewan River.  A painting by Paul Kane (1810-1871), likely done on his visit to Fort Edmonton.

Paul Kane (1810-1871) described Jasper House as three miserable log huts.  Its sole purpose was to provide horses for mountain crossings.  Colin Fraser (1807-1867), his Cree wife and nine children were at the post.

Louis Pelletier (or Campbell) Sr., Metis, born July 15, 1829, up the North Saskatchewan River in Rocky Mountains son Pierriche Pelletier (or Pierre Campbell) married 1845 Fort Jasper Marie Karaconti.

Father de Smet (Smef) (1801-1873), of the Oregon Mission, came over White Man's Pass this year on his way to Fort Augustus (Fort Edmonton).  When he passed through Jasper House Colin Fraser (1807-1867) was there to greet him.

Father Pierre-Jean de Smet (Smef) (1801-1873), visited Rocky Mountain House, on the North Fork (North Saskatchewan River).

A Belgian born Jesuit, Father Pierre-Jean de Smet (Smef) (1801-1873), working the Missouri country, visited Fort Augustas (Fort Edmonton), and Lac Ste Anne a.k.a. Devils Lake.  He wintered Fort Augustus.

Isidere Villeneuve Sr., b-1845, likely Fort Edmonton (Alberta) son Francois Villeneuve, b-1825and Helene Vallee, b-1828.

The French Oblates of Mary Immaculate are requested to aid the few scattered secular priests in the North West Territories.

The first confirmed Europeans in Kananaskis Country, west of Calgary, Alberta, were James Sinclair and15 families with their livestock, whom he was leading over the mountains to settle in Washington, U.S.A.

January:  Narcisse Beaudry, b-1845 Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), died December 28, 1904, Egg Lake (Alberta), daughter Joseph Nabestiwayan Beaudry (1809-1881) and Louise Ladouceur b-1820; married April 20, 1868, Red River, Lucie Breland daughter Pascal Breland and Marie Rose Grant. 

March 23:  Lac Ste Anne, baptism Jean Baptiste Beaudry, born January 1845 son Joseph Beaudry and Louise Ladoucer.

May 2: Upper Fort des Prairies aka Fort Edmonton, (Edmonton, Alberta), marriage, Peter Calder son James Calder and Inconnue Lindsay; married Isabelle Lussier, Metis, b-1827 daughter Francois Lussair, Metis, b-1799 and Louise Bruneau, Metis.

Floria Fraser, born October 1845, Jasper House daughter Colin Fraser (1807-1867) and Nancy Anne Beaudry, b-1815 Fort Carlton (Saskatchewan) married September 18, 1867, Fort Edmonton James Gullion, b-1838 Scotland.

1846  

Norbert Belrose, Metis b-1846 Alberta married about 1875 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.

Father Bourassa is visiting Lesser Slave Lake and the Peace River country.

Birth in Alberta, Philomene Cardinal, Metis, daughter Alexis Cardinal, Metis born 1820's Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) and Nancy Quintal, Metis, born Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta).

Marie Lafourche Okisto Cardinal, b-1846, Lac La Biche (Alberta) daughter Antoine Okeestole Cardinal, and Cecile Boucher; married 1858, Lac La Biche, Antoine Mustalip Cardinal. b-1828, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Jacques Cardinal, b-1798, Moose Mountain, Pitt (Saskatchewan) and Josephte Tchak, b-1780.

(I)-William Cust b-1825 Ireland married about 1882 Alberta Olives Metis b-1846 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.

Felix Dumont, Metis b-1846 Alberta, married about 1872 likely Fort Edmonton Grustine b-1851 Red River, living Edmonton 1901.

Peter Erasmus (1833-1931) a Ojibwa Metis, interpreter, guide, who could speak 9 languages married 1865 Whitefish Lake (Alberta) Charlotte Jackson d-1880 a Metis.

The (I)-Reverend James Evans (1803-1846) was charged with the shooting of Thomas Hassell, his Chipewyan interpreter and of improper relations with Indian women, connected with the missions.  The charges were not sustained but he departed for England and promptly dropped dead at Keelby in Lincolnshire.

Culbert Gervais b-1846 N.W.T. married about 1878 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1836 N.W.T., living Mountain Mill, Alberta 1901.

William Shaka-we-ee-nis Gladu, Metis, b-1846, Victoria (Alberta), son Nabes Gladu and Marguerite Thompson or Wapistekowan; married 1st. 1867, Susanne Desnoyers; married 2nd, 1872 Marie Desnoyers, Metis, b-1856. 

Genevieve Gladu, Metis, b-1846, Lesser Slave Lake, daughter Louison Gladu, b-1798 and Genevieve Gray, Metis; married 1857, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Daniel Ferguson, b-1841, Red River son John Ferguson or Farquarhson (1809-1875) and Marie Wilkie.

John Hope, b-1846, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), died October 1870 son, James Hope married 1844 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), Judith Desjarlais

Paul Kane (1810-1871) witnessed a awful scene of  Prairie fire, in September, at Fort Edmonton. He turned this into a painting.

George Kipling, Metis b-1846 Red River a freighter son George Kipling b-1824 and Catherine Spence, Metis b-1820; married to Lucy Metis b-1856 N.W.T. living Battle River, Alberta 1891.

Cornelious La Blanc, Metis b-1846 Alberta married about 1880 Alberta Mary Metis b-1855 Saskatchewan, living Mountain Mill, Alberta 1901.

Adan Lakeview, Metis b-1846 Alberta married 1875 Alberta Margaret b-1858 Red River, living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891. 

M. Larocque (f) Metis b-1846 N.W.T. living Battle River, Alberta 1891.

Adolphe Perreault, b-1846 N.W.T., married 1871 St Albert (Alberta), Julie Berard, b-1856, Red River daughter Pierre Berard, b-1817 and Louise Moreau, b-1815/20, Fort Edmonton (Alberta).

Jerry Potts b-1846 Red River, a rancher, living Assiniboia West 1891.  Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta or south western Saskatchewan at this time.

Benjamin Rondeau b-1846 Nova Scotia married about 1885 N.W.T. Caroline Metis b-1862 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Eustra Ruset, Metis b-1846 N.W.T. married about 1880 N.W.T. Louise Metis b-1848 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Father Pierre-Jean de Smet (Smef) (1801-1873), a Jesuit from St. Louis on the Mississippi River, departed Fort Augustus (Fort Edmonton) on the North Fork (North Saskatchewan River) for Fort Jasper, then on to Fort Vancouver.  At Fort Jasper he encountered Colin Fraser (1807-1867) who had been at that post from before 1838 (posted 1835). 

Rev, Henry Steinhauer aka Sowengisik a full blood Ojibwa married 1846 Jessie Joyful Seeseeb Mamanuwartum and spent the rest of their lives in Alberta..

Annie Swinton b-1846, Red River, Living Assiniboia West 1891.  Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta or south western Saskatchewan at this time.

Alice Warson b-1846 N.W.T. living Southern Alberta 1891.

Laura Watson b-1846 N.W.T. living Southern Alberta 1891

Fathers Lafleche and Tache established a mission at Ile a la Crosse and next year serviced Reindeer Lake and Fort Chipewyan.

Wheat is grown at Fort Edmonton (Alberta) on a trial basis.

Paul Kane departed Fort Edmonton to Fort Assiniboine with the Oregon bound brigade and Colin Fraser (1807-1867) of Jasper House accompanied the party.  Colin spoke of the days he piped Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) into innumerable posts.

Father Jean Baptiste Thibault, the Oblate at Fort Edmonton relished in the fact he had won 36 Indians from the Methodists of Reverend Rundle.

Fort Benton is built by the The American Fur Company about 60 Km down the Missouri River from present day Great Falls, Manitoba.   This Fort would become a major trading point for Alberta, including Fort Edmonton, Fort Calgary, Fort McLeod and Fort Hamilton later called Fort Whoop-up near Lethbridge (Alberta). 

February 26:  Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta) marriage, Joseph Belcourt born November 28, 1823 son Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta);  married Madelrine Sapin dit Champion, Metis, daughter Joseph Sapin dit Campion, b-1797 and Marie Nepissing, b-1810.

June:  Mackenzie River, marriage, (I)-Alexander Hunter Murrey (1819-1874) to Anne Campbell (1803-1907) daughter of Colin Campbell.  Their first daughter was named Helen b-1848.  Second a daughter named Elizabeth b-1849. Third Margaret b-1851.  Fourth Anne Flora b-1852.  Also son James, another son and daughter.   They settled in Fort Yukon a.k.a. Youcon.  Anne's only companion was Kutchin her Indian servant woman who nursed her own son until he was almost ten years of age.  Anne said two or three years was the normal period. 

July 31:  Devil's Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), birth, Pierre Gray, Metis, son, Joseph Gray, Metis b-1809, Jasper House and Susanne Callihoo L'Iraquoiose, b-1824; married 1868, Marie Lorme alias Delorme, Metis, b-1842 Devil's Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) daughter Augustine Lorme alias Delorme and Isabelle Karaconti.

1847

Narcisse Beaudry, Metis b-1847 Alberta, married about 1877 Alberta, likely Egg Lake, Lucie   b-1847 Red River, living Egg Lake, (Alberta) 1901.  

Elizabeth (Isabelle) Bruneau, b-1847 Buffalo Lake married Patrick Pruden, Sr. born January 17, 1842. 

Fran Courteoreille, Metis b-1847 Alberta married about 1884 likely Athabesca Landing Mary Metis b-1850 Alberta.

Charles Gladu, Metis b-1847 N.W.T. married about 1865 N.W.T. Jane Metis b-1848 N.W.T. living Plant, Alberta 1901.

George Hodgson, Metis, b-1847 B.C., Indian Interpreter, married about 1873 N.W.T. Madeline Metis b-1854 N.W.T., five children are recorded Philomone b-1873 N.W.T., Margaret b-1879 N.W.T., Elizabeth b-1881 U.S.A., Christan b-1883 N.W.T., Catherine b-1885 N.W.T., all living Fish Creek, Southern Alberta 1891.

Damase Hope b-1847 Red River married about 1878 Alberta Louisa Metis b-1851 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

George Hodgkin, Metis b-1847 B.C., an interpreter, married about 1872 Alberta Madeline Metis b-1854 N.W.T., living Southern Alberta 1891.

Jerome Laboucan b-1847 Red River and married likely Red River Rachael b-1847 Red River. They moved to Duhamel, Alberta about 1871. 

Paul Kane met Piegan Chief (II)-James (Jimmy Jock) Bird (1785-1892) at Rocky Mountain House where he was temporarily in charge, and he was impressed.  Kane found him hospitable and trustworthy, whereas the missionaries and some traders held him in low esteem.  One United States trader said that he had a woman and children in every tribe.  John Rowand (1787-1854) said he had a tent full of women for sale.  Jimmy Jock had no problem collecting furs on the Saskatchewan and then trading them to the United States.  

Paul Kane wintered Fort Edmonton and an animal gained access to his quarters and ate all his provisions.

Benjamin Lepretre, b-1847, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) son Jean Baptiste Lepretre and Lisette Lemire; married 1868, Dunvegan, Athabasca, Angelique Testawitch, b-1852, Fort Vermillion, daughter Jean Baptiste Tastawitch Sr., and Marie Apititish.

Isabelle Quintal, b-1847, Lac La Biche (Alberta), married Clement Collins.

John Rowand (1787-1854) did not allow most Native and Metis women  to dining with the gentlemen.  This is interesting given that his wife, Louis Umphreville, is Metis. But they were all welcome at the dances.  It would appear that this was not a slight toward the native peoples but rather a male superiority thing, mixed with the English civilization criteria of ranking.  John Rowand (1787-1854) had ample girth and his wife was three hundred and twenty two pounds.  His daughter reached three hundred and thirty six pounds and his son was three hundred and fifty pounds.  His daughter married James McKay,  who was three hundred and sixty four pounds. 

Rowand expressed concern that the Half-breeds (Metis) of Devils Lake (Lac Ste Anne) were trading and carting their furs to Fort Gary and beyond at the expense of the Company.  Every half-breed is a trader who laughs at the Company (HBC) charter.

Paul Kane (1810-1871) was so smitten by Cum-ne-wa-Bum (one that looks at the stars) she was a Cree-Metis woman, and he had to paint her at Fort Edmonton.

Alexis Ward, Metis b-1847 son John Ward Sr. and Native woman.  Could be son Ward Jr.?

February 23:  Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta), marriage Joseph Belcourt, b-November 28, 1823 to Madeleine Sapin dit Champion, Metis

August:  Lac La Biche (Alberta), birth Edward Gladu, son Louison Gladu, b-1798 and Genevieve Gray; married October 1866, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Betsy Constant, Metis, born December 1845, The Pas (The Big Eddie) (Saskatchewan) daughter Louison Constant and Julie Sauteuse.

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1848

Alex Barnard, Metis b-1848 N.W.T. married about 1881 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1849 N.W.T. living Pretty Hill, Alberta 1901.

Agathe Borque, Metis b-1848 Alberta married about 1881 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901. 

Isabelle Bousquet, b-1848, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) daughter Michel Louis Bousquet and LaLouise Vandette, Metis, b-1820; married 1862 Red River, Joseph Alexandre Kapsasit, Metis son Pashkowagen, Metis and Marie Native.

Paul Bruneau, b-1848, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Michel Joachim Bruneau, b-1806 and Marie Catherine LaDouceurm b-1810;  married 1866 Lac La Biche (Alberta), Isabelle Ka-ka-ke-ka-mik Moise, b-1844/1853 daughter, Baptiste Ka-ka-ke-ka-mik Moise, b-1827, Lac La Biche (Alberta) and Charlotte Wapistokowan.

Paul Bruno, Metis b-1848 Alberta, married about 1877 likely Athabasca, Elizabeth Metis b-1847 Alberta, living Athabasca Landing 1901. 

Joseph Callio, Metis, b-1848, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), son Michel Callio, Metis, born October 1, 1823, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Marie Savard (1828-1869); married February 1872, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), Elizabeth Plante, born May 12, 1858 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Xavier Plante, b-1824 Red River and Elizabeth Belcourt, b-1829, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta).

Joseph (dit Nubesis or Okisto) Cardinal, b-1848, Lac La Biche (Alberta), son Antoine (Okeestole) Cardinal and Cecile Boucher; married 1869, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Rosalie Ciurteoreille, 2nd marriage, 1874, Mathilde Trembly, born January 18, 1840 Peace River,

Mathew Cook, Metis, b-1848 N.W.T. (1891 census claims Nova Scotia) son Joseph Cook b-1792 N.W.T. and Catherine Sinclair, Metis, b-1785;  married about 1869 Matilda McKenzie, Metis b-1849 (1840?) Red River daughter Donald McKenzie, Metis b-1800 and Matildia Bruce, Metis b-1810 N.W.T. daughter Benjamin Bruce b-1775 and Matildia, Metis b-1778.  Mathew and Matilda Cook living Southern Alberta 1891.

Howard Greenwood b-1848 Nova Scotia, married about 1787 likely N.W.T., Marie Metis b-1857 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

(I)-John Holland b-1848 Germany married about 1879 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1869 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Floria Hope, b-1848, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) daughter, James Hope married 1844 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), Judith Desjarlais

Esabill House, Metis b-1848 Alberta, living Lac Ste Anne in 1901, living Trail Creek, Alberta 1901.

Paul Kane described his first Christmas at Fort Edmonton with Chief Factor Rowand:  "No table cloth shed its snowy whiteness over the board, no silver candelabra interfered with the simple magnificence.  Bright tin plates and dishes reflected the jolly faces of Indians, voyageurs, half-breeds and burnished gold can give no truer zest to a feast."  

Rosalie Karaconti, Metis b-1848 Alberta, mother Dieudonne Karacounti, b-1872 Alberta, both living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Paul Lapoudre, Metis b-1848 Alberta married to Christiana Metis b-1849 N.W.T., living Lac La Biche, (Alberta), 1901.

Ursula Larocque, Metis b-1848 Alberta, living Lac Ste Anne in 1901

Pelagie Nado, Metis b-1848 Alberta married about 1883 Athabasca.

Juliet Nault, b-1848, Fort Edmonton, daughter Alexis Nault, (1822-1867) and Angelique Brabant, b-1828; 1st married, 1863, St. Albert (Alberta), Benjamin Bellerose, b-1842, Slave Lake, (Alberta), died November 5, 1870, son Oliver Bellerose, b-1814 and Josephte (Suzette) Savard, b-1819, Lesser Slave Lake (Albertas); 2nd marriage 1873, St. Albert (Alberta) Michel Plante, b-1851 Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan.

Thomas Shawan Nepissing, Metis, b-1818, son Ignace Nepissing, Commandant and Marie Nepissing a Sauteaux; married 1848 Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) Rosaire Gladu, Metis daughter Louison Gladu, b-1798 and Genevieve Gray, Metis.

Virsulia Quinlan, Metis b-1848 Alberta, living Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) 1901.

Francis Singer, Metis b-1848 Alberta married about 1873 Alberta Margaret Metis b-1852 Alberta, living Lac La Biche (Alberta), 1901. 

Maskepatoon, a Plains Cree b-1812 explained to Paul Kane his difficulty with the missionaries:  "Mr. Rundell (Rundle) has told him that what he preached was the only true road to heaven, and Mr. Hunter (Anglican) told him the same thing, and so did Mr. Thebo, (Thibault), and as they all three said the other two were wrong, and as he did not know which was right, he thought they ought to call a council among themselves, and then he would go with them all three; but that until they agreed he would wait."  

January:  Berneice Chalmers, born 1848 St. Albert or Lac Ste Anne (Alberta)

April 8:  Devil's Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) birth, Samuel Cunningham Sr. Metis, son John Cunningham Sr., (Irish Metis) b-1815 N.W. (Manitoba) and Rosalie L'Hyrondelle, born January 5, 1829, Lesser Slave Lake; married November 22, 1869 Big Lake aka St. Albert, Susanne Gray, Metis born March 1, 1855 Lac Ste Anne daughter Joseph Gray, Metis, b-1809, Jasper House and Sauanne Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1824,

1849

Bella Andrews born 1849 Metis Devil's Lake Village (Lac St Anne, Alberta) daughter Pierre Andrews and Louise Gladu.  Bella would marry 1866 Lesser Slave Lake a Gonthier (Gauthier).  Another cholera epidemic swept Canada and most doctors believed it was spread by some atmospheric change.

Joseph Allor, Metis b-1849 Alberta married about 1883 Alberta most likely Trail Creek, Lalouise Metis b-1847 Alberta, living Trail Creek, Alberta 1901.

Octave Bellerose, b-1849, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Oliver Belleorse, b-1 and Josephte (Suzette) Savard) b-1819; married 1873, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), Louise L'Hyrondelle, Metis, b-1853, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste L'Hyrondelle, b-1816, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Catherine Loyer, Metis, b-1828, Jasper House (Alberta).

Louison Cardinal, Metis b-1849 Alberta married about 1881, Alberta Margaret Metis b-1850, Alberta living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Jean Baptiste Cardinal, b-1849 in the Rocky Mountains son Louison Cardinal, b-1821 and Susan Courteoreille; married 1868 Josephine Frederick, b-1849 Athabasca District, daughter Martin Frederick, b-1810, Athabasca District and Marie Carifelle. 

White Fish Lake, Athabaska marriage Michel Cardinal, Metis, b-1825 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married 1849, White Fish Lake, Athabasca, Catherine Pakakoos, b-1828 daughter Antoine Sakapwan Kamaspwapasuy.

Louis Courteoreille, Metis born August 16, 1849 Alberta, married about 1877 Alberta most likely Lac Sainte Anne, Sophie Metis born May 19, 1849, Alberta, living La Sainte Anne 1901.

Collin Frazer, Metis b-1849 N.W.T. married about 1875 N.W.T. Floria Metis b-1850 N.W.T, living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Edward Gladue b-1849 Red River married about 1880 N.W.T. Josephine b-1852 Red River living NWT 1880 to 1896, living Pretty Hill, Alberta 1901.

Magloire Gray, Metis born May 15, 1849, Alberta married about 1877 most likely Lac Ste Anne, Genevieve Metis born April 30, 1850 Alberta, living Lac Sainte Anne (Devils Lake) 1901.

Richard Hardisty (1831-1889), Metis, joined the Hudson Bay Company this year in Red River as an apprentice.  He was posted to Manitobah House where he served for five years.  

Jean Baptiste Ya-cow-iss-ca-we-yin Laboucanne, b- 1849, Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta) son Baptiste Laboucanne and Angele Pineault; married 1868, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) Sophie Calahaisen, b-1853, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter William Calahaisen and Sophie Auger.

Gabriel Lafleur, Metis b-1849 Alberta married about 1874 Alberta Julienne Metis b-1869 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.

Henri Laferte-Lanaix, Metis, b-1849 Fort Chipewyan (Alberta) son Louison Laferte, Metis, b-1822 Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake and Marie LesPerance; married January 11, 1875, Fort Providence (Alberta) Catherine Bouvier, b-1856, Fort Simpson daughter Joseph Pouvier, b-1830 and Catherine Beaulieu.

Augustin L'Hyrondelle, Metis, b-1849, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), son Joseph L'Hyrondelle, born November, 1814, Slave Lake and Marguerite Nepissing, b-1823, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married, 1874, St. Albert (Alberta), Nancy Bellerose, born December 1857, St. Albert (Alberta) daughter Oliver Belleorse, b-1814 and Josephte (Suzette) Savard) b-1819

John Longmore, Metis b-1849 N.W.T. married about 1877 N.W.T. Rowsey Metis b-1854 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Michael Nipissing or Shawan, born October 1849, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), son Thomas Shawan Nepissing, b-1818 and Rosaire Gladu; married 1879 Catherine Wanut d-1891.

Ambroise Surprenant, b-1849, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), son, Alexis Surprenant and Marie Anne Macomtehquato Courteoreille, b-1832; married June 1870, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Lalouise Gladu, Metis, born December, 1854, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta) daughter Louison Gladu, b-1798 and Genevieve Gray, Metis. 

Jean Baptiste Tastawich Jr., Metis, b-1849, Dunvegan, Athabasca (Alberta), son Jean Baptiste Tastawitch Sr., b-1829 and Marie Apititisth; married 1869, Dunvegan, Athabasca, (Alberta), Marie Grand-Batard, Metis, b-1853, Sturgeon Lake, Athabasca, (Alberta), daughter, Francois Grand Batard and Maria Caribou, a Beaver Woman.

Alexander Ward, Metis b-1849 son John Ward Sr. and Native woman.  Could be son Ward Jr.?

Simon Whiteford, Metis b-1849 Alberta son Samuel Whitford and Mary Henderson; married May 20, 1873 Victoria Metis Settlement, Alberta, located 90 km NE Fort Edmonton, Elizabeth Anderson, Metis b-1859 Alberta, living Pakan, Alberta 1901, daughter John Anderson Jr. b-1827 and Christie Whitford, b-1833.

January:  St. Albert (Alberta), birth Pierre Boucher Jr., Metis, son Pierre Boucher Sr. and Marie Amable Bruneau aka Montagnais, b-1828; married November 1866, Isabelle Berland, Metis, b-1837, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), died 1870, daughter Edouard Berland, Metis, b-1819, Genevieve Moigan (Moignon). 

January 20:  Lac Ste Anne, birth, Jean Baptiste Belcourt, Metis, married about 1881, Alberta likely Lac Ste Anne, Isabelle b-1857 Red River, living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

January 20:  Lac Ste Anne, birth, Jean Baptiste Belcourt Jr., Metis son Jean Baptiste Belcourt Sr. b-1820 and Cecile Callihoo, b-1834, Peace River, Alberta;  1st married 1868 Lac La Biche, (Alberta) Isabelle Adam b-July 1858 Lac La Biche, (Alberta) daughter, George Adams, b-1833 Red River, and Angelique Desjarlais b-1834 Red River, 2nd married about 1881, Alberta likely Lac Ste Anne, Isabelle b-1857 Red River, living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

May 10:  birth Henry McCorrister Jr., son Henry McCorrister, b-1817 and Maria Tait, b-1820; married Margaret Pelletier (or Campbell), Metis, born September 1852 Jasper House daughter Louis Pelletier (or Campbell) Sr., Metis, born July 15, 1829 up the North Saskatchewan River in Rocky Mountains.

May 15:  Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), birth, Magloire Gray, Metis, son Joseph Gray, Metis, b-1809, Jasper House (Alberta), Susanne Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1824; married 1871, St. Albert (Alberta), Genevieve Laderoute, born April 2, 1850, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), daughter Oliver Laderoute, b-1806, Quebec and Angelique L'Hyrondelle dit Brabant Maskegan born November 2, 1822, Lesser Slave Lake..

May 28:  Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta), marriage Jacques Berland, Metis, b-1817 son Jean Baptiste Berland and Susanne McLeod Nepissing; married 1st., 1837, Therese Cree, married 2nd. May 28, 1849, Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta) Josephte Kesekankwatoo.

June:  Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta). birth Charles Wes-ka-du-mi-na-ke-so a Montagnais, Metis, son Pierre Montagnais Chippeayan and Charlotte (Katrine) Gladu, Metis, b-1823, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married February, 1881, Sturgeon Lake, Marie Napotsum Gladu, born May 1854, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta)

July:  Jasper House (Alberta), birth Mary Gaucher daughter Pierre Jean Gaucher and Lisette Colette; married Jean Baptiste Gladu.

August:  Eden Colvile visited (I)-Francis Butcher b-1810 at Fort Dunvegan and noted they lived for some time on suckers which appear to be about as nourishing as a pine shingle.

December 15:   Jasper, North West, birth, (II)-George Pendleton, Metis is born Jasper House son (I)-Colin Fraser (1807-1867) and Cree woman, they later relocated to Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne).  Others suggest it was (II)-Colin Fraser Jr., Metis who was born this day at Jasper House son (I)-Colin Fraser, Sr., (1807-1867) and Cree woman.  The family moved in 1862/1863 to Lac St. Anne (Alberta).

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ALBERTA HISTORY 1850-1869