the Red River settlement (Man.), office holder, and judge; b. 1837, son of Pierre Bruce and Marguerite Desrosiers; m. Angélique Gaudry, and they had five children; d. 26 Oct. 1893 in

. 1852 in Thamesford, Upper Canada, son of Isaac Davidson and Chrystann (Christie Anne) Cameron; m. 20 March 1878 Sophia Ellen Hamilton in Palestine (Gladstone), Man., and they had two sons and

. 1837 in St Boniface (Man.), son of Jean-Baptiste Bérard, dit Lépine, and Julia Henry; m. there c. 1857 Josephte Lavallée, and six of their children reached adulthood; d

(Man.) at a wage of £6 per annum. Within two years he was serving inland under William Tomison* and Robert

. The date and place of Richard Staunton’s birth (and indeed, of his death) are unknown; but in 1694 he was a qualified cooper and was sent to serve as such at York Factory (Man.) by the Hudson’s Bay

country, Marianne (d. between 1830 and 1835); m. secondly 20 Aug. 1839 Elizabeth Dennett in the Red River settlement (Man.); d. there 22 Dec. 1851

VOYER, ANTOINE, businessman, politician, and strong man; b. 23 May 1782 in Montreal, son of Jacques Voyer

old man, full of kindness and goodwill.” In October 1623, Sagard accompanied Auoindaon on the annual fishing expedition into Georgian Bay, which

here before the said Sieur Sarrazin left to go to France, and who [Baudeau] is a very skilful man, expert in his profession, loved and esteemed by everybody here, and who has served for a long time in

. William Bevan, who was described as a “diligent, careful” man, sailed from London to Albany Fort in 1723 as mate of the Beaver ​sloop. Four years later he succeeded George Gunn as master. Bevan

DORION, EUGÈNE-PHILIPPE, lawyer, translator, and man of letters; b. 6 Aug. 1830 at Saint-Ours, of the

own expense, a crude battery near Chain Rock in the Narrows, on which he mounted 6 guns from his own ship, manned by 23 men. Martin appears to have

. first Harriet Ballenden by whom he had seven sons and five daughters, second Catherine White by whom he had one son and two daughters; buried at St Clements Church, Mapleton, Man., 11 Dec

NEWTON, JOHN, shipmaster, HBC chief at York Fort (York Factory, Man.); d. there 28

learn the Algonkin language and begin his apostolate. Father Raymbaut was a tall man with a vigorous physique. He was considered very well qualified to investigate the nations of the west, who were

was divided. He was then elected to represent Kings County, Southern Division, a seat he held until his death. Webster was an energetic man of wide

chief of the band. To encourage the young man to go to war, Many Swans lent him his spiritual protector, an amulet he had received through a vision. It consisted of a round mirror decorated with weasel

” appears beside the mark of a head man of the otter clan. He was probably the father of John Aisance, described as “Young Aisaince” in the account of a council meeting conducted by officials of the Indian

called “the worthy man Jean de Bonamour.” This was his last public act. Shortly afterwards he sailed for France on the pretext of family affairs. In November 1672 Governor

Italian states, the papacy, France, Spain, and England – the background against which the Cabot voyages took place. Apparently a man of note, Carbonariis spent some time in England, as an envoy or