THIS PERIOD  COVERS 1850 TO 1859

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1850  

Adelaide Belcourt, Metis, b-1851 Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) married 1873 St. Albert, (I)-John Glenn (1834-1886).

Benjamin Belcour, Metis b-1850 (Alberta) son Cecile Belcour, Metis b-1830 (Alberta);  married about 1873 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Alexandre Berland, Metis, b-1850, Jasper House (Alberta), died 1870, son Francoise Berland, Metis, b-1807 and Therese Callihoo L'Iroquois, b-1820, died 1878, St Alberta (Alberta); married 1869, Angele Delorme, b-1855 daughter Pierriche Delorme, b-1813, White Mud (Alberta) and Angele Bourassa, b-1805, Big Lake (St. Albert, Alberta). 

Joseph Blayonne, b-1850, Jasper House, son Antoine Blanion and Marie Desjaslais; married Virginie Desmarais, b-1848 Red River.

Fort Assiniboine or Jasper House, birth John Horace Nelson Brazeau Metis b-1850  son Joseph Edward Brazeau Metis (1812-1871) from St. Louis, U.S.A. and Marguerite Brabant (Brebant) dit Salois Metis (1815-1885), daughter Augustin Brabant dit Salois Metis and Angelique (Lucier), 
1st married 1879 Fort Saskatchewan Adelaide Wood daughter William Wood and Jeanne Morin dit Lapatate
2nd marriage 1881 Lac St. Anne Louise Belcourt Metis b-1864 daughter Alexis Belcourt b-1826 and Nancy Rowand Metis b-1832 Lesser Slave Lake

                SEE BELOW this entry appears to be confusing the two Johns.  (I revised the above entry) Gail Morin suggests Joseph married Angelique 1831 Fort Edmonton but Joseph didn't work there until 1862, he was likely in St. Louis in 1831.

John Brazeau, Metis b-1850, Fort Assiniboine, son, Joseph Edward Brazeau Metis (1812-1871) and Marguerite Brabant alias Salois, Metis b-1815, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), daughter Augustin Brabant Metis and Anmgelique Lucir b-1800; married 1st. 1879 Fort Saskatchewan, (Alberta), Adelaide Ward; married 2nd,1881 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Louise Belcourt, Metis, b-1864, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Alexis Belcourt, b-1826 and Nancy Rowand, Metis, b-1832 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta)

William Calder, Metis b-1850 N.W.T., married about 1874 N.W.T., Madeleine Metis b-1856 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

Julian Cardinal, Metis b-1850 (Alberta) married about 1875 (Alberta) Elizabeth b-1860 Red River, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Andre Cardinal Sr. Metis, b-1835 Jasper House, son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, married about this date Rosalie Berland b-1835 Jasper House.

Moise Cardinal, b-1850, Victoria Metis Settlement, (Alberta) son Louison Cardinal, b-1821 and Susan Courteoreille; married 1868, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Therese Bruneau, Metis, b-1855, Peace Hills (Alberta), daughter Jean Baptiste Bruneau, b-1810 NW and Marie Salteux Kool.

(II)-Alexander Christie Metis Jr. b-1818 Rupert's House son (I)-Alexander Christe Sr. (1783-1872) and (II)-Ann Thomas Metis b-1796; employed HBC 1850-1859) Lesser Slave Lake, Fort Chipewyn (1854-1856), Davegan (1857-1859) 

(I)-Colin Fraser (1807-1867) (HBC 1827-1867) is in charge of Fort Assiniboine (1853-1853)

Louis Pepahmonew Courteoreille, b-1850, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), son Joseph Pepamowew Courteoreille, b-1818, and Susanne Desjarlais, b-1822, St. Albert (Alberta); married 1871, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Sophie Belcourt, Metis, b-1849, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), daughter Alexis Belcourt, b-1826, and Nancy Rowand, Metis, b-1832, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta). 

Louis Daigneault, Metis b-1850 N.W.T. married about 1877 N.W.T., Sara Metis b-1860 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.

Isidor Decoine, Metis b-1850 (Alberta), married about 1876 likely Athabasca, Catherine Metis b-1845 (Alberta), living Athabasca Landing 1901.

Leo Desjarlais, Metis b-1850 (Alberta) married about 1881 (Alberta) Julia Metis b-1850 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901 with sister Julia Desjarlais Metis b-1860.

Oliver Desjarlais, Metis b-1850 (Alberta) married about 1887 Isabelle Metis b-1856 (Alberta) living White Whale Lake 1901.

Alexander Desjarlais, Metis, b-1850 (Alberta) son Antoine Wabamun Desjarlais, Metis b-1820 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Marie Julie Catherine Kakatow a Cree; married Marie Hamelin., Metis, b-1852, Sturgeon Lake, Athabasca (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste Hamelin and Suzanne Naywootahetohaywisk, Metis. 

(I)-Colin Fraser (1807-1867) and Cree family are posted to Fort Assiniboine on the Athabasca River.

Eustace Gladue, Metis b-1850 (Alberta) married about 1878 likely Beaver Lake Susan Metis b-1853.

(II)-Richard Hardisty (1831-1889), Metis served at Cumberland House for one year then to Carlton House on the Saskatchewan River.

Louis Larocque Metis b-1850/52 Red River married about 1871 likely N.W.T. (kids born Alberta), Angelique Metis b-1851/52 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1891 and 1901.

Andre L'Hirondelle, Metis bapt-1850 Athabasca married about 1881 likely Lac Ste Anne, Elsie Metis b-1856 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

John L'Hirondelle, Metis bapt-1850, (Alberta) married about 1879 (Alberta) Angelique Metis b-1862 (Alberta) living St. Pierre, (Alberta) 1901.

M. L'Hirondelle, Metis bapt-1850 (Alberta) married about 1873 (Alberta) Ephiesine Metis b-1851 (Alberta) living St. Pierre, (Alberta) 1901.

Cornelious Leblanc Metis Sr., b-1850, Fort Edmonton son Louis Leblanc Metis Sr. and Angelique Vallee Metis  b-1820 Fort Edmonton: married 1875, Fort MacLeod, Mary Favel, b-1858, Fort Edmonton daughter Thomas Favel and Josephte. 

Henry Maxwell b-1818 arrived Fort Dunvegan and became chief trader 1856.

Abraham Mercredi Metis/Indian joined HBC (1853-1891) English River and Athabasca

Jean Baptiste Peltier Metis from Red River joined HBC (1850-1863) Arctic exploration, winter Fort Resolution then on/off freeman on the Saskatchewan then back to Red River.

Michel Plante, Metis b-1850 (Alberta) married about 1873 (Alberta) Zelionon Metis b-1847 (Alberta) living St. Albert, (Alberta) 1901.

John Power, Metis b-1850 married about 1882 Athabasca.

Etienne Quintal, Metis b-1850 (Alberta) married about 1880 (Alberta) Mary Metis b-1852 (Alberta) living Lac La Biche, (Alberta), 1901.

Peter Rouhn, Metis b-1852 (Alberta) married about 1877 (Alberta) Millie Metis b-1856 (Alberta), Living Millet, (Alberta) 1901.

Therese Bisson, b-1830, Peace River.

Francois Thibault Metis b-1831 English River or Sorel, Quebec son Francois Thibault b-1802 and Native woman, Joined HBC (1849-1850 Columbia District; (1850-1856) McKenzie River and Northern District, retired to Red River.

James Ward Sr., Metis, B-1851, Big Lake aka St. Albert, son James Ward Sr., Metis b-1831 and Catherine Bruneau.

Philip Whitford b-1828 Red River married to Rachel Metis b-1850 (Alberta), living Whitford, (Alberta) 1901.

The Metis and fur traders frequented Volcanic Springs (Miette Hot Springs), thirty eight miles from Fort Jasper.  Joseph Smith founded the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormonism) based on his book of Mormon which suggested the North American Indians are the descendants of the ancient lost tribes of Israelites.

Maskepatoon, a Plains Cree b-1812 achieved a peace treaty between the Blackfoot and Cree at Peace Hills near Wetaskiwin (Alberta).

April 2:  Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), birth, Genevieve Laderoute,  married, Magloie Gray, Metis, born May 15, 1849, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta). 

November 4:  Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), birth Toussaint Salois, son, Abraham Salois, b-1830, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), died 1903 and Sauanne Bouvette, b-1828, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta); married, 1869, St. Albert (Alberta), Helene Breland, b-1850 Red River.

1851

Adams, Metis b-1851 N.W.T. a hunter is living Southern (Alberta) 1891.

Pierre Andrews, b-1851 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Baptiste Andrews and Catherine Gladu; married August 10, 1871, Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta), Marianne Sauris Chaude dit Montagnais, Metis, b-1859, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Pierre Montagnais Chippewyan and Charlotte (Katrine) Gladu.

Euphrosine Beauregard, Metis, b-1851, Fort Edmonton, son Charles Beauregard Sr., died 1885 and Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquois, b-1822; married 1873 St. Albert, (Alberta), Magloire L'Hyrondelle, Metis b-1850, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste L'Hyrondelle, Metis b-1816, Lesser Slave Lake and (VI0-Catherine Loyer Metis born  August 1828, Jasper House, (Alberta). 

Adeline (Adelaide) Belcourt, born August, 1851, Lac Ste Anne, daughter Joseph Belcourt, born November 28, 1823 and Madeleine Sapin dit Campion. 

James Brayson b-1851 Saskatchewan, an interpreter married about 1883 to Louisa b-1858 Saskatchewan, living Calgary 1891.

Jean Baptiste Cardinal, Metis b-1851 (Alberta) married about 1865 (Alberta) Josephine Metis b-1853 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901. 

Adam Callihoo, Metis, b-1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) son Thomas Karaconti Callihoo, Metis,  (1830-1874) and Mary Findley, b-1827, Jasper House (Alberta); 1st married 1871 Christine Gladu, b-1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) epouse 1880 St. Albert (Alberta), John Wellington Lee; 2nd marriage 1874, Isabelle Letendre aka Mooshwan (1851-1883), 3rd marriage, 1883, Veronique Gladu, b-1857 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta). 

Adam Callion, b-1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), son Thomas Karaconti Callihoo (1830-1874) and Mary Findlay, b-1827, Jasper House (Alberta); married Isabelle Letendre aka Mooshwan (1851/54-1883) daughter Jean Baptiste Letendre aka Mooshwan, born October 20, 1807, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) and Madeleine Gladu, born Sept, 1830, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) 

Paul Cardinal, Metis b-1851 (Alberta) married about 1881 (Alberta), Margaret Metis b-1845 Athabasca, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901. 

Joseph Chalifoux, Metis b-1851 Athabasca married about 1886 (Alberta) likely Lac Ste Anne, Julie Metis b-1842 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta) 1901.

Lawrence Clarke Jr. (1831-1890) died Prince Albert, likely a Metis,  son Lawrence Clarke Sr. and likely Indian Woman?, joined HBC (1851-1875) Fort Chipewyan, Fond du Lac (Saskatchewan) on Lake Athabasca, (1852-1853), Fort Rae and Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake (1854-1863), then Fort a la Corne, Carlton House and Prince Albert
    First marriage daughter of Mr. Bell of the HBC
        twin Metis girls b-1862
        a Metis son b-1864
    Second marriage a McKay sister of Thomas McKay and John McKay of Prince Albert
        Mary Clarke Metis b-1875
        Thomas Clarke Metis b-1877
        Sedley Blanchard Clarke Metis b-1879 Fort Carlton near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
        George Clarke Metis b-1881
        Douglas Clarke Metis b-1883
    Third marriage Jane Bell born May 14, 1856, Fort Rae epouse Sedley Blanchard
        Augustin Peter Warren Clarke
     Fourth Marriage Catherine McKay
        Mary Clarke b-1875 Fort Carlton   

John Cunningham, Metis b-1851, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son John Cunningham, Metis b-1815 Red River des Metis and Roselie L'Hyrondelle, born January 3, 1929 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married about 1874-1877, St. Albert (Alberta) Rosalie Bruyere, living St. Pierre, (Alberta) 1901.

David Daignault, Metis b-1851 N.W.T. married about 1873 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1857 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

George Donnell Donald Metis b-1816 Red River, died before 1901 Cooking Lake District, son William Donald Sr and Anne Nancy Ballendine (Boeyn or Bollen); joined HBC 1850-1875) Swan River, Red River, Norway House, Saskatchewan, married 1852 Fort Edmonton (III)-Betsey Elizabeth Brass Metis b-1836 Fort Pelly, d-1910  daughter (II)-Peter Brass Sr. Metis b-1794 Hudson Bay and Susan Roy or Comtois;  
    Isabel Donald Metis b-1853/55, Fort Pelly, d-1932, married 1868, Henri LeBlanc b-1840/46 Trois Rivieres, died before 1932 St Albert
    Ann Donald Metis b-1856, Fort Pelly, d-1936 Sturgeon Lake, married 1877 Louis Calliou (Callihoo) (1853-1936) d-1951?
    Sarah Donald Metis b-1856, Red River, married 1st 1876 Thomas Houston b-1840, 2nd married 1886 Cuthbert Corbert Dagneau Daniels Daigneault b-1866 Swan River
    Margaret Donald Metis (b-1852?) or b-1857, Norway House d-1943, married 1872 Edmonton Area Benjamin Assiniboine Patenade (1851-1936)
    Peter Donald Metis b-1861/62, married 1884, Cecile b-1866, married 2nd  1890, Isabella PaquetteMetis b-1874 Fort Edmonton
    Joseph Donald Metis b-1863, married 1891 Colchester Marais b-1874 or Emerance Charland b-1863 Carlton House
    Mary Jane Donald Metis (1865-1891), married 1883 St. Albert, Michel (LeFou) Callihoo b-1856 Fort Edmonton
    Robert Donald Metis b-1866/69, Red River, married 1903 Fort Edmonton, Mary Rose Paquette b-1877 Fort Calgary
    Elizabeth Donald Metis b-1870, Fort Pitt, married 1892 Fort Edmonton, Francois Daigneault d-1871 St Albert
    William James Donald Metis b-1872/73, Fort Pitt, d-1957,Strathconia married 1893 Fort Edmonton, Sarah. Bird
    Henry John Donald Metis b-1876/77, Strathcona

John Edmonton b-1851 Ontario, married about 1887 likely Edmonton (Alberta), Caroline Metis b-1860 (Alberta), living Edmonton 1901.

John Foley, Metis b-1851 N.W.T. married about 1884 N.W.T. Magdalene Metis b-1858 N.W.T. living Spruce Grove, (Alberta) 1901.

Charles Philip Gaudet b-1828 Montreal, joined HBC (1851-1911) MacKenzie River
    Frederick Charles Gaudet Metis b-1865 Fort Good Hope, MacKenzie River HBC (1884-1925) MacKenzie River 
    Charles Timothy Gaudet Metis b-1871/72 Fort Good Hope, MacKenzie River, d-1952, HBC (1895-1930) MacKenzie River 
    Joseph Leon Gaudet Metis b-1875 Fort Good Hope, MacKenzie River, HBC (1903-1931) MacKenzie River, Keewatin, Moose, St Lawrence 

Susette Hope, b-1851, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), daughter, James Hope married 1844 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), Judith Desjarlais.

Christine Gladu, b-1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), daughter Charles Gladum, b-1810 and Therese Fray, b-1813, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), 1st married, 1871. Adam Callihoo, b-1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta); 2nd married, 1880, St. Albert (Alberta), John Wellington Lee.

George Kenty b-1851 Ontario married about 1886 likely Red River, Adelaide b-1866 Red River, two children are recorded, Bella (f) b-1887 N.W.T., and Elizabeth b-1890 N.W.T., all living in Southern (Alberta).

John Laframboise, Metis b-1851 N.W.T., a hunter, married about 1882 N.W.T. Margarite, Metis b-1866 N.W.T., children include         
    David Laframboise, Metis b-1883 N.W.T., 
    Dora Laframboise, Metis  b-1884, N.W.T., 
    Peter Laframboise, Metis  b-1885 N.W.T., 
    William Laframboise, Metis  b-1886 N.W.T., 
    Patrick Laframboise, Metis  b-1887 N.W.T., 
    Marie Laframboise, Metis  b-1888 N.W.T., 
    Isabella Laframboise, Metis  b-1889 N.W.T., 
    Rose Laframboise, Metis  b-1891 Medicine Hat, all family living Medicine Hat, Southern Alberta 1891.

James L'Hirondelle Metis b-1851 Saskatchewan, a horse breeder, living Calgary 1891

Euphrosine (Fresine) L'Hyrondelle, b-1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), son, Joseph L'Hyrondelle, born November, 1814, Slave Lake and Marguerite Nepissing, b-1823, Lesser Slave Lake daughter Ignace Commandant Nepissing and Elizabeth Lizette Courtroreille.

(I)-Kenneth MacDonald (HBC 1850-1874) worked out of Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan District as canoe man (1851-1868) 

John (William) Monroe is born on the Bow River near Calgary the son of Hugh Monroe (1784-1892) and Mark Piegan Woman.

Antoine Munro, Metis born Rupert's Land, employed HBC (1851-1858) on the Saskatchewan River, he became a free man in 1858

James Norquay b-1851 Red River, living Medicine Hat, (Alberta).

Alexandre Savard, Metis b-1851 (Alberta) married about 1873 (Alberta) Mary Plantie, Metis b-1865 (Alberta) daughter Antoine Plante b-1827 Red River, living St. Albert, (Alberta) 1901.

Grant St. Louis b-1851 Red River, living Calgary, (Alberta) 1891.

Pierre St. Sauveur, married, 1851, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Marie Gouin, a Cree Metis.

Mary Anne Stone b-1851 Red River, living Calgary, (Alberta) 1891.

William Todd died Fort Garry this year. He was claimed to be the first European Doctor in (Alberta) having been working Fort Chipewyan for the Hudson Bay Company.  

James Ward Jr. b-1851 St. Albert (Alberta) son James Ward Sr. (1831-1906) and Catherine Bruneau; married 1875 Calgary (Alberta), Eve Boucher, Metis, b-1861, St. Albert (Alberta) daughter Pierre Boucher and Marie Amable (Montagnais) Bruneau, Metis.

Mois Westin, Metis b-1851 (Alberta) married about 1876 (Alberta) Marie Metis b-1862 (Alberta) living Wetaskiwan, (Alberta) 1901.

Simon Whitford b-1851 Red River married about 1874 Red River Elizabeth b-1860 Red River living (Alberta) 1875 to 1891, listed census Lakeland, (Alberta) 1891.

The HBC re-established a post at Lac La Biche (Alberta) this year.

January 10:  St. Albert (Alberta), birth John L'Hyrondelle Metis son Pierre L'Hyrondelle, Metis b-1825/27, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Marguerite Boucher Metis; married 1879 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Angelique Callion, Metis b-1865, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Baptiste Callio, Metis, b-1832 and Angelique Bruneau, Metis, b-1835.

March 14:  Moose Lake, Athabasca (Saskatchewan) birth St. Paul Cardinal, Metis, son Laurent Cardinal, Metis, (1819-1853) and Marie Moignon, b-1822 Egg Lake; married 1975, Lac La Biche (Alberta) Marguerite Tremblay, b-January 16, 1865, Peace River (Alberta) daughter Raphael Tremblay, b-1802 and Catherine McDougall, b-1804. 

May 17:  Slave Lake, birth, Anbroise Jodin, son Ambroise Jobin, b-1817, Quebec and Marguerite Mandeville, b-1830 N.W.

July:  Lesser Slave, Lake, (Alberta), birth, Emilean Bellerose, son, Oliver Belleorse, b-1 and Josephte (Suzette) Savard) b-1819; married, 1879, St. Albert (Alberta), Melaine Larocque, Metis, born December 17, 1860, daughter, Moise Larocque, b-1833, Red River, died 1874 and Ursule Beauregard, Metis, b-1845, Fort Edmonton 

August: Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), birth Adelaide aka Adeline Belcourt, Metis, daughter Joseph Balcourt, born November 28, 1823 and Madeleine Sapin dit Campion, Metis; married 1873 St. Albert (Alberta) (I)-John Glenn a white man, b-1833 Ireland.

September 15:  N.W.T., birth John McDougall son John George McDougall and Genevieve Gaspard.  Parents were at Lesser Slave Lake in 1844.

November 9:  St. Albert (Alberta), birth Frederic Durocher, son Philippe Durocher dit Petit who married 1832 Fort Edmonton (Alberta), Catherine Parent or Pinaud, b-1818, Carlton (Saskatchewan); married Helene Gouin.

1852

(I)-Gilbert Anderson joined HBC (1852-1864) Saskatchewan District, out of Fort Edmonton (1857-1859) & (1861-1863) out of Fort Carlton (1862-1863) 

Ustace Bayard b--1852 Red River, married about 1879 likely Fort Edmonton Janet Metis b-1853 (Alberta), living Edmonton 1901.

William Beaupre, Metis b-1852 (Alberta) married about 1884 (Alberta) Jessie Metis b-1862 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), 1901.

Pierre Belanger Metis joined HBC (1852-1853) Carlton House, Saskatchewan.

Olive Belcourt, Metis b-1852 (Alberta) married about 1879 (Alberta) living St. Pierre, (Alberta) 1901.

Benjamin Belcourt, Metis, b-1852, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) son Jean Baptiste Belcourt, b-1820 and Cecile Callihoo, Metis, b-1834, Peace River; married Betsy Cadois Native.

 Lac Ste Anne, birth, Benjamin Belcourt , Metis son Jean Baptiste Belcourt Sr. b-1820 and Cecile Callihoo, b-1834, Peace River, (Alberta); married Betsy Cadois, Metis.

Margaret aka Dionne Blandion, b-1852, Lac Ste Anne, died 1882 Green Lake (Saskatchewan) daughter Antoine Blandion and Marie Desjarlais; married 1879 Elzear Migneault.

Michel Calihea Indian/Metis joined HBC (1852-1858) working out of Fort Edmonton

Oliver Callio, Metis, b-1852, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), daughter Michel Callio, Metis, born October 1, 1823, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), died April 6, 1911 and Marie Savard (1828-1869); married 1865, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Jean Belcourt, born March 1844 son Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793, Lesser Slave Lake.

Alexandre Campion, Metis, b-1852, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), died October 22, 1884, son, Joseph Saoin dit Campion, b-1797 and Marie Nepissing, b-1810; married 1882 Duck Lake (Saskatchewan), Sophia Caroline Grant, born April 1840 Red River. 

Jasper House (Alberta), marriage Andre Cardinal, Metis, b-1835 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie Comptois Godin Demontigny, b-1795; married 1852, Rosalie Berland, Metis, b-1835, Jasper House (Alberta) daughter Francois Berland, Metis, b-1807 and Therese Callihoo L'Iroquois.

Elizabeth Cardinal, Metis, b-1852, White Earth, Athabasca (Alberta), daughter, Antoine O-kee-stole Cardinal and Ceciole Boucher; married Eugene Wah-we-he-nam Piche, b-1846, Moose Lake, Athabasca (Saskatchewan), son Kees-te-nap Piche and Ke-na-we-ematt.

Francois Cardinal, Metis b-1852 (Alberta) married to Caroline Metis b-1854 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Joseph Cardinal, Metis b-1852 (Alberta) married about 1876 (Alberta) Mary Metis b-1852 (Alberta) living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Pierre Cardinal, b-1840 Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Joseph Cardinal, b-1798 and Marguerite Desjarlais or Robinson; married 1852 Lac La Biche (Alberta) Angele Apistiskoisis.

Xavier Cardinal, Metis b-1852 (Alberta), married about 1881 (Alberta) Mary Metis b-1860 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Philomene Desjarlais, Metis b-1852 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Angele Wabamun Desjarlais, Metis, b-1852, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), died November 1870, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), daughter, Antoine Wabamun Desjarlais, Metis b-1820 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Marie Julie Catherine Kakatow a Cree;  

Jean Baptiste Dumont Jr., b-1852, Slave Lake (Alberta), son Jean Baptiste Dumont Sr. b-1827-33, died Oct, 1870 and Isabelle Gray, Metis; married 1872, Fort de la Montagne, (Cypress Hills?), Philomene Vanasse, Metis, born October 1856, Rocky Mountains daughter Jean Baptiste Vanassa dit Anas Sr., b-1833, Fort Edmonton and Catherine Cardinal, Metis, born February, 1838.

Ambroise Faillant, b-1852 Red River, married about 1878 (Alberta) Clarisse Boucy, Metis b-1835 (Alberta) daughter Catherine Boucy, Metis b-1840 (Alberta) living White Whale Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

Father Faraud drained the swamp behind the mission at Fort Chipewyan and planted vegetables and grain.

Thomas Howse b-1852 Red River married about 1881 likely Assiniboia Susan b-1851 (Alberta), living Calgary in 1901 but was in B.C. 1893.  Assiniboia could refer to southern Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba at this time.

Elizabeth Hope, b-1852, Lac La Biche daughter, James Hope married 1844 Lac La Biche Judith Desjarlais

Louis Laracque, Metis b-1852 N.W.T. married about 1872 N.W.T. Angelique Metis b-1852 N.W.T. Fort Edmonton 1891. 

(II)-John McPhail b-1831son (I)-Kenneth McPhail of Red River -likely the John McPhail listed census 1870 Red River, jointed HBC (1852-1862) Saskatchewan District, fort Pitt and on trip MacKenzie River (1861-1862) retired Red River
Married Ann Kaufmann b-1839 daughter Woldrich Kaufman of Red River
    (III)-Kenneth Woldrick McPhail b-1862
    (III)-Angus McPhail b-1863 
    (III)-Selkirk McPhail b-1865
    (III0-John McPhail b-1868 

Elizabeth Malaterre, b-1852 daughter Alexis Malaterre, born July, 1825 Red River and Marguerite Ward (Wark), b-1830; married Alexis Gladu, b-1845, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), died 1879 St. Albert (Alberta) son Charles Gladu, b-1816 and Therese Gray, b-1813, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta).

Louis Pochet, Metis b-1852 Saskatchewan married about 1886 Saskatchewan Julia Metis b-1840 Saskatchewan, living Strathcona, (Alberta), 1901.

Joseph Pepamonew Courteoreille Jr., b-1840 Victoria, Metis Settlement, (Alberta), located 90 km NE Fort Edmonton, died August 29, 1870 son Joseph Pepamonew Courteoreille Sr., b-1818 and Susanne Desjarlais, b-1822 Big Lake aka St. Albert, married Nancy Ignace Waniyande, b-1852 Jasper House daughter Louis Ignace Waniyande, b-1825, Jasper House, died March,1874, son Louis Ignace Naniyande Sr. and Marie Walker; married Lisette Courteoeille, N.W.T.

Sophie St. Sauveur, Metis, b-1852, Lac La Biche (Alberta), daughter, Pierre St. Sauveur and Marie Gouin, a Cree Metis; married Marcel Tremblay, born July 15, 1841, Peace River (Alberta). 

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

The resident population of Edmonton was close to 150 because the boatmen had come to winter-quarters at the post.

Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) wrote that our caravan was made up of carts drawn by oxen and horses.  We had much baggage: tents, food, tools etc.  Our men, good Metis whom I have already learned to know.  They are truly our people.  Bishop Alexandre Tache (1823-1894) and I love and esteem them.  With the gaiety and good will they dispel the tediousness of this difficult and dangerous voyage made so by the heavy rains of the season, and the floods which had overflowed the Mississippi and the Red River Valley.  Servants, priests, bishop, all floundered daily in the mud.  Dear Metis people, these Memories will oft' recall your name and recollections of you with whom I so often traveled over the vast prairie desert, and, through dense forests, as well as over our wide lakes and endless rivers.  They arrived St. Boniface June 27, and four hours later departed for the west.  Father Jean Baptiste Thibeault (Thibault), (1810-1879) an Oblate had arrived from the Lac Ste Anne mission (Devils Lake) to inform the Bishop Provencher that Father Bourassa had made up his mind to leave the field next year.

Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) wrote of the trip up the Saskatchewan to Fort Edmonton (Alberta):  Our caravan was made up of ten barges (York boats) with a crew of nine men each.  One might say that the way of life of these men, during the summer months, was as hard as that of the African slave.  

Father Lacombe (1827-1916) clashed with (II)-John Rowand (1787-1834) over treatment of a sick boatman and Rowand retorted that "any man who is not dead within three day's illness is not sick at all."  Yet, despite these failings, Father Lacombe (1827-1916) considered Rowand a grand little man.  When John Rowand (1787-1854)  was sick, Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) would use the same words on him so that he would understand, and Rowand in his fury almost struck the priest.

At this time a trail existed between Fort Carlton and Fort Edmonton and sometimes the traders took horses and rode the 400 miles to Fort Edmonton.  (I)-Samuel Robertson (1819-1897) of Orkney and (I)-John McIver (1831-1913) helped build Fort Carlton.  They both moved on to Fort Langley, B.C.

The Black-robed Voyager, Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916), OMI, born 1827, Quebec, died 1916, came to the west in 1849, worked with Bellecourt in North Dakota then met (II)-John Rowand (1787-1854) at grand Rapids and arrived Fort Edmonton September 19, 1852.  He would write of his trip to Fort Edmonton.  Without having seen it, one can form no idea of the hardships; the cruel fatigues of these river boatmen. It reminds one of the slaves from Africa.  His heart ached for the dashing young men who had so blithely signed on at Montreal, yet many returned year after year.  The west would be his parish for the next sixty-five years and he was content to live on whatever the country could provide.  He is known for his untiring and fearless spirit , his tattered robe and his red and white banner.  The Cree called him Kamiyo-Atchakwet; meaning the noble soul.  The Blackfoot called him Arsous-Kitsi-Parpi; meaning the man with the good heart.  

Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) would write of (II)-John Rowand (1787-1854): this man like most of those holding similar positions is an example of the Company's spirit and government.  Rowand said: the Company is like the Church which recognizes but God and the Pope.  With us there is but God and the Company.   Lacombe recorded that about 150 souls occupied Fort Edmonton.

Father Lacombe (1827-1916) approached Alexis Cardinal, a Metis, born 1820's at Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Joseph Cardinel and Rose Grise, to be a guide and interpreter.  At this time Lacombe could not speak Cree and very little English.  Faithful Alexis, as Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) referred to him worked with him for a number of years.  Lacombe visited Devil's Lake and noted 15 families of Metis were wintering at this location now called Lac Ste Anne. 

The population of Fort Edmonton was estimated at 150 as the boatmen had come into winter-quarters at the Post.  The Metis, French-Canadians and English Orkneymen filled the halls harmonious sounds.

June:  Slave Lake, birth Jean Baptiste Dumont Jr., son Jean Baptiste Dumont Sr. born between 1727-1833 died October 1870 and Catherine Cardinal born February, 1838; married 1872 Fort de la Monyagne, Philomene Vanesse, born October, 1856, Rocky Mountain House daughter Jean Baptiste Vanesse dit ZAnas Sr. born November, 1833, Fort Edmonton and Catherine cardinal, born February, 1838.  

September:  Jasper House, birth Margaret Pelletier (or Campbell), Metis daughter Louis Pelletier (or Campbell) Sr., Metis, born July 15, 1829, up the North Saskatchewan River in Rocky Mountains and Marie Karaconti; married 1875 Smoky River, Athabasca, Henry McCorristem Jr., born May 10, 1849, Red River son Henry McCorrister, b-1817 and Maria Tait, b-1820.

During the winter of 1852-53 at Fort Edmonton, (I)-Colin Fraser (1807-1867) tutored Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) in the Cree Language.

1853  

Jean Baptiste Beauchamp, Metis b-1853 (Alberta) married about 1889 (Alberta) Oliva Metis b-1865 (Alberta) living St. Albert, (Alberta) 1901.

Alexander Belcourt, b-1853, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) son Alexis Belcourt, b-1826 and Nancy Rowand, b-1832, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married 1873, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta),  Madeleine Gladu, b-1859, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter John Dorin Gladu, b-1836, Slave Lake and Jane Collin, b-1838 B.C. 

Rodger Berard b-1853 Red River married about 1880 likely Beaver Lake Aurane Metis b-1851 (Alberta).

Simon Blondin or Blondeau, b-1853 on Assiniboine River near Beaver River (Alberta) son Simon Blondin or Blondeau, b-1827 and Francoise Desjarlais, b-1826; married 1884, Clemence Gosselin, May 3, 1868 daughter Joseph Gosselin (1834-1871) and Marie Vallee, of Red River.

Xavier Bonna (1822-1853) from Berthier, Quebec, joined HBC April, 11, 1850 to 1853 on the North Saskatchewan and made one trip to Columbia District.

Narcisse Boucher (Bouche) b-1832 from L'Assompton, Quebec joined HBC (1853-1864) Athabasca 

Joseph B. Bremner b-1853 Red River married about 1876 (Alberta) Susann D. Metis b-1857 (Alberta) living Ponoka, (Alberta) 1901.

Charles Chaise b-1834 Fort Coulonge, Quebec joined HBC (1853-1858) Mackenzie River then assigned English River

Mary Callihoo, Metis b-1853 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne in 1901.

Marie Cardinal, b-1853, Lac La Biche, daughter, Pierre Cardinal, b-1840 and Angele Apistiskoisis; married 1867 Lac La Biche (Alberta), Etienne Quintal, b-1851 Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Pierre Quintal and Charlotte Ladpuceur, b-1814. 

Louis Chastellain (Chatelaine) b-1808 from Lachine, Quebec, possibly a Metis, joined HBC (1830-1833) Columbia District, HBC (1833-1878) Saskatchewan District. assigned Fort Pitt (1853-1868) 

(II)-Alexander Christie Metis Jr. b-1818 Rupert's House son (I)-Alexander Christe Sr. (1783-1872) and (II)-Ann Thomas Metis b-1796; employed HBC 1853 Fort Edmonton

Henry Collins, Metis b-1853 (Alberta) living Strathcona, (Alberta), 1901.

(I)-Colin Fraser (1807-1867) (HBC 1827-1867) is post master Fort Edmonton (1853-1854)

Marguerite Gardner, Metis b-1853 (Alberta) married about 1865, living (Alberta) until 1878, living Saskatchewan until 1887, living St. Albert, (Alberta) 1901.

Gilbert Gilbertson, Metis b-1853 N.W.T. married about 1882 N.W.T. Rosalie Metis b-1864 N.W.T. living Battle River, (Alberta) 1891.

Augustin Gouin, b-1853, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), son, Antoine Gouin and Francoise Boucher, b-1814; married January 1878 Fort Calgary (Alberta), Emilie Munroe, Metis, b-1861, St. Albert (Alberta), daughter Felix Munroe, Metis b-1825 and Lalouise Laderoute, b-1825, Fort Cumberland (Saskatchewan).

(II)-Thomas Hodgson Metis (1789/90-1865) born Albany son (I)-John Hodgson Sr. b-1763, and Indian/Metis woman, joined HBC 1800-1814) Albany, discharged, joined NWC (1818-1821) St Maries, Fort William and Columbia District 1820, HBC 1821-1865) New Caledonia, Athabasca, English River, Red River, Fort Edmonton, married (II)-Ann Thomas Metis daughter (I)-John Thomas (1751-1822) and Margaret

Joseph Ladauerier, Metis b-1853 (Alberta) married about 1888 (Alberta) Mary Metis b-1867 Athabasca living Peace River 1890, living Lakeland eastern (Alberta) 1891.

Oliver Laperoute dit Seguin Metis b-1813 HBC (1853-1861) Fort Edmonton and York Factory 

Abel Lapoudre, Metis b-1853 (Alberta) married about 1877 (Alberta) Catherine Metis b-1877 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901. 

Izear LeRoc, Metis b-1853 (Alberta) married about 1875 (Alberta) Veronique Metis b-1876 (Alberta) living Wetaskiwan, (Alberta) 1901.

Jean Baptiste Letendre, Metis b-1853 (Alberta) married about 1885 most likely Lac Ste Anne, Christine, Metis b-1854 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.  

Ellen Loutit? b-1853 N.W.T Widow married about 1870, 1891 census Edmonton

Samuel McCuaig b-1853 Red River, a hunter, living Medicine Hat 1891.

Dolphice Majeau b-1853 Quebec married about 1897 Marguerite Metis b-1865 (Alberta) living Ste Emerence, (Alberta) 1901.

Francois Mercredi Metis/Indian joined HBC (1853-1874)  Athabasca - Cumberland

Lac La Biche, (Alberta) birth, Francois Cardinal Moise, Metis, b-1853 son Jean Baptiste (Kakakekamik) Moise b-1827 and Charlotte Wapisiokowan; 1st married 1856 Madeleine Abraham; 2nd marriage 1874, Caroline Johnson, b-1855 Lac La Bichr (Alberta) daughter Charles Johnson, b-1829 Red River and Lizette Bruneau.

James Noaren, Metis b-1853 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Charles Paul, born June 1853, Big Lake aka St. Albert, son, Paul Kamiyoutakoskioo and Lisette Matchununoothkay Court'oreille, b-1834, Lesser Slave Lake; married, October 1875, Dunvegan, Athabaska, Marie Gaucher, born February 1860, Jasper House, daughter, Pierre Jean Gaucher and Lisette Colette.

(I)-Augustus Richard Peers (1820-1853) employed HBC (1842-1853) at Fort McPherson, N.W.T. his frozen body was transported to Fort Simpson for burial.  A ghostly voice could be heard ordering the party on, Marche!, the voice said: Walk! driving the sled dogs mad.  

Peter Phelis, Metis b-1853 N.W.T. a freighter and trader married about 1884 N.W.T. Catherine Metis b-1858 N.W.T. living Battle River, (Alberta) 1891.

Julienne Savard, b-1853, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), son Antoine Savard, b-1825 and Marguerite Bisson, b-1831; married 1872, St. Albert (Alberta), Gabriel Lafleur, b-1849 (Saskatchewan).

Pelagie Tastawitch, b-1853, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) daughter William Tastawitch, b-1807 and Catherine Rowand Bruneau, Metis, b-1832, Fort Edmonton (Alberta); married Baptiste (Paul) Bisson.

George Thomas, Metis b-1853 N.W.T. married to Margaret Metis b-1849 Red River, living Fort Edmonton 1891.

At the little settlement of St. Anne, north of Fort Edmonton, Father Lacombe (1827-1916) found some muskrat skins taken out of season and asked a native woman to make them into a collar and cuffs for his coat.  When (II)-John Rowand (1787-1854)  saw the collar and cuffs his face turned purple with rage and his eyes flashed as he yelled, " You priests! You say you have come here to preach what is right. Who gave you the right to wear that fur!"  What an example you set your Metis.  Father Lacombe (1827-1916) at once ripped them off and flung them in the Chief Factor's face saying give unto Caesar.   It was true, the Hudson Bay Company would allow no white man to trap furs or get them in trade for any purpose except the companies benefit.  (II)-John Rowand (1787-1854)  stomped out roaring that we knew only two powers, the Company and God.  It should be noted that (II)-John Rowand (1787-1854)  is a Catholic and therefore well aware of the implications of Father Lacombe's actions.  Give unto Caesar....  Some believe H.B.C. was called 'Here Before Christ' because of this encounter.  (I)-John Rowand  of Orkney married November 29, 1853,  Isabella Hisser.  Father Lacombe (1827-1916) converted the greatest bully at Fort Edmonton, a Metis called Paulet Paul. 

(II)-John Rowand (1787-1854) would later write: I make difficulties where there are none; people after being so long in the service get useless.

John Rowland Metis b-1833 Cumberland house joined HBC (1853-1869) Saskatchewan River.

Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) would also later write:  "there were a few exceptional cases, where, we must admit, some of our missionaries, some what imprudent, and overly zealous, served us poorly, rather than showing themselves useful."  "If we hadn't had the Hudson Bay Company's help and hospitality we would have been obliged to wait for years to found the missions." 

(II)-John Rowand (1787-1854) wrote to (II)-Richard Charles Hardisty, a Metis (1831-1889): "every Half-breed is a trader, who laughs at the Company Charter." 

Father Lacombe (1827-1916) in need of a good Metis guide met Alexis Cardinal born Lac La Biche, son Joseph Cardinal and Rose Grise who was married about 1846 to Nancy Quintal a Lac La Biche Metis.  Father Lacombe blessed their marriage and also baptized their daughter Philomene b-1847.  This is significant that Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) recognized the validity of a Country Marriage and blessed their marriage and did not perform the marriage rights.  A lot of people don't realize that marriage is a commitment between two people and the Great Spirit (God).   They had wintered at Fort Edmonton and ventured to Lac La Biche where a goodly number of Metis had long established a settlement there among the Cree Indians.  Lacombe said he was quite at home among these people.  Lacombe named the place Our Lady of Victories but Lac La Biche prevailed.  They then returned to Fort Edmonton (Alberta).

Father Lacombe (1827-1916) would make Lac Ste Anne his permanent residence as Father Bourassa had returned to St. Boniface.  Father Remas an Oblate from France arrived Lac La Biche to support that mission.  Lacombe immediately traveled to Lac La Biche to visit the new priest.  All the Metis and Indians were away on the hunt leaving Father Remas quite alone in cultural shock.  Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) wrote:  "We have to respond to and face isolation, discouragement, inclemency, poverty, antipathy and the indifference of the Indians.  The missionary, with all his self-sacrifice and zeal, is a man born and raised in the midst of the benefits of civilization.  Today, thrown into the midst of a rude people, lawless as to decency and morals, he is not without feeling these inconveniences bitterly."  To ensure a more gentile transition Lacombe took Remas back to Lac Ste Anne to teach him Cree. 

(I)-Colin Fraser (1807-1867), a trader and Post Manager, at Fort Edmonton assisted Father Lacombe (1827-1916) to compile a Cree dictionary.   It is noteworthy that Fort Edmonton was the home of a half dozen languages including English, French,. Cree, Gaelic, Blackfoot, Assiniboine and Beaver.  All traders of two or three years in the field spoke Cree.

The Mission of Notre Dame des Victoires is established by the Oblates at Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta).

June:  St. Albert (Alberta), birth, Charles Paul, son Kamiyoutakoshioo Paul and Lisette Matchununooghkay Courte'Oreille, b-1834, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married October, 1875 Dunvegan, Athabasca, Marie Gaucher, born February, 1860, Jasper House (Alberta) daughter Pierre Jean Gaucher and Lisette Colette.

July 2:  Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), birth Jean Baptiste Letendre aka Mooshwan Metis son Jean Baptiste Letendre aka Mooshwan, Metis b-1807, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) and Madeleine Gladu, Metis born September 22, 1830 Devil Lale (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta); married 1875, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), Anne Christie Belcourtm Metis b-1856, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), daughter Alexis Belcourt, b-1826 and Nancy Rowand, Metis b-1832, Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta). 

1854 

John Beaulieu b-1854 Quebec married about 1874 (Alberta) Isabelle Savard, Metis b-1867 (Alberta), living Legal, (Alberta) 1901. 

Alexandre Belcour, Metis b-1854 Athabasca married about 1884 Athabasca most likely Lac Ste Anne, but could be Athabasca, Magdeleine Metis b-1847 Athabasca, living Lac Ste Anne 1901. 

John R. Beran, Metis b-1854 (Alberta) married about 1890 (Alberta) Mary Metis b-1855 (Alberta), living Fort Saskatchewan, (Alberta) 1901.

Jasper House, birth Adelaide Louise Brazeau Metis daughter Joseph Edward Brazeau Metis (1812-1871) from St. Louis, U.S.A. and Marguerite Brabant (Brebant) dit Salois Metis (1815-1885), 

John Bourassa, Metis b-1854, Dunvegan, Athabasca (Alberta) son Louis Bourassa Metis and Marguerite Nisandaway Lafleur, b-1825 NW; employed HBC (1873-1888) married 1876, Lanciaor Leonoda St. Cyr, b-1860, Fort Chipewyan daughter Jean Baptiste St. Cyr and Julie Mercredi, b-1821.

Edward Brazeau, Metis b-1854 (Alberta) married about 1885 likely Athabasca Landing Angelique Metis b-1860 (Alberta).Son Joseph Edward Metis b-1855??

Francois Xavier Cadotte, Metis, born August 30, 1854, Pemnina, North Dakota son Joseph Cadotte, Metis b-1813 and Genevieve Picard, b-1825, Fort Edmonton; married Melanie Adam born May 20, 1856 Red River.

Joseph Calahaisen, b-1854, Wabiscaw District, Athabasca son William Calahaisen and Sophie Auger; 1st married 1875, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Julie Courteoreille, 2nd marriage 1885, Kathrine Gladu, born July 1869, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), daughter Edward Gladu, b-1847, Lac La Biche (Alberta) and Betsy Constant, b-1845.

William Calder Metis joined HBC (1848-1883)
    Lac La Pluie (1848-1854
    Saskatchewan (1854-1861)
    Lac Ste Annes (1861-1862)
    Edmonton (1861-1870)
    Fort Assiniboine (1870-1875)
    Lesser Slave Lake (1875-1878)
    Lac Ste Anne (1881-1883)

Louis Callio, b-1854, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) son Michel Callio, born October 1, 1823, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Marie Savard (1828-1869); married 1877 St. Albert (Alberta) Anne Donald, b-1856 Red River.

Angelique (Angele) Cardinal, Metis, b-1854 likely Jasper House, daughter Andre Cardinal Sr. Metis, b-1835 Jasper House and Rosalie Berland, Metis b-1835 Jasper House.

Adam Cardinal, b-1854, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son John Aubichon Cardinal, b-1826, Lac La Biche (Alberta) and Cecile Labonne, b-1839, Lac Poisson Blanc; married 1881 Fort Vermilion (Alberta) Elisabeth Nipissing or Shawan, Metis, born June 1864, daughter, Thomas Shawn Nepissing, b-1818 and Rosaire Gladu. 

July:  Lac La Biche (Alberta), birth, Julien Cardinal, son Laurent Cardinal (1819-1853) and Marie Moignon, b-1822, Egg Lake (Alberta); married 1876, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Elizabeth LaDouceur, Metis, b-1860, Fort Pitt, (Saskatchewan), daughter Pierre LaDoucher, b-1840, Quebec and Marguerite Fraser, Metis, b-1840, Fort Edmonton (Alberta).

Augustin Carifelle, b-1854, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), son Augustin aka Apisasis Lamisquet Carifelle and Papone's or Laboncon; married 1874, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) Caroline Nooskeyah or Brilliant, born May 1, 1863, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Joseph Nooskeyah or Brilliant and Madeleine Surprenant. 

(III)-James Cunningham, Metis (1854-1940) married about 1879 (Alberta) Marie Metis b-1859 (Alberta) living St. Pierre, (Alberta) 1901. 

Oliver Dion, Metis b-1854 (Alberta) married about 1878 (Alberta) living St. Pierre, (Alberta) 1901.

Rosalie Dumont, Metis, b-1844, daughter, Gabriel Dumont, Metis, born between 1795-1801 and Suzanne Lussier, Metis; 1st married November 24, 1862, St. Albert (Alberta), Edouard Beaudry Metis (1843-1865) son Joseph Beaudry, Metis (1809-1881) and Louise Ladouceur (1820-1906); 2nd marriage, August 26, 1867, Francois Berland; 3rd marriage, 1873 Abraham Salois, b-1830, Fort Edmonton, died 1903; 4th marriage, 1975 Philip Whitford, b-1855, Oak Point (Manitoba). 

(I)-Colin Fraser (1807-1867) (HBC 1827-1867) is in charge of Lesser Slave Lake from (1854-1861).

Edward Gladu-Kewnis, b-1854 Slave Lake son John Quinnas alias Kwenis and Lizette Gladu, b-1806 Slave Lake; married 1872, Sophie Cardinal, b-1854 Fort Edmonton (Alberta).

Charles Johnson, b-1829, Red River, 1st married, 1854, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Lizette Bruneau; 2nd marriage, 1863, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Agathe Anger, b-1848, Fort Vermillion, Peace River (Alberta) daughter Baptiste Auger, born July 1, 1827 and Josephte Chalifoux.,

Oliver Laferte Metis (1828-1873) son Pierre Laferte Metis (1800-1865) and Marie Anne Genereux joined HBC (1854-1865) MacKenzie River retired red River 1865; married Madeleine Faille Metis b-1829 daughter Toussaint Faille Metis (1795-1875) and Angelique Sancheau Coutre, 
    Catherine Laferte Metis 
    Pierre Laferte Metis 
    Elise Laferte Metis 
    Caroline Laferte Metis 
    Louise Laferte Metis 
    Josephine Laferte Metis 
    Virginie Laferte Metis 
    Jean Baptiste Laferte Metis 
    Boniface Laferte Metis 
    

Jean Baptiste L'Hyrondelle, Metis, b-1854 son Jean Baptiste L'Hyrondelle, b-1816, Lesser Slave Lake and (VI)-Catherine Loyer, Metis, born August, 1828, Jasper House (Alberta); married January 7, 1879, St. Albert (Alberta) Elizabeth Beaudry Metis, born August 7, 1861, St. Albert (Alberta) daughter, Joseph Beaudry, Metis (1809-1881) and Louise Ladouceur (1820-1906). 

Mary McLeod b-1854 Red River, living Assiniboia.  Assiniboia could refer to southern Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba at this time..

Pallet Marden, Metis b-1854 N.W.T. living Southern Alberta 1891. 

Lac La Biche, marriage Pierre Chrysologue Pambruin Jr., born August 27, 1824, Lesser Slave Lake; married 1854 Lac La Biche, Elizabeth Quintel, b-1833 Lac La Biche.

Fort Edmonton, birth Genevieve Picard, married Joseph Cadotte, Metis b-1813

(II)-Henry John Moberly (1835-1931) born Penetanguishene, Lake Huron (Ontario) son (I)-John Moberly b-1789 Russia, and Mary Fock from Russia, joined HBC 1853-1891) Lake Huron, Saskatchewan District, Athabasca and Ille-a-la Crosse, assigned Rocky Mountain House (1854-1855)

Saddle Lake, Saskatchewan, birth, Rosalie aka Cardinal, Moise, Metis b-1854 daughter  Jean Baptiste (Kakakekamik) Moise b-1827 and Charlotte Wapisiokowan; 2nd married 1856 Madeleine Abraham; married 1868 Lac La Biche John Longmore Sr. b-1850 Fort Pitt son William Longmore and a Metis mother.

William Munro, Metis, born Rupert's Land, employed HBC (1854-1874) on the Saskatchewan River and was a Blackfoot interpreter (1870-1874) Rocky Mountain House.  He was a free man (1857-1870) likely on the Saskatchewan River.

Adam Onyande, Metis b-1854 (Alberta) married about 1880 (Alberta) most likely Lac Ste Anne, Martha Metis b-1865 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Joseph Radway b-1854 Red River, a tinsmith, living Calgary, (Alberta) 1891.

George Robertson born 1830 Red River son Andrew Robertson and Nancy Atkinson is at Fort Carlton.

Frederick Rowland (Rowand?), Metis b-1854 N.W.T. married about 1877 N.W.T. Adakine Metis b-1856 N.W.T. living Fort Edmonton 1891. 

(II)-John Rowand (1787-1854) died in May (others say June 1) at Fort Pitt where his Metis son, (III)-James Rowand,  was Chief Trader.  (III)-John Rowand, in his fury, cursed Baptiste Paul, a Fort Edmonton employee who was in a fight. Some says (II)-John Rowand (1787-1854)  was foaming at the mouth in his fury when he suddenly dropped dead. His wish was to be buried next to his kin in Montreal.  W.S. Gladestone, a carpenter at Fort Edmonton wrote there is not a man at Fort Edmonton or Fort Pitt that done any crying for Rowand, everybody is glad.  (III)-James Rowand swore he would kill Baptiste Paul for causing his father's death. Some believe (III)-James Rowand hired one of his men to shoot Paul with the excuse that he thought he was a bear in a thicket.  Old Norbet Welsh b-1845 a Red River bison (buffalo) hunter, characterized Rowand as " as a wicked man" but he was only 9 at the time, never met him but it shows the spread of a general reputation.  There is little doubt he had a hair-trigger temper but his contribution to the development of the west shouldn't be underestimated.  Father Lacombe called him "a grand little man" even though they had heated encounters one or two times.

Maria Sanderson b-1854 Red River, living Medicine Hat, (Alberta) 1891. 

Emerance aka Mary Savard, b-1854, Lesser Slave Lake  (Alberta), daughter Antoine Savard, b-1825 and Marguerite Bisson, b-1831; married February 28, 1870, St. Albert (Alberta), Leon Delorme, b-1848, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta).

Julian Savard, Metis b-1854 N.W.T. married about 1880 N.W.T. Therase Metis b-1863 N.W.T. living Spruce Grove, (Alberta) 1901.

James Sinclair of Red River led an expedition from the north end of the valley to the lower and upper Kananaskis Lake country (Alberta).

(II)-William Sinclair, Metis. (1794-1868) son (I)-William Sinclair of Scotland and Margaret Nahoway Cree is Chief Factor, Saskatchewan District and is stationed Fort Edmonton (Alberta). 

Francis St. Cyr, b-1854, Fort Chipewyan (Alberta) son Jean Baptiste St. Cyr and Jolie Mercredi, b-1821; married, 1876. Fort Vermilion (Alberta), Sophie Bourassa, Metis, born July 1865 daughter Louis Bourassa Metis and Marguerite Nisaudaway LaFleur, b-1825 N.W.

Bishop Alexandre Tache (1823-1894) founded the mission of Lac La Biche, and this was the man who claimed there were few points in this vast territory capable of cultivation and he would prefer to see the country remain as it is than to see the changes that would likely take place. 

John Tanner, Metis b-1854 (Alberta) married about 1879 (Alberta) Rosealley Metis b-1864 (Alberta), living Tail Creek, (Alberta) 1901.

Yet another Choleria epidemic swept Canada.

The Hudson Bay Company issued coins and called them beavers, a large one the size of a silver dollar, a half beaver, the size of the 1/2 dollar and so on down to the 1/8th beaver the side of a dime. 

April 19:  Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), birth,  Severe Villeneuve, son Francois Villeneuve, b-1825, Quebec and Helene Vallee, b-1828; married, 1st. 1857 St. Albert (Alberta), Nancy Courteoreille, b-1857, St. Albert (Alberta), daughter James Courteoreille and Marie Hamelin, 2nd married 1884 Julie Boucher b-1865, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), born April 19, 1854 Fort Edmonron (Alberta).

August:  Father Vital J. Grandin (1929-1902) arrived Red River and is assigned to Lac La Biche.

September 1, 1854:  Lac La Biche (Alberta) death Joseph Cardinal, b-1756, Quebec, married 1794 Rose Cree; 2nd marriage 1798 Lizette Maskegan a Native.

December:  Rocky Mountain House reported that the Cree had set fire to the plains, there were no bison (buffalo) near there.  This is likely so that the Hudson Bay Company would have to trade goods for meat.

1855

Antoine Auger Metis joined HBC (1855-1863) Fort Edmonton

Joseph Beaudry dit Nabestiwayan Metis (1809-1881)  son Joseph Beaudry (Beaudrie and Old Goudrie) Metis (1780-1863) and Sophie Latour (Karorwaste) b-1819 which could be a bapt date or represents two different women?  Joined HBC (1855-1869) Saskatchewan, married 1837 Fort Edmonton Louise Ladouceur Metis born 1820 Lac La Biche, d-1906 daughter Joseph Latour
    Marguerite Beaudry Metis b-1839
    Jean Bapriste Beaudry Metis b-1840 Devil Lake aka Lac Ste Anne
        Noel Beaudry Metis b-1865 St Albert married Marie Anne Breland b-1844
    Alexander Beaudry Metis b-1841/42
    Edward Beaudry Metis (1843-1865) married St. Albert Rosalie Dumont Metis b-1844
    Narcisse Beaudry Metis b-1845 married Lucie Breland b-1848 Red River 
        Justin Beaudry Metis b-1878 Egg Lake (Alberta)
        Louison Beaudry Metis b-1881 Egg Lake
        Placid Beaudry Metis
    Elizabeth Beaudry Metis b-1861 St Albert married Jean Baptiste L'Hirondelle Metis b-1854
    Marie Beaudry Metis b-1873 St Albert
    Lucie Beaudry Metis b-1875 St Albert

    
Magloire Belcour, Metis b-1855 (Alberta) married about 1880 (Alberta) most likely Lac Ste Anne, Constance Metis b-1860 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Jasper House, birth Joseph Edward Brazeau Metis son Joseph Edward Brazeau Metis (1812-1871) from St. Louis, U.S.A. and Marguerite Brabant (Brebant) dit Salois Metis (1815-1885); married 1879, Fort Saskatchewan (Alberta), Celina Descheneaux, born November 5, 1862, Pembina, daughter Pierre Descheneaux, b-1816, Slave Lake and Josephte Courchene, b-1826, Red River. 

Joseph Edward Brazeau Metis (1812-1871) from St. Louis, U.S.A. and Marguerite Brabant (Brebant) dit Salois Metis (1815-1885), and children are stationed Rocky Mountain House with HBC (1855-1861) 

Jean Francois Callihoo, Iroquois Metis born August 29, 1855 (Alberta) most likely Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne) married about 1890 Elizabeth British Metis born August 25, 1871 (Alberta), living Lac Sainte Anne 1901.

Xavier Cardinal, b-1855 N.W. son Louison Cardinal, b-1821 and Susan Couteoreille;  married 1876, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Mary Jane Bruneau, b-1858.

Oliver Desjarlais, Metis, b-1855, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), son Antoine alias Wabamun Desjarlais, Metis, b-1820, Lesser Slave Lake and Marie Julie or Catherine Kakatow, a Cree, b-1834, Pidgeon Lake (Alberta), died 1817, Lac Ste Anne; married 1876, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Isabelle Gladu, b-1861 Lac Ste Anne, daughter Jean Baptiste Gladu, b-1807 and Sophie Collin, b-1815, Jasper House (Alberta). 

James Doty a United States Indian Agent is the first non-native to record seeing Writing on Stone, (Alberta).  He said "They (sand stone rocks) are worn by the action of the weather into a thousand fantastic shapes, presenting in places smooth perpendicular surfaces, covered with rude hieroglyphics and representations of men, horses, guns, bows, shields, etc. in the usual Indian style".

Louis Dube b-1852 Quebec married about 1892 (Alberta) Glayde Metis b-1855 (Alberta) living Glengary, (Alberta) 1901.

Baptiste Dumont (1827-1870) son Gabriel Dumont, Metis, b-1795 and Suzanne Lussier, Metis;  married, 1855, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), Anne a Stony:  Dumont epouse, 1851 Isabelle Gray, Metis. 

George Gladu, Metis b-1855 N.W.T. married about 1892 N.W.T. Veronique Metis b-1869 N.W.T. living Plant, (Alberta) 1901.

Jean F. Gladu, Metis b-1855 Athabasca married about 1875 most likely Athabasca, Cecile Metis b-1859 Athabasca, living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Benoit Gladu, b-1855, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), son Jean Baptiste Gladu, b-1807 and Sophie Collin, b-1815, Jasper House (Alberta); married, 1882, Jasper House (Alberta), Josephine Cardinal, b-1866, Jasper House (Alberta), daughter Michel Cardinal, b-1820, and Marie Waniyande. 

Olive L'Hyrondelle, b-1855, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Pierre L'Hyrondelle, b-1825, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Marguerite Boucher; 1st married 1874, St. Albert (Alberta), John Blandion, 2nd marriage 1885, St. Albert (Alberta) John Callio, b-1857 St. Albert (Alberta)..

Mary Lucille Gladu, b-1855 Edmonton, House, died January 19, 1949, Calgary, (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste Atake and Rosalie Gladu; married 1873, Edmonton House, George Lipling, born February 17, 1852, Red River, died August 12, 1912 son George Kipplen killed by Indians 1865 Cypress Hills and Catherine Spence.

Maria Godin b-1855 Red River living Calgary 1891.

(I)-James Gullion (1839-1902) joined HBC (1855-1874) Saskatchewan District, married Floria Fraser Metis b-1845 Jasper House daughter Colin Fraser (1807-1867) and Nancy Anne Beaudry Metis b-1815 Fort Carlton.

Francois Hope, b-1855, Lac La Biche, (Alberta), daughter, James Hope and Judith Desjarlais b-1825; 1st married, 1869, Lac La Biche, (Alberta), Jean Baptiste Cardinal, Metis b-1846 Lac La Biche, (Alberta), daughter Laurent Cardinal, Metis (1819-1853) Marie Moignon, b-1822, Egg Lake (Alberta or Saskatchewan?); 2nd marriage 1871 Lac La Biche (Alberta), Simon Whitford, b-1826.

Emilie Houle, Metis b-1854 (Alberta), married about 1879 most likely Athabasca, living Athabasca Landing 1901.

John Johnston, b-1855, Beaver Hills, son, Charles Johnson, b-1829 and Lizette Bruneau; married 1875 Lac La Biche (Alberta) Maria Quintal, b-1863, Lac La Biche (Alberta).

English River birth (IV)-Antoine La Violette, Metis, b-1832 English River son (III)- Charles Laviolette (1795-1867) and Elizabeth Cree woman, b-1806; joined HBC (1855-1893) MacKenzie River mostly Fort Simpson; married Marie Cayen b-1832
    

The Rev LeComble a.k.a. Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) arrived Fort Dunvegan.

Augustin Ladoucer, Metis b-1855 (Alberta) married about 1882 (Alberta) Betsy b-1864 Red River, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Noel Lalivay, Metis b-1855 (Alberta) married to Liza L. Metis b-1870 (Alberta), living New Norway, (Alberta) 1901.

Julien L'Hirondelle, Metis b-1855 (Alberta) married to Marie Metis b-1858 (Alberta), they are at Lac Ste Anne in 1901. 

Olive L'Hyrondelle, Metis, b-1855, Lac Ste Anne, daughter Pierre L'Hyrondelle. b-1825 and Joseph Boucher, Metis.

Philomenia L'Hirondelle Metis b-1855 B.C. living Calgary 1891. 

Jean Baptiste Lirondelle, Metis b-1855 Athabasca, married about 1877 (Alberta), living Egg Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

James Lockhart from Lachine joined HBC (1849-1873) Your, Red River and (1855-1863) MacKenzie River.

William McDonald, Metis b-1855 (Alberta) married about 1882 (Alberta) Rachel Metis b-1865 (Alberta) living Popular Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

(II)-Henry John Moberly (1835-1931) born Penetanguishene, Lake Huron (Ontario) son (I)-John Moberly b-1789 Russia, and Mary Fock from Russia, joined HBC 1853-1891) Lake Huron, Saskatchewan District, Athabasca and Ille-a-la Crosse, assigned Fort Edmonton (1855-1856)

(II)-Henry Moberly (1835-1931), a HBC fur trader, reported that the Beaver Hills people still provided a great deal of meat to Fort Edmonton.

Marguerite Paul, Metis b-1855 on the Alberta Prairies, daughter, Kamiyoutakoskioo Paul and Lisette Katchununooghkay Courte'Oreille, b-1834, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); 1st married 1875, Battle River Settlement (Alberta) Alexander Gaucher; 2nd marriage 1885, John Ferguson; 3rd marriage October 1891, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Oliver Collins, Metis, born May 1854 Wabiscaw District, Athabasca.  

Francis Phishies, Metis b-1855, (Alberta) married to Mary Metis b-1875 (Alberta) living Ponoka, (Alberta) 1901.

Antoine Plante, Metis born 1820 Pembina son Basile Plante and Genevieve Lafourche; married to Angelique Dumont, Metis is living Fort Edmonton.

(I)-John Rowand (1787-1854) died in May at Fort Pitt where his Metis son (III)-James Rowand  was Chief Trader.  John Rowand in his fury cursed Baptiste Paul a Fort Edmonton employee who was in a fight, some says Rowand was foaming at the mouth in his fury when he suddenly dropped dead. His wish is to be buried next to his kin in Montreal.  W.S. Gladestone, a carpenter at Fort Edmonton wrote there is not a man at Fort Edmonton or Fort Pitt that done any crying for Rowand, everybody is glad.  James Rowand swore he would kill Baptiste Paul for causing his father's death. Some believe James Rowand hired one of his men to shoot Paul with the excuse that he thought he was a bear in a thicket.   (II)-William J. Christie Metis (1824-1899), would replace Rowand.

(III)-William Rowland  Metis b-1855 N.W.T.,  married about 1888 N.W.T.. Margaret Metis b-1864 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891. likely son (II)-William Rowland Metis jr b-1827 the son (I)-William Rowland Sr. (1802-1875) and (II)-Betsey Ballenden Metis but she might be a (III)-generation?.

Adelaide Slattery b-1855 N.W.T. living Fish Creek, Southern Alberta 1891.

James Stewart Spencer, Metis b-1854/55 N.W.T. joined HBC (1872-1911) Athabasca married about 1887 N.W.T. Lylie Metis b-1863 B.C., living Edmonton 1901.  He freighted all over Alberta He had 4 children

Father Tache (1823-1894) desended the Lac La Biche River to the Athabasca River and on to Fort Chipewyan. The R.C. Missionaries decided to use this route to ease their dependency on the Hudson's Bay Company and avoid Methy Portage.

(III)-Thomas Taylor Metis Jr.  bapt September 1, 1833 son (IIa)-Thomas Taylor Metis Sr. (1797-1879) and Mary Keith (1814-1866); joined HBC (1847-1899) Freeman (1902-1903) assigned (1847-1852) Montreal, (1855-1857) and 1860-1862) Fort Edmonton, (1885-1899) Lac St. Anne, wife not recorded, some children recorded are:
    (IV)-Thomas Alexander Christie Taylor Metis bapt September 11, 1865, Touchwood Hills Swan River District (Saskatchewan)
    (IV)-Edmund Taylor Metis bapt June 18, 1871 St. Andrews
    (IV)-Victoria Taylor Metis bapt 1871
    (IV)-James Taylor Metis bapt 1872
    1892 Lac St. Anne (Alberta) 8 children, 4 at home.St. Anne, wife not recorded, some children recorded 

Susan Todd, Metis b-1855 (Alberta) married about 1877 (Alberta) living Wetaskiwan, (Alberta) 1901.

Fort Edmonton, birth Jean Baptiste Vanesse dit Anas Sr. born 1833, Fort Edmonton, married 1855 Jasper House, Catherine Cardinal, Metis, born February, 1838. 

Samuel Whitford, b-1855 Red River married about 1884 (Alberta) Mary J Metis b-1865 (Alberta) living Saddle Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

Rev. Thomas Woolsey (1834-1911) arrived Fort Edmonton and made this his base of operation until 1859 when Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) an illegitimate Scot  advised him that the Fort was not his station, although he admitted that it was occupied by the Romanists.  Romanists are those who follow the Roman Empire beliefs and values.  Thomas Woolsey said,  "I now consider myself a stranger to this Fort, although Chief Trader (II)-William J. Christie Metis (1824-1899), and his lady [(II)-Ann Thomas b-1796] always welcomed me when I returned from the wandering bison (buffalo) eaters."  (II)-William J. Christie (1824-1899), was a very large fat man and his Metis daughter would become Mrs. Marie Anal Malcolm Groat Metis bapt 1848.  He claims to have encouraged the Cree and Stony to locate at Pigeon Lake or Red Headed Woodpecker Lake as the natives called it.  James Doty, a United States Government Agent ,on September 3, 1855, discovered the Indian Writings on the Milk River now called 'Writing on Stone Provincial Park'.  The Blackfoot told Doty that, "White men had many years ago written upon the rocks."  Others claim they did not know who had written on the rock because it was before their time in the area.  Henry Steinhauer (1818-1884), an Ojibwa Methodist Missionary, preached the first service at Whitefish Lake, (Alberta).

Two Protestant missionaries arrived Fort Edmonton (Alberta), Thomas Woolsey (1834-1911) who settled at Smoky Lake and Henry Steinhauer (1818-1884) aka Sowengisik an Ojibwa who settled at Whitefish Lake.

An interesting note is that Father Lacombe, when he first visited Fort Dunvegan in 1855, speaks of being welcomed by Mr.  Bourassa Metis, who was then in charge. This Mr. Bourassa’s son, John Bourassa Metis, carried the Hudson’s Bay mail (1873-1888) for many years from Fort Dunvegan to Fort Chipewyan.  His son, in turn, Louis Bourassa, for years carried the government mail from Peace River to Fort Vermilion HBC (1864-1881)

January:  Fort Edmonton received a 36 dog train of frozen bison (buffalo) meat.

February:  Maskepatoon a Cree sent word to Fort Edmonton they had bison (buffalo) meat to trade if someone was to visit them.

February 15:  Fort Edmonton, birth, Michel Callio, Metis, son Michel Callio, Metis, born October 1, 1823, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Marie Savard (1828-1869); married 1882, St. Albert, Mary Jane Donald, b-1865 Red River. 

May:  Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) with his guide Alexis Cardinal departed Lac Ste Anne for the Peace River Country.  They encountered a Metis population on the shores of Small Slave Lake.  (I)-Colin Fraser (1807-1867) was in command of the trading post at this location.  Lacombe was on his way to Fort Dunvegan.

May 6:  Fort Edmonton, marriage William J. Shanks Gladstone Sr. to Harriet LeBlanc Metis, b-1835 Fort Edmonton daughter Louis Leblanc Metis Sr. and Angelique Vallee Metis, b-1820 born Fort Edmonton.

May 7:  Fort Edmonton Joseph L'Hirondelle, Metis a native of Saskatchewan River District is employed by HBC as a fisherman, his contract expired 1857.

May 19:  Lac Ste Anne, birth, Magloire Belcourt, Metis son Jean Baptiste Belcourt Sr. b-1820 (Alberta) and Cecile Callihoo, b-1834, Peace River, (Alberta); 1st married Nancy Ignace; 2nd married 1879, Lac Ste Anne, Constance Letendre aka Mooschwan b-1860, Lac Ste Anne. 

July 26:  St. Albert (Alberta), birth Julien Savard, son Alexandre Savard, b-1831, Slave Lake and Therese Bisson, b-1830, Peace River;  married, November 15, 1875, St. Albert (Alberta), Sophie St. Arnaud, b-1861, Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan), died 1877 daughter Benjamin St. Arnaud, b-1830, Slave Lake and Sophie Bruneau. 

August:  Fort Edmonton (Alberta), birth, Lucille Gladu, Metis; married 1871, Fort Edmonton, George Kipling, Metis b-1850 Red River.

September:  Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) returned to L:ac Ste Anne.  

September 20:  Reverend Thomas Woolsey (1834-1911), a Wesleyan arrived Fort Edmonton and the Reverend Henry B. Steinhauer (1818-1884), a full blood Ojibwa Indian, and Wesleyan was making his way to Lac La Biche.

October:  Three men from Jasper house reached Fort Edmonton with fifty half wild horses.

November:  St. Albert (Alberta) birth Felix Nipissing or Shawan son Thomas Shawan Nepissing, b-1818 and Rosaire Gladu; 1st married 1878, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) Mary Henri or Masquego, d-1887; 2nd marriage June 1889, Lesser Slave lake (Alberta), Emilia Nisotsasi, Metis. 

November 10:  Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), birth, Jean Felix Doron Gladu son John Dorion Gladu, b-1836, Slave Lake, and Jane Collin, b-1838, B.C.; married, 1875, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Cecil Belcourt, Metis, born January 17, 1858, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), daughter, Jean Baptiste Belcourt Sr. b-1820 and Cecile Callihoo, Metis, b-1834, Peace River, (Alberta). 

The fall: Father Remas is assigned to Lac Ste Anne under Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) and Fathers Tissot and Maisonneuve are sent to Lac La Biche to service the Athabasca and Mackenzie Rivers.  They were ordered to build a more imposing mission several miles west of the town and to cut a road via the future St. Paul des Metis to intersect the road from Fort Pitt to Fort Edmonton..

1856

Pierre Auger, Metis, b-1856, Athabasca River (Alberta), died January 27, 1886 son Augustin Auger, Metis, b-1825 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) and Rosalie Labonne; married Julie Rivet.

Assanagus b-1856 N.W.T., living Namaka, Southern Alberta 1891.

William Bear, Metis, b-1810 N.W.T. died before 1881, son White Bear and Metis woman; married 1837 Margaret Tate, b-1813,   Joined HBC (1856-1860) at Red River assigned Saskatchewan, living Swampy Village, the following children were baptised Red River, the following dates are likely baptism dates
    John Bear Metis b-1836
    James Bear Metis b-1838 married 1837 Amelia Thomas bapt 1841 Red River
    Margaret Bear Metis b-1840
    Maria Bear Metis b-1842
    William Bear Jr Metis b-1844
    Philip Bear Metis b-1846
    Nancy Bear Metis b-1848
    Thomas Bear Metis b-1849
    Joseph Bear Metis b-1853
    Magnus Bear Metis b-1855
    Henry Bear Metis bapt-1859 Prince Albert and Nepowewan

Jean Baptiste Beauchamp aka Galarneau, Metis, b-1856, Peace River (Alberta) son Charles Beauregard Sr. died 1885, and Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise b-1822 Lesser Slave Lake; married September 28, 1874, Marie Julie Cardinal, Metis, b-1856 Jasper House (Alberta), daughter Andre Cardinal Sr. Metis, b-1835 and Rosaline Berland, b-1835 Jasper House, (Alberta).

David Bernard, b-1856, Battle River Settlement (Alberta) son Louison Bernard and Peggie Colins; married 1879 Victoria Metis Settlement, (Alberta), Marie (Sally or Sarah), Amiotte-Annette, b-1831, Fort Edmonton, daughter St. Pierre Eah-she-mah-too-tew Anitoinne and Kah-mashkoo-ka-na-wap.

Philomene Bisson, b-1856 Lac Ste Anne, daughter Jean Baptiste Bisson and Rosalie Simon; married 1874 St. Albert (Alberta) Anraham Nault, b-1854 Fort Pitt, (Saskatchewan).

Pierre Belanger NWC (1805-1819) Lac Nipigon, Lac des Isles, HBC (1821-1822) Lac des Isles, lsland lake then on to Montreal 1822.  He could be canoeman Athabasca (1786-1788) or on the Saskatchewan as a freeman (1856-1866)???

Felix Blivan, Metis b-1856 (Alberta) married about 1880 (Alberta) most likely Tail Creek Ann Metis b-1864 (Alberta) living Tail Creek, (Alberta) 1901.

Joseph Brewster b-1859 Scotland married Angelique Metis b-1856 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

(I)-John Brown b-1839 Ireland married to Bell Metis b-1856 (Alberta) living Mountain View, (Alberta) 1901.

John Calder, Metis b-1856 N.W.T., married 1900 Lac Ste Anne, Marguerite Metis b-1869 Saskatchewan, living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Michel Caliaux, Metis b-1856 (Alberta) married about 1883 (Alberta) Peggy Metis b-1871 (Alberta) living Emerence, (Alberta) 1901.

Jane Callihoo, Metis b-1856 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne in 1901.

Baptiste Callio, Metis, b-1832 son Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroouqise, b-1782, Quebec and Marie Tekanise Patenaude (1803-1854); married 1856, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Angelique Bruneau, Metis, b-1835 daughter Jean Baptiste Bruneau and Marie (Salteux) Kool.

Nancy Campbell, Metis b-1856 N.W.T. Married about 1873 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891 & 1901.

Augustin Cardinal, Metis, b-1856, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son St Luc Cardinal, Metis, b-1836 and Marguerite Desjarlais b-1839.

Alexis Cardinal, Metis b-1856  (Alberta) married to Silvia Metis b-1862 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.   This is likely the son Alexis Cardinal and Nancy Quintal?

Joseph Cardinal, b-1856, Birch Lake (Alberta), son, Gabriel Cardinal dit Labatoche, b-1835 and Marie Bruneau, b-1837; married, 1878, Lac La Biche, (Alberta) Elizabeth Desjarlais, Metis, b-1861, Lac La Biche (Alberta), daughter, Francois Payasis Desjarlais, Metis, b-1824, Beaver River and Euphrosine Auger, Metis, b-1828 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta).

Marie Julie Cardinal, Metis, b-1856 Jasper House daughter Andre Cardinal Sr. Metis, b-1835 Jasper House and Rosalie Berland, Metis b-1835 Jasper House.

Dieudonne Courtedate, Metis b-1856 (Alberta) Julienne Metis b-1865 (Alberta) living Ste Emerence, (Alberta) 1901.

Fort Edmonton, birth (III)-Albert Cunningham, Metis (1856-1925) son (II)-John Patrick Cunningham Metis (1818-1870) and Rosalie L'Hirondelle Metis b-1829; married about 1884 likely Lac Ste Anne, Jessie b-1861 Red River, living Lac Ste Anne 1901. 

Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta) marriage Pierre Lemay Delorme, Metis b-1838 son Pierriche Delorme and Angele Bourassa Metis; Married 1856 Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta) Marguerite Callion L'Iroquoise b-1841 daughter Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise and Marie Tekanise Patenaude; married about 1885 (Alberta) Mary Metis b-1865 Athabasca, living Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta) 1901 must be a second marriage?.

Marie Desjarlais, b-1856 Lac La Biche (Alberta) married 1875 Lac La Biche, (Alberta), Joseph Cardinal, b-1857, Lac Poisson Blanc, Quebec son Louison Cardinal, b-1821 and Susan Courteoreille; 

Louie Eloppin, Metis b-1856 N.W.T. married about 1877 N.W.T. Adlade Metis b-1852 N.W.T. living Pretty Hill, (Alberta) 1901.

Frederick Fisher b-1856 U.S.A. married 1889 (Alberta) Virginie Metis b-1868 (Alberta), living Fort Saskatchewan, (Alberta) 1901. 

William Gairdner b-1840 West Indies married about 1875 Athabasca Floria Metis b-1856 Athabasca, living Athabasca 1875 to 1880, red River 1881, Athabasca 1885 , (Alberta) 1889 and living Lakeland, (Alberta) 1891.

Jane Gladu, Metis b-1856, (Alberta) married about 1876 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Pauline Gladu, b-1856, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Opaskium and Constance Gladu, b-1839, Wabascow Lake, Athabasca; married 1877, Lac de Sable and Charles Major aka Crandell b-1845 Red River.

Batish Glounen, Metis b-1856 N.W.T. married about 1880 N.W.T. Angeline Metis b-1861 N.W.T. living Pretty Hill, (Alberta) 1901.  

Mackenzie River, marriage (II)-William Hardisty, Metis, (1822-1881), employed HBC (1842-1878) son (I)-Richard Hardesty,  (1792-1865) and (II)-Margaret Sutrherland, Metis (1802-1876): married 1856 Fort Yukon, (II)-Mary Allen (1840-1930) daughter (I)-Robert Allen (1800-1845) employed Columbia District and Charlotte Scarborough (likely Metis?)  Recorded children are:  
    (III)-Isabella Clark Hardisty, Metis, 
    (III)-Mary Louisa Hardisty, Metis, 
    (III)-Richard Robert Hardisty, Metis, 
    (III)-Frank Allen Hardisty, Metis, 
    (III)-Thomas Alexander Hardisty, Metis, 
    (III)-David Alexander Hardisty, Metis, 
    (III)-William Lucas Hardisty, Metis.  

Adelaide Gouin, Metis b-1856 (Alberta) living St. Pierre, (Alberta) 1901.

Margaret Hope, b-1856, Lac La Biche daughter, James Hope married 1844 Lac La Biche Judith Desjarlais

William Houle, Metis b-1856 (Alberta) married about 1884 likely Athabasca Landing Cecile Metis b-1857 (Alberta).

Charles Houle, b-1825, Red River, married, 1856, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Ester Bruneau, born August 8, 1840 daughter, Michel Joachim Bruneau, b-1806 and Marie Catherine LaDouceur, b-1810.  

Charles House, b-1856, Slave Lake son Piyesiwitakusiw and Josephite Peischeck dit Gladu Chalifoux, b-1830, Grouard (Alberta); married Emilie Bruneau, born March 17, 1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Michel Joachim Bruneau, b-1806 and Marie Catherine Ladouceurm b-1810.

Augustine Lajeunesse b-1830 joined the HBC on April 30, 1851 for three years as a middleman and winterer. He appeared in the outfit 1851-1852 abstracts with no additional information and signed an 1856 contract at Edmonton House.

Dieudonne Letendre aka Mooshwan, Metis, b-1856, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), died 1901, son Jean Baptiste Letendre aka Mooshwan born October 20, 1807, Devils Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) and Madeleine Gladu, born September 22, 1830 Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta); married 1876 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Anne Josephine Gladu daughter John Dorion Gladu, b-1836, Slave Lake, Jane Collin b-1838 B.C. 

Louis L'Hirondelle Metis b-1856 Saskatchewan living Calgary 1891.

William McDonald b-1856 N.W.T. married about 1883 N.W.T. Rachel Metis b-1866 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

Margaret McDonald, Metis b-1856 N.W.T. living Calgary, Southern Alberta 1891.

S. McQuriell b-1856 Red River, works for CPR, living Bankk or West 1891.

(II)-Henry John Moberly (1835-1931) born Penetanguishene, Lake Huron (Ontario) son (I)-John Moberly b-1789 Russia, and Mary Fock from Russia, joined HBC 1853-1891) Lake Huron, Saskatchewan District, Athabasca and Ille-a-la Crosse, assigned Lac La Biche (1856-1858)

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

(II)-Finlay Munro Metis (1824-1901) is at Fort Edmonton (1856-1862) son (I)-David Monro b-1799

Minnie Potts b-1856 N.W.T., living Assiniboia West 1891.  Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta, or south west Saskatchewan at this time.

Harry Power, Metis b-1856 (Alberta), married about 1881 likely Athabasca, Pelagie Metis b-1866 (Alberta), living Athabasca Landing 1901.

Batice Rabrocawm, Metis b-1856 N.W.T. married about 1871 N.W.T. Margaret Metis b-1856 N.W.T. living Fort Edmonton 1891.

(II)-William Rowland, Metis b-1827, Fort Cumberland (Saskatchewan) son (I)-William Rowland, (1802-1875) b-1812??, Fort Cumberland (Saskatchewan) and Betsy Ballendine, Metis, b-1795 Fort Cumberland (Saskatchewan); married 1856, Fort Edmonton, Helen Beauregard,Metis b-1837, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), daughter Charles Beauregard, d-1885 and Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1822 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta)

(II)-William Robert Smith Metis Jr. b-1833 son (I)-William Robert Smith Sr. (1795/97-1869) and Mary Ann Swain Meris (1805-1850); married Mary Bird Metis 
    (III)-Charlotte Smith Metis born Fort Resolution, McKenzie River
    (III)-James Smith Metis born Fort Resolution, McKenzie River
    (III)-Curtis Smith Metis born Fort Resolution, McKenzie River
    (III)-Elizabeth Margaret Smith Metis born Fort Resolution, McKenzie River
    (III)-Mary Smith Metis born Fort Resolution, McKenzie River
All the above born before 1867, the following after 1867
    (III)-Letitia Smith Metis born McKenzie River District
    (III)-Joseph Smith Metis born McKenzie River District
    (III)-William Smith Metis born McKenzie River District
    (III)-Henry Smith Metis born McKenzie River District

Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, marriage (I)-Henry Sanderson of Orkney, to Elizabeth Manger De Lard born 1844 Buffalo Lake, (west Stettler, Alberta) daughter Manager De Lard Chipewyan and Zosee Chipewyan.

Felix (David) Savard, b-1856, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Alexandre Savard, b-1831, Slave Lake and Therese Bisson, b-1830 Peace River; married January 28, 1880, St. Albert (Alberta) Justine Callion, b-1864, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Baptiste Callio, b-1832 and Angelique Bruneau, Metis, b-1835.

Fanny Shirt, Metis, b-1856, White Fish Lake, Athabasca daughter Joseph Shirt and Jane Aw-taw-yo-kan; married 1874, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta) (III)-William Robert Bird, Metis, b-1826, son, (II)-William Bird, Metis, b-1803/05 and Rubina aka Venus Hay. 

Jean Baptiste Vanasse dit Anas Jr., birth November, 1856, Fort Edmonton son Jean Baptiste Vanasse dit Anas Sr., b-1833 Fort Edmonton and Catherine Cardinal, born February 1838.; married 1876 Calgary Emilia Calderm born July 10, 1850 daughter Peter Calder b-1799 and Isabelle Lussar (Isabelle Francois).

Norman Vandel Metis b-1856 Red River married about 1874 likely Beaumont, Julie Metis b-1858-1861 (Alberta), living Fort Edmonton 1891 & Beaumont, (Alberta) 1901.

Maskepatoon, Laputange (Lapotac) and Sweet Grass the Plains Cree are reported trading Fort Edmonton, as are some Blackfoot.

At Spirit Lake (Devil Lake aka Lac Ste Anne)  this year, forty thousand whitefish are taken by the Metis in five days and frozen for shipment to Fort Edmonton.  This Metis village is growing into a major town.

Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) and his guide Michel Nipissing visited the Iroquois and Chippewas (Nipissing) in Jasper Valley.  Jasper House was in decline as the Oregon traffic had stopped using this route to cross the mountains.  Jasper house's big asset was 350 half wild horses.  On there way to Jasper Valley, Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) fell ill.  Michel Nipissing said: Father, I am afraid that you will die here.  Then what will become of me?  Everyone will say that I mistreated you, perhaps even murdered you.  Give me a paper so that I can prove that I was good to you. 

January 1:  Fort Edmonton  (II)-John Patrick Cunningham Metis (1818-1870) is assigned as an interpreter

January 28:  Lac La Biche, birth Abraham Beaudry, died 1865.

March:  Lac Ste Anne, birth Marie L'Hyrondelle, Metis,  daughter Pierre L'Hyrondelle, b-1825 and Marguerite Boucher, Metis; married February 1881, St. Albert (Alberta), Thimothe Dumont, b-1858 (Saskatchewan).. 

April:  Hamlin is trading in opposition to the Company at Lac La Biche.  In this same month Lake St. Anns Metis Freemen with 21 horses crossing the Saskatchewan River below Fort Edmonton on their way to Red River carrying away with them 500 martens together with other valuable furs to be sold there.

Joseph Powatis Thomas married May 2, 1856, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Catherine Bruneau, Metis, b-1840, Pembina River daughter Jean Baptiste Bruneau, b-1810 N.W. and Marie (Salteux) Kool.

June 24:  Clemence Cardinal, Metis, b-1856, likely Jasper House, son Andre Cardinal Sr. Metis, b-1835 Jasper House and Rosalie Berland, Metis b-1835 Jasper House.

July:  Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), birth Xavier Nipissing or Shawan son Thomas Shawan Nepissing, b-1818 and Rosaire Gladu; married 1877, Dunvegan, Athabasca, Angelique Wanut, Metis, born May 1861, Rocky Mountains, daughter Simon Wanut and Marie Anne Karacanti L'Iroquoise, b-1822/26, Rockt Mountain House (Alberta)

September 19:  Mackenzie River, birth Roger Boucher son Paul Boucher, b-1821 and Louise Marcellais, b-1825, Assiniboia des Metis Settlement;  married April 10, 1877, Marie Parisien aka Cardinal, Metis, born March 20, 1861, daughter Male Parisien and Francoise Sayis aka Sayer, Metis b-1833. 

October:  Rocky Mountain House (Alberta), birth Philomene Vanesse daughter Jean Baptiste Vanesse dit Anas Sr., born November 1833 Fort Edmonton (Alberta) and Catherine Cardinal born February, 1838; married 1872 Fort de la Montagne, Jean Baptiste Dumont Jr. born June 1852 Slave Lake.

October:  News reached Fort Edmonton (Alberta) that the Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Metis are returning from Red River with Red River carts laden with supplies.  They had been six months on the round trip. 

October 16: Fort Edmonton (II)-John Cunningham Metis (1818-1870), and Freemen Sowand, Marto L'Hyrondelle and Paulrt Gladieu from Lac Ste. Anne arrived today. 

October 17:  (II)-John Cunningham Metis (1818-1870) and the Freemen left this morning for Lac Ste Anne.

November:  Fort Edmonton (Alberta), birth, Baptiste dit Anas Jr. Vanasse son Baptiste dit Anas Sr. Vanasse, born November 1833, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) and Catherine Cardinal, b-1838; married 1876, Calgary (Alberta), Emilia Calder, born July 10, 1850 daughter Peter Calder, b-1799 and Isabelle aka Isabelle Francis Lussier.

November 20:  Lac La Biche, (Alberta), birth Melanie Cardinal, Metis, daughter St Luc Cardinal, Metis, b-1836 and Marguerite Desjarlais b-1839.

December 31:  Lac La Biche (Alberta), birth Alexis Cardinal; married Sylvie Quintal, b-1864, Lac La Biche (Alberta), daughter, Charles Quintal, b-1840, Lac La Biche (Alberta) and Euphrosine Cardinal, b-1843, Victoria Metis Settlement, (Alberta).

December 31: Fort Edmonton, Kinnenawis and family arrived this evening from Fort Assiniboine.

1857

Jean Baptiste Anass, Metis b-1857 (Alberta), married about 1878 (Alberta) most likely Tail Creek, Arnelia (Amelia) Metis b-1853 (Alberta), living Tail Creek, (Alberta) 1901. 

Joseph Arcan Metis Jr. b-1830 White Horse Plains, Red River son Joseph Arcan Sr. b-1778 and Indian or Metis girl; joined HBC (1855-1859) Lac La Pluie, & Saskatchewan (1857-1859), retired Red River, married Lusate McKay b-1847 daughter Angus McKay 
    
Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), birth Charles Andrews son Baptiste Andrews and Catherine Gladu; married January 28, 1877, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) Angelique Hamelin, b-1866, Lac La Nun, (Alberta) daughter Pierre (Pierriche) Hamlin, Metis and Marie Anne Macomtehquayo Courteoreille, b-1832.

Baptiste Annance likely Metis from Red River, employed HBC (1857-1876) on and off in the Saskatchewan District, out of Edmonton & Rocky Mountain house, but might represent more than one person and likely descendents of Francois Noel Annance b-1789/90 and Indian woman

Daniel Belcourt, Metis, b-1857, Big Lake aka St. Albert (Alberta) son Joseph Belcourt Jr., born November 28, 1823 and Madeleine Sapin dit Campion, Metis; married 1882, Calgary, (Alberta), Pauline Vanesse, Metis, born October 10, 1868 daughter Jean Baptiste Vanasse dit Anas Sr., born November 1833, Fort Edmonton and Catherine Cardinal, born February, 1838.

Narcisse Bellerose, b-1857, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Oliver Bellerose, b-1814 and Josephte (Suzzette) Savard, b-1819; married, January 2, 1879, St Albert (Alberta), Anne Seguin dit Laderoute, Metis, born July, 1858, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), daughter Oliver Laderoute, (1806-1876) and Angelique dit Brabant Maskegan.  

Virginie dit Blayonne Blandion, Metis, b-1857, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) daughter Antoine Blandion, b-1833 Jasper House and Marie Surprenant, Metis, b-1840, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married, 1877, St. Albert (Alberta), Charles Gariepy, born November 3, 1850, Red River. 

Cyrille Boucher, Metis, b-1857, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Thomas Boucher, Metis, b-1836, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) and Larose Gladu; married 1883, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Vitaline Berland, Metis, born September 14, 1868, St. Albert (Alberta) son Edouard Berland, Metis, b-1819 and Cecile Callihoo. 

Angella Buttaud b-1857 Saskatchewan, living Calgary, Southern (Alberta) 1891. 

Jean Felix Callio, b-1857 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) son Baptiste Callio, b-1832 and Angelique Bruneau, b-1835; married 1878, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Adele Ignace, b-1860, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) daughter Louis Ignace Waiyandie, b-1825, Jasper House (Alberta), died March, 1874 and Lisette Courteoreille, b-1829 N.W.

Joseph Cardinal, b-1857, Lac Poisson Blanc, son, Louison Cardinal, b-1821 and Susan Courteoreille; married 1875 Lac La Biche (Alberta) Marie Desjarlais, b-1856 Lac La Biche (Alberta) daughter Paulette Desjarlais b-1830 Lac Ste Anne (Devil Lake, Alberta) and Lizette Bruneau..

John George Christie (McTavish) Metis (1857-1930) born Edmonton, joined HBC (1874-1920) Red River, Norwat House, English River, Lake Superior, Winnipeg.  Married 1918, Lily Kathleen Lewis of Brockville, Ontario

Robinson Crusoe a Indian or Metis joined HBC (1857-1867) Fort Youcon, Mackenzie River.

Lac St. Anne, (II)-John Patrick Cunningham Metis (1818-1870) is in charge of this station (1857-1858)

(I)- George Gullion b-1833 joined HBC (1849-1877) is freighting on the North Saskatchewan River out of Fort Edmonton (1857-1860) he spent his whole career on the North Saskatchewan with his brother (I)-James Gullion (1839-1902)

Dr. Hector of the Palliser expedition in 1857-1859, noted that at Edmonton two bison (buffalo) per day, about 525 pounds, were consumed.  He also is believed to be the first to report placer gold in the Saskatchewan River.

(II)-Thomas Hodgson, Metis, (1789/1790-1865) is at Fort Edmonton (1857-1861)

Lac La Biche, birth, Angelique (Kakakekamik) Moise, Metis b-1857 daughter  Jean Baptiste (Kakakekamik) Moise b-1827 and Charlotte Wapisiokowan; 2nd married 1856 Madeleine Abraham; married 1868 Lac La Biche John Longmore Sr. b-1850 Fort Pitt son William Longmore and a Metis mother; married 1872/77 Lac La Biche Joseph dit Mustatip Cardinal, Metis b-1838 Lac Ste Anne son Jacques Cardinal and Josephite Ticikak.

(I)-John Macaulay (Mcaulay) joined HBC (1856-1887) assigned Saskatchewan District (1857-1871) assigned Fort Edmonton (1857-1858)

Mary Minesinger b-1857 Red River, living High River, (Alberta) 1891. 

Henry John Moberly arrived Jasper House and was chief factor 1855-1861.  He married Suzan Cardinal.

Edouard Naud, Metis b-1857 (Alberta), married about 1892 (Alberta) Henriette Metis b-1875 (Alberta), living Egg Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

Antoine Paquette, Metis b-1857 Saskatchewan son Henry Paquette b-1814 Quebec, living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Clarisse Paul, Metis, B-1857, Fort Edmonton son Louison Paul, Metis b-1830, Fort Edmonton and Catherine Gladu, Metis, b-1833, Slave Lake (Alberta), married, 1878, St. Albert, Ambroise Adam aka Fagnant, b-1856 daughter Jean Baptiste Adam, b-1820, (married 1848) Marie Boyer, b-1825.

Daniel Paupin b-1857 Red River, living Assiniboia West 1891.  Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta, or south west Saskatchewan, at this time.

Benjamin Paupin b-1857 Red River, living Assiniboia West 1891.  Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta, or south west Saskatchewan, at this time.

Jean Baptiste Pepin, Metis b-1857 (Alberta) married about 1871 (Alberta) Marie Metis b-1857 (Alberta) living St. Albert, (Alberta) 1901.

Charles Pruden Sr., Metis b-1857, McKenzie River, son James Pruden Sr., Metis, b-1823 and Genevieve Desjarlass, Metis, b-1833; married 1879, South Saskatchewan River, Rosalie Vandal, b-1859, daughter Jean Baptiste Vandal and Marie Primeau.

Nastor Savard, Metis b-1857 (Alberta) living Morinville, (Alberta) 1901.

Jean Baptiste Souver b-1857 Red River married 1884 (Alberta) Ellen Metis b-1863 (Alberta), living Fort Saskatchewan, (Alberta) 1901.

Jasper House, birth Abraham Waniyande, died 1874 Jasper House, son Jean Baptiste Waniyande, born 1821 Jasper House, and Isabelkle Karaconti, b-1820 Jasper House, died 1888 Jasper House 

Gilbert Whitford b-1857, Red River an interpreter son married about 1885 N.W.T. Aeralim Metis b-1865 N.W.T., living Battle River, (Alberta) 1891.  Or see below:

Gilbert Whitford, b-1857 Partridge Crop, son Philip Whitford Sr., b-1830, Swan River District, N.W.T. and Mary Mousseau; married 1882, Battle River Settlement, (Alberta),  Marcelline (Dionne) Blandion, b-1864, St. Albert aka Big Lake, daughter Antoine Blandion Sr. or Antoine Blandion Jr., b-1836 Big Lake and Marie Desjarlacs.  

Herbert H. Wishart b-1857 Red River, a farmer, living Gleichen, (Alberta) 1891.

Joseph Wishart b-1857 Red River, a farmer,  living Gleichen, (Alberta) 1891.

It was noted that 30 acres were under cultivation below Fort Edmonton, (Alberta).  A big windmill is located behind Fort Edmonton for grinding flour.

Near Victoria Metis Settlement, (Alberta) the Whitefish Lake Indians and Metis are growing potatoes, turnips and barley.  By 1865, 30 Metis families had settled in the area.  This settlement was first established 1839 or earlier.

About 800 ounces of gold from the Fraser River (B.C.) reached California this year, despite the efforts of the Hudson Bay Company to control the trade in gold.

Members of the John Palliser (1817-1887) a wealthy Irish landowner, expedition of (1857-1859) included Dr. James Hector, geologist-doctor, Eugene Bourgeau, a French botanist, Thomas Wright Blakistan and John William Sullivan under Royal Geographical Society, the British government and the Hudson Bay Company, claimed that while the semi-arid area (Praries) was ill-suited for civilization, a northerly fertile belt could maintain stock-raising and agriculture.  The HBC did not support colonization as it interfered with business.  Why we honor this inept expedition is beyond my understanding.

The Henry Youle Hind (1823-1908) George Gladman and Simon James Dawson expedition of (1857-1858) saw the potential for agriculture of the Prairies basically refuting the Palliser expedition results.

January:  Fort Edmonton, Kinnenawis from Fort Assiniboine and his man Jean Baptiste Hyrondelle (Hirondelle) went off this morning to the plains.

January 7:  Old man Lacombe a freeman born about 1777 died on the prairies.   He had married a Cree woman  who had a number of children, boys and girls, one of whom was Corps Rouge, Omikkoiyawe (Red Skin) who lives among the Bloods.

January 26:  Fort Edmonton, Kinnenawis from Fort Assiniboine and his man Jean Baptiste Hyrondelle (Hirondelle) returned from the plains and departed for Fort Assiniboine.

February:  birth Norman Vandal Metis son Benjamin Vandal (1820-1870) and Marguerite Allary, b-1836; married, 1874, Bull Lake, Julie Munroe, b-1859, Big Lake aka St. Albert daughter Felix Munroe, b-1825, married 1855 Lac Ste Anne,  Lalouise Laperoute, born April, 1825, Fort Cumberland, Saskatchewan.  

March:  About 700 Blackfoot arrived Fort Edmonton to trade.

March 31:   The John Palliser expedition to chart the west is commissioned and included:  Dr. James Hector, physician and Geologist, Eugene Bourgeau a French Botanist and Thomas Blakiston a surveyor.  They wintered at Fort Carlton and the following year at Fort Edmonton.  Palliser had written while at Fort Edmonton, "It is great fun to see the black looks of the hostile divines (missionaries). I understand that, sometimes, hostilities have proceeded further than mere looks."  The clerics bitter hostilities towards each other and their different viewpoints on Christianity raised doubts in the natives' minds about the tenable and sincerity of its advocates.  Palliser was also doubtful of the value of the missionary's activities.  This, however is the same man who proposed the madcap scheme of training 50,000 poor boys of London for indenture (slavery) to a Canadian rural existence.  Palliser himself departed to the United States this winter leaving Dr. James Hector in charge of the expedition.

May 1:  The Cree arrived to trade Fort Edmonton.   Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) dispatched a number of Metis with their carts, on his behalf, for the Red River Settlement.  He was to travel via the Hudson Bay barges to the same destination.

August 10:  Athabasca District, birth Laurent Atkinson, married Catherine Cyr, born November 6, Red River.

December 30:  The Palliser expedition, with Dr. James Hector, arrived at Fort Edmonton, (I)-John Palliser (1817-1887) returned to Montreal through Minnesota to file his report to London.  Some suggest the expedition wintered Fort Carlton.  Palliser writing about the prairie turnip said, the root is very dry and almost tasteless, and even when boiled for a great length of time does not become soft, and is at best but insipid, unnutritious trash.  The French Canadian voyagers however dubbed it 'pomme de prairie'.

1858 

Augustin (Augustine) Auger Metis from Lac Ste Anne joined HBC (1858-1862) on the Saskatchewan

King Beaulieu Metis joined HBC 1858-1890) Mackenzie River and Fort Resolution, Athabaska

Francois Bruno Metis b-1858 (Alberta) married about 1886 (Alberta) Florence, Metis, b-1854, (Alberta) living Whitford, (Alberta) 1901.

Narcisse Blandion, Metis, b-1858 St. Albert (Alberta), died September 1870, daughter Antoine Blandion, b-1833 and Marie Surprenant, Metis, b-1840.

Joseph Nooskeyah or Brilliant, Metis b-1858, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Joseph Nooskeyah or Brilliant and Madeleine Surprenant; married 1875, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Elizabeth Collins, Metis, born May 1858, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Kenawatsaquay Collins a native and Emma Carter.

John Calahaisen alias Wa-bee, Metis b-1858, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son William Calahaisen and Sophie Auger; married November 1876, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Josephine Auger, born November 1858, Trout Lake (Alberta) daughter Baptiste Auger and Adelaide Letendre.

Baptiste Calehouis Metis from Lac St. Anne joined HBC (1858-1862) working the Saskatchewan River.

Thomas Calehouis Metis from Lac St Anne joined HBC (1858-1869) working out of Fort Edmonton.

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

Joseph Cardinal, Metis b-1858, (Alberta) married about 1881 (Alberta) Elizabeth Metis b-1860 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Elyia Conrad, b-1858 Red River, living Medicine Hat 1891. 

Philippe Corlgraf, Metis, b-1858 (Alberta) living Rose Ridge, (Alberta) 1901.

Louison Courtotville Metis joined HBC (1858-1882) Athabasca and Peace River.

Fort Edmonton  (II)-John Patrick Cunningham Metis (1818-1870) is post master.

Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), birth Edward Delorme, Metis son Pierre Lemay Delorme, Metis b-1838 and Marguerite Callion L'Iroquoise b-1841.

Antoine Desjarlais, Metis b-1858 (Alberta) married about 1881 (Alberta) Margaret Metis b-1868 (Alberta), living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Joseph Desjarlais, Metis b-1858 (Alberta) married about 1886, (Alberta) Maria Metis b-1874 Alberta living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Marguerite Desjarlais (Moyen), Metis, b-1858, Battle River Settlement, (Alberta) daughter Joseph Moret aka Pamotayaasip Cree Friday and Marguerite, b-1810, Lac La Biche; married 1877 (Saskatchewan), Francois Whitford, Metis, born March 15, 1860 son William Francois Whitford, Metis, b-1830 Red River and Louise Desjarlais, Metis, b-1839 Red River.

At Hay Lakes was a band of Freemen (Metis) including old Gabriel Dumont, who it was said crossed the Rocky Mountains often.  He could speak French but preferred Cree.

Mary Favel, b-1858, Fort Edmonton daughter Thomas Favel and Josephte; married Cornelious LeBlanc Metis Sr. b-1850 Fort Edmonton son Louis Lablanc Metis and Angelique Vallee Metis b-1820.

George Gagnon b-1833 Quebec married about 1869 N.W.T. (III)-Nancy Cunningham, Metis (1858-1918) daughter (II)-John Cunningham, Metis (1818-1870) and Rosalin L'Hyroudelle, Metis b-1829; living St. Albert, (Alberta) 1901.

Joseph Gray, Metis b-1858 (Alberta) married about 1885 (Alberta) Josette Metis b-1868 (Alberta) living St. Pierre, (Alberta) 1901.

Pierre Hamelin, Metis, b-1858, Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta) died before 1901, son Pierre (Pierriche) Hamelin, Metis, and Marie Anne Macomtehouayo Courteoreille, b-1832; married 1878, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Josephine Andrews, born September, 1863, Lesser Slave Lake (Albverta) daughter Baptiste Andrews and Catherine Gladu.

Hall and Hodgson of Mankato, Minnesota were in Fort Edmonton this year.

William Houle, b-1858, St. Albert son Charles Houle, b-1828, Red River and Esther Bruneau, b-1840; married 1878, Fort Chipewyan, Marie Cecile Bruneau-Beulieu, b-1852, Fond du Lac, Athabasca, daughter Gregoire Bruneau-Beaulieu and Josephine Piche.

Archdeacon J. Hunter was the first Anglican minister to visit Fort Chipewyan.  An icy crust on the snow made hunting difficult and resulted in a near famine.  Distemper killed many wild animals and destroyed most dog teams.

James Inkster, Metis b-1858 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.

(III)-George Kennedy Metis b-1850/51 likely schooled in Scotland, son (II)-Philip Kennedy Metis (1818-1873) and Jesse McKenzie,, joined HBC (1866-1904) Athabasca, Peace River Fort Edmonton, married about 1881 Peace River, Moriah Metis b-1858 N.W.T., living in Fort Edmonton 1891.  Children not recorded.

(I)-John Lenny b-1847 Scotland married about 1884 (Alberta) Lucille, Metis b-1858 (Alberta) living White Whale Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

Martin Loguier, Metis b-1858 (Alberta) son Louis Loguier b-1832 and Angele b-1839 living White Whale Lake 1901.

John Loronda, Metis b-1858 N.W.T. married about 1887 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1866 N.W.T. living Battle River, (Alberta) 1891.

(I)-John Macaulay (Mcaulay) joined HBC (1856-1887) assigned Saskatchewan District (1857-1871) assigned Jasper house (1858-1859) then back to Fort Edmonton (1859-1862)

Elizabeth McKinnon b-1858 Red River, living Calgary, (Alberta) 1891.

Madeline McLean, Metis b-1858 (Alberta) married about 1877 (Alberta) living Rabbit Hill, (Alberta) 1901.

John McNeill b-1858 Red River, engineer, married about 1881 Margaret b-1863 Red River, four children are recorded, John E. b-1882 Red River, Mary b-1885 Red River, Joseph b-1886 Red River, Sarah b-1889 N.W.T., all living Morley, (Alberta) 1891.  

(II)-Henry John Moberly (1835-1931) born Penetanguishene, Lake Huron (Ontario) son (I)-John Moberly b-1789 Russia, and Mary Fock from Russia, joined HBC 1853-1891) Lake Huron, Saskatchewan District, Athabasca and Ille-a-la Crosse, assigned Jasper House (1858-1861)

Philomine Nault, Metis b-1858 (Alberta) living Rose Ridge, (Alberta) 1901.  Possible daughter Alexia Nault (1822-1867) married 1845 Fort Edmonton Angelique Brabant b-1828.

Henri Paquette, b-1858, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) son Henri Paquette and Catherine Collins (or Richard); married 1876, Calgary (Alberta), Maria Boucher, Metis, b-1859, St. Albert daughter Pierre Boucher and Marie Amable (Montagnais) Bruneau, b-1828. 

Theodore Savard, Metis b-1858 (Alberta), married about 1886 likely (Alberta), Emerance Metis b-1869 Athabasca, living Egg Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

James Whitford, Metis b-1858 Assinaboia married about 1890 (Alberta) Mary Metis b-1874 (Alberta), living Mountain Mill, (Alberta) 1901.

(I)- John Palliser reported that Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) was considering building a mission for the Blackfoot either on the northeaster corner of Buffalo Lake (near Buffalo Boss Hill) or at the mouth of the lake's flow, Tail Creek.  

The Palliser expedition broke into two groups one headed by (I)- John Palliser (1817-1887) and the other by Lieutenant Balkiston over the appointment of Dr. Hector as second in command.  Balkiston departed with 10 horses, an Indian guide and three men to discover two passages leading to the Kootenays.  The Balkiston expedition filed a separate report to London claiming the discovery of two passes through the Rockies..  

 

February 2, 1858 census Edmonton House 

NAME	MEN	WOMEN	CHILDREN
Galliman	1	1
Shorts	2	1	3
Raymond	2	3	4
Cameron	2	2	1
Cunningham		1	4
Finlay	1	1	4
Laderout	2	1	5
Dumas	2	2	6
Savard	1	2	5
Salois	1	3	6
Cartouch	1	1	5
Hudson	3	1	4
Norwegian	8

Those absent on the Prairies are 15.  There are 19 women and 48 children to total 109.  This makes no mention of the number of women and children out on the hunt, nor those not directly associated with the HBC.  One report suggests on a trip to Devils Lake (Lac Ste Anne) from Fort Edmonton. They met 200 Metis being led by old Gabriel Dumont who had crossed the Rocky Mountains often.  He spoke French but preferred Cree.  See October 20 below.  It is noteworthy that John W. Jones, the record keeper of the Faribault Expedition, in October of this year estimated the population of Fort Edmonton as 150 people, of which 40 to 50 are men.  He further made note that outside Fort Edmonton existed a suburbs of freemen (Metis).  This is not a reference to the Devils Lake Metis Settlement.

It is reported that Lac Ste Anne (Devils Lake) had forty-one houses and the Metis talk French, Cree and dress in European fashion.

February 6:  The eighteen hunters returned with forty sleighs to Edmonton House.  (II)-Nancy Cunningham Metis is born May 27, 1858, Fort Edmonton daughter (II)-Johny Cunningham, a Metis,(1818-1870) and Rosalin L'Hyroudelle b-1829 also a Metis.  Nancy would marry 1875 St. Albert a George Gagnon.

April 22:  Fort Edmonton (Alberta) birth, Isaie Beaudry, d-1864.

May 27:  Fort Edmonton (Alberta), birth, (III)-Nancy Cunningham Metis (1858-1918) daughter (II)-John Cunningham, Metis (1818-1870) and Rosalie L'Hyrondelle (L'Hirondelle)Metis born January 5, 1829 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married January 7, 1875, George Gagnon, a white man, born April 28, 1833, Quebec.

June:  John Sullivan a senior member of the Palliser Expedition wrote:  The Cree reported the peace with the Blackfoot had been violated, and that a very large war-party of Blackfoot was on the road to the Cree Country.  The Crees are invariably the first offenders, and, comparatively speaking, the Blackfoot exercise great forbearance towards them in return.  This is interesting given this was supposed to be a Cree report?

June:  Lieutenant Blakiston, a member of the Palliser Expedition wrote:  They (Indians) are aware that the bison (buffalo) are rapidly decreasing, and foresee that their descendants will have to take some other way of living than the lazy yet not luxurious mode followed at present.  Year by year they see the animals decrease, and although they consider that they will last their time, and that by them they will be able to keep themselves in tobacco, ammunition, and other requisites, and have an occasional drinking bout, yet they knew too well, as one man expressed himself to me, "If this continues our children cannot live."  

Henry John Moberly arrived Jasper House and married Suzanne Kwarakwante Metis d-1905 daughter Louis Kwarakwante Metis 
He abandoned wife and children.
    Ewan Moberly Metis
    John Moberly Metis 

(I)- John Palliser (1817-1887) returned from Montreal to Fort Edmonton (Alberta).

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

July 31:  Members of the John Palliser (1817-1887) expedition of (1857-1859) heard an enormous herd of bison well before they actually saw it. "[The animals] were in such numbers that their grunt sounded like the roar of distant rapids in a large river, and caus[ed] a vibration also something like a trembling in the ground."  This elitist expedition didn't see the potential for cattle or agriculture on the Prairies of future Canada.  They didn't wonder what these enormous herds of bison ate?  Their final report released 1863 received little interest in Europe and slowed settlement of the west by decades.

August:  The British Government declared Vancouver Island a colony and appointed James Douglas as its first governor.

August 20:   Blakiston crossed the Kootenay Pass east to west, two weeks before the Pallester Expedition crossed west to east.  It is noteworthy that the pass has so much use that the Kutenai Indians  maintained the path well.  When Blakiston was credited with being the first to discover the Kootenay Pass, he said discovery is subjective, the deer made the first trails, the elk followed the deer, the bison (buffalo) followed the elk, the Indians followed the bison (buffalo), the trappers followed the Indians and then the army officers came along and discovered the pass.  It is noteworthy that the army officer is being led by an Indian, Metis or Trader who had been there before, likely many times.  Blakiston was amused. 

September:  Dr. James Hector of the Palliser Expedition set out to explore the Kicking Horse Vallry and was kicked by one of his own horses, thereby giving rise to the place's name- Kicking Horse Pass a.k.a. Kootenay Pass, B.C.

October 17:   The Faribault Gold seeking Party numbered 13 men including John W. Jones, Brewster and Gibson of Fort Pitt.  These are the first reported gold-seekers to pass through Fort Edmonton.   John W. Jones noted that (II)-William J. Christie Metis (1824-1899), son of (I)-Alexander Christie (1783-1872); of Fort Edmonton, is a braggadacio (non-gentleman) referring to William.

October 18:  John Palliser, Dr Hector and Blakiston are at Fort Edmonton and advise John W. Jones and the Faribault Expedition not to proceed this late in the year across the mountains.  Jones considered the Palliser Party as three cowards.

October 19:  John W. Jones wrote that they encountered quite a camp of Freeman on the west end of Fort Edmonton.  These half-breeds are not employed by the Hudson Bay Company.  This would be the Devils Lake Metis Settlement later named Lac Ste Anne.  It was here they acquired Rossette as a guide who agreed to take them to the Kootenay Pass.  It is noteworthy that the Kootenay Pass was well known for many years and the Minnesota Faribault Expedition had selected this route before starting.

October 20:  The Faribault Expedition, as recorded by John W. Jones, meets a part of Halfbreeds (Metis) and Blackfoot who have just crossed the Kootenay Pass through four feet of snow.  They were on their way to Fort Edmonton to trade.  They informed Jones that the Blackfoot and the United States  are at war.  Johns decided that the Kananaskis Pass might be safer.  It  was, however, easier to masquerade as English.

December 21:  Fort Edmonton, marriage Pierre Beauchamp Jr., b-1837 son Pierre Beauchamp Sr., b-1812 and Marie Morin (Morib), b-1810; married Nancy Ward, Metis, b-1844, daughter George Ward, Metis b-1810 and Bethsay (Bethsey) Turcotte. 

December 25:  Captain (I)-John Palliser (1817-1887) a rascally Irishman and Protestant, shows his true colors with the following accounts of his contact with the missionaries at Fort Edmonton;

"While we were at Edmonton, we were frequently visited by the French priests of the Catholic mission at Lake St. Ann's.  Mons. La Combe, the head of the order, was a most excellent benevolent gentleman, possessing many estimable qualities most valuable in a missionary.  He spoke Cree well, and had obtained a good deal of influence, not so much, however, among the Indians as among the Half-breeds.  Reverend Robert Terrill Rundle (1811-1896) a Methodist, who was only in the field (1840-1848) and who must have been a very able and influential man, is spoken of among them with reverence and enthusiasm to this day.  Mr. Woolsey also, the present missionary, is a most excellent benevolent person"    

 

1859

(I)-Alexander Aitken (Aitkin) b-1842 Birsay, Orkney joined HBC 1859-1866) Athabasca, deserted to Red River, married Elizabeth Stanger 

(I)-Alexander Anderson joined HBC (1859-1865) Saskatchewan District.

Francois Beaulieu, Metis (1771-1872) employed HBC (1859-1870) Athabasca, including Salt River, Athabasca.

Rosa Archange Belcourt, Metis, b-1859, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), daughter Joseph Belcourt, born November 28, 1823 and Madeleine Sapin dit Campion, Metis; married 1872, St. Albert (Alberta), John Roger Berard, b-1852 Red River (Manitoba) son Pierre Berard, b-1817 and Louise Moreau boen 1815/20, Fort Edmonton (Alberta).

Felix Blandion, b-1859, St. Albert (Alberta) son Antoine Blandion and Marie Desjarlais; married 1873 fort Edmonton, Anne Whitford, born February 15, 1863 Red River.

Maria Boucher, Metis, b-1859, St. Albert (Alberta) daughter Pierre Boucher and Marie Amable (Montagnais); married 1876 Calgary (Alberta), Henri Paquette Jr., b-1858, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) son Henri Sr. Paquette and Catherine Collins (or Richard).

Joseph Brewster b-1859 Scotland married to Angelique  Metis b-1856 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta) 1901.

Mrs. Robert Campbell was the first white woman in Fort Chipewyan. She arrived in Alberta with three Grey Nuns at Lac Ste. Anne.

(I)-Julian Stewart Camsell alias Onion (1838-1907) from Ceylon, son Henry B. Ristowe Onion and Marianne Camsell, changed his name in 1876 to mothers name; joined HBC (1859-1900) Mackenzie River, married 1869, Fort Simpson, (II)-Sarah Foulds Metis (1849-1939) daughter (I)-Samuel Foulds (Folds, Foldes) (1803-1870) and Nancy Calder Metis d-1896
    (II)-William Edward (Ned) Camsell Metis b-1869, Fort Nelson B.C.
    (II)-Arthur Frederick (Fred) Camsell Metis, (1870-1961) married 1901 Margaret Sebbeston
    (II)-George Camsell Metis b-1870 Fort Liard
    (II)-Louisa Camsell Metis b-1872 Fort Liard, married Capt. J. Mills
    (II)-Charles Camsell Metis b-1876 Fort Liard, d-1958 married 1905 Isabel D. Thomas
    (II)-Cecelia Camsell Metis b-1880 Fort Liard, married Harding
    (II)-Frank Ernest Camsell Metis b-1882 Fort Simpson d-1922 Fort Rae
    (II)-Philip Scott Camsell Metis b-1883 Fort Simpson
    (II)-Ethal A. Camsell Metis b-1885 Fort Simpson, married after 1907, Bright

Isabelle Cardinal, Metis, b-1859, White Fish Lake daughter St Luc Cardinal, Metis, b-1836 and Marguerite Desjarlais b-1839.

Joseph Cardinal, Metis b-1859 (Alberta) married about 1881 (Alberta) Machille Metis b-1864 (Alberta) living Lakeview eastern (Alberta) 1891.

Oliver Cardinal, b-1859, Buck Lake (Alberta) son Jean Baptiste Laventure Cardinal, b-1830 and Josephte Peis-Check dit Gladu Chalifoux b-1830 Grouard (Alberta); married 1876, Lac La Biche (Alberta) Adelaide Sa-po-ki-si-key-pewo, b-1857, Wabascow Lake, (Alberta) daughter Kesiadokisiquaypoyo and Therese Sakipok.

St. Luc Cardinal, Metis, b-1859, Lac La Biche (Alberta), son, Joseph dit Mustatip Cardinal, b-1838, Devil's Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) and Marie Neyomonpekinam, a Cree; married Julie Kesiapokisiquaypoyo, b-1869, Pelican Lake (Saskatchewan).

Celestin (Celestan) Gladu, Metis, b-1859 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) son Joseph Gladu and Emma Amable Belcourt, b-1835;  married 1879, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Marguerite Callio, Metis, b-1856 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), daughter, Thomas Karaconti Callihoo, Metis, (1830-1874) and Mary Findley, b-1827 Jasper House (Alberta). 

Cyrile Belcour, Metis b-1859 (Alberta) son Cecile Belcour b-1830 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Louison Thomas Cardinal b-1859, Athabasca River, married 1884, Fort St. John, Charlotte Taskawitch, b-1864, Dunvegan, Athabasca.

Pierre Desjarlais, Metis b-1859 (Alberta) married about 1880 (Alberta) Catherine Metis b-1862 (Alberta). Living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

John Ferguson aka Farquarhson Metis b-1841 likely Red River son John Ferguson aka Farquarhson (1809-1875) and likely Sophie Montour? Joined HBC (1859-1877) Rocky Mountain House, Saskatchewan River District and Fort Edmonton.  Classed as a native of Lac Ste. Anne aka Devil's Lake

Flora Gardner, Metis b-1859 Athabasca, living Lac La Biche, (Alberta) 1901.

Celestin Gladu, Metis b-1859 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) son Joseph Gladu and Emma Amable Belcourt, b-1835; married 1879 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Marguerite Callo, Metis b-1856 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), daughter Thomas Kara conti Callihoo (1830-1874) and Mary Findlay, b-1827, Jasper House (Alberta),  living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Dr. Hector visited Fort Assiniboine (Alberta) and sais; the place consisted of a few ruinous huts on the left bank of the river (Athabasca River).

Strachan Graham Jones from Toronto joined HBC (1858-1871) assigned Red River (1858-1859), MacKenzie River (1859-1867), Lesser Slave Lake (1867-1871)

Willington Lee, Metis b-1859 U.S.A. married about 1881 (Alberta) Christine Metis b-1856 (Alberta), living Lac Ste Anne 1901.

Nancy L'Hirondelle, Metis b-1859 Athabasca married 1875 (Alberta) living Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta) 1901.

Alexander Logan b-1859 Red River married about 1882 (Alberta) Annie Metis b-1862 (Alberta), living Popular Lake, (Alberta) 1901.

John McLeod b-1859 Red River married about 1890 (Alberta) Flora B. Metis b-1864 (Alberta) living Strathcona, (Alberta), 1901.

Lac Ste Anne, birth Edouard Nault, b-1859, son, Alexis Nault (1822-1867) married Fort Edmonton Angelique Brabant, b-1828; married 1892 Henriette Gauthier, b-1875 Fort Edmonton (Alberta) son Charles Gauthier, a white man and Peggy Andrews..

Adelaide Nipissing (or Shawan), b-1859 between Calgary and Edmonton daughter Thomas Shawn Nepissing, b-1818 and Rosaire Gladu; married 1877 Louis Pelletier or Campbell, d-1882

Michel Normand and his wife, nee Rose Plante arrived Lac Ste Anne.

(III)-Margaret Anne Pruden, Metis born December 31, 1859 likely Fort Halkett, Mackenzie River daughter (II)-James P. Pruden, Metis (1823-1902) and Genevieve Desjarlais, Metis. 

Louis Rushell, Metis born 1859, (Alberta) son Angelie Rushell b-1830 (Alberta); married about 1881 (Alberta) most likely Tail Creek to Julie Metis b-1865 (Alberta), living Tail Creek, (Alberta) 1901.

Adelaide Shawan Nipissing, b-1859 between Calgary and Edmonton, (Alberta) daughter Thomas Shawan Nepissing, b-1818 and Rosaire Gladu; married 1st 1877 Louis Pelletier or Campbell, d-1882; married 2nd 1884 Peace River (Alberta), Norbert Wanut, Metis, b-1866, Jasper House (Alberta),

Benjamin Wishart b-1859 Red River, living Southern Alberta 1891.

George Wishart b-1859 Red River, a farmer,  living Gleichen, (Alberta) 1891.

Father Remas and three Gray Nuns (Sisters of Charity) arrived Fort Edmonton then went on to Lac Ste. Anne.  Sister Marie-Jacques Alphonse (1836-1879) is one of the group. She arrived  at Saint Boniface in1844.  Also Sister Zoe Leblanc-Emery is one of the three.   Mrs. Robert Campbell also arrived and continued to Fort Chipewyan that spring.  Some contend these were the only all white women in (Alberta) at this time.

The Earl of Southesk spent seven months traveling the territories including spending much time traveling the Rocky Mountains from Jasper house to Bow river Fort where they met a St. Paul group composed of Colville, Dickman, Reid and Hind who were heading for the Columbia River area. They also met some advance members of the Palliser party who were on their way to the Pacific.  The Earl ran bison (buffalo) on the plains and strove hard to bag a grizzly.

A young Chipewyan, the son of Chief Bear Foot, called on the people of Ile a La Crosse to abandon Roman Catholic practices.  He beat up the future Bishop Vital Grandin (1929-1902) and threatened future violence.  This likely firmly establishes the Bishops future hatred of the Indians and Metis.  The son of Bear Foot believed "eternal life was from the earth and sun".

January:   Rev. A. Cowley visited a band of Stony Indians between the Ghost and Bow Rivers. He recorded the band size as 83 adults and 134 children.

(I)-John Palliser (1817-1887)  wrote February 1859:

"There are several kinds of employees of the Hudson Bay Company, now diminishing very much throughout these portions of their district, viz., -- the old Canadian voyageur, a hardy, Jovial, respectful, and well-conducted man; also the old hands which used to be engaged from the Orkney Islands and other parts of Scotland; their places are now fast supplied by lazy French Half-breeds from Lack St. Ann's, who, if they are desired to work or ordered to do anything they dislike, may go away as soon as they have received their advances, and join the Indians out on the prairies."  

It is noteworthy that all of Pallisler's Red River men, belong to the Church of England, showing his bigotry and disrespect of other religions.

February:  Big Lake aka St. Albert, birth Felix Blandion, son Antoine Blandion Sr. and Marie Desjarlais; married 1873 St. Albert, Anne Whitford, born Fenruary 15, 1836 daughter Francois Whitford Sr. b-1835 and Jane Anderson, b-1845. 

February:  Birth Adelaide Nipissing or Shawan, born between Fort Edmonton and Fort Calgary (Alberta) daughter Thomas Shawan Nepissing, b-1818 and Rosaire Gladu; married 1817, Louis Pelletier or Campbell, d-1882; 2nd marriage 1884 Peace River (Alberta) Norbert Wanut, b-1866, Jasper House (Alberta) son Simon Wanut and Marie Anne Karaconti L'Iroquoise, b-1822/26 Rocky Mountain House (Alberta)

February 17:  Mountain House, birth, Harriet Gladstone Metis, daughter William J. Shanks Gladstone, b-1824, Quebec and Harriet LeBlanc Metis b-1835, Fort Edmonton (Alberta): 1st married Basile Larance, b-1860 Red River; 2nd married 1881, James Hennifik; 3rd married 1884, James Bowes; 4th married 1885 unknown..

April 8:  C.A. Loveland, a Scandinavian arrived Fort Edmonton to buy supplies but only had United States money.  Chief Factor (II)-William Christie Metis (1824-1899) refused to honor his money and put him to work, at a shilling a day, to build a Catholic Church within the palisades for Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916).  He completed the church on December 24, 1859 and it was named St. Joachim.

(I)-John Palliser (1817-1887)  wrote May 1859 to Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) an illegitimate Scot showing his true colors:

"Poor Christie  (II)-William J. Christie Metis (1824-1899) Chief Trader Fort Edmonton is terribly annoyed with these Lake St. Annes rascals, they really are a rotten set.  I fear the Popish Priests you are nursing so carefully in this country will be a thorn in your side by and bye.  The Stoneys are wretchedly off, the priests are playing the duce with them they seem to do nothing but pray, sing hymns and starve.  The 'Cardinal' came down on them the other day, and divorced about 50 of their wives.  All the priests of all denominations dine with us.  It is great fun to see the black looks of the hostile divines, I understand that sometimes hostilities have proceeded further than mere looks."

It is noteworthy that Christie Chief Factor a Protestant (as was most of his servants) ordered the building of a Catholic Church within the palisades of Fort Edmonton where as the Protestant's used a room in the Big House.  This doesn't support Pallisler's report of the situation.

July 28:  Palliser journeyed from Fort Edmonton to Cypress Hills and called them "These hills are a perfect oasis in the desert we have traveled.".  
Cypress Hills - Canada's first and only Interprovincial park - covers 380 square kilometres in southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan.  Sometimes called "a forest island in a sea of grass," Cypress Hills is actually a flat-topped plateau.

May 18:  Fort Edmonton Antoine Xavier Laplante Metis possible son Laurent Sauve (Laplante) (1794-1858) and Josephte, Tlalam/Tsik, d-1848; joined HBC Columbia District (1843-1846), assigned Saskatchewan, New Caledonia and Western Departments, free man in 1864.   At Fort Edmonton 1859

August:  Lord Southesk, a Briton, visited Lac Ste Anne and praised Peres Lacombe and Le Frain as agreeable men and perfect gentlemen.  

August 6:  Rocky Mountain House (Alberta), birth Maria Moriah (Anne) Brazeau, Metis, daughter Joseph Edward Brazeau Metis (1812-1871) and Marguerite Brabant alias Salois, Metis, b-1815, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta); married 1881, Fort Edmonton, Josue Pascal McGillis, born March 15, 1856, son, Cuthbert McGillis (1822-1906) Marguerite Delorme, b-1824 Red River.

September 1:  The solar storm of 1859, also known as the 1859 Solar Superstorm, or the Carrington Event, was a powerful solar storm which caused a major coronal mass ejection (CME) to travel directly toward Earth, taking 17 hours. Such a journey normally takes three to four days. This second CME moved so quickly because the first one had cleared the way of the ambient solar wind plasma.   Telegraph systems all over Europe and North America failed, in some cases shocking telegraph operators. Telegraph pylons threw sparks and telegraph paper spontaneously caught fire.   Some telegraph systems continued to send and receive messages despite having been disconnected from their power supplies.  When it occurs again during the electronic age it will be catastrophic.   Superstorms occur approximately once per 500 years, with events at least one-fifth as large occurring several times per century.  Less severe storms have occurred in 1921 and 1960, when widespread radio disruption was reported.

September 15:   (II)-John Jessop (1829-1901) and Elijah Duff b-1823 inexperienced gold seekers, finally sighted the Rocky Mountains, a virtual wall of rock.  They found there way to Waterton Park.  Indians directed them to the South Kootenay Pass.

September 24:  The Sisters of Charity, Sister Emery, the superior, Sister Lamy and Sister Marie Alphonse arrive Lac Ste Anne.  Sister Lamy recorded her first impressions:  After a hearty meal, Father Albert Lacombe (1827-1916) invited us to visit his house.  It is rather small, at the most only twenty feet long and fifteen feet wide.  It is sealed with mud and covered with bark.  The house is divided into two rooms and a living room.  The furniture consists of a chair, two stools, a table, a sofa that is used as a bed at night, a stove and a desk.  The chapel is also very poor.  The sanctuary lamp being made of wood, trimmed with pieces of tin and colored bird's eggs.  We visited the good Indians and the Christian Metis.  The richer families brought us some pounded meat.  

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ALBERTA HISTORY 1860-1869