by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
David Balthasar Hoerner was born on 3rd January 1762 at Sindringen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. He was an apothecary at Neuchatel in Switzerland, where he married Marguerite Marianne Chanel of Lignieres on 30 December 1797. Their first child, Louis, was born at Lignieres and the family then moved to la Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Seven more children were born there: Sophie, Auguste, Louise, Henrietta, Olympe, Caroline and Frederique.
David Balthasar Hoerner was born on 3rd January 1762 at Sindringen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. He was an apothecary at Neuchatel in Switzerland, where he married Marguerite Marianne Chanel of Lignieres on 30 December 1797. Their first child, Louis, was born at...
by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
William MacKay (1), aged 44, emigrated from Caithness, Scotland, with the 1815 party. (2) He is listed as a shoemaker, and a note beside his name states that he brought out a pair of millstones. His wife Barbara Sutherland, aged 35, and their three children, Betty (10), Dorothy (4), and Janet (2) accompanied him. They arrived at York Factory in late August and set out for Red River. On 8 September 1815, at Painted Stone Carrying Place, en route from York Factory, their fourth child was born. He was baptised Selkirk Thomas Douglas MacKay by acting minister James Sutherland-307, who was also with the third party.
William MacKay (1), aged 44, emigrated from Caithness, Scotland, with the 1815 party. (2) He is listed as a shoemaker, and a note beside his name states that he brought out a pair of millstones. His wife Barbara Sutherland, aged 35, and their three children, Betty...
by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
Neil Livingstone of Jura, Argyll, Scotland, and his wife Ann sailed on the Prince of Wales in 1819. (1) The ship’s log gives the members of their party as their son James (24) and his wife Marion (23), Hugh (19), Flora (16), Kitty (15), John (13), and Duncan (9). An older son, Donald, had been at Red River since 1812. Neil and his wife last appear in the Red River census in 1840. No record of their deaths has been found.
Neil Livingstone of Jura, Argyll, Scotland, and his wife Ann sailed on the Prince of Wales in 1819. (1) The ship’s log gives the members of their party as their son James (24) and his wife Marion (23), Hugh (19), Flora (16), Kitty (15), John (13), and Duncan (9). An...
by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
Helen Kennedy, from Sligo, Ireland, sailed for Lord Selkirk’s settlement in 1813. She was a passenger on the Prince of Wales, which experienced an outbreak of typhoid. The surgeon, Dr. Peter LaSerre, who died on board ship, was nursed during his illness by Helen. The Captain of the Prince set his passengers ashore at Churchill Fort instead of York Factory and the colonists wintered at a camp on the Churchill River. In the spring, Archibald McDonald led a number of them on snowshoes to York Factory. The others remained at Churchill until the melting of the ice enabled HBC boats to pick them up. Helen was part of the latter group, which arrived at the settlement in August 1814.
Helen Kennedy, from Sligo, Ireland, sailed for Lord Selkirk’s settlement in 1813. She was a passenger on the Prince of Wales, which experienced an outbreak of typhoid. The surgeon, Dr. Peter LaSerre, who died on board ship, was nursed during his illness by Helen. The...
by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
Ulrich Kauffman was born in Canton Bern(e), Switzerland, in 1788. At the age of 16, he enlisted in the French army during Napoleon Bonaparte’s first series of campaigns. He served in the Spanish peninsular campaign under Marshall Murat, during which he was taken prisoner by the English and shipped to Canada. (1) Once in Canada, he volunteered for service in the British forces and served in the ranks of the de Meuron regiment. The regiment was demobilized in 1816 and Kauffman was among those recruited by Lord Selkirk to provide an escort for his expedition to Red River, in return for which they were to receive grants of land in the colony. Ulrich originally took up land on Point Douglas.
Ulrich Kauffman was born in Canton Bern(e), Switzerland, in 1788. At the age of 16, he enlisted in the French army during Napoleon Bonaparte’s first series of campaigns. He served in the Spanish peninsular campaign under Marshall Murat, during which he was taken...
