by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
Catherine (Kate) McPherson emigrated from Gailable, Kildonan Parish, Sutherlandshire, Scotland. She was either 24 or 26 when she and her younger brother John sailed on the Prince of Wales in 1813. As many of the young people in that group, they were expected to make preparations at Red River for family members who were to follow.
Catherine (Kate) McPherson emigrated from Gailable, Kildonan Parish, Sutherlandshire, Scotland. She was either 24 or 26 when she and her younger brother John sailed on the Prince of Wales in 1813. As many of the young people in that group, they were expected to make...
by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
Margaret McInnes, widow of Hugh McLean from Cambus, Kilfinichin parish, Argyll, Scotland, sailed on the Robert Taylor from Sligo, Ireland, in June 1812 with the first party of settlers for Selkirk’s colony. (1) She was 45 years of age and was accompanied by four sons and a daughter: Hector-2526, Alexander-2527, John-2528, Hugh-2529 and Mary-2530. (2) The group also included Hector’s wife, Catherine McGilvera. (3) They arrived at the settlement in October and continued to Pembina where they spent the winter, returning to the colony in the spring. Margaret and her family held fast to the settlement during its early years. There is no record of her death.
WIDOW (MARGARET McINNES) McLEAN (2525) Margaret McInnes, widow of Hugh McLean from Cambus, Kilfinichin parish, Argyll, Scotland, sailed on the Robert Taylor from Sligo, Ireland, in June 1812 with the first party of settlers for Selkirk’s colony. (1) She was 45 years...
by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
Robert McKay came to York Factory in 1811 as a servant of the HBC. He was a passenger on the Edward and Ann, a barely seaworthy vessel which also carried a number of men who were to form an advance work party for Selkirk’s proposed settlement. The HBC accounts create some confusion as to Robert’s place of origin as one record states he was from Muir (Rosshire), and another says he came from Mull (Argyll). Later information indicates that Rosshire is correct. According to the HBC records, he was 40 years old in 1814. Red River census records are inconsistent regarding his age, but it is possible that he was a few years older than the HBC entry shows.
Robert McKay came to York Factory in 1811 as a servant of the HBC. He was a passenger on the Edward and Ann, a barely seaworthy vessel which also carried a number of men who were to form an advance work party for Selkirk’s proposed settlement. The HBC accounts create...
by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
George McKay, a weaver aged 50, emigrated from Sutherlandshire, Scotland, in 1815 with his wife Isobel Matheson (1), aged 50, and their three children, Roderick (18), Roberty (16), and Robert (11).(2) Roberty married Donald McKay (20045), an HBC man, a few days after the Hadlow arrived at York Factory. The McKays spent the first winter at Pembina and the second at Jack River House at the north end of Lake Winnipeg, where the settlers had fled after Seven Oaks. Upon their return to the settlement in the summer of 1817, George was granted lot #18 by Lord Selkirk. Kildonan Park, Winnipeg, includes a part of his original property. George apparently died within the year as a list of the settlers of Red River in 1818 includes Widow George McKay or son Roderick with a household of four.
George McKay, a weaver aged 50, emigrated from Sutherlandshire, Scotland, in 1815 with his wife Isobel Matheson (1), aged 50, and their three children, Roderick (18), Roberty (16), and Robert (11).(2) Roberty married Donald McKay (20045), an HBC man, a few days after...
by Garth Merkeley | Mar 4, 2015
John McIntyre, aged 23, a taylor [tailor] from Ft. William, Inverness, Scotland, sailed on the Prince of Wales in 1813. (1) Due to an outbreak of typhoid on the ship, the Captain put the passengers ashore at Churchill Fort rather than their destination of York Factory. They wintered at Colony Creek camp, about 15 miles up the Churchill River. In the spring, John was with the group that made its way to YF on snowshoes. They arrived at Red River in June.
John McIntyre, aged 23, a taylor [tailor] from Ft. William, Inverness, Scotland, sailed on the Prince of Wales in 1813. (1) Due to an outbreak of typhoid on the ship, the Captain put the passengers ashore at Churchill Fort rather than their destination of York...
