Jasper Alberta Index
Alberta Basic History
1820
Victor Poisson Blanc Attekamek, Metis b-1820 Fort Edmonton (Alberta), son of a man named Poisson Blanc, a Canadian and Assonikekun, a Metis; married October 5, 1863, St. Albert, Catherine Durand aka Dumont, Metis, b-1823 Mountain Fort, daughter, Paul Niyawekanis Durand, Metis b-1796, Rocky Mountain House (Alberta) and Marie Ahskekahmuahtaht.
Jean Baptiste Belcourt Sr., b-1820 (Alberta), son Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married, 1836, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), Cecile Calliho, L'Iroquoise, b-1834, Peace River (Alberta), daughter, Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, born October 17, 1872, Quebec and Marie Tekanise Patenaude (1803-1854)..
Pierre Bostonais, d-1827 a yellow haired Iroquois Metis guided a H.B.C. party over the Rocky Mountains and returned the end of October the same year. His brother Jean Baptiste Bostonais also a Iroquois Metis joined his brother in guiding. Pierre was nicknamed "Tete Jaune" meaning Yellowhead because of his light-colored hair. The mountain pass that has been in use for about 30 years was named Yellowhead Pass.
Augustin Bradant, Metis, married 1820, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), Angelique Lucier, Metis, b-1800, daughter Joseph Wa Wa Lucier and Snake Woman. Angelique epouse Joseph Salos 1828.
Jasper House, marriage, Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 son Joseph Cardinal, soldat, b-1756, Quebec, died, 1854, Lac La Biche (Alberta) and Rose Cree b-1794/95 or Lizette Maskegan; married Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, daughter man named Comptois and Suzette Godin; Marie epouse, 1815 B.C., Peter Hodgen.
Albertajasper.com">Jasper House, birth Michel Cardinal, Metis, b-1820 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married Marie Waniyandre daughter Louise Ignace Waniyandre.
Antoine alias Wabamun Desjarlais, Metis, b-1820, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Antoine Desjarlais and Napitch Cree; married 1850, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Marie Julie or Catherine Kakatow Cree, b-1834, Pidgeon Lake (Alberta) died 1877 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta).
Francois Dumont, Metis b-1820 Alberta married Nancy Metis b-1835 Alberta living Duhamel, Alberta 1901.
Charles Glaudo, Metis reported Thomas Gray, Metis died at White Fish Lake and they were bad of the measles.
Antoine Godin, Metis also born Fort Edmonton is the son of Godin and Josephine Cree Woman.
Piyetuwaham Godin, Metis, b-1820, Beaver Hills (Alberta), died October 1870 son Godin a French Canadian and a native woman; married Sophie a Metis.
Albertajasper.com">Jasper House, birth, Isabelkle Karaconti, Metis, b-1820 Jasper House, died 1888 Jasper House daughter Ignace Karacont L'Iroquoise, (1880-1890) and Anne of the Sekanaise tribe (Montiagnais nation) Sekana; married Jean Baptiste Waniyande, Metis, died 1876, son Louis Ignace Waniyande Sr., and Marie Walker:
Louise Ladouceur, b-1820, Lac La Biche (Alberta), married September 14, 1842, Fort des Prairie (Fort Edmonton, Alberta), Joseph Nabestiwayan Beaudry son Joseph Beaudry dit Gaudry and Suzanne Latour.
Alexis L'Hyrondelle, b-1820, most likely Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Jacques L'Hyrondelle (L'Hirondelle) and Josephine Pilon; married Josephte Amyotte
Mary Le Roc Metis b-1820, Alberta living Wetaskiwan, Alberta 1901.
Jean Baptiste Moreau, Metis b-1820, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste Moreau French Canadian and Charlotte Lafeville aka (LaFeuille - Gariepy - Vallie - Vallee etc.) Metis.
Lea Suzanne, Metis b-1820 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.
Angelique Vallee, Metis, is born Fort Edmonton (Alberta) daughter, Autoine Vallee and Suzanne Lefebvre; married, 1835, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta) Louis Leblanc.
December 20: Great Slave Lake, birth Pierre Laferte died after 1901, married Marianne Genereuse.
1821
Jean Baptiste Bourassa, b-1821, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), died October 19, 1882 son Michel Francois Bourassa and Marguerite Beaulieu; married, 1842, Red River Madeline Pelletier, Metis, b-1826, Red River, daughter, Joseph Pelletier, Metis, b-1787 and Genevieve Hallet, Metis, b-1800 Fort Pelly (Saskatchewan), died 1890 Fort Ellice, Manitoba.
Paul Boucher, Metis, b-1821, son Paul Boucher Sr., Metis, and Francoise St. Germain, Metis; married Louise Marcellais, Metis, b-1825 Assiniboia des Metis Settlement daughter Jean Baptiste Sr, Metis, b-1767 and Angelique Assiniboine (Native), b-1785 or Marie Wilkie, Metis, b-1810. The reference to Assiniboia Settlement could reference Red River, White Horse Plains, Wood Mountain or even as far west as Medicine Hat.
Marie Cartier, Metis, born June 21, 1821, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Cartier a Whiteman and La8i8le Gladu a Metis; married, 1835, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) Pierre Chalifoux, born March 20, 1806, Lac Poisson Blanc son Charles Chalifoux and Suzette Chalifoux, Metis.
Susan DeGuine, Metis b-1821, Alberta living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.
J. L. Descharme b-1821 Red River, married, Julia, b-1851 Red River, living Calgary, (Southern Alberta) 1891.
Joseph Beaudry (Beaudrie), a.k.a. Old Goudrie, a former North West Company man, is working Fort Edmonton as a canoe middleman until 1823. His wife is named Karorwaste.
Albertajasper.com">Jasper House (Alberta), birth Jean Baptiste Waniyande, Metis, died 1876, son Louis Ignace Waniyande Sr., and Marie Walker: married Isabelkle Karaconti, Metis, b-1820 Jasper House (Alberta), died 1888 Jasper House (Alberta) daughter Ignace Karacont L'Iroquoise, (1780-1890) and Anne of the Sekanaise tribe (Montiagnais nation) Sekana.
The North West Company and the Hudson Bay Company merge. John Rowand (1787-1854) of the North West Company became a Chief Trader in the new Hudson Bay Company at Rocky Mountain House, aka Poste de la Montagne de Roches, which retained the North West Company name. But Fort Augustus would become Fort Edmonton after the Hudson Bay Company name.
December 24: Albertajasper.com">Jasper House (Alberta), birth, Noel Courtepatte son man named Courtrpatte and Jane Bruyere; married, 1848, Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), Nancy Campion, Metis, b-1832 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Joseph Sapin dit Campion, b-1797 and Marie Nepissing, b-1810 (daughter Ignace commandant Nepissing and Elisabeth Lizette Courteoreville).
1822
Josephte Kwarkwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1822, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Louis Kwarkwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1782, Montreal and Josephte Patenaude, b-1820 (must be a second wife?); married 1836 Charles Beauregard, d-1885.
Susanne Desjarlais, b-1822, Big Lake aka St. Albert, daughter Joseph Desjarlais (1782-1794?)
Marie Anne Karaconti L'Iroquoise, b-1822, Rocky Mountain House (Alberta) daughter Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1782 Quebec and Marie Katis of the Sekanaise tribe of the Montagnais Nation; married 1848 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Simon Wanut.
Colin Robertson is temporary Chief Factor at Edmonton, House and unhappy with his assignment..
Donald McKenzie and John Rowand (1787-1854) rebuilt Chesterfield House for the Hudson Bay Company and again abandoned it in 1823. The Hudson Bay Company sent a big party of men to the Bow River. All attempts to secure the Bow River, the place of bow making, failed. The Blackfoot Confederation rejected the intrusion of their homeland by refusing to trade. John Rowland (Rowand) (1787-1854) then sent (II)-James (Jimmy Jock) Bird (1785-1892) into the southern district to learn the Blackfoot language and, hopefully, win the Blackfoot, Blood and Piegan as trade customers for the company. Jimmy Jock, a Metis, learned the language, married a Piegan woman and was adopted into the tribe. He became, for all practical purposes, an Indian, then a Piegan Chief traveling into Montana and North Dakota. He could speak English, French, Cree, Blackfoot and Assiniboine. The H.B.C. at Fort Edmonton was bewildered as Chief Jimmy Jock played the H.B.C. against the American Fur Companies for the best terms. The Americans were so angry at the lack of loyalty that it was said a $500.00 reward was offered for his termination. It is noteworthy that there appears to be two Rowand/Rowland's in Early Alberta.
(III)-Antoine Munroe, Metis, b-1822, Alberta, son (II)-Hugh Munroe, b-1784 and Sranopa Otokan Blackfoot; married 1855 Lac Ste Anne (Devil Lake, Alberta), Anne Genevieve Campion, Metis, b-1835 Lesser Slave Lake, daughter Joseph Sapin dit Campion, b-1797 and Marie Nipissing, b-1810..
The first Negro in Alberta was a great curiosity to the natives and the favorite of native women.
Louis Vallee, b-1822, son Antoine Vallee and Susanne Lefebvre; married January 15, 1844, Fort des Prairies, (Edmonton,Alberta), Louise Durand, died July 4, 1871 daughter Paul Niyawekanis Durandb-1796, Rocky Mountain House, aka Poste de la Montagne de Roches; married 1816 Fort Edmonton, (Alberta) Marie Ahskekahmuhtaht.
November 2: Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), birth, Angelique L'Hyrondelle, daughter Jacques L'Hyrondelle (L'Hirondelle) and Josephine Pilon; married 1843, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Oliver Laderoute, b-1806, Montreal, Quebec, died March 23, 1876 St. Albert (Alberta) son Seguin Laderoute and a French Canadian: Oliver 1st married 1835 Cumberland House (Saskatchewan) Angelique dit Bradent Maskegan.
December, Manson, Munro, Douglas and the balance of the Bow River Expedition returned to Edmonton House, all reduced to skeletons. The expedition was a total failure.