Jasper Alberta Index
Alberta Basic History
1829
Elizabeth Belcourt, b-1829, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), daughter, Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married 1842 Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), Anne Xavier Pante, b-1824, Red River.
Eustache Berard, Metis, b-1829/31, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) son Louis Berard, b-1796 and Catherine Hughes, Metis, b-1799; married, 1854, Red River, Marguerite Primeau, b-1836, Fort Alexander, N.W.T.
Marie Boucher, Metis b-1829 Alberta living Pincher Creek, Alberta 1901.
Jasper House, North West Territories, birth Andre Cardinal b-1829 Jasper House, Metis was a guide for the McMicking part of 1862.
Baptiste Courtepatte, b-1829, Jasper House (Alberta), died after 1901, son of a man named Courtepatte and Jane Bruyere; married December 28, 1850, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Josephte Belcourt, born October 5, 1833, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), died after 1901. daughter Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793 daughter Jacques L'Hyrondelle and Josephte Pilon.
Jasper Hawse built Jasper House at the north end of Brule Lake for the HBC. The NWC had established their first Jasper trading place in 1801.
Kenneth McDonald b-1829 Scotland, married about 1869 likely Fort Edmonton, Emma Metis b-1833 Alberta, living Edmonton 1901.
Isabelle Plante, Metis b-1829 Alberta mother Gaspard Plante b-1875 (1865?) Alberta, living Lac Ste Anne 1901.
Fort Pitt was established this year on the North Saskatchewan River between Fort Callton and Fort Edmonton.
It was estimated that 10,000 (likely exaggerated) buffalo carcasses lay mired in a single ford of the Saskatchewan River contaminating the air for many miles.
January 5: Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), birth Rosaline L'Hyrondelle, daughter Jacques L'Hyrondelle (L'Hirondelle) and Josephine Pilon; married September 1847, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), (II)-John Cunningham, Metis, b-1815, Red River des Metis (Manitoba), son (I)-Patrick Cunningham, an Irishman and Nancy Ann Bruce, Metis.
July 15: North Saskatchewan River in the Rocky Mountains (Alberta), birth Louis Pelletier or Campbell, Metis, son Pierriche (Pierre) Pelletier or Campbell and Marguerite Cardinal; married 1845, Fort Jasper (Alberta), Marie Karaconti.
1830
Cecile Belcour, Metis b-1830, Alberta, mother Benjamin Belcour b-1850, Alberta, she is living Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), 1901.
Peace River, birth Therese Bisson, married 1851 Fort Edmonton, Alexander Savard, born 1831 Slave Lake (Alberta).
Thomas Karaconti Callihoo, (1830-1874) son Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L/Iroquoise and Marie Tekonise Patenaude, Metis (1803-1854); married 1844, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Mary Findlay, b-1827, Jasper House (Alberta).
Basile Cardinal, Metis, b-1830 Beaver River, NW son Jacques Cardinal, Metis, B-1798, Moose Mountain, Pitt and Josephte Tcikak, b-1780; married 1858, Lac La Biche, (Alberta), Isabelle Capot-Vert, Metis, b-1829, Athabasca District, daughter Masko-meh Capot-Vert a Native and Isabelle Cardinal.
Josephte Suzette Cardinal, b-1800, Lac La Biche (Alberta)
Norbert Cardinal, Metis, b-1830 Buffalo Lake (Alberta), died October 1870 son Jacques Cardinal, Metis, b 1798 and Josephte Tcikak, b-1780; married 1848, Lac La Buche (Alberta), Nancy Labonne, Metis, b-1835, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) daughter Basile Labonne and Nanette Cardinal, Metis, b-1814.
Josephte Peis-check dit Gladu Chalifoux, Metis b-1830 Grouard (Alberta), daughter Jean Baptiste Canadian dit Chalifoux and Josephte Cartier, Metis; married Piyesiwitakusiw.
J. Courtedate, Metis b-1830 Alberta married to Josetthe Metis b-1832 Alberta living St. Pierre, Alberta 1901.
Catherine Delorme dit Bidoux, b-1830, Fort Edmonton, daughter Jean Baptiste Delorme dit Bidoux and Marie Lavallee; married, 1848 Red River, Joseph Beauchamp, Metis, b-1862 Red River son Jean Baptiste Beauchamp, b-1800 and Angelique Pangman, Metis, b-1800.
Paulette Desjarlais, b-1830, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) son Joseph Desjarlais and Josephte (Suzette) Cardinal, Metis, born, 1800, Lac La Biche; married Lizerre Bruneau.
Oliver Flamand, Metis b-1830 Assiniboia married to Ellen Metis b-1836 Assiniboia living Pincher Creek, Alberta 1901. Assiniboia at this time could reference any area in southern Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba.
Joseph Gaucher, b-1830, Jasper House son Pierre Jean Gaucher and Lisette Colette; married Elizabeth aka Elise Blandion, b-1842 daughter Antoine Blandion and Marie Desjarlais.
Joseph Howse, Metis b-1830 Red River married about 1868 Alberta Elizabeth Metis b-1842 Red River, living Lakeland, eastern Alberta 1891.
Guillaime Laborcan, Metis b-1830 Assiniboia married about 1851, likely Assiniboia living Duhamel 1901.
Fort Edmonton, birth Louison Paul, Metis, b-1830, son Paulette Paul and Bethsey Metis, married 1849 Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) Catherine Gladu, Metis, b-1833, Slave Lake, (Alberta), daughter Charles Gladu, b-1810 and Therese Gray, Metis, b-1813, Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta).
Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) birth Mitshus Michel Paul, Metis died 1870 Fort Pitt son Paulette Paul and Bethsay Metis; married 1864 Battle River Metis Settlement (Alberta). Josephte Patenaude, Metis, b-1833, Fort Edmonton daughter Michel Patenaude Jr., Metis, b-1808, Fort Edmonton, died 1875 South Saskatchewan River and Rosalie Berger, b-1815, Fort Edmonton.
Fort Edmonton, birth Louison Paul, Metis, son Paulette Paul and Bethsey Metis; married 1849 Lac Ste Anne Catherine Gladu, Metis, b-1833 Slave Lake, daughter, Charles Gladu b-1810 and Therese Gray, Metis b-1813 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta).
Mary Rowland, b-1830, Fort Edmonton, daughter William Rowland and Betsy Ballendine, b-1796.
Angelie Rushell, Metis b-1830 Alberta mother Louis Rushell, Metis b-1859 Alberta and John Rushell b-1863 Alberta.
Abraham Salois, Metis, b-1830, Fort Edmonton (Alberta), died 1803, son Joseph Salois and Angelique Lucier; married 1848, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), susanne Bouvette, b-1828, Fort Edmonton (Alberta daughter Francois Bouvette and Suzanne Lucier.
Benjamin St. Arnaud, b-1830, Slave Lake son Benjamin St. Arnaud, a French Canadian, and Marianne Centsous; married 1st. Sophie Bruneau; married 2nd. 1861 St. Albert (Alberta), Helene Callio, born Fort Edmonton daughter Michel Callio, b-1823 Lesser Slave Lake and Marie Sauard (1823-1869).
Therese Vallee, B-1830, Fort Edmonton daughter Antoine Vallee and Susanne Lefebvre; married 1852 Red River, Joseph Trottier Sr. b-1827, Oak Lake, Manitoba.
Fort Edmonton, birth Jean Baptiste Vandel, born between 1830-1832 son Pierre Vandel Sr., b-1787 and Charlotte Hughes, Metis (1796-1872); married Marie Primeau.
The flooding of Fort Edmonton this year follows the previous flooding of 1825. Rowand (1787-1854) moved the fort from the Rosedale flats to higher ground, below where the legislature building now stands. Fort Edmonton was three hundred by two hundred feet, with the palisade of logs twenty feet high. Rowand (1787-1854) built the Big House, that most called Rowand's Folly, which is thirty feet wide, eighty feet long and three stories high. Its interior is decorated with some of the weirdest color patterns ever seen. Colin Fraser (1807-1867), the kilted highlander, was the Governors piper and would later become postmaster.
September 22: Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), birth Madeleine Gladu, married about 1863, Lac Ste Anne ( Alberta), Jean Baptiste Letendre aka Mooshwan, b-1807, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta)
1831
Augustia Auger, Metis b-1831 Peace River married about 1872 Alberta Sylneshe Metis b-1841 Alberta living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.
Eustas (Eustace) Barard (Birard), Metis b-1831 Fort Edmonton, N.W.T. son Louis Birard and Catherine Niyhes, married about 1862 N.W.T. Margaret Metis b-1841 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.
Jimmy Jock Bird (1785-1892) a Metis, is the chief interpreter for the mission out of Fort Edmonton to the headwaters of the Missouri River, were he built a trading post at the Junction of the Yellowstone and the Missouri Rivers and proceeded to trade with the United States fur traders.
Auborne Cardinal, Metis b-1831 Alberta, a trader married about 1875 Maria Metis b-1846 Alberta living Lakeland, eastern Alberta 1891
Francois Cardinal, b-1831, Lac La Biche (Alberta), son, Jacques Cardinal, b-1798 Moose Mountain, Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan) and Josephte Teikak, b-1780; Married 1861, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Angela Desjarlais, b-1848, Lac La Biche (Alberta) daughter Jean Marie Desjarlais, b-1830 and Marguerite Gladu.
Francois Cardinal, Metis, b-1831, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), son, James Cardinal and Marguerite Metis; married 1859, Buffalo Lake (Alberta), Adele (Angele) Desjarlais, Metis, b-1820, daughter Joseph Desjarlais, b-1782/94 and Josephte Suzette Cardinal, Metis, b-1800 Lac La Biche (Alberta).
Jasper House, birth Narcisse Cardinal, Metis, b-1831 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married Marie Madeleine Garpiepy b-1833, daughter Louis Gariepy Sr. b-1782 and Josephite Ducharme b-1806.
Jasper House, birth Narcisse Cardinal, Metis, b-1831 son Antoine Cardinal, Metis, b-1795 and Marie (Godin) Demontigny Comptois b-1795, Marie epouse 1815 B.C. Peter Hogden; married Marie Madeleine Gariepy b-1782 daughter Louis Gariepy Sr. b-1782 and Josephte Ducharme b-1806.
John J. Grant, Metis b-1831 N.W.T. son Richard Grant b-1806 Canada and Mary Ann Breland, Metis b-1811, married about 1868 Red River Clothelde Bruneau, Metis b-1850 Red River daughter Francois Bruneau, Metis b-1810 N.W.T. and Marguerite Harrison, Metis b-1809, living Red River 1885, living Pretty Hill, Alberta 1901.
Richard Hardisty, the Metis red head, as some would call him, is born 1831 at Moose Factory (place where white man repaired cart wheel with the jaw bone of the moose). He would be married September 20, 1865, to Elizabeth Victoria at Victoria Metis Settlement, (Alberta) located eight miles south of Smoky Lake that was a Methodist Mission. Richard would become Chief Factor Fort Edmonton 1870 to 1883. Brother Joseph would be factor Hawaii and W. L. Hardisty at MacKenzie River, and brother Thomas would work part time for the company. Richard Hardisty would declare himself a half-breed in the April, 1874 census. However he is first recorded as white, then stroked out and changed to Metis.
Jean Laderoute, Metis b-1831 Red River married about 1880 Alberta Sarah Metis b-1847 Alberta living St. Pierre, Alberta 1901.
John La Fleur, Metis b-1831 Athabasca a trader married about 1860 Francis Metis b-1841 Alberta their son John b-=1864 Peace River, David b-1861 McKenzie River, Jane b-1874 Peace River, Louisa b-1875 McKenzie River, Napolian b-1885 McKenzie River, all living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.
Mary F. L'Hirondel, Metis b-1831 N.W.T. living Calgary, Southern Alberta 1891.
Etienne Paul b-1831 Red River, an old man, living Calgary, Alberta 1891.
Slave Lake, birth Alexander Savard, son Antoine Savard and Marieanne Vallee; married 1851, Fort Edmonton (Alberta) Therese Bisson, b-1830, Peace River (Alberta) daughter Jean Baptiste Bisson and Rosalie Simon..
Margaret Stewart, Metis b-1831 Alberta N.W.T. married about 1860 N.W.T., children include James b-1861, Frank b-1863, and Charles b-1865 all born N.W.T. and all living Fort Edmonton 1891 and living Pakan, Alberta 1901.
April 30: Fort Assiniboine (Alberta), birth Louis Loyer, Metis, son Louis Loyer and Jennie Metis; married 1851, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Angele Callihoo, Metis, b-1837 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter Louis Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1782, Quebec and Marie Tekanise Patenaude (1803-1854) a Gros-Ventre.