Jasper Alberta Index
Alberta Basic History
1845
Ursule Beauregard, b-1837, Fort Edmonton, daughter Charles Beauregard Sr., died 1885 and Josephte Kwarakwentha Callihoo L'Iroquois, b-1822.
Alexy Berland, Metis b-1845 N.W.T. married about 1878 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1846 N.W.T. living Battle River, Alberta 1891.
Father Bourassa visited Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta)
Isidore Bruneau, Metis, b-1845, Devil Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) son Jean Baptiste Bruneau, b-1810, N.W. and Marie Salteux Kool; married October 4, 1865, St. Albert (Alberta) Isabelle Hamelin, Metis, born May 29, 1847, St. Albert (Alberta) died September 9, 1870, daughter Francois Hamelin and Catherine Nepissing.
Joseph Caillioux Metis b-1845 Alberta married about 1874 Alberta Elizabeth Metis b-1851 Alberta, living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.
Antoine Okeestole Cardinal, married, 1845, Lac La Biche (Alberta) Cecile Boucher.
Dominique Cardinal, b-1845, Floating Stone Lake (Alberta), son Laurent Cardinal (1819-1853) and Marie Moignon. b-1822, Egg Lake (Alberta); married 1865, Lac La Biche (Alberta), Marie Anne Destarlais.
Yilkers Complois b-1845 Red River married to Margret Metis b-1856 McKenzie River living Lakeland, Alberta 1891.
Theodore Decoine, b-1845, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), died October, 1870, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Francois Decoine Sr., and Josephite Desjarlais, b-1820; married 1868, Lac La Biche, (Alberta) Christine Carlouche Viver, Metis, b-1851 daughter Oliver (aka Charles) Callouche Viver, Metis and Lisette Vallee, b-1817.
Fort Edmonton, birth William Gladstone Jr., died 1891, Fort Calgary (Alberta), son William J. Shanks Gladstone Sr. b-1824, Quebec, and Harriet Leblanc, b-1835 Fort Edmonton (Alberta); married Marie Samat Vandal, b-1855 Fort Pitt (Saskatchewan).
Alexis Gladu, b-1845, Lac La Biche (Alberta), d-1879, St. Albert (Alberta) son Charles Gladu, b-1810 and Therese Gray, b-1813, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married Elizabeth Malaterre, b-1852.
Jean Baptiste Gladu, b-1807, N.W.T. son Francois Gladu, born December 25, 1763 married about 1797, N.W.T., Josephte Cartrand, b-1773; married October 8, 1845, Fort des Prairies (Fort Edmonton, Alberta), Sophie Collin, Metis, b-1815, Jasper House, daughter Richard Collin Sr., Metis..
Francois Hamelin Jr., Metis, b-1845 Lac La Nun (None) son Francois Hamelin Sr. and Catherine Nepissing; married 1870 St. Albert, Catherine Whitefish, born Red River daughter Alexis Whitefish and Catherine.
Alexandre (Alide) Karaconti, L'Iroquoise, b-1845 Rocky Mountain House, son Thomas Karaconti Callihoo L'Iroquoise, b-1806 Jasper House and Lizette Karaconti; married 1866 Lac Ste Anne, Mooshwan Rosalie Letendre, b-1848, Lac Ste Anne.
Alexia (Alexis) Nault (1822-1867) son Amable Nault and Marie Josephte Lagimodiere, b-1809; married 1845, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), Angelique Brabant, Metis, b-1828 daughter Augustin Brabant and Angelique Lucier, Metis, b-1800..
James Rowland (Rowand?), Metis b-1844 N.W.T. possible son John Rowand? (1787-1854); married about 1867 Julia Metis b-1844 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.
Paul Kane (1810-1871), who was commissioned by Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) to do twelve canvases of Indian life, reported the buffalo were as far as the eye could see and so numerous that they impeded their journey to Fort Edmonton and filled the air with dust, almost to suffocation. Paul Kane wintered at Fort Edmonton until 1846 and described Fort Edmonton: A large establishment, some forty to fifty men with their wives and children, making about one hundred and thirty people who lived within the pickets of the fort. Some historians suggest only 80 Metis are being supported out of Fort Edmonton this year. Kane, however, goes on to say that their employment is in building boats for the trade, sawing timber; which is rafted down river from ninety miles higher up, cutting popular for fire-wood; as eight hundred cords are consumed each winter. The women are all, without exception, either squaws or half-breed. They make moccasins and clothing for the men and convert dried meat into pemmican. He also described the great icehouse which contained seven to eight hundred buffalo carcasses. Kane painted the Cree Metis Cunnewabum; meaning one that looks at the stars and is struck with her beauty.
Saskatchewan River by Paul Kane (1810-1871)
A fleet of boats, laden with furs from the western wilderness, sails down the Saskatchewan River. A painting by Paul Kane (1810-1871), likely done on his visit to Fort Edmonton.
Paul Kane (1810-1871) described Jasper House as three miserable log huts. Its sole purpose was to provide horses for mountain crossings. Colin Fraser, his Cree wife and nine children were at the post.
Louis Pelletier (or Campbell) Sr., Metis, born July 15, 1829, up the North Saskatchewan River in Rocky Mountains son Pierriche Pelletier (or Pierre Campbell) married 1845 Fort Jasper Marie Karaconti.
Father de Smet (Smef) (1801-1873), of the Oregon Mission, came over White Man's Pass this year on his way to Fort Augustus (Fort Edmonton). When he passed through Jasper House Colin Fraser was there to great him.
Father Pierre-Jean de Smet (Smef) (1801-1873), visited Rocky Mountain House, on the North Fork (North Saskatchewan River).
A Belgian born Jesuit, Father Pierre-Jean de Smet (Smef) (1801-1873), working the Missouri country, visited Fort Augustas (Fort Edmonton), and Lac Ste Anne a.k.a. Devils Lake. He wintered Fort Augustus.
Isidere Villeneuve Sr., b-1845, likely Fort Edmonton (Alberta) son Francois Villeneuve, b-1825and Helene Vallee, b-1828.
The French Oblates of Mary Immaculate are requested to aid the few scattered secular priests in the North West Territories.
The first confirmed Europeans in Kananaskis Country, west of Calgary, Alberta, were James Sinclair and15 families with their livestock, whom he was leading over the mountains to settle in Washington, U.S.A.
January: Narcisse Beaudry, b-1845 Lac Ste Anne, (Alberta), died December 28, 1904, Egg Lake (Alberta), daughter Joseph Nabestiwayan Beaudry (1809-1881) and Louise Ladouceur b-1820; married April 20, 1868, Red River, Lucie Breland daughter Pascal Breland and Marie Rose Grant.
March 23: Lac Ste Anne, baptism Jean Baptiste Beaudry, born January 1845 son Joseph Beaudry and Louise Ladoucer.
May 2: Upper Fort des Prairies aka Fort Edmonton, (Edmonton, Alberta), marriage, Peter Calder son James Calder and Inconnue Lindsay; married Isabelle Lussier, Metis, b-1827 daughter Francois Lussair, Metis, b-1799 and Louise Bruneau, Metis.
Floria Fraser, born October 1845, Jasper House daughter Colin Fraser and Nancy Anne Beaudry, b-1815 Fort Carlton (Saskatchewan) married September 18, 1867, Fort Edmonton James Gullion, b-1838 Scotland.
1846
Norbert Belrose, Metis b-1846 Alberta married about 1875 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.
Father Bourassa is visiting Lesser Slave Lake and the Peace River country.
Birth in Alberta, Philomene Cardinal, Metis, daughter Alexis Cardinal, Metis born 1820's Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta) and Nancy Quintal, Metis, born Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta).
Marie Lafourche Okisto Cardinal, b-1846, Lac La Biche (Alberta) daughter Antoine Okeestole Cardinal, and Cecile Boucher; married 1858, Lac La Biche, Antoine Mustalip Cardinal. b-1828, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Jacques Cardinal, b-1798, Moose Mountain, Pitt (Saskatchewan) and Josephte Tchak, b-1780.
(I)-William Cust b-1825 Ireland married about 1882 Alberta Olives Metis b-1846 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.
Felix Dumont, Metis b-1846 Alberta, married about 1872 likely Fort Edmonton Grustine b-1851 Red River, living Edmonton 1901.
Peter Erasmus (1833-1931) a Ojibwa Metis, interpreter, guide, who could speak 9 languages married 1865 Whitefish Lake (Alberta) Charlotte Jackson d-1880 a Metis.
The (I)-Reverend James Evans (1803-1846) was charged with the shooting of Thomas Hassell, his Chipewyan interpreter and of improper relations with Indian women, connected with the missions. The charges were not sustained but he departed for England and promptly dropped dead at Keelby in Lincolnshire.
Culbert Gervais b-1846 N.W.T. married about 1878 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1836 N.W.T., living Mountain Mill, Alberta 1901.
William Shaka-we-ee-nis Gladu, Metis, b-1846, Victoria (Alberta), son Nabes Gladu and Marguerite Thompson or Wapistekowan; married 1st. 1867, Susanne Desnoyers; married 2nd, 1872 Marie Desnoyers, Metis, b-1856.
Genevieve Gladu, Metis, b-1846, Lesser Slave Lake, daughter Louison Gladu, b-1798 and Genevieve Gray, Metis; married 1857, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Daniel Ferguson, b-1841, Red River son John Ferguson or Farquarhson (1809-1875) and Marie Wilkie.
John Hope, b-1846, Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), died October 1870 son, James Hope married 1844 Lac La Biche des Metis (Alberta), Judith Desjarlais
Paul Kane (1810-1871) witnessed a awful scene of Prairie fire, in September, at Fort Edmonton. He turned this into a painting.
George Kipling, Metis b-1846 Red River a freighter son George Kipling b-1824 and Catherine Spence, Metis b-1820; married to Lucy Metis b-1856 N.W.T. living Battle River, Alberta 1891.
Cornelious La Blanc, Metis b-1846 Alberta married about 1880 Alberta Mary Metis b-1855 Saskatchewan, living Mountain Mill, Alberta 1901.
Adan Lakeview, Metis b-1846 Alberta married 1875 Alberta Margaret b-1858 Red River, living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.
M. Larocque (f) Metis b-1846 N.W.T. living Battle River, Alberta 1891.
Adolphe Perreault, b-1846 N.W.T., married 1871 St Albert (Alberta), Julie Berard, b-1856, Red River daughter Pierre Berard, b-1817 and Louise Moreau, b-1815/20, Fort Edmonton (Alberta).
Jerry Potts b-1846 Red River, a rancher, living Assiniboia West 1891. Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta or south western Saskatchewan at this time.
Benjamin Rondeau b-1846 Nova Scotia married about 1885 N.W.T. Caroline Metis b-1862 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.
Eustra Ruset, Metis b-1846 N.W.T. married about 1880 N.W.T. Louise Metis b-1848 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.
Father Pierre-Jean de Smet (Smef) (1801-1873), a Jesuit from St. Louis on the Mississippi River, departed Fort Augustus (Fort Edmonton) on the North Fork (North Saskatchewan River) for Fort Jasper, then on to Fort Vancouver. At Fort Jasper he encountered Colin Fraser who had been at that post from before 1838.
Rev, Henry Steinhauer aka Sowengisik a full blood Ojibwa married 1846 Jessie Joyful Seeseeb Mamanuwartum and spent the rest of their lives in Alberta..
Annie Swinton b-1846, Red River, Living Assiniboia West 1891. Assiniboia West likely refers to southern Alberta or south western Saskatchewan at this time.
Alice Warson b-1846 N.W.T. living Southern Alberta 1891.
Laura Watson b-1846 N.W.T. living Southern Alberta 1891
Fathers Lafleche and Tache established a mission at Ile a la Crosse and next year serviced Reindeer Lake and Fort Chipewyan.
Wheat is grown at Fort Edmonton (Alberta) on a trial basis.
Paul Kane departed Fort Edmonton to Fort Assiniboine with the Oregon bound brigade and Colin Fraser of Jasper House accompanied the party. Colin spoke of the days he piped Governor (I)-George Simpson (1787-1860) into innumerable posts.
Father Jean Baptiste Thibault, the Oblate at Fort Edmonton relished in the fact he had won 36 Indians from the Methodists of Reverend Rundle.
Fort Benton is built by the The American Fur Company about 60 Km down the Missouri River from present day Great Falls, Manitoba. This Fort would become a major trading point for Alberta, including Fort Edmonton, Fort Calgary, Fort McLeod and Fort Hamilton later called Fort Whoop-up near Lethbridge (Alberta).
February 26: Fort des Prairies (Edmonton, Alberta) marriage, Joseph Belcourt born November 28, 1823 son Joseph Belcourt, d-1863 and Catherine L'Hyrondelle, b-1793, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta); married Madelrine Sapin dit Champion, Metis, daughter Joseph Sapin dit Campion, b-1797 and Marie Nepissing, b-1810.
June: Mackenzie River, marriage, (I)-Alexander Hunter Murrey (1819-1874) to Anne Campbell (1803-1907) daughter of Colin Campbell. Their first daughter was named Helen b-1848. Second a daughter named Elizabeth b-1849. Third Margaret b-1851. Fourth Anne Flora b-1852. Also son James, another son and daughter. They settled in Fort Yukon a.k.a. Youcon. Anne's only companion was Kutchin her Indian servant woman who nursed her own son until he was almost ten years of age. Anne said two or three years was the normal period.
July 31: Devil's Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta), birth, Pierre Gray, Metis, son, Joseph Gray, Metis b-1809, Jasper House and Susanne Callihoo L'Iraquoiose, b-1824; married 1868, Marie Lorme alias Delorme, Metis, b-1842 Devil's Lake (Lac Ste Anne, Alberta) daughter Augustine Lorme alias Delorme and Isabelle Karaconti.