Jasper Alberta Index
Alberta Basic History
1868
Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), birth Andre Andrews son Baptiste Andrews and Catherine Gladu; married 1894, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) Helene Opeeweetayor, died before 1901.
Pierre Arnault, Metis, born December 1868 on the plains, died 1870 Fort Assiniboine, son, Irenee Arnault, a whiteman and Isabelle Chalifoux dit Labouteille, Metis, b-1847
Benjamin Blandion, b-1868, Big Lake (St. Albert, Alberta), died 1870 Battle River Settlement (Alberta) son William Blandion and Rosalie Malaterre, born September 18, 1840.
Lac Ste Anne, marriage Jean Baptiste Belcourt Jr., Metis, born January 20, 1849, Lac La Biche or Lac Ste Anne?, son Jean Baptiste Belcourt Sr. b-1820 and Cecile Callihoo b-1834, Peace River; 1st married 1868 Lac La Biche, Isabelle Adam b-July 1858 Lac La Biche daughter George Adams b-1833, Red River and Angelique Desjarlais b-1834, Red River.
Joseph Bourque, Metis, b-1868, Alberta, married about 1889 Alberta Hannah Metis b-1870 Alberta living Saddle Lake, Alberta 1901.
Elizear Callihoo, b-1868, St. Albert (Alberta) son Thomas Karaconti Callihoo (1830-1874) and Mary Findley, b-1827, Jasper House (Alberta); married March, 1891, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Genevieve Gaucher, born January, 1873, Dunvegan, Athabasca (Alberta), daughter Joseph Gaucher, b-1830 Jasper House (Alberta) and Elizabeth (Elise) Blanaton, b-1842
Elisabeth Cardinal, b-1868 Lac La Biche (Alberta), daughter, Antoine Cardinal (O-kef-stole) and Cecile Boucher; married, Joseph Auger, Metis, b-1865, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), died 1896 Lesser Slave Lake, (Alberta) son William Auger, Metis, b-1836 Trout Lake, (Alberta) and Marie Nipissing.
Jules (Julian) Cardinal, b-1868, Lac La Biche (Alberta) son Jerome Cardinal, b-1839 Victoria (Alberta) and Josephte Desjarlais, b-1843 on trail Red River to Qu'appelle: married, Victoria Martel, b-1873 Dunvegan, Athabasca (Alberta), daughter Nazaire aka Marcel Martel and Celina Tremblay.
Catherine Cardinal, b-1868 Athabasca River, daughter Jean Baptiste Laventure Cardinal, b-1830 and Josephte Peis-check dir Gladu Chpukpux, b-1830.
Joseph Comula, Metis b-1868 Alberta married about 1897 Alberta Mariana Metis b-1868 Alberta living Rabbit Hills, Alberta 1901.
Alf Cunningham, Metis b-1868 Alberta married about 1893 Alberta Emelia Metis b-1877 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.
Theodore Decoine, b-1845, Lac La Biche, died October, 1870, Lac La Biche son Francois Decoine Sr., and Josephite Desjarlais, b-1820; married 1868, Lac La Biche, Christine Carlouche Viver, Metis, b-1851 daughter Oliver (aka Charles) Callouche Viver, Metis and Lisette Vallee, b-1817.
Elizabeth Diamond, Metis b-1868 Alberta, married about 1889 Alberta, living Egg Lake, Alberta 1901.
James C. Erasmus, Metis b-1868 Alberta married about 1892 Jemima Metis b-1872 Alberta living Pakan, Alberta 1901.
Joseph Favel (Favell or Favoll) of Red River murdered a comrade in the mountain pass while returning from B.C. to Alberta.
Bernard Gaucher, b-1868, Jasper House (Alberta) son Michel Gaucher, b-1829 and Marie Karaconti, b-1846.
Edward Gladue, Metis b-1868 Alberta married to Rose F. Metis b-1868 Alberta living Fort MacLeod, Alberta 1901.
(II)-Cleophus Gonan, Metis b-1868 Alberta son (I)-William Gonan b-1823 Orkney Island and Sara Metis b-1833 Red River, living Lakeland, Alberta 1891.
John R. Habster, Metis b-1868 Saskatchewan married about 1894 likely Calgary Julia Metis b-1873 Alberta.
James House, Metis b-1868 Alberta married about 1897 Alberta Mary Metis b-1865 Saskatchewan, living Saddle Lake, Alberta 1901.
Jean Baptiste Laroque, Metis b-1868 Alberta married about 1884 Alberta Rosalie Metis b-1871 Alberta, living Lac La Biche, Alberta 1901.
Lac La Biche, mattiage, John Longmore Sr. b-1850 Fort Pitt son William Longmore and a Metis mother married Rosalie aka Cardinal, Moise, Metis b-1854 daughter Jean Baptiste (Kakakekamik) Moise b-1827 and Charlotte Wapisiokowan; 2nd married 1856 Madeleine Abraham.
Eva Larose, Metis b-1868 Alberta married about 1895 Alberta living Strathcona, (Alberta), 1901.
Benjamin Lepretre, b-1847, Lac La Biche son Jean Baptiste Lepretre and Lisette Lemire; married 1868, Dunvegan, Athabasca, Angelique Testawitch, b-1852, Fort Vermillion, daughter Jean Baptiste Tastawitch Sr., and Marie Apititish.
Antoine Lirondelle, Metis b-1868 Alberta married about 1895 Alberta Lucie Metis b-1875 Alberta, living Egg Lake, Alberta 1901.
William MacDonell, b-1856 Quebec, married about 1886 N.W.T. Betsey Metis b-1868 N.W.T. living Battle River, Alberta 1891.
Robert McDonald b-1868 Red River, living Assiniboia. Assiniboia could refer to southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, or southern Manitoba, at this time.
John Ouellette b-1868 U.S.A. married about 1889 Alberta Margaret Metis b-1863 Alberta, living Fort Saskatchewan, (Alberta) 1901.
Daniel Paul married 1868 Fort Edmonton, Marguerite Deschamps, b-1848, Red River daughter Francois Desehamps alias Rabasca and Marguerite Heneault dit Canada (1829-1870).
Gilles Peltier b-1868 Quebec, married to Evelina Metis b-1876 N.W.T., living Edmonton 1901.
Shakokessikoipew Pitikiwinis married 1868 Lac La Biche (Alberta), Elizabeth Auger, Metis, b-1853, Lac La Biche (Alberta) daughter Augustin Auger, Metis b-1825 Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Rosalie Labonne.
Abraham Plante, Metis b-1868 Alberta married about 1890 Alberta most likely Lac Ste Anne, Frosine Metis b-1864 Alberta, living Lac Ste Anne, Alberta 1901.
Henry Prudin, Metis b-1868 Alberta son Patrick Prudin, Metis b-1843 and Elizabeth Metis b-1846 Alberta living Alberta 1868 to 1890, living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891.
Mary Robinson, Metis b-1868 N.W.T. living Southern Alberta 1891.
Donald Rhan, Metis b-1868 Alberta grandson (I)-William Gonan b-1823 Orkney Island and Sara Metis b-1833 Red River, living Lakeland, Alberta 1891.
Mary Robinson b-1868 N.W.T., living Fish Creek, Alberta 1891.
Ruth Wheatley b-1868 N.W.T. living Gleichen, Southern Alberta 1891.
Lac La Biche (Alberta) marriage Guillaume Villebrune, Metis, b-1835, Red River son Louis Villebrune, Metis, b-1801 and Louise Collin, Metis, b-1807; married Flora Hope, b-1848, Slave Lake (Alberta) daughter James Hope and Judith Desjarlais.
D.C. Wishart (m) b-1868 Red River, a cowboy, living Gleichen, Alberta 1891.
The McClelland gold expedition into Fort Whoop-up was guided by John Jerome Healy and included Joe Kipp, son James Kipp and Earth Woman, George Hounk, and Dave Ackers the last owner of the future Fort Whoop-up.
Richard Charles Hardisty (1831-1889), a Metis, became Chief Factor at Fort Edmonton and remained so until 1883. He was born at Fort Mistassini, near James Bay, one of six brothers also in the company service. His brother Henry Hardisty, a Metis, also worked at the Fort. Joe Dechiel, of the United States, married Lizzie Munroe daughter of Old Man Munroe Hugh Monroe (1784-1892). Joe Dechiel partnered with James Bibbon to freight and trade Saint Albert to Fort Garry during the 1868 and 1869 season. Lizzie Munroe reported she had so many relatives staying with us that they ate us out of house and home. The partnership broke after only one trading season. (II)-James Gibbons Metis (1839-1928) moves up (down) the Sturgeon River to get away from that group. The priests working the Saskatchewan River territory are Father's Lacombe, Leduc, Remas, Vegreville, Moulin, Gaste, Andre, and Legoff.
John J. Healy, his brother Thomas Healy from Sun River west of Fort Benton, Montana and Alfred B. Hamilton of Fort Benton, Montana, in partnership, claimed to have made $50,000 in the first four months of whiskey trading into Canada for buffalo skins.
A party of prospectors lost a pair of pincer tools in a creek and named it Pincher Creek (Alberta).
Between 1868 and 1885 there was about 15 major Metis settlements on Cypress Hills (Alberta/Saskatchewan). One site was called Kajewski site that consisted of 19 cabins. Three other sites were named Head of the Mountain, Four Miles and Chapel Coulee. There was no signs of agriculture and it was concluded this was a wintering site only. The Metis use of Cypress Hills is believed to span from 1860 to 1906 when they were forcibly removed. The Native People are believed to have used these hills since 10,000 B.C. maybe earlier.
January: Jean Marie Cardinal, Metis, born, January 1868, Lac La Biche (Alberta), son Dominique Cardinal, Metis, b-1845, Floating Stone Lake (Alberta) and Marie Anne Desjarlais.
February 6: Victoria (Alberta), birth David Cardinal, Metis, son St Luc Cardinal, Metis, b-1836 Lac La Biche (Alberta) and Marguerite Desjarlais b-1839 Lac La Biche (Alberta); married August 12, 1898, Fort McMurray (Alberta), Sophie McKenzie, Metis b-1876, Fort Chipewyan daughter John (Jack) McKenzie and Lalouise Frosse-tete an Indian.
March: Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), birth, Martin Gladu, son, Jean Baptiste Gladu, d-1881 and Mary Gaucher, born July, 1849, Jasper House (Alberta); married, October, 1889, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), Philomene Hamelin, born December, 1870, Fort Assiniboine.
June: Lac Ste Anne, birth Roger Nepissing son Louison Isaac Nepissing, b-1832 Lesser Slave Lake and Madeleine Malaterre (1842-1892); married Sophie Bruneau, Metis, born December, 1872, St. Albert (Alberta) daughter Isidore Bruneau, Metis, b-1845 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta) Isabelle Hamelin, Metis born May 29, 1847, St. Albert (Alberta).
June: Fort Edmonton (Alberta), birth Louison Favel, Metis, son Louison Favel, Metis, b-1842 Red River and Missa-tim-wa-sa-keg.
June 10: Lac La Biche (Alberta), birth, Alexander Cardinal son Joseph Cardinal and Euphrasine Lemire, b-1846 on the Plains; married Virginie Martel, born May 15, 1874 Lac La Biche daughter Nazaire Martel aka Marcel and Celina Tremblay.
July 11: St. Albert (Alberta), birth Norbert Courtepatte, Metis son Noel Courtepatte, born December 24, 1821 Jasper House (Alberta) and Nancy Campion, Metis, b-1832, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta)
August 20: St. Albert (Alberta) birth Vital Bruneau, Metis, son Isidore Bruneau, Metis, b-1845 and Isabelle Hamelin, Metis, b-1847.
September: Peace River (Alberta), birth Marianne Flamand (McKay) Metis, daughter Isidore Flamand (McKay), b-1842 Red River and Charlotte Bourassa, Metis, b-1850 Dunvegan, Athabasca (Alberta).
September 1: St. Albert (Alberta) birth Josue Bellerose son Benjamin Bellerose, b-1842, Sl;ave Lake, died November 5, 1870 and Juliet Nault, b-1848, Fort Edmonton.
September 14: St. Albert (Alberta), birth Vitaline Berland, Metis son Edouard Berland, Metis, b-1819 and Cecile Callihoo, Metis, b-1834 Peace River (Alberta); married 1883 Lac Ste Anne (Alberta), Cyrille Boucher b-1857, Lac Ste Anne daughter Thomas Boucher, 1836, Lac Ste Anne (Alberta and Larose Gladu.
October: White Fish Lake, Athabasca (Alberta), birth, Alexandre Cardinal, son, Gabriel Cardinal dit Labatoche, b-1835 and Marie Bruneau, b-1837; married Marie Rose Cardinal, born October 1869 on trail from White Fish Lake Athabasca (Alberta) and Lac La Biche (Alberta).
1869
Joseph Belcourt, Metis b-1869 Alberta married about 1889 Alberta Elizabeth Metis b-1875 Alberta living St. Pierre, Alberta 1901.
Narcisse Bellerose, Metis b-1869 Alberta, living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.
Francois Boucher Jr., Metis, b-1869 McKenzie River son Francois Boucher Sr., b-1824 and Elizabeth Native.
E. Brook (Brooke), Metis b-1869 N.W.T. living Calgary, Southern Alberta 1891.
Bella Brown, Metis, b-1869 Fort Providence (Alberta, daughter Magnus Brown, b-1840, Orkney, Scotland, and Isabella Dog Rib a Native; married 1889 Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, James McKinley, b-1857 Scotland.
Joseph (dit Nubesis or Okisto) Cardinal, son, Antoine Okeestole Cardinal, and Cecile Boucher; 1st married 1869 Lac La Biche (Alberta), Rosalie Courteoreille; 2nd married 1874, Mathilde Tremblay, born January 18, 1840 Peace River.
William Chalifoux dit Labouteille, b-1867, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta) son Pierre Chalifoux and Marie Cartier; Married 1888, Lesser Slace Lake (Alberta), Marie Gladu, born August, 1869, Lac La Nun (Alberta), daughter Toussaint Gladu (1843-1998) and Angelique A-ton-ka-pow a Cree.
Mary Jane Collins b-1869 B.C. living Fish Creek, Southern Alberta 1891.
H. Cunningham, Metis b-1869 Alberta son Rosalie Cunningham, Metis b-1829 Alberta; married to Mary Metis b-1874 Alberta living St. Albert, Alberta 1901.
Louis Daigneault, born November 1, 1869, Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, son, Isaac Daigneault, b-1807, Fort Edmonton and Julie Lawrance, b-1820 on the Plains; married 1884, St. Albert (Alberta) Marie Rose Belanger.
Peter Desjardins aka L'Iroquois son Ignace Karaconti L'Iroquois b-1780/90, Anna Sekana, Sekanaise, Montagnais; married 1869, Fort Edmonton, (Alberta), Josephte Berland, Metis, b-1838, daughter Francois Berland, b-1807 and Therese Callihoo L'Iroquois (1820-1878).
Joseph Descheneaux (1846-1915) married 1869 St. Albert, Alberta, Angelique Tanner, Metis, b-1850.
William Diche, Metis b-1869 Alberta, married about 1890 likely Athabasca, Maria Metis b-1870 Alberta, living Athabasca Landing 1901.
Louison Fosseneauve b-1848 Red River married 1869 Lac La Biche Catherine Decome.
Martin Gaucher, b-1869, Jasper House (Alberta) son Michel Gaucher, b-1829 and Marie Karaconti, b-1846.
Chas Gladue b-1869 N.W.T. married about 1897 N.W.T. Sophie F. Metis, N.W.T. , living Fort MacLeod, Alberta 1901.
Lac La Nun, birth Marie Gladu, Metis, b-1869 daughter Toussaint Gladu b-1843, d-1898 Calling Lake, and Angelique Atonkapow Cree daughter Iitowkapow Cree and Marie Rose Noglas; married William Chalifous dit Labouteille b-1869 Lesser Slave Lake son Pierre Chalifoux and Marie Cartier b-1872 Calling Lake, Athabasca.
(II)-Francis Gonan, Metis b-1868 Alberta son (I)-William Gonan b-1823 Orkney Island and Sara Metis b-1833 Red River, living Lakeland, Alberta 1891.
Charles A. Grant, Metis b-1869 Red River son John Grant, Metis b-1831 and Clothelde Bruneau, Metis b-1850 Red River, living Pretty Hill, Alberta 1901.
Francois Hope, b-1855, Lac La Biche, son James Hope and Judith Desjarlais; married 1869, Lac La Biche, Baptiste Cardinal, Metis b-1846, Lac La Biche, daughter, Laurent Cardinal, Metis (1819-1853) and Marie Moignon, b-1822, Egg Lake (Alberta).
Elizabeth House, Metis b-1869, Alberta daughter Joseph House b-1833 and Elizabeth Anderson b-1808, living Lakeland, Alberta 1891.
Benjamin Ladauerier, Metis b-1869 Athabasca, living Lakeland eastern Alberta 1891
Jean Baptiste Labracon b-1869 Red River married about 1894 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1865 N.W.T. living Pretty Hill, Alberta 1901..
Angelle Letendre, Metis b-1869 Alberta living Lac Ste Anne, Alberta 1901.
Alfred McKay, Metis b-1869 N.W.T. living Medicine Hat, Southern Alberta 1891.
Francis Munro, Metis b-1869 N.W.T. brother Benjamin and Mary, living Fort Edmonton 1891.
Roger Nepicing, Metis b-1869 Alberta married about 1892 likely Athabasca Landing Sophie Metis b-1872 Alberta.
James Norquay b-1869 Red River, driver, living Medicine Hat, Alberta 1891.
Francois Ouellette, b-1869, Peace River (Alberta) son Joseph Ouellette, born January 6, 1832 Red River and Catherine Adshare; married, Justine Beauregard, b-1872, St. Albert (Alberta) daughter Charles Beauregard, born November, 1842, St. Albert (Alberta) and Marie Bellerose, b-1843, Slave Lake, (Alberta)
Norbert Paquette, Metis b-1869 Alberta married about 1888 Alberta Margret Metis b-1862 Alberta, living Glengary, Alberta 1901.
Joseph Savard, Metis b-1869 N.W.T. married about 1891 N.W.T. Mary Metis b-1870 N.W.T. living Spruce Grove, Alberta 1901.
William Taylor, Metis b-1869 N.W.T., living Fort Edmonton 1891.
Jean Baptiste Tastawich Jr., b-1849, Dunvegan, Athabasca son Jean Baptiste Tastawitch Sr., Marie Apititisth; married 1869, Dunvegan, Athabasca, Marie Grand Batard, b-1853, Sturgeon Lake, daughter Francois Grand Batard and Maria Caribou, a Beaver Woman.
Francois Villebrune Sr., b-1869 Fond Du Lac, Athabasca son Francois (Leon) Villebrune, b-1846 and Marie St. Cyr, born November 1, 1846, Fort Chipewyan.
George White, Metis b-1869 Alberta married about 1871 likely Fort Edmonton, Maggie Metis b-1873 Alberta, living Edmonton 1901.
Leonora Wilson, Metis b-1869 Alberta living New Norway, (Alberta) 1901.
Joseph Wishart b-1869 Red River, a farmer, living Gleichen, (Alberta) 1891.
Mary Wishart b-1869 Red River, living Gleichen, Alberta 1891.
A three hundred and eighty six pound Manito Stone (meteorite) is removed from Iron Creek, Alberta near Hardisty, Alberta and taken to the Methodist Mission of Reverend George McDougall at his Victoria Metis Settlement 90 km North West of Fort Edmonton. Reverend George McDougall is aware the Indians consider the stone a sacred object but he considers it an Indian idol. The Natives claimed its removal signified the disappearance of the buffalo. One year after the removal of the sacred stone three of McDougall's children succumbed to smallpox; daughters Flora, Georgiana and an adopted daughter Anna. The Indians said it was because he removed their sacred stone. The stone composition was 91.2% iron, .83% nickel and .49% cobalt.
Father Lacombe (1827-1916), at the request of Bishop Grandin, went to Fort Benton, to explore the possibility of cutting freight costs by bringing supplies via the Missouri River. At this time the largest building at Fort Benton was the I.G. Baker's store. John J. Healy presented Lacombe with a purseful of United States dollars. John was in the process of creating Fort Whoop-up on the St. Mary River in Alberta. Captain Rae of the sternwheeler Silver Bow offered free passage to St. Louis, Missouri for Lacombe. Some are not aware that the Whoop-up trail not only went from Fort Benton to Fort Whoop-up but on to the Fort Macleod area, Fort Calgary area and up to Fort Edmonton. I.G. Baker & T.C. Power were at the center of the Fort Benton whiskey trade. Charles Conrad the controller of the I.G. Baker Company would eventually move to Calgary as would T.C. Power. F.W. Davis a veteran whiskey trader would establish himself at Fort Macleod area.
Father Lacombe (1827-1916), on his trip east noted: "Imagine our boat, steaming into the midst of the bison crazed by the shrieks and whistling of the steam-engine and the reports of rifles and revolvers. Imagine the tumult caused by such encounters! The water was sometimes red with blood, which flowed in streams from the bodies of the poor victims massacred only for the pleasure of killing them."
Fort Whoop-up 1870's
Trader's John J. Healy, his brother Thomas Healy and Alfred B. Hamilton from Fort Benton, Montana built Fort Whoop-up (Fort Hamilton) in 1869 near the junction of the Oldman and St. Mary Rivers, about a mile from Lethbridge, Alberta. A cannon was used to signal the arrival of a fresh supply of whisky and the beginning of trade. Angry Indians sensed they were being cheated so they burned Fort Whoop Up. The second Fort Whoop Up, built by William Gladestone for two Fort Benton traders, is said to cost twenty five thousand dollars.
David Akers, the Dutchman, and liver-eating Johnson both of the United States built Post Spitzee (1869-1874) on the Spitzee River, near Nanton, that was later named the Highwood River as that is is the meaning of Spitzee. A Post near the mouth of the Elbow River is established this year. They traded at Trail Creek on the Red Deer River near Buffalo Lake, the Metis town of four hundred cabins, and on occasion even traded at Fort Edmonton. Post Slide-out another United States enterprise is at Belly River. and began operations this year. At this time nearly nine hundred Metis live at Big Lake, St. Albert, Alberta. Lac La Biche and Lac Ste Anne (Devils Lake) in Alberta are well established French Metis settlements. Two English Metis settlements are at Victoria located 90 km NE Fort Edmonton, and Fish Lake with a Wesley Mission under the direction of Rev. John McDougall.
January 17: Bella Savard, b-1869, St. Albert (Alberta), daughter Antoine Savard, b-1825 and Marguerite Bisson, b-1831.
April 5: Lac La Biche (Alberta), birth, Augustin Cardinal, son Louison Cardinal, b-1840, White Fish Lake, Athabasca and Marguerite Larocque, b-1847, Norway House; married Genevieve born September 10, 1872, Lac La Biche (Alberta).
May: birth, Andre Cardinal, Metis, b-1860 likely Big Lake aka St. Albert and died before 1885 son Andre Cardinal Sr. Metis, b-1835 Jasper House and Rosalie Berland, Metis b-1835 Jasper House.
July 24: St. Albert (Alberta), birth, Eleonore Chalifoux, Metis, son, Joseph Chalifoux, Metis, b-1838, Lesser Slave Lake (Alberta), and Julie Campion, b-1841 Lake McLeod
Peter Wylie, born, August 2, 1869 Fort Chipewyan, son William Wylie and Anne Fleet, b-1851; married June 28, 1899, Fort Vermillion, Mary Anne Lambert, born February 14, 1881, Fort Vermillion.
October: Marie Rose Cardinal, born October, 1869, between White Fish Lake and Lac La Biche (Alberta), son, Gabriel Cardinal dit Labatoche, b-1835 and Marie Bruneau, b-1837.
November 21: Lac La Biche (Alberta), birth Narcisse Cardinal, Metis, daughter St Luc Cardinal, Metis, b-1836 and Marguerite Desjarlais b-1839.