Red River Ancestry

New Family Page: WILLIAM TAIT / TATE (1792-1878)

Please post comments and queries about the FAMILY OF WILLIAM TAIT / TATE here.

It appears that william tait is my ggg grandfather. I am wondering he would ever have been "registered" as metis or in an aboriginal band.

Also looking for information on his son Andrew

As it says in the narrative: On Sep 27, 1875 William TATE, farmer of Poplar Point, claimed his Half-breed Scrip, indicating that he was born 1792 in the Northwest, son of an Indian woman and James TATE, a Scotchman. ** Half-breed and Metis are synonamous.
Regarding Andrew TAIT: Andrew married Eliza ANDERSON, daughter of Mary Anne DESMARAIS and John ANDERSON (1804-1884).
MORE ABOUT JOHN ANDERSON
Andrew & Eliza had a large family (14 children) and around 1890 they moved from Manitoba to Saskatchewan.
Where do you fit into this lineage?

Andrew & Eliza's daughter, Catherine, gave birth to my grandfather ..Thomas William (Tate) Tate 1881-1940
His father was Henry Knight, not married to Catherine

Thanks Nancy. I have pretty good information for your TAIT ancestors, right down to Thomas who married Leah McKELVEY and his children (don’t know which one is your parent(s).
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My mother was Louise Tait Walsh

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I have Thomas TAIT’s children in 1921 as Julius, Alma Lydia, Florence Myrtle and Frances Margaret. I presume your mother (Louise) was born after that?

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my mothers birthdate was 1925 -1991
there was also another child...Thomas William born 1935...not sure if he is still alive

as far as donation... i can really appreciate all the hard work you have done and i have enjoyed everything i have read so far. but here in Ontario, our lovely government is taxing us to death ( electric bills are well over $700 a month alone) so right now i can't justify putting this money out.
but thanks for all the info