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by Stangerlad
Tue Jun 03, 2025 7:31 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: HUMPHREY FAVEL (1821-1888)
Replies: 4
Views: 22182

Re: HUMPHREY FAVEL (1821-1888)


Gary, I came across some info. about Humphrey Favel & Sophia's daughter Mary. Mary married a James Stevenson (widower), at age 16, on July 12, 1879. James was 32, son of a Samuel Stevenson, settler. Her birth date correlates to what you have her as on their family page. Then she had a son, William ...
by Stangerlad
Sun Apr 06, 2025 9:05 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: DR WILLIAM TODD (1784-1851)
Replies: 6
Views: 62627

Re: DR WILLIAM TODD (1784-1851)

Regarding the origins of Sarah Jane Johnstonne:
Sarah was the daughter of George Johnstone (1795-1873) and Frances Martha Thomas (1796-1869) (daughter of John Thomas (1751,London,England-1822,Vaudreuil,Quebec) and Margaret (1754-1813), a Cree woman). Sarah was born about 1825.
George was the ...
by Stangerlad
Tue Feb 18, 2025 8:51 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: DR WILLIAM TODD (1784-1851)
Replies: 6
Views: 62627

Re: DR WILLIAM TODD (1784-1851)

Looking at the HBC record for William Todd (1784-1851), it is noted that his first wife was a half-breed, Marianne Ballantyne(sic) who died in 1831, most likely during or shortly after childbirth of her son, Robert. Marianne was the daughter of John Ballendine and Jane Favel, born in 1804.
Children ...
by Stangerlad
Fri Jun 07, 2024 9:06 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: MICHEL LAMBERT (1792-1875)
Replies: 1
Views: 51633

Re: MICHEL LAMBERT (1792-1875)

You have Michel's father as Alexis Lambert.
The 1870 Red River Census lists his father as Robert Lambert.
by Stangerlad
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: JAMES HARPER (1813-1887)
Replies: 1
Views: 40679

Re: JAMES HARPER (1813-1887)

Son Edward Andras Harper did not die at birth. He is on the 1870 census at 4 years of age.
by Stangerlad
Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:54 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: JAMES SPENCE (1753-1795)
Replies: 20
Views: 53303

Re: JAMES SPENCE (1753-1795)


My family is descended from James through Margaret Spence, and there's a family story I wonder if anyone else has heard. It goes like this: Nestichio, as a young girl, had been kidnapped by the Blackfeet and her mother asked James to rescue her. Even though many attempts had been made to rescue ...
by Stangerlad
Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:50 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: MAGNUS SPENCE (1765-1845)
Replies: 15
Views: 60419

Re: MAGNUS SPENCE (1765-1845)

Dug through my old records from my 1999 excursion and found Magnus Spence born in 1764 to Nicol Spence and Margaret Harvey in Howan, Sabiston, Birsay, Orkney - Joined the HBC in 1783 serving 39 years with them before retiring in 1822. He took a country wife, Christianna, a Cree woman in 1792, having ...
by Stangerlad
Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:59 am
Forum: Discussion Topics
Topic: MAGNUS SPENCE (1765-1845)
Replies: 15
Views: 60419

Re: MAGNUS SPENCE (1765-1845)

Thanks Rachel for posting a link to my family tree on TribalPages.
And to Mr. Still: A Magnus Spence was definitely a son of William Spence and Janet Alleine (who happen to be my g(4)-grandparents.
I had the rare opportunity in 1999 to visit Orkney as part of an excursion through the Great West ...