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- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: JAMES HARPER (1813-1887)
- Replies: 1
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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.
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:54 am
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: JAMES SPENCE (1753-1795)
- Replies: 20
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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 her...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:50 am
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: MAGNUS SPENCE (1765-1845)
- Replies: 15
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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...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 7:59 am
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: MAGNUS SPENCE (1765-1845)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 32030
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 Trav...