Genealogical information centered on the decendants of Joseph Hargrave (1749-1847)
Keeseekoowenin, Riding Mountain House HBC Post :
[Walter J. S.] Traill was the youngest son of Catherine Parr Traill, who became famous for her writings about family life in Ontario in the days of early European settlement and her book, Canadian Wild Flowers. Walter was born in 1847, and at age 19, set out for Rupert's Land as a clerk with the HBC, his father's [Liet. Thomas Traill] cousin being married to James J. Hargrave, secretary to Governor Mactavish, and an officer of the HBC.
Who is Liet. Thomas Traill's cousin? No record of J. J. Hargrave's marriage in current genealogy.
Peterborough County GenSearch, Historic Plaques & Sites: Catherine Parr Traill (1802 - 1899):
A member of the literarry Strickland family, the talented author married Liet. Thomas Traill and emigrated to Upper Canada in 1832.
The University of Manitoba Press: "Reporting the Resistance
Alexander Begg and Joseph Hargrave on the Red River Resistance, edited and annotated with an introduction by J.M. Bumsted
Map of general movements of
Joseph Hargrave's descendants