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Author: calderjb
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Thank you for responding! Here's what I have on his parents:
3-1 William Calder
Born: after 1824 ('40?).
St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada.
1st Marriage to: Marie Sinclair.
2nd Marriage to: Marguerite LeClerc.
3rd Marriage to: Marie Madeleine Hamelin.
Profession: - Hired by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1862 as a voyaguer, and travelled
in the North West Territories until at least the late 1870's.
Place of Residence: - St. Boniface, Manitoba on September 17, 1878.
Documentation:
Library and Archives Canada, Online MIKAN no. 1499888 - Scrip affidavit for Calder,
William; born: 1840; father: Peter Calder (Metis); mother: Louise Bousquet (Metis); claim
no.: 2899; date of issue: January 30, 1879; scrip no.: 12402.
British Columbia Archives, Non-Government Records Catalogue #MS-0577.
"Subject Heading - Hudson's Bay Company Employees:
Calder, William. Red River Settlement; bowsman. Agreement between Calder and the
Hudson's Bay Company to serve the company as a bowsman for three years, dated October
4, 1848" (requires verification).
Marie Sinclair 1st Wife
Born: December 10, 1832.
Died: Between April / 1864 and 1877.
Parents: William Sinclair, and Marie McKay.
Marguerite Leclerc 2nd Wife
Place of Residence: - St. Boniface, Manitoba prior to her marriage to, William Calder.
Children of William Calder and Marie Sinclair:
4-1 William Alexander Calder
4-2 John Calder
4-3 Kate Sinclair Calder
4-4 Mary Margaret Calder
Children of William Calder and Marguerite Leclerc:
4-5 unnamed Calder
Children of William Calder and Marie Madeleine Hamelin:
4-6 Betsy Calder
John B. Calder
Cambridge, Ontario
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