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Hardisty Family
The Hardistys are a Canadian family of commerce and politics of English, Scottish and indigenous North American heritage. The first Hardisty in Canada was a Hudson's Bay Company employee from London, England named Richard. He married Margret (a.k.a. Marguerite) Sutherland in a civil ceremony, rather than ''à la façon du pays'' (in the local tradition), as Margret parents' had. Margret’s father was a Scot in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.) and her mother was indigenous. She was born in the Columbia district, probably at Fort Vancouver. After a long career moving between fur trade posts Richard and Margret retired to Lachine, near Montreal. Richard and Margret's first son, born circa 1822 probably at Waswanipi House, was named William Lucas. William, like his father and maternal grandfather, worked for the H.B.C. his entire adult life. In 1857 William married Mary Anne Allen in Fort Simpson. William was put in charge of several H.B.C. posts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Family
A political family (also referred to as political dynasty) is a family in which multiple members are involved in politics — particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage; often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved. A royal family or dynasty in a monarchy is generally considered to not be a "political family," although the later descendants of a royal family have played political roles in a republic (such as the Arslan family of Lebanon). A family dictatorship is a form of dictatorship that operates much like an absolute monarchy, yet occurs in a nominally republican state. United States In the United States, many political families (having at least two generations serving in political office) have arisen since the country's founding. Presidential Several presidential families produced multiple generations of members who devoted at least part of their working lives to public service. * The Adams family: John Adams, second U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia District
The Columbia District was a fur trading The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the most ... district in the Pacific Northwest region of British North America in the 19th century. Much of its territory overlapped with the disputed Oregon Country. It was explored by the North West Company between 1793 and 1811, and established as an operating fur district around 1810. The North West Company was absorbed into the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821 under which the Columbia District became known as the Columbia Department. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 marked the effective end of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department. Early years Beginning in 1807, David Thompson (explorer), David Thompson, working for the North West Company (NWC), explored much of what would become the Columbia Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labrador
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Morley, Alberta
Morley is a First Nations settlement within the Stoney 142/143/144 Indian reserve in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located along the Canadian Pacific Railway between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Bow River, upstream from Ghost Lake. It has an elevation of . The settlement is located in census division No. 15 and in the federal riding of Wild Rose. The settlement and the Indian reserve are part of the Stoney Nation. The historic McDougall Memorial United Church is located a few miles from Morley. Built in 1875, it was southern Alberta's oldest surviving Protestant church and the oldest remaining structure in the Bow Valley, it was damaged by fire on May 22, 2017 . Restoration is almost complete as of 2021. It was once a part of Morleyville, the oldest pioneer settlement in southern Alberta and home to its first herd of breeding cattle. Founded by the Methodist missionary George McDougall and his sons as a missionary outpost, Morleyville existed until 1921 when a new church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Settlement
Fort Victoria, near present-day Smoky Lake, Alberta, was established by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1864 on the North Saskatchewan River as a trading post with the local Cree First Nations. It had previously been settled in 1862 as a Methodist Missionary site, on the location of an aboriginal meeting place. It was named Victoria Settlement, after Queen Victoria. Today, it is a historical museum known as Victoria Settlement. The nearby rural residences are Pakan, Alberta. Metis Crossing Cultural Heritage Gathering Centre is nearby. Location and setting Fort Victoria (Victoria Settlement) is located on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River, downstream from Edmonton House between Edmonton and Fort Pitt, It was a stopping house on the overland route between the two, the Carlton Trail system. The fur trading post at Victoria was minor compared to Edmonton but soon attracted a small agricultural settlement around itself much like other Hudson's Bay Company posts at this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
