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familyimages > 1812, Michael Kilcool, age 22, aboard the Robert Taylor... The Silver Chief: Lord Selkirk and the Scottish Pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River, By Lucille H. Campey, Published by Natural Heritage/atural History Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 2003 86 - 87 Seventy-one people sailed from Sligo in the summer of 1812 on the Robert Taylor, "a very good ship" which Selkirk had chartered "on account of the settlement to carry out the people." She was a much better prospect than the Edward and Ann and was properly manned. A second ship, the King George, sailed with her to carry the large consignment of goods, which included Spanish merino sheep purchased by Selkirk. Those sho sailed on the Robert Taylor included ten families from Mull and Islay as well as company workers who originated from Ireland and the Orkney Islands. The families had been recruited by Charles McLean and were thought by Selkirk to have "been well selected having scarcely any children below 8 years old and a number of lads and lassies fully or nearly grown and without the parents not super annuated." Alexander McLean's family had attracted special attention. McLean, a former tacksman with "the rank of a gentleman," was just the sort of settler whom Selkirk wished to attract. He gave him a township of 10,000 acres along with twelve merino sheep and a subsistence allowance for his family and servants during their first year at Red River. And to ensure that all went smoothly Selkirk went to Sligo "to be ready to act according to circumstances." Dining with the captain and his officers on board the ship, on June 24, he remained on the Robert Taylor until she cleared Sligo Bay and then watched the ships put to sea. Leading the 1812 expedition of settlers, was Owen Keveny, a brutal Irishman who dealt with disputes by putting men in irons and having them run the gauntlet between lines of the fellow settlers armed with clubs. The crew nearly mutinied but quick action by the captain brought matters under control. As the Robert Taylor entered Hudson Bay on August 24, she was buffeted by a tremendous storm lasting three days. In the midst of the terror and confusion Mrs. McLean, from Mull gave birth to a daughter. The ship survived the storm and a day later was met by a schooner from York Factory. The second group had arrived safely and in good time. They would get to Red River that year, arriving in October. But a shortage of food supplies meant that they too had to spend their first winter at the newly built encampment of Fort Daer at Pembina. 174 - 175 (Appendix E): OWEN KEVENY'S LIST OF THE SETTLERS AND HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY WOKERS WHO SAILED ON THE ROBERT TAYLOR FROM SLIGO IN JUNE 1812....Hudson's Bay Company Workers....M. Kilcool 22 The Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two database at Ancestry.com shows: Kilcool, M.; Year of Record: 1812; Source/Event: List of settlers and servants engaged for the Hudson's Bay Company and Lord Selkirk, 1812; Reference: Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottowa]: NAC, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, MG 19 E1, vol. 2, page 561 reel C-1. HBCA Reel 1M117, B.159/a/7: Dec 15, 1818 [Fort Hibernia] "Sent Kilcool, Uckachen (Gaddy's son) & Chas Cook . . . to fetch some meat" Fort Hibernia was in the Swan River area of modern-day Saskatchewan. In its early years this post was also known as Indian Elbow, and after being re-built in 1824 its name was changed to Fort Pelly. The Hudson’s Bay Company built its inland posts in order to challenge the North West Company, whose traders were preventing many of the high quality furs from the interior of the continent from ever reaching coastal HBC posts. To accomplish this, many HBC posts were built very near to NWC establishments and conflict between employees of the two companies was the inevitable result. Saskatchewan Tourism: Fort Pelly GPS: 51d 46.69m N 102d 00.17m W 1382 feet Location: 5 km's west of the town of Pelly and 10 km's south Michael Kilcool and Cecile Turpin -> Jane Kilcool and Joseph Coursolle -> Irene Coursolle and Norman Sheppard -> Allan Sheppard and Elizabeth Goodwin -> Alice Sheppard and James Dannis -> James Dennis and Marvel Ohmann -> Sandy Dennis
familyimages > 1812, Michael Kilcool, age 22, aboard the Robert Taylor... The Silver Chief: Lord Selkirk and the Scottish Pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River, By Lucille H. Campey, Published by Natural Heritage/atural History Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 2003 86 - 87 Seventy-one people sailed from Sligo in the summer of 1812 on the Robert Taylor, "a very good ship" which Selkirk had chartered "on account of the settlement to carry out the people." She was a much better prospect than the Edward and Ann and was properly manned. A second ship, the King George, sailed with her to carry the large consignment of goods, which included Spanish merino sheep purchased by Selkirk. Those sho sailed on the Robert Taylor included ten families from Mull and Islay as well as company workers who originated from Ireland and the Orkney Islands. The families had been recruited by Charles McLean and were thought by Selkirk to have "been well selected having scarcely any children below 8 years old and a number of lads and lassies fully or nearly grown and without the parents not super annuated." Alexander McLean's family had attracted special attention. McLean, a former tacksman with "the rank of a gentleman," was just the sort of settler whom Selkirk wished to attract. He gave him a township of 10,000 acres along with twelve merino sheep and a subsistence allowance for his family and servants during their first year at Red River. And to ensure that all went smoothly Selkirk went to Sligo "to be ready to act according to circumstances." Dining with the captain and his officers on board the ship, on June 24, he remained on the Robert Taylor until she cleared Sligo Bay and then watched the ships put to sea. Leading the 1812 expedition of settlers, was Owen Keveny, a brutal Irishman who dealt with disputes by putting men in irons and having them run the gauntlet between lines of the fellow settlers armed with clubs. The crew nearly mutinied but quick action by the captain brought matters under control. As the Robert Taylor entered Hudson Bay on August 24, she was buffeted by a tremendous storm lasting three days. In the midst of the terror and confusion Mrs. McLean, from Mull gave birth to a daughter. The ship survived the storm and a day later was met by a schooner from York Factory. The second group had arrived safely and in good time. They would get to Red River that year, arriving in October. But a shortage of food supplies meant that they too had to spend their first winter at the newly built encampment of Fort Daer at Pembina. 174 - 175 (Appendix E): OWEN KEVENY'S LIST OF THE SETTLERS AND HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY WOKERS WHO SAILED ON THE ROBERT TAYLOR FROM SLIGO IN JUNE 1812....Hudson's Bay Company Workers....M. Kilcool 22 The Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two database at Ancestry.com shows: Kilcool, M.; Year of Record: 1812; Source/Event: List of settlers and servants engaged for the Hudson's Bay Company and Lord Selkirk, 1812; Reference: Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottowa]: NAC, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, MG 19 E1, vol. 2, page 561 reel C-1. HBCA Reel 1M117, B.159/a/7: Dec 15, 1818 [Fort Hibernia] "Sent Kilcool, Uckachen (Gaddy's son) & Chas Cook . . . to fetch some meat" Fort Hibernia was in the Swan River area of modern-day Saskatchewan. In its early years this post was also known as Indian Elbow, and after being re-built in 1824 its name was changed to Fort Pelly. The Hudson’s Bay Company built its inland posts in order to challenge the North West Company, whose traders were preventing many of the high quality furs from the interior of the continent from ever reaching coastal HBC posts. To accomplish this, many HBC posts were built very near to NWC establishments and conflict between employees of the two companies was the inevitable result. Saskatchewan Tourism: Fort Pelly GPS: 51d 46.69m N 102d 00.17m W 1382 feet Location: 5 km's west of the town of Pelly and 10 km's south Michael Kilcool and Cecile Turpin -> Jane Kilcool and Joseph Coursolle -> Irene Coursolle and Norman Sheppard -> Allan Sheppard and Elizabeth Goodwin -> Alice Sheppard and James Dannis -> James Dennis and Marvel Ohmann -> Sandy Dennis
familyimages > Hudson's Bay Company biographical records Joseph Turpin, b. ca. 1791 Entered service: N. W. C.: 1811 Entered service: H. B. C.: 1821 (on union) North West Company 1811 - 1821 Hudson's Bay Company 1821 - 1823, District: Lesser Slave Lake 1823 - 1825, Position: Colonist 1829 - 1832*, Position: in Red River Census *In 1831 is listed as Roman Catholic, married with 4 sons above 16, one daughter under 15 Joseph Turpin and Marie Angelique Makwa -> Cecile Turpin and Michael Kilcool -> Jane Kilcool and Joseph Coursolle -> Irene Coursolle and Norman Sheppard -> Allan Sheppard and Elizabeth Goodwin -> Alice Sheppard and James Dannis -> James Dennis and Marvel Ohmann -> Sandy Dennis
familyimages > Northwest frontier, 1820 Fort Snelling is about 500 miles journey from Selkirk's Colony (Red River Settlement) and about 200 miles journey from Fort Crawford (Prairie du Chien)
familyimages > United States, 1830 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22719/22719-h/22719-h.htm When first erected in 1819 the fort [Fort Snelling] was in the Territory of Missouri (1812–1821). Then followed a number of years in which it was in unorganized territory (1821–1834). The Territory of Michigan (1834–1836), the Territory of Wisconsin (1836–1838), and the Territory of Iowa (1838–1846) successively had jurisdiction over it; while in 1849 it fell within the newly-organized Territory of Minnesota.
familyimages > A History of the City of Saint Paul, and of the County of Ramsey, Minnesota, By J. Fletcher Williams, Secretary of the Minnesota Historical Society; Cor. Sec. of the Old Settlers Association of Minnesota; Sec. of the Ramsey County Pioneer Association, &c., %c., [collections of the Minnesota Historical Society; Vol. IV.], Saint Paul; Published by the Society, 1876; Entered according to Acto of Congress, in the year 1875, by the "Minnesota Historical Society," In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. 61 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLERS. As near as I can ascertain, after extensive inquiry, the three or four settlers on the east side were : Joseph Turpin, FranCis Desire, Donald McDoNALD, "old man" Chorette, and, perhaps, Scott Campbell, Bartholomew Baldwin, and Abner Powel. Joseph Turpin is said to be the first man who built a house 62 east of the Mississippi. Mr. Turpin was born at Montreal, Canada, about 1775- He came, sometime about the beginning of the present century, to Prairie du Chien, with his brother Amable, of whom a sketch is given elsewhere, and subsequently emigrated to Selkirk's Settlement, where he remained some years. In 1831, as near as I can ascertain, he left Red River with a company of refugees, some of whom settled near Fort Snelling, and, not long after that date, built a house on the east side of the Mississippi. This house he subsequently sold to Joseph Rondo, another refugee. He afterwards lived many years at Mendota, where he died in 186=;—aged over 90 years. Of "old man" Chorette, I have been able to learn little that is reliable. He was a Canadian, lived at Red River some time, and settled near Fort Snelling the same year as Rondo, Turpin and others. He has probably been dead some vears. 1 have been informed that he has children living in this vicinity, but have been unable to find them. Joseph Turpin and Marie Angelique Makwa -> Cecile Turpin and Michael Kilcool -> Jane Kilcool and Joseph Coursolle -> Irene Coursolle and Norman Sheppard -> Allan Sheppard and Elizabeth Goodwin -> Alice Sheppard and James Dannis -> James Dennis and Marvel Ohmann -> Sandy Dennis
familyimages > A History of the City of Saint Paul, and of the County of Ramsey, Minnesota, By J. Fletcher Williams, Secretary of the Minnesota Historical Society; Cor. Sec. of the Old Settlers Association of Minnesota; Sec. of the Ramsey County Pioneer Association, &c., %c., [collections of the Minnesota Historical Society; Vol. IV.], Saint Paul; Published by the Society, 1876; Entered according to Acto of Congress, in the year 1875, by the "Minnesota Historical Society," In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. 61 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLERS. As near as I can ascertain, after extensive inquiry, the three or four settlers on the east side were : Joseph Turpin, FranCis Desire, Donald McDoNALD, "old man" Chorette, and, perhaps, Scott Campbell, Bartholomew Baldwin, and Abner Powel. Joseph Turpin is said to be the first man who built a house 62 east of the Mississippi. Mr. Turpin was born at Montreal, Canada, about 1775- He came, sometime about the beginning of the present century, to Prairie du Chien, with his brother Amable, of whom a sketch is given elsewhere, and subsequently emigrated to Selkirk's Settlement, where he remained some years. In 1831, as near as I can ascertain, he left Red River with a company of refugees, some of whom settled near Fort Snelling, and, not long after that date, built a house on the east side of the Mississippi. This house he subsequently sold to Joseph Rondo, another refugee. He afterwards lived many years at Mendota, where he died in 186=;—aged over 90 years. Of "old man" Chorette, I have been able to learn little that is reliable. He was a Canadian, lived at Red River some time, and settled near Fort Snelling the same year as Rondo, Turpin and others. He has probably been dead some vears. 1 have been informed that he has children living in this vicinity, but have been unable to find them. Joseph Turpin and Marie Angelique Makwa -> Cecile Turpin and Michael Kilcool -> Jane Kilcool and Joseph Coursolle -> Irene Coursolle and Norman Sheppard -> Allan Sheppard and Elizabeth Goodwin -> Alice Sheppard and James Dannis -> James Dennis and Marvel Ohmann -> Sandy Dennis
familyimages > Fort Snelling area 1820s-1830s showing the Canadian settlers (Selkirk refugees) on the west side of the Mississippi River near Fort Snelling
familyimages > A History of the City of Saint Paul, and of the County of Ramsey, Minnesota, By J. Fletcher Williams, Secretary of the Minnesota Historical Society; Cor. Sec. of the Old Settlers Association of Minnesota; Sec. of the Ramsey County Pioneer Association, &c., %c., [collections of the Minnesota Historical Society; Vol. IV.], Saint Paul; Published by the Society, 1876; Entered according to Acto of Congress, in the year 1875, by the "Minnesota Historical Society," In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. 86 SETTLERS AT " PIG'S EYE" IN 1839. During the summer of 1839, quite a number of Canadians settled at the locality now known as Pig's Eye, then called the Grand Marais. [PiKE, who was here in 1805, speaks of it by that name in his work.] Among them were: Amable Turpin, Michel Leclaire, Antoine Leclaire, Francis Gammell, Lasart, Joseph Labisinier, Henry BelLand, Chevalier, Amable Morin, and Charles Mousseau. It is possible, however, that some of these may have located there in the fall of 1838, after the ratification of the treaty was known, but at least the above, with perhaps more now forgotten, were living at Pig's Eye in the year mentioned. They were all in the employ of the Fur Company, as voyageurs, a portion of the year, and, when not needed by the company, cultivated their little farms in quiet. Amable Turpin was the father of Mrs. Louis Robert. He was born at Montreal, Canada, about the year 1766, as, when he died, in 1866, he was in his looth year—a span of life that falls to the lot of but a small percentage of mortals. While a young man, he went to Mackinac, and thence to Green Bay, and finally to Prairie du Chien, where he was in the employ of the American Fur Company for many years. The date of his settlement in Prairie du Chien is not now remembered accu- . rately, but it must have been early during the present century, as when the British captured that place, in 1814, Mr. Turpin was a citizen of influence and widely known in the Northwest. He had, during his long life, traveled on bvisiness for the Fur Company, over every portion of the Northwest, while it was an utter wilderness, only penetrated occasionally by adventurous fur-traders or devoted missionaries. He was generally selected by the Fur Company for any mission or vovage of more than usual difficulty, danger and hardship. His adventures, during his many perilous journeys among the Indians, and in the forests and lakes of the Northwest, would fill volumes. He possessed a physique of extraordinary power and 87 endurance. He lived at Pig's Eye several years, and ultimatelyremoved to Saint Paul, where he died May 4, 1866, having almost rounded out a century. Mrs. Turpin used to teach the catechism to the half-breed children at the Grand Marais, before the arrival of Father Galtier—beingthe first religious teaching in this locality, except the missionary work among the Indians. Michel Leclaire and Antoine Leclaire were, I believe, brothers. They came from Canada—date unascertained by the writer. Antoine Leclaire, I think, had lived at Mendota several years before settling at Pig's Eye. It is probable that Michel Leclaire was the first settler at the Grand Marais, as the locality was known along the river shortly after that time, as •' Point LeClaire." [See letter of Rev. L. GalTier, post."] Leclaire had a dispute, several years subsequent to this date, with Pierre Parrant, about the ownership of a claim at the Grand Marais, which is fully narrated a few pages further on. Leclaire died at Pig's Eye, about the year 1849, leaving quite a numerous family, some of which still live in this vicinity. He seems to have been a carpenter by trade, as Vetal Guerin states that he made the doors and windows for his (G.'s) cabin, in 1840. Of Antoine Leclaire, or his subsequent history, I have been unable to learn anything.
1812, Michael Kilcool, age 22, aboard the Robert Taylor...

The Silver Chief: Lord Selkirk and the Scottish Pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River, By Lucille H. Campey, Published by Natural Heritage/atural History Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 2003

86 - 87

Seventy-one people sailed from Sligo in the summer of 1812 on the Robert Taylor, "a very good ship" which Selkirk had chartered "on account of the settlement to carry out the people." She was a much better prospect than the Edward and Ann and was properly manned. A second ship, the King George, sailed with her to carry the large consignment of goods, which included Spanish merino sheep purchased by Selkirk. Those sho sailed on the Robert Taylor included ten families from Mull and Islay as well as company workers who originated from Ireland and the Orkney Islands. The families had been recruited by Charles McLean and were thought by Selkirk to have "been well selected having scarcely any children below 8 years old and a number of lads and lassies fully or nearly grown and without the parents not super annuated." Alexander McLean's family had attracted special attention. McLean, a former tacksman with "the rank of a gentleman," was just the sort of settler whom Selkirk wished to attract. He gave him a township of 10,000 acres along with twelve merino sheep and a subsistence allowance for his family and servants during their first year at Red River. And to ensure that all went smoothly Selkirk went to Sligo "to be ready to act according to circumstances." Dining with the captain and his officers on board the ship, on June 24, he remained on the Robert Taylor until she cleared Sligo Bay and then watched the ships put to sea.

Leading the 1812 expedition of settlers, was Owen Keveny, a brutal Irishman who dealt with disputes by putting men in irons and having them run the gauntlet between lines of the fellow settlers armed with clubs. The crew nearly mutinied but quick action by the captain brought matters under control. As the Robert Taylor entered Hudson Bay on August 24, she was buffeted by a tremendous storm lasting three days. In the midst of the terror and confusion Mrs. McLean, from Mull gave birth to a daughter. The ship survived the storm and a day later was met by a schooner from York Factory. The second group had arrived safely and in good time. They would get to Red River that year, arriving in October. But a shortage of food supplies meant that they too had to spend their first winter at the newly built encampment of Fort Daer at Pembina.

174 - 175 (Appendix E):

OWEN KEVENY'S LIST OF THE SETTLERS AND HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY WOKERS WHO SAILED ON THE ROBERT TAYLOR FROM SLIGO IN JUNE 1812....Hudson's Bay Company Workers....M. Kilcool 22

The Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two database at Ancestry.com shows:

Kilcool, M.; Year of Record: 1812; Source/Event: List of settlers and servants engaged for the Hudson's Bay Company and Lord Selkirk, 1812; Reference: Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottowa]: NAC, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, MG 19 E1, vol. 2, page 561 reel C-1.

HBCA Reel 1M117, B.159/a/7:
Dec 15, 1818 [Fort Hibernia] "Sent Kilcool, Uckachen (Gaddy's son) & Chas Cook . . . to fetch some meat"

Fort Hibernia was in the Swan River area of modern-day Saskatchewan. In its early years this post was also known as Indian Elbow, and after being re-built in 1824 its name was changed to Fort Pelly. The Hudson’s Bay Company built its inland posts in order to challenge the North West Company, whose traders were preventing many of the high quality furs from the interior of the continent from ever reaching coastal HBC posts. To accomplish this, many HBC posts were built very near to NWC establishments and conflict between employees of the two companies was the inevitable result.

Saskatchewan Tourism: Fort Pelly
GPS: 51d 46.69m N 102d 00.17m W 1382 feet
Location: 5 km's west of the town of Pelly and 10 km's south

Michael Kilcool and Cecile Turpin -> Jane Kilcool and Joseph Coursolle -> Irene Coursolle and Norman Sheppard -> Allan Sheppard and Elizabeth Goodwin -> Alice Sheppard and James Dannis -> James Dennis and Marvel Ohmann -> Sandy Dennis
> 1812, Michael Kilcool, age 22, aboard the Robert Taylor... The Silver Chief: Lord Selkirk and the Scottish Pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River, By Lucille H. Campey, Published by Natural Heritage/atural History Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 2003 86 - 87 Seventy-one people sailed from Sligo in the summer of 1812 on the Robert Taylor, "a very good ship" which Selkirk had chartered "on account of the settlement to carry out the people." She was a much better prospect than the Edward and Ann and was properly manned. A second ship, the King George, sailed with her to carry the large consignment of goods, which included Spanish merino sheep purchased by Selkirk. Those sho sailed on the Robert Taylor included ten families from Mull and Islay as well as company workers who originated from Ireland and the Orkney Islands. The families had been recruited by Charles McLean and were thought by Selkirk to have "been well selected having scarcely any children below 8 years old and a number of lads and lassies fully or nearly grown and without the parents not super annuated." Alexander McLean's family had attracted special attention. McLean, a former tacksman with "the rank of a gentleman," was just the sort of settler whom Selkirk wished to attract. He gave him a township of 10,000 acres along with twelve merino sheep and a subsistence allowance for his family and servants during their first year at Red River. And to ensure that all went smoothly Selkirk went to Sligo "to be ready to act according to circumstances." Dining with the captain and his officers on board the ship, on June 24, he remained on the Robert Taylor until she cleared Sligo Bay and then watched the ships put to sea. Leading the 1812 expedition of settlers, was Owen Keveny, a brutal Irishman who dealt with disputes by putting men in irons and having them run the gauntlet between lines of the fellow settlers armed with clubs. The crew nearly mutinied but quick action by the captain brought matters under control. As the Robert Taylor entered Hudson Bay on August 24, she was buffeted by a tremendous storm lasting three days. In the midst of the terror and confusion Mrs. McLean, from Mull gave birth to a daughter. The ship survived the storm and a day later was met by a schooner from York Factory. The second group had arrived safely and in good time. They would get to Red River that year, arriving in October. But a shortage of food supplies meant that they too had to spend their first winter at the newly built encampment of Fort Daer at Pembina. 174 - 175 (Appendix E): OWEN KEVENY'S LIST OF THE SETTLERS AND HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY WOKERS WHO SAILED ON THE ROBERT TAYLOR FROM SLIGO IN JUNE 1812....Hudson's Bay Company Workers....M. Kilcool 22 The Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two database at Ancestry.com shows: Kilcool, M.; Year of Record: 1812; Source/Event: List of settlers and servants engaged for the Hudson's Bay Company and Lord Selkirk, 1812; Reference: Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottowa]: NAC, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, MG 19 E1, vol. 2, page 561 reel C-1. HBCA Reel 1M117, B.159/a/7: Dec 15, 1818 [Fort Hibernia] "Sent Kilcool, Uckachen (Gaddy's son) & Chas Cook . . . to fetch some meat" Fort Hibernia was in the Swan River area of modern-day Saskatchewan. In its early years this post was also known as Indian Elbow, and after being re-built in 1824 its name was changed to Fort Pelly. The Hudson’s Bay Company built its inland posts in order to challenge the North West Company, whose traders were preventing many of the high quality furs from the interior of the continent from ever reaching coastal HBC posts. To accomplish this, many HBC posts were built very near to NWC establishments and conflict between employees of the two companies was the inevitable result. Saskatchewan Tourism: Fort Pelly GPS: 51d 46.69m N 102d 00.17m W 1382 feet Location: 5 km's west of the town of Pelly and 10 km's south Michael Kilcool and Cecile Turpin -> Jane Kilcool and Joseph Coursolle -> Irene Coursolle and Norman Sheppard -> Allan Sheppard and Elizabeth Goodwin -> Alice Sheppard and James Dannis -> James Dennis and Marvel Ohmann -> Sandy Dennis
1812, Michael Kilcool, age 22, aboard the Robert Taylor...

The Silver Chief: Lord Selkirk and the Scottish Pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River, By Lucille H. Campey, Published by Natural Heritage/atural History Inc., Toronto, Ontario, 2003

86 - 87

Seventy-one people sailed from Sligo in the summer of 1812 on the Robert Taylor, "a very good ship" which Selkirk had chartered "on account of the settlement to carry out the people." She was a much better prospect than the Edward and Ann and was properly manned. A second ship, the King George, sailed with her to carry the large consignment of goods, which included Spanish merino sheep purchased by Selkirk. Those sho sailed on the Robert Taylor included ten families from Mull and Islay as well as company workers who originated from Ireland and the Orkney Islands. The families had been recruited by Charles McLean and were thought by Selkirk to have "been well selected having scarcely any children below 8 years old and a number of lads and lassies fully or nearly grown and without the parents not super annuated." Alexander McLean's family had attracted special attention. McLean, a former tacksman with "the rank of a gentleman," was just the sort of settler whom Selkirk wished to attract. He gave him a township of 10,000 acres along with twelve merino sheep and a subsistence allowance for his family and servants during their first year at Red River. And to ensure that all went smoothly Selkirk went to Sligo "to be ready to act according to circumstances." Dining with the captain and his officers on board the ship, on June 24, he remained on the Robert Taylor until she cleared Sligo Bay and then watched the ships put to sea.

Leading the 1812 expedition of settlers, was Owen Keveny, a brutal Irishman who dealt with disputes by putting men in irons and having them run the gauntlet between lines of the fellow settlers armed with clubs. The crew nearly mutinied but quick action by the captain brought matters under control. As the Robert Taylor entered Hudson Bay on August 24, she was buffeted by a tremendous storm lasting three days. In the midst of the terror and confusion Mrs. McLean, from Mull gave birth to a daughter. The ship survived the storm and a day later was met by a schooner from York Factory. The second group had arrived safely and in good time. They would get to Red River that year, arriving in October. But a shortage of food supplies meant that they too had to spend their first winter at the newly built encampment of Fort Daer at Pembina.

174 - 175 (Appendix E):

OWEN KEVENY'S LIST OF THE SETTLERS AND HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY WOKERS WHO SAILED ON THE ROBERT TAYLOR FROM SLIGO IN JUNE 1812....Hudson's Bay Company Workers....M. Kilcool 22

The Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two database at Ancestry.com shows:

Kilcool, M.; Year of Record: 1812; Source/Event: List of settlers and servants engaged for the Hudson's Bay Company and Lord Selkirk, 1812; Reference: Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottowa]: NAC, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, MG 19 E1, vol. 2, page 561 reel C-1.

HBCA Reel 1M117, B.159/a/7:
Dec 15, 1818 [Fort Hibernia] "Sent Kilcool, Uckachen (Gaddy's son) & Chas Cook . . . to fetch some meat"

Fort Hibernia was in the Swan River area of modern-day Saskatchewan. In its early years this post was also known as Indian Elbow, and after being re-built in 1824 its name was changed to Fort Pelly. The Hudson’s Bay Company built its inland posts in order to challenge the North West Company, whose traders were preventing many of the high quality furs from the interior of the continent from ever reaching coastal HBC posts. To accomplish this, many HBC posts were built very near to NWC establishments and conflict between employees of the two companies was the inevitable result.

Saskatchewan Tourism: Fort Pelly
GPS: 51d 46.69m N 102d 00.17m W 1382 feet
Location: 5 km's west of the town of Pelly and 10 km's south

Michael Kilcool and Cecile Turpin -> Jane Kilcool and Joseph Coursolle -> Irene Coursolle and Norman Sheppard -> Allan Sheppard and Elizabeth Goodwin -> Alice Sheppard and James Dannis -> James Dennis and Marvel Ohmann -> Sandy Dennis
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