tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941011325637463558.post7768910930277491743..comments2024-03-05T09:48:57.451-08:00Comments on Fur Trade Family History: Governor George Simpson's son, George Stewart SimpsonNancy Marguerite Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11287716532307859060noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941011325637463558.post-18460081434909410022017-11-24T10:48:24.938-08:002017-11-24T10:48:24.938-08:00My Great Grandmother was also Helen Hilda Simpson....My Great Grandmother was also Helen Hilda Simpson. I would love to see what you have. Thank you, MikeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00750415159250069568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941011325637463558.post-42672151390969088192014-04-05T18:28:13.835-07:002014-04-05T18:28:13.835-07:00Hi I am descended from Sir George and Marguerite, ...Hi I am descended from Sir George and Marguerite, I have some records but not enough official to apply to the Media Nation. We loose some of our records at my Great Grandmother, born Helen Hilda Simpson' I think Marguerite was her Great Grandmother. how do we get the tribal councils to help with research or are there other forms of official proof? Thank you VandeleurAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06868943318397433118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941011325637463558.post-86780351043549206412012-07-15T22:37:26.232-07:002012-07-15T22:37:26.232-07:00Hi, Marguerite Taylor would be my Great 3X grand m...Hi, Marguerite Taylor would be my Great 3X grand mother. <br />1. Great grandmother - Sara Hogue, daughter of Joseph Hogue, son of Marguerite Taylor.<br /><br />Robert Daigneault - my grandfather is Philippe Daigneault son of Sara Hogue and Émilien Daigneault.R. Daigneaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03277522320280453571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941011325637463558.post-66008694792923959692011-11-27T13:39:39.341-08:002011-11-27T13:39:39.341-08:00Hi, Jackie; I just caught this and thanks for your...Hi, Jackie; I just caught this and thanks for your comments. Some of the other connections I didn't know or else had forgotten (which is what happens when you have tooooo much information). <br />If you want to contact me directly I can put you in touch with another James McMillan descendant; and if you wish you can join the Descendants of David Thompson's men Facebook page -- is that the James McMillan you are descended from?<br />Thanks for following the blog.Nancy Marguerite Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11287716532307859060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941011325637463558.post-5569865441907889192011-11-13T11:59:00.543-08:002011-11-13T11:59:00.543-08:00Hi there,
First off, let me say how much I enjoy r...Hi there,<br />First off, let me say how much I enjoy reading your blog. I have several ancestors who were involved in the fur trade including James McMillan and John Warren Dease, Sr. Margaret/Marguerite Taylor is my great great grandmother through her marriage to Amable Hogue. Hogue was one of Gov. Simpson’s elite crew of voyageurs and the person the Governor picked to “take care” of Margaret once he had married Frances.<br />According to Gail Morin’s Red River Settlement Censuses, in the 1835 Census of the Red River Settlement (which only names the head of the household), Amable is listed with a wife, 1 daughter under 15, and 3 sons under the age of 16. As Amable’s second son wasn’t born until 30 Dec 1835, I assume that Simpson’s sons, George and John were living in that household.<br />In J.G. MacGregor’s book John Rowand: Czar of the Prairies, he states “...with a subsidy from George Simpson, Hogue reared the governor’s two sons.” I have found no documentation for this.<br />On 1 Feb 1830 Chief Factor John Stuart (whose country wife was Margaret’s sister Mary), with whom Margaret and family were residing at Bas de la Riviere, wrote to the Governor and included glowing reports of how well the family was doing: “...he has a little brother born 29th August as fine a child as needs be, and nearly as true a picture of Geordy, as Geordy is to his father. They both continue in the enjoyment of perfect good health and they are both as lively as you could wish. We call the little fellow Geordy’s brother and he perfectly understands the name.” (HBC B.4/b/1) Little did Stuart know that only 24 days later, the Governor would be marrying Frances!<br />This second son of the Governor’s was named John Mackenzie Simpson and he stayed in Manitoba. He died 19 Oct 1900 in Pilot Mound. marrying Amelia Fidler, a granddaughter of Peter Fidler, explorer and surveyor.<br />There is a mention of A.C. Anderson in the footnotes (p 205) of Letters of Letitia Hargrave by Margaret Arnett MacLeod: “Letitia was evidently not aware that the Governor already had at least three sons in the service, George, James, and John. His son James had accompanied A.C. Anderson from York to the Columbia in 1842. In 1843 James and John were both at Fort Nisqually, in the Columbia Department (H.B.C. Arch. D. 5/9). In 1844 they recrossed the mountains. His son George was in Honolulu in 1844 (H.B.C. Arch. D. 5/10 and 12); and in 1861 a son named George, presumably the same one, took charge of Sir George and Lady Simpson’s daughters, Augusta and Margaret, on a journey from Quebec to London, England (H.B.C. arch. B. 134/b19 fo. 618).”<br />I am interested in the reference to Margaret Taylor being half-Chipewyan, as I thought she was Cree. Can’t find those references right now, except that in the 1901 Census Margaret’s sons identify themselves Cree French.<br />Congratulations on the book, and good luck with all your speeches!<br />JackieJackie Corriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590243213239049149noreply@blogger.com