Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada History and Genealogy
Fort William, Ontario, Canada, 1881 Census of Residents
(originally called Fort Kaministiquia)
Map Source: A Historical Atlas of Canada, Edited by D.G.G. Kerr,
University of Western Ontario, Thomas Nelson and Sons,
Second Edition, 1966, page 20
September 10, 2009:
Fort William, Ontario, Canada, located at the northwest end of Lake Superior, was originally
called Fort Kaministiquia. The fort was built by the French explorer and voyageur Sieur Duluth
and became the inland headquarters of the fur trade carried on by the
voyageurs employed by the Northwest Company out of Montreal, Quebec.
Kaministiquia was renamed Fort William for William McGillivray, who formed and led a regiment
of voyageurs recruited from the area during the War of 1812.
In 1970, Fort William and Port Arthur became part of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Environment Canada Seven Day Weather Forecast for Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
The Thunder Bay Chronical Journal
January 6, 2013:
This web site covers history and genealogy in the Thunder Bay area in the 1800's. The following
list of names comprise the residents of Fort William in 1881 according to the Census of Canada.
In 1850, the British Government negotiated with the Objibway and Cree peoples for land along the north shore of
Lake Superior and Lake Huron - see shaded area on the map below. These two areas are known as "Robinson Superior" and "Robinson Huron".
In 1905, Treaty Number 9 was completed (see map). The village of Attawaspiskat is located on the western shore of James Bay.
Chief Theresa Spence is in Ottawa and she will meet with Prime Minister Harper and representatives of the Native peoples of
Canada on January 11, 2013. The Idle No More movement is a hot topic among the Algonquins and Mohawks in the Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec area.
The book Treaty No. 9, Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905,
by John S. Long, McGill-Queens University Press, ISBN 978-0-7735-3761-3 has a tremendous amount of information regarding the
treaty and the process by which it came about. The map below is extracted from Mr. Long's book, page 26.
If you have ancestors listed among the names below, drop us an e-mail. We'll set up a new web
page for your family history. Over time, the various surnames will add up to form a history
of the pioneers and their lives in the Thunder Bay area.
Also welcome are research subjects for the Thunder Bay area in which you may be interested --
the fur trade, railways, the history of the logging industry, transportation on the Great Lakes, etc.
Later in September, I'll be travelling from Kanata, Ontario (Ottawa), to Thunder Bay, Ontario.
My tickets on Greyhound Bus Lines are in the mail. Since ordering the tickets, I've learned
that Greyhound plans to soon cease providing bus service from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to my
destination, formerly called Fort Kaministiquia -- Fort William / Port Arthur / Thunder Bay.
This will be a tremendous loss to folks who live in Northern Ontario and who travel the route
along the North Shore of Lake Superior. (See newspaper article below).
Here are the folks in the Fort William area of Thunder Bay in 1881:
Source: 1881 Census Place: Fort William, Algoma, Ontario, Canada
FHL Film 1375918 and Library and Archives, Canada, film number C-13282
year of birth is shown in pointy brackets < >
, Rev Baxter <1816> M Irish Bir: Irel
, Sister Tellier <1822> F French Bir: Fran
, Brother Timmons <1826> M Irish Bir: Irel
, Sister Paulhus <1836> F Canadian Bir: Queb
, Sister Connelly <1837> F Irish Bir: Irel
, Brother Gerome / Jerome <1841> M Canadian Bir: Queb
, Rev Heber <1841> M Canadian Bir: Queb
, Brother Hayes <1842> M Irish Bir: Irel
, Sister Linch / Lynch <1843> F Irish Bir: Irel
, Sister Kirn / Kearns <1845> F German Bir: Germ
, Rev Skee <1847> M German Bir: Germ
, Brother Stacum <1851> M Irish Bir: USA
, Rev Geon <1851> M Canadian Bir: Queb
, Madann <1875> F French Bir: Ont
ABRAHAMSON, Mary <1857> F Swedish Bir: Swed
ACCUBEE, Margaret <1813> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
ACCUBEE, <1821> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
ACCUBEE, Nawanthigosqua <1826> F Indigenous Bir: USA
ACCUBEE, Mary Ann <1865> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
ADAMS, John <1859> M Irish Bir: Ont
ALLISON, Louis H. <1857> M English Bir: NS
ANDERSON, Donald <1841> M Scottish Bir: Scot
ANDERSON, Wi m <1862> M Irish Bir: Irel
ANGER / Angers, Peter <1856> M French Bir: Queb
ANGER, Abenia <1858> F French Bir: Ont
ANGER, Eugune <1879> M French Bir: Ont
ANGER, Oscar <1880> M French Bir: Ont
ATKINS, Edmond <1841> M Scottish Bir: USA
ATKINS, Emma <1845> F English Bir: Engl
BAKER, Charles <1829> M African Bir: USA
BAKER, Annie <1847> F French Bir: Queb
BAKER, Annie <1873> F African Bir: USA
BALL, James <1850> M English Bir: Ont
BALL, Lucinda <1857> F Canadian Bir: Ont
BELANGER, ... <1870> F French Bir: Ont
BELANGER, Clara <1876> F French Bir: Ont
BERGESON, Elilly <1876> F French Bir: Ont
BERGESON, Elizabeth <1878> F French Bir: Ont
BERGRON, Frank <1856> M French Bir: Queb
BERGRON, Catherine <1857> F French Bir: Queb
BERGRON, Narcisse <1861> M French Bir: Queb
BERGRON, Edmira <1877> F Bir: Queb
BERGRON, Elizabeth <1878> F Bir: Queb
BERGRON, Frank <1880> M Bir: Ont
BISSETT, Violet <1848> F Scottish Bir: Scot
BLACK, Colin N. <1850> M Scottish Bir: Scot
BLACK, Eliza A. <1850> F Canadian Bir: NS
BLACK, Mary M. <1874> F Scottish Bir: USA
BLACK, George D. <1876> M Bir: Ont
BLACK, Madeline <1878> F Bir: Ont
BLACK, Charles M. <1880> M Bir: Ont
BLIAS / Blais, Wilfred <1838> M French Bir: Queb
BLIAS, Celina <1848> F French Bir: Queb
BLIAS, Andrew <1868> M French Bir: Queb
BLIAS, Joseph <1872> M Bir: USA
BLIAS, George <1874> M Bir: USA
BLIAS, Mary A. <1877> F Bir: Ont
BLIAS, Wi m <1879> M Bir: Ont
BLIAS, Mary <1880> F Bir: Ont
BLAUS, Charles <1841> M German Bir: Germ
BLETTUER, John <1797> M German Bir: Germ
BONNIA, Malvina <1875> F French Bir: Ont
BONSHEE, Thomas <1853> M French Bir: Ont
BONSHEE, Cathrine <1856> F French Bir: Ont
BONSHEE, Alexander <1880> M French Bir: Ont
BOUCHEE / BOUCHER ?, Joseph <1811> M French Bir: Ont
BOUCHEE, Nannett <1819> F French Bir: Ont
BOUCHEE, Luck <1856> M French Bir: Ont
BOUCHEE, Paul <1858> M French Bir: Ont
BOUYET, Mary <1811> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
BOUYET, Peter <1855> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
BOUYET, Jane <1861> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
BOUYET, James <1879> M Bir: Ont
BOUYET, Roase <1880> F Bir: Ont
BRETT / Britt, Fannie <1867> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
BRETT, Elizabeth <1870> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
BRETT, Mary <1872> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
BROAD, Mary A. <1821> F English Bir: Engl
BUCHEE / Boucher, Ensa <1833> M French Bir: Ont
BUCHEE, Mary Ann <1846> F Bir: Ont
BUCHEE, Paul <1875> M French Bir: Ont
BUCHEE, Alexander <1877> M French Bir: Ont
BULLUS, Joseph <1870> M English Bir: Engl
CADDY, J. St. Vincent <1838> M English Bir: WeIn
CADDY, Frances C. <1852> F Canadian Bir: Ont
CADDY, Edith <1874> F English Bir: Ont
CADDY, Georgianna <1875> F English Bir: Ont
MCCALLUM, Duncan J. <1834> M Scottish Bir: Queb
MCCALLUM, Almira J. <1835> F Canadian Bir: Ont
MCCALLUM, Wi m A. <1859> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCCALLUM, Alzina <1861> F Bir: Ont
MCCALLUM, Emma J. <1863> F Bir: Ont
MCCALLUM, Almeda <1867> F Bir: Ont
MCCALLUM, Maggie A. <1869> F Bir: Ont
MCCALLUM, Ada E. <1871> F Bir: Ont
CAMERON, Wi m <1854> M Scottish Bir: NS
CAMPBELL, John <1834> M Scottish Bir: Scot
CAMPBELL, Murdock <1843> M Scottish Bir: Scot
CAMPBELL, Mary <1852> F Scottish Bir: NS
CAMPBELL, John M. <1875> M Scottish Bir: NS
CAMPBELL, Catherine <1877> F Scottish Bir: NS
CARLESON / Carlson, Alexander <1846> M Swedish Bir: Swed
CARLESON, Mary <1851> F Swedish Bir: Swed
CARLESON, Carle <1881> M Swedish Bir: Ont
CARTER, Wi m <1832> M English Bir: Engl
CHARLES, Elie <1861> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
CHASE, Duglas <1852> M English Bir: NB
CHASE, Alase <1856> F English Bir: NB
CHRISTIE, John <1841> M French Bir: Ont
CHRISTIE, Ang <1843> F French Bir: Ont
CHRISTIE, Julia <1871> F Scottish Bir: Ont
CHRISTIE, Henry <1876> M French Bir: Ont
CHRISTIE, Mary <1879> F French Bir: Ont
COLLIN / Collins, Michel <1801> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Baptist <1831> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Mary <1838> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLINS, Wi m <1847> M Swedish Bir: Swed
COLLIN, Michel <1856> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Mary A <1858> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Baptist <1859> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Anglic <1865> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Tusa <1870> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Iccac <1874> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Nanette <1874> F Bir: Ont
COLLIN, Cathrine <1876> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
COMMO / Comeau?, Lizzie <1868> F French Bir: Ont
O'CONNOR, Cathrine J. <1847> F Irish Bir: Irel
O'CONNOR, Maud <1877> F Irish Bir: Ont
CORBETT, Percavill <1871> M American Bir: Ont
CORBETT, Calla <1879> F American Bir: Ont
COATES, John <1863> M Irish Bir:
COXETTER, Louis H. <1832> M English Bir: NB
COXETTER, Minnie T. <1842> F Irish Bir: USA
COXETTER, Isabella A. <1871> F English Bir: NS
CRAIG, Robert <1856> M Scottish Bir: Ont
CRAWFORD, Neil <1845> M Scottish Bir: Scot
CRAWFORD, Alexander C. <1848> M Scottish Bir: Scot
CROW, Wi m <1831> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
CROW / CROWE, Margaret <1833> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
CROW, Charlotte <1855> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
CROW, Peter <1857> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
CROW, John <1879> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
CURRIE, Hugh <1841> M Scottish Bir: Ont E-Mail John Baird, Minister of Transport in Ottawa
CYRETTE, Louisa <1841> F French Bir: Ont Ask him to spend some of his Infrastructure money to keep
CYRETTE, Clement <1859> M Indigenous the Greyhound Bus Routes open in Northern Ontario.
CYRETTE, Mary <1861> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
CYRETTE, Cathrine <1865> F French Bir: Ont
CYRETTE, Frances <1866> F French Bir: Ont
CYRETTE, Madeline <1867> F French Bir: Ont
CYRETTE, Ambrose <1873> M French Bir: Ont
CYRETTE, Laurence <1879> M Indigenous
DACKANESS, Nancy <1870> F French Bir: Ont
DEACON, Edward <1852> M English Bir: Engl
DAVID, Josett <1836> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
DAVID, Elizabeth <1866> F French Bir: Ont
DAVID, Frances <1868> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
DAVID, Neseet <1872> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
DAVID, Mary <1874> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
DEBERNARDI, Ercole <1853> M Italian Bir: Italy
DEBERNARDI, Maggie <1854> F Italian Bir: Ital
DEBERNARDI, Arthur C. <1876> M Italian Bir: Ont
DEBERNARDI, Mildred E. <1879> F Italian Bir: Ont
DEBERNARDI, Robert <1880> M Italian Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, Joseph <1835> M French Bir: Ont
DECHAMP / Deschamps ?, Ang <1839> F French Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, Nancy <1841> F French Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, Michel <1855> M French Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, Louis <1863> M French Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, Philip <1863> M French Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, Sarah <1866> F French Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, Alexander <1867> M French Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, Peter <1868> M Bir: Ont
DECHAMP, John <1869> M French Bir: Ont
DEFOE, Ann <1853> F French Bir: Ont
DEFOE, Frank <1855> M French Bir: Ont
DEJARDIA, Luenncia <1873> F Canadian Bir: Ont
DENNISON, Nellie <1869> F Irish Bir: Ont
DENNISON, Mary <1878> F Irish Bir: Ont
DERMID, Maggie <1858> F Scottish Bir: Ont
DINGWALL, John <1843> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, John <1839> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Colin <1841> M Scottish Bir: Scot
MCDONALD, John B. <1847> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Mary <1850> F Irish Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Mary <1851> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, James <1856> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Mary C. <1870> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Archie <1872> M Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Susanna <1876> F Irish Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Donald John <1878> M Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Isabella <1881> F Bir: Ont
MCDONALD, Jane <1881> F Bir: Ont
MCDOUGALL, Ann <1832> F English Bir: Engl
MCDOUGALL, Neil <1857> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDOUGALL, James <1858> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDOUGALL, Walter <1859> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDOUGALL, Robert <1861> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDOUGALL, Fannie <1862> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCDOUGALL, Aggie <1870> F Scottish Bir: Ont
DUCHARMES, Harriet <1837> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
DUCHARMES, Harriet <1863> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
DUCHARMES, Martin <1863> M French Bir: Ont
DUFF, James <1849> M Irish Bir: Irel
FABAHQUNIN, Namab <1838> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
FABAHQUNIN, John Bapt <1840> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
FABAHQUNIN, Alexie <1841> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MCFADDEN, Thomas <1855> M Irish Bir: Ont
MCFADDEN, Mary J. <1857> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCFADDEN, Annie E. <1878> F Irish Bir: Ont
MCFADDEN, Wi m J. <1880> M Bir: Ont
FAYON, John Bapt <1846> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
FAYON, Stephen <1851> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
FAYON, Mary <1861> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
FAYON, John <1878> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
FAYON, Lucy <1880> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
FREEMAN, Thomas <1842> M English Bir:
FREEMAN, Charlott <1848> F English Bir: Ont
FREEMAN, Wi m <1868> M Bir: Ont
FREEMAN, Mary <1869> F Bir: Ont
FREEMAN, Charlott C. <1873> F Bir: Ont
FREEMAN, Thomas J. A. <1874> M Bir: Ont
FREEMAN, Rose Ann <1878> F Bir: Ont
FREEMAN, Victoria <1880> F Bir: Ont
FREGAN, Frederic <1835> M French Bir: Queb
FREGAN, Virginia <1841> F French Bir: Queb
FREGAN, Delph <1861> F French Bir: USA
FREGAN, Frederic <1862> M French Bir: USA
FREGAN, Louis <1865> M French Bir: USA
FREGAN, Clophes <1869> F French Bir: USA
FREGAN, Louisa <1872> F French Bir: USA
GAELH, John <1841> M German Bir: Ont
GARDEN, Louisa <1846> F French Bir: Ont
GARDEN, Joseph <1877> M Bir: Ont
GODFREY, Thomas <1856> M Irish Bir: Ont
GOODWIN, Able <1841> M Indigenous Bir: NwT
GOODWIN, <1845> F Indigenous Bir: NwT
GOODWIN, Isabella <1866> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
GOODWIN, Sarah <1868> F Bir:
GOODWIN, Luzie <1870> F Bir:
GOODWIN, Jennie <1875> F Bir:
GOODWIN, Joseph <1877> M Bir:
GORMAN, John D. <1841> M Irish Bir: Irel
GORMAN, Mary <1856> F Irish Bir: Ont
GRAFFE, Frank F. <1849> M Canadian Bir: Ont
GRAHAM, George A. <1857> M Scottish Bir: Ont
GRANT, Henry J. <1840> M Scottish Bir: Ont
GRANT, Mary <1856> F Scottish Bir: USA
MCGREGOR, Jessie <1862> F Scottish Bir: Ont
GUERARD, Basil <1828> M French Bir: Queb
GUERARD, Adelaide <1833> F French Bir: Queb
GUERARD, Godfrey <1863> M French Bir: Ont
GUERARD, Henry <1866> M French Bir: Ont
GUERARD, Louisa <1869> F French Bir: Ont
GUERARD, Albert <1872> M French Bir: Ont
GUERART, Alexander <1865> M French Bir: Ont
HEALY, Wi m J. <1843> M Irish Bir: Irel
HEALY, Ellen N. <1847> F Irish Bir: Irel
HEALY, Daniel N. <1873> M Bir: Ont
HEALY, Eleanor <1875> F Bir: Ont
HANNA, Margaret <1843> F English Bir: Ont
HANNA, Martha A <1870> F Bir: Ont
HANNA, W. J. Campbell <1876> M Bir: Ont
HARTNEY, Michael <1836> M Irish Bir: Irel
HARVEY, James <1861> M Irish Bir: NS
HAYWARD, Samuel <1855> M English Bir: Engl
HAYWARD, Hannah M. <1857> F English Bir: Engl
HAYWARD, Samuel <1877> M Bir: Ont
HAYWARD, Wi m <1878> M Bir: Ont
HAYWARD, Arthur <1880> M Bir: Ont
HEWITT, Wi m <1851> M Irish Bir: Engl
HEWITT, Fannie <1855> F Irish Bir: Ont
HEWITT, Jane <1873> F Bir: Ont
HEWITT, Wi m <1875> M Bir: Ont
HEWITT, Jacob <1877> M Bir: Ont
HEWITT, Joseph <1879> M Bir: Ont
HOLLINGSWORTH, John S. <1855> M English Bir: Ont
HOLLINGSWORTH, Agnes <1857> F English Bir: Ont
HOLLINGSWORTH, Mary A. <1880> F Bir: Ont
INGALLS, Edmond <1841> M American Bir: USA
INGALLS, Ruth A. <1849> F American Bir: USA
INGALLS, Ruth L. <1874> F Bir: USA
INGALLS, Almira L. <1876> F Bir: USA
INGALLS, Edmond <1879> M Bir: USA
WHISKEY JACK, Nabous <1851> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
WHISKEY JACK, Catherine <1857> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
WHISKEY JACK, Agnes <1877> F Bir: Ont
WHISKEY JACK, Janeann <1879> F Bir: Ont
JACKSON, Grace <1831> F Scottish Bir: Scot
JACOB, Theresa <1806> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
JOHN, Mary <1846> F Indigenous Bir: USA
ST. JOHN, Michelle <1856> M French Bir: Ont
ST JOHN, Roasalle <1859> F French Bir: Ont
ST JOHN, Josephine <1879> F French Bir: Ont
JOHNSON, Constance <1852> M Swedish Bir: Swed
JOHNSON, Alexander <1855> M Swedish Bir: Swed
JOSEPH, Lizzie <1874> F French Bir: Ont
MCKAY, Nancy <1851> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKAY, Nancy <1867> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
MCKAY, Moses <1870> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MCKAY, Alexander <1872> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MCKAY, John <1879> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MCKAY, Joseph <1879> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
KEBEWCISO, Louie <1834> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
KEBEWCISO, John <1836> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
KEBEWCISO, Annie <1863> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
KEBEWCISO, Mary <1865> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
MCKELLAR, Margaret <1815> F Scottish Bir: Scotland
MCKELLAR, John <1836> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKELLAR, Mary <1839> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKELLAR, Peter <1841> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKELLAR, Effie <1843> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKELLER, Archie <1848> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKELLAR, Maggie <1853> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKELLAR, Susan <1861> F Scottish Bir: USA
MCKELLAR, J. Sewart <1863> M Scottish Bir: USA
KENNEDY, Annie <1860> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKENZIE, Elizabeth <1866> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCKENZIE, Alexander <1869> M Scottish Bir: Ont
KEOTASSING, David <1847> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
KEOTASSING, Round Eye <1870> M Bir: Ont
KEOUGH, Patrick Wm. <1841> M Irish Bir: USA
KEOUGH, Maria <1847> F Irish Bir: USA
KEOUGH, John <1871> M Irish Bir: USA
KEOUGH, Pamela <1875> F Bir: USA
MCKINNON, John C. <1862> M Scottish Bir: Ont
KIRKPATRICK, Wi m <1861> M Irish Bir: Ont
MCNABB, Richard <1847> M Irish Bir: Ont
MCNABB, Annie <1853> F Scottish Bir: Nova Scotia
MCNABB, Janet <1870> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCNABB, Joseph <1871> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCNABB, Neil <1874> M Scottish Bir: USA
MCNABB, Mary <1878> F Scottish Bir: USA
KNAPPEN, Prosper L. <1845> M German Bir: USA
KNAPPEN, Matilda E. <1847> F --- Bir: USA
LABLAU, Nanette <1870> F French Bir: Ont
LAFRANCICINA, Daniel <1853> M Swiss Bir: Switzerland
LAMBERT, Joseph <1781> M French Bir: BC
LAMBERT, Michael <1821> M French Bir: Quebec
LEE, James <1837> M Irish Bir: Ont
LEE, Mary <1844> F Irish Bir: Ont
LEE, Maria C. <1863> F Irish Bir: Ont
LEE, Wi m E. <1865> M Bir: Ont
LEE, Michael <1867> M Bir: Ont
LEE, John Hugh <1870> M Bir: Ont
LEE, Henry A. <1875> M Bir: Ont
LEE, Mary T. <1880> F Bir: Ont
LEOUDITT, George <1851> M French Bir: Ont
LAVALLEY, Moses <1837> M French Bir: Queb
LEVELLEY, Annie <1843> F Bir: NwT
LEVELLEY, Alexander <1865> M Bir: NwT
LEVELLEY, Albert <1868> M Bir: NwT
LEVELLEY, Emily <1871> F Bir: NwT
LEVELLEY, Josephine <1874> F Bir: NwT
LEVELLEY, Wi m <1875> M Bir: NwT
LEVELLEY, Angus <1877> M Bir: Ont
LONEY, Samuel <1861> M Irish Bir: Ont
LOONAM / LUNAM, Peter <1848> M Irish Bir: Queb
LOONAM, Mary D. <1851> F Irish Bir: Irel
LOONAM, Patrick E. F. <1875> M Bir: Queb
LOONAM, Mary Ellan <1876> F Bir: Queb
LOONAM, Peter Paul <1878> M Bir: Queb
LOONAM, Bertha S. <1880> F Bir: Queb
LOUTTIT, Ellen <1871> F English Bir: Ont
LOUTTIT, Samuel <1873> M English Bir: Ont
LOUTTIT, Elizabeth <1877> F English Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Simon <1841> M French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Moses <1843> M French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Margarett <1845> F French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Mary <1847> F French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Cathrine <1858> F French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Julyet <1865> F French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, George <1866> M French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Jannet <1868> F Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Joseph <1870> M Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Mary <1872> F Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Mary <1874> F Bir: Ont
LOUIE, John <1878> M French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Jane <1880> F French Bir: Ont
LOUIE, Simon <1881> M Bir: Ont
LUDITT, Moses <1859> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
LUDITT, Josephine <1861> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
LUNDBERG, John <1842> M Swedish Bir: Sweden
LUNDBERG, Caroline <1852> F Swedish Bir: Swed
LUNDBERG, Selma <1873> F Bir: USA
LUNDBERG, Ida <1875> F Swedish Bir: USA
LUNDBERG, Nellie <1877> F Swedish Bir: USA
LUNDBERG, Edward <1879> M Swedish Bir: Ont
LUNDBERG, Charles <1880> M Bir: Ont
MACAB / McCabe ?, Patrick <1860> M Irish Bir: Irel
MACCHESSING, Michel <1843> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MACCHESSING, Mary <1851> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
MACCHESSING, John <1871> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MACCHESSING, Nians <1880> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MCALLEN, Emily P. <1842> F English Bir: Engl
MCALLEN, Phillip <1842> M English Bir: Engl
MCALLEN, Phil <1863> M Bir: Engl
MCALLEN, Alfred <1867> M English Bir: Engl
MCALLEN, Edwin <1869> M English Bir: Engl
MCALLEN, Emily <1873> F Bir: NB
MCALLEN, Duglass <1875> M English Bir: NB
MCALLEN, Ernest <1877> M Bir: NB
MCALLEN, Adda <1879> F Bir: Ont
MCALLEN, Clement <1881> M Bir: Ont
MCLENNAN, Charles <1851> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLENNAN, Annie <1856> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLENNAN, Myra <1881> F Bir: Ont
MCINTYRE, John <1817> M Scottish Bir: Scot
MCINTYRE, Jane S. <1818> F English Bir: Engl
MCINTYRE, Mary V. <1850> F Scottish Bir: Queb
MCINTYRE, Annie <1862> F Bir: Ont
MCLAREN, Archibald <1831> M Scottish Bir: Scot
MCLAURIN, John <1836> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLAREN, Susan <1837> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLAURIN, Mary <1843> F Indigenous Bir: USA
MCLAURIN, George <1862> M Scottish Bir: USA
MCLAREN, James <1864> M Bir: USA
MCLAURIN, Peter <1866> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLAURIN, Susan <1868> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLAURIN, Mary Jane <1871> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLAURIN, Kate <1874> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLAREN, A. Allison <1875> M Bir: USA
MCLAURIN, Daisie M. <1877> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLEAN, Donald <1843> M Scottish Bir: Scot
MCLEAN, Wi m <1846> M Scottish Bir: Scot
MCLEAN, Mary J. <1850> F English Bir: Ont
MCLEAN, Flora <1851> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLEAN JR., Wi m <1852> M Canadian Bir: Ont
MCLEAN, Grace L. <1871> F Bir: Ont
MCLEAN, Winnifred J. <1871> F Scottish Bir: USA
MCLEAN, Alexander <1874> M Bir: Ont
MCLEAN, George <1878> M Bir: Ont
MCLEAN, Donald <1880> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLEAN, Mable Allace <1880> F Bir: Ont
MCLEOD, John <1841> M Scottish Bir: Scot
MCLEOD, Annie J. <1860> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MCLEOD, Annie <1868> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MAGUTANAH, Jacob <1794> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MAGUTANAH, Mary <1831> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
MAGUTANAH, Peann <1865> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MAGUTINA, Jacob <1796> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MARCILL, Edward <1856> M French Bir: NwT
MARCILL, Annie J. <1860> F French Bir: NwT
MARCILL, James G. <1878> M French Bir: Ont
MARCILL, Alace <1880> F Bir: Ont
MARTIN, Madaine <1826> F French Bir: Fran
MERCELL, James <1826> M French Bir: NwT
MERCELL, George <1847> M French Bir: NwT
MERCELL, Barbra <1851> F French Bir: Ont
MERCELL, Mary <1861> F French Bir: Ont
MERCELL, Harriet <1871> F French Bir: Ont
MERCELL, Domonic <1879> M French Bir: Ont
MICHAU / MICHAUD ?, Nanette <1873> F French Bir: Ont
MCMILLEN / McMILLAN ?, Grace <1861> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MINNAWABUSH, <1847> M Indigenous Bir: USA
MINNAWABUSH, Mary <1851> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
MINNAWABUSH, Alexander <1872> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MINNAWABUSH, Moses <1874> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MINNAWABUSH, Mary J. <1876> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
MINNAWABUSH, John <1878> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MINNAWABUSH, Joseph <1880> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MITCHELL, Henry <1841> M French Bir: Queb
MITCHELL, Louisa <1858> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
MITCHELL, Mary <1876> F French Bir: Ont
MITCHELL, Henry <1878> M French Bir: Ont
MITCHELL, Peter <1879> M French Bir: Ont
MIZZOBIE, Frank <1836> M Bir: Ont
MIZZOBIE, Louisa <1846> F Bir: Ont
MIZZOBIE, John <1863> M Bir: Ont
MIZZOBIE, Emaly <1865> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MIZZOBIE, John <1873> M Bir: Ont
MIZZOBIE, Sabill <1877> M Bir: Ont
MIZZOBIE, Mary M. <1879> F Bir: Ont
MOBERLY, Frank <1845> M English Bir: Ont
MOBERLY, Jessie V. <1875> F Bir: Ont
MOBERLY, Olgan <1876> F Bir: Ont
MOBERLY, Bernard K. <1878> M Bir: Ont
MOBERLY, George M. <1880> M English Bir: Ont
MOORE, Wi m <1853> M Irish Bir: Irel
MORISON, Daniel <1839> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MORISON, Mary M. <1845> F Scottish Bir: Scot
MORISON, Mary <1863> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MORISON, John <1866> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MORISON, James <1869> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MORISON, David <1870> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MORISON, Robert <1876> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MORISON, Henry <1878> M Bir: Ont
MORRISON, Murdock <1831> M Scottish Bir: Scot
MORRISON, Mary <1847> F English Bir: NwT
MORRISON, Donald <1851> M Scottish Bir: Scot
MORRISON, Jennie <1858> F Scottish Bir: Ont
MORRISON, Dinnah <1869> F English Bir: NwT
MORRISON, Thomas J <1871> M English Bir: NwT
MORRISON, Charles <1877> M English Bir: NwT
MORRISON, Nellie <1877> F Scottish Bir:
MORRISON, Alexander <1879> M Scottish Bir:
MORRISON, Mary <1879> F English Bir: NwT
MORSE, Charles <1846> M English Bir: NS
MORSE, Kate <1859> F English Bir: Queb
MORSE, Kate <1880> F English Bir: Ont
MU MU, <1821> F Bir: Ont
MU MU, Niael <1856> M Bir: Ont
MURRAY, Wi m <1836> M Scottish Bir: Ont
MUSKOAGESIE, <1837> M Indigenous Bir: USA
MUSKOAGESIE, Mary <1861> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
NOBAY, Moses <1862> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
ORGAN, Margaret <1871> F Irish Bir: Ont
ORGAN, Nancy <1875> F Irish Bir: Ont
OSHTEGUMAHE, Mary <1876> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
OSHTEGUMESHE, Charles <1843> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
OSHTEGUMESHE, Sarah <1851> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
OSHTEGUMESHE, John <1861> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
OSHTEGUMESHE, Andrew <1870> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
OSHTEGUMESHE, Cathrine <1880> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PADDY, Andrew <1857> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PADDY, Narrcy <1862> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PADDY, Mary <1878> F Bir: Ont
PADDY, Madeline <1880> F Bir: Ont
PEASE, Mary <1831> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PECHEAU, Paul <1874> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PENASSIE, John <1836> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PENASSIE, Mary <1848> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PENESSIE, Simon <1849> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PENESSIE, Joseph <1853> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PENESSIE, Mary A. <1855> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PENESSIE, Thomas <1867> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PENESSIE, Mary <1874> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PENESSIE, Peter <1880> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PERRAULT, Joseph <1842> M French Bir: Queb
PERRAULT, Ang <1846> F Indigenous Bir: Queb
PERRAULT, Joseph <1869> M French Bir: Queb
PERRAULT, Mary <1872> F French Bir: Ont
PERRAULT, Philemun <1872> F French Bir: Queb
PERAULT, Susan <1875> F French Bir: Ont
PERRAULT, Susan <1878> F French Bir: Ont
PERRAULT, Sarah <1881> F French Bir: Ont
PERRON, Frank <1854> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PERRY, Fred C. <1849> M American Bir: USA
PERRY, Katie <1851> F Scottish Bir: Ont
PESHUMA, Mary <1851> F Indigenous Bir: USA
PESHUMA, John <1871> M Indigenous Bir: USA
PESHUMA, Sallie <1873> F Indigenous Bir: USA
PESHUMA, Agnes <1875> F Indigenous Bir: USA
PESHUMA, Mary <1878> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PETEWAMQUET, Solomon <1846> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
MCPHERSON, Alexander <1857> M Scottish Bir: Ont
PISKIE, Mary A. <1841> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PISKY, Joseph <1836> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PISKY, Isabella <1841> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
PISKY, Joseph <1866> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
PISKY, Isabella <1868> F Bir: Ont
PISKY, Mary <1870> F Bir: Ont
PISKY, Margaret <1872> F Bir: Ont
PISKY, Paul <1874> M Bir: Ont
POULIN, Margret <1867> F French Bir: Ont
POINTON, Thomas C <1843> M English Bir: Engl
POINTON, Mary E <1849> F English Bir: Engl
POINTON, Sarah H. <1869> F Bir: Engl
POINTON, Perella V <1871> F Bir: Engl
POINTON, Elizabeth A <1874> F Bir: Engl
POINTON, Olive R <1876> F Bir: Engl
POINTON, Mary E <1879> F Bir: Ont
PRATT, Margaret <1820> F Scottish Bir: Scot
PRATT, Jessie <1850> F Scottish Bir: Scot
PRATT, Robert M. <1850> M Scottish Bir: Scot
PRATT, Stephen S. <1879> M Bir: USA
PURCELL, Patrick M Irish Bir: Irel
QUECUS, Margaret <1801> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
RANKIN, Robert <1858> M English Bir: NS
REDDEN, Dora <1860> F Irish Bir: Engl
REDDEN, Joseph <1867> M Irish Bir: Engl
RICHARDS, Thomas <1821> M Welsh Bir: NwT
RICHARDS, Mary <1830> F Scottish Bir: NwT
RICHARDS, Ellen <1861> F Welsh Bir: NwT
RICHARDS, Louisa <1866> F Welsh Bir: NwT
RICHARDS, Clara <1869> F Welsh Bir: NwT
RICHARDS, Christina <1874> F Welsh Bir: NwT
ROACH, Wi m <1860> M Irish Bir: Ont
ROBERTSON, Jane <1843> F English Bir: NwT
ROBIDEAN / Robideaux ?, John <1858> M French Bir: Queb
ROBIN, Philemon <1841> M French Bir: Queb
ROBIN, Aurilie <1842> F French Bir: Queb
ROBIN, Eugenie <1866> F French Bir: Queb
ROBIN, Damase <1869> M French Bir: Queb
ROBIN, Delphine <1871> F French Bir: USA
RYAN, Joseph <1843> M Irish Bir: Ont
RYAN, Maggie <1849> F Irish Bir: Ont
THOMS, Stuart <1851> M Irish Bir: Ont
THOMS, Mary J <1852> F Irish Bir: Ont
THOMS, Stuart <1873> M Bir: Ont
THOMS, Sarah <1876> F Bir: Ont
THOMS, Elizabeth <1878> F Bir: Ont
THOMS, Susana <1880> F Bir: Ont
SAUNDERS, Hester <1851> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
SAUNDERS, Maggie <1874> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
SCOTT, James <1853> M English Bir: Queb
SEBESKANT, <1835> M Indigenous Bir: USA
SHEHAN / SHEEHAN ?, Philip <1862> M Irish Bir: Ont
SHAW, James <1855> M English Bir: Ont
SILLES, John <1829> M Irish Bir: Irel
SILLES, Mary <1833> F Irish Bir: Irel
SILLES, Lucy <1863> F Irish Bir: Ont
SILLES, Maggie <1865> F Irish Bir: Ont
SILLES, John <1866> M Irish Bir: Ont
SILLES, James <1867> M Irish Bir: Ont
SILLES, Katie <1868> F Irish Bir: Ont
SILLES, Mary <1878> F Irish Bir: Ont
SIMON, Joseph <1845> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
SIMON, Mary <1853> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
SIMON, Mary <1875> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
SIMON, Joseph <1876> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
SIMON, Michel <1878> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
SIMON, Nancy <1880> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
SINGLETON, Joseph <1851> M English Bir: Ont
SINGLETON, Josephine <1853> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
SMITH, George B <1847> M Canadian Bir: Ont
SMITH, Josephine <1849> F English Bir: Ont
SMITH, James S. <1853> M Canadian Bir: Ont
SMITH, Herbert J <1874> M Bir: Ont
SMITH, Eestella <1875> F Bir: Ont
SMITH, Louisa M <1879> F Bir: Ont
SPOTTEN, Alexander L. <1826> M Irish Bir: Queb
SPOTTEN, Clarassa <1828> F Irish Bir: Queb
STEVENSON, Alexander <1842> M Scottish Bir: Scot
STEVENSON, Matilda <1859> F English Bir: NB
STEVENSON, Ann <1880> F Scottish Bir: Ont
SWANSON, Robert <1847> M English Bir: NwT
SWANSON, Sarah <1857> F English Bir: NwT
SWANSON, Frances C. <1878> F Bir: Ont
SWANSON, Wi m R <1880> M Bir: Ont
TARRNEY, Mary J <1873> F French Bir: Ont
THOMPSON, John <1836> M Scottish Bir: Scot
THOMPSON, Thomas Geo. <1857> M English Bir: Engl
MCVICAR, John R. <1831> M Scottish Bir:
MCVICAR, Christina <1842> F Scottish Bir: Queb
MCVICAR, Victoria <1845> F Scottish Bir: Queb
MCVICAR, George P. <1871> M Scottish Bir: Ont
WARRINGTON, Louisa F Indigenous Bir: Ont
WARRINGTON, Pritchard <1833> M English Bir: Ont
WARRINGTON, Fred <1867> M English Bir: Ont
WARRINGTON, Ell <1869> F Bir: Ont
WARRINGTON, Wi m <1872> M Bir: Ont
WARRINGTON, Warren <1875> M Bir: Ont
WARRINGTON, M. Sarah <1877> F Bir: Ont
WARRINGTON, Louisa <1880> F Bir: Ont
WATICIA, David <1853> M French Bir: Ont
WATICIA, Charlott <1855> F French Bir: Ont
WATICIA, Lizzie <1873> F French Bir: Ont
WATT, Jane <1859> F Scottish Bir: NwT
WEIDEU, Joseph <1855> M German Bir: USA
WEIDEU, Lucy <1855> F English Bir: USA
WEIGAND / WIEGAND Thomas <1802> M English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, William <1815> M English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, Mary <1821> F English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, John <1844> M English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, Jane <1849> F English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, William 1849 M English Bir: NwT (Wiegand)
WEIGAND, Thomas <1851> M English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, Mary <1859> F English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, Richard <1859> M English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, Robert <1864> M English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, Charlott E. <1869> F English Bir: NwT
WEIGAND, Mary J <1879> F English Bir: Ont
WEIGAND, Wi m F. <1881> M English Bir: Ont
GUENARD, Georgina <1860> F French Bir: Ont
WELSH, Sarah <1865> F Irish Bir: Ont
WHALEN, Joseph <1850> M Irish Bir: Ont
WHALEN, Allace <1851> F English Bir: Engl
WHALEN, Charlott <1860> F English Bir: Engl
WHALEN, James <1868> M Irish Bir: Ont
WHALEN, Wi m <1871> M Bir: Ont
WHALEN, Joseph <1874> M Bir: Ont
WHALEN, Rosanna <1876> F Bir: Ont
WHALEN, John <1878> M Bir: Ont
WHALEN, George F. <1880> M Bir: Ont
WHITE, Joseph <1854> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
WICKSTUD, Henry K. <1855> M English Bir: Queb
WICKSTUD, Helen M. <1861> F Scottish Bir: Ont
WICKSTUD, Anna W. <1880> F English Bir: Ont
WILMOT, Edward A. <1847> M English Bir: NB
WILMOT, Belle M. <1854> F English Bir: NS
WILMOT, Hugh H. <1880> M English Bir: Ont
WILSON, Peter <1849> M Scottish Bir: Ont
WILSON, Rebecca <1850> F Canadian Bir: Ont
WILSON, Charles <1856> M Irish Bir: Ont
WILSON, Mary M. <1872> F Scottish Bir: Ont
WILSON, Hannah J. <1874> F Scottish Bir: Ont
WILSON, Ernest <1876> M Scottish Bir: Ont
WILSON, Peter John <1879> M Scottish Bir: Ont
WHISKEY JACK, Nabous <1851> M Indigenous Bir: Ont
WHISKEY JACK, Catherine <1857> F Indigenous Bir: Ont
WHISKEY JACK, Agnes <1877> F Bir: Ont
WHISKEY JACK, Janeann <1879> F Bir: Ont
YOUNG, Bridget <1846> F Irish Bir: Irel
YOUNG, James <1846> M Scottish Bir: Scot
Many of the folks enumerated above are listed as "Indigenous". See also our page for Native Canadian history.
September 12, 2009:
Map Source: A Historical Atlas of Canada, Edited by D.G.G. Kerr,
University of Western Ontario, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Second Edition, 1966, page 45
Two main canoe routes departing from the western end of Lake Superior - from Grand Portage
and from Kaministiquia -- are shown on the map above. After 1803, most traffic went from
Kaministiquia. By the first decade of the nineteenth century, annual meetings of the Northwest
Company were held at Kaministiquia. These meetings were necessary to co-ordinate the operations
of the company to the west and north of Lake Superior. Capital was raised in Montreal and was
used to finance infrastructure required for the fur trade along the canoe and portage routes
from Montreal, up the Ottawa River to Mattawa and across to Lake Nippissing and to Lake Superior.
Old Woman Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada
Photo by Al Lewis
The wind was called "La Vieille", or the Old Woman. La Vieille led to layovers of up to a
week until she subsided. This is a very powerful lake which can turn from flat calm to six
foot rollers in an hour. Eric Morse and his wife canoed from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste. Marie
in a 17 foot Grumman canoe.
Grand Portage is in the State of Minnesota, USA.
... Al
December 29, 2009:
According to Bruce Graham (see Steamboat Mail Contracts), the first steam boat reached Lake Superior on July 27, 1857.
The steamer was named the Collingwood.
Steam Boat on Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada
Image Source: Selections from Picturesque Canada, plate 46
July 24, 2011
Brian Schatz is researching his Wiegand ancestors who show up in the 1881 census for Fort William. (see listing above).
September 4, 2011:
By 1900, thousands of new citizens came to the Lakehead to work on the railways and on the docks as freight-handlers.
The following excerpt is from a paper by Jean Morrison.
The paper is called "Ethnicity and Violence: The Lakehead Freight Handlers before World War 1" and it appears in Essays in Canadian Working Class History
Edited by Gregory S. Kealey and Peter Warrian, McClelland and Stewart, 1976, ISBN 0-7710-4477-1
The labour unrest involved mainly Italian and Greek labourers.
See also Italians in Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

August 1, 2012:
The Rock of Ages Lighthouse in Lake Superior
For other lighthouses, see our Lighthouses page.
October 24, 2012:
New article: Catholic Missionary Labours on the Lake Superior Frontier, 1667-1751, appears in the Autumn 1959 Ontario History publication of
the Ontario Historical Society, pages 237-250. Available in the OBOGS Library in Ottawa. See their online catalogue.
The author is Francis J. Nelligan, S.J.
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