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ARMSTRONG, A. M. – Canadian Voyageur who accompanied Nile
Expedition for the relief of General Gordon, Winnipeg Division –
Died during the expedition in 1884 or 1885 – (Appendix 3,
1884)
ARMSTRONG, George, former resident
of Barrie, Ontario – Died December 8, 1879, Portage la Prairie,
Manitoba – Commits suicide by taking strychnine – (JRO
79).
ARMSTRONG,
Jas. – Died December 11, 1886 near St. James, Manitoba –
Shoots himself accidentally – (ADS
86).
BACKUS, Charles –
Died June 14, 1883, Winnipeg, Manitoba, aged 34 – Smoth'd by
potato bags – (ADS
83).
BÉTOURNAY, Louis
(Hon.), – Puisne Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of
Manitoba – Born November 13, 1825 at St. Lambert, Quebec –
Died October 30, 1879, Winnipeg, Manitoba – (Obit.
79).
BLACK,
Rev. John, D.D. (Presbyterian) – Born January 8, 1818 at
Dumfries, Scotland – Died February 11, 1882 at Kildonan,
Manitoba – Came to America with his parents – (Obit.
82).
BLANCHARD, Sedley, Q.C. (1884) – Born in 1849 at
Truro, Nova Scotia – Died March 6, 1886 in Winnipeg, Manitoba –
He was the son of J. F. Blanchard, Esq., of Truro. He had resided in
Winnipeg since 1871. In 1876 he married a daughter of the Hon. L.
Clarke. – (Obit. 86).
BRODIE, Jas. – Died
April 30, 1882, Pipestone Creek, Manitoba – Drowned –
(ADS 82).
BROWN, David K. – Journalist – Native of the south of
Scotland – Died October 14, 1883 at Rat Portage, Manitoba
(today Kenora, Ontario) aged 29 – (Obit.
83).
CAMERON, John – Teamster for Ogilvie Bros.,
Winnipeg – Died October 26, 1884 – Shot dead in the house
of David Welch – Welch is tried for manslaughter and acquitted.
– (JRO 84).
CAMERON, Jos. –
Died August 25, 1883, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Drowned – (ADS
83).
CAMPBELL - fireman –
Died July 26, 1883, near Melbourne, Manitoba – Railway accident
– (ADS 83).
CARON, R. P. – Locomotive engineer – Died October 26,
1882, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Shot and killed by Archie McDonald
who is arrested – (JRO
82).
CARROLL, a prisoner –
Died July 22, 1880, Red River, Manitoba – Drowned while about
to cross from St. Boniface to Winnipeg – (JRO 80-81).
CARROLL, William –
Died December 3, 1881, near Eagle Lake, Manitoba – Killed by a
nitro-glycerine explosion on Can. Pacific Railway works – (JRO
80-81).
CAUCHON, Joseph Edouard (Hon.) – Lieut.-Governor of Manitoba
(1877-82) – Born December 16, 1816 at St. Roch, Quebec City –
Died February 23, 1885 at Whitewood, near Qu'Appelle, N.W.T. –
Died at his son's residence – (Obit.
85).
COOPER – A young man in the employ of a merchant
named R. Scott – Died July 12, 1886 at Minnedosa, Manitoba –
Attacked and fatally wounded by intoxicated Finlanders in the employ
of the railway at Shoal Lake – (JRO
86).
CORLEY, Frank –
Died April 6, 1883, Tisdale, Manitoba – Sawmill accident –
(ADS 83).
CORNISH, Francis Evans – M.P.P. – Born February 1, 1831
in London, Ontario – Died November 28, 1878 at Winnipeg,
Manitoba – He was a son of Dr. Wm. King Cornish, who came to
Canada in 1819 – (Obit.
78).
COURTNEY, Harry – A young man – Died July
21, 1885 near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba – Killed by
lightning – (JRO 85).
CRAMER, Annie –
Died March 5, 1883, St. Andrews, Manitoba – Burnt – (ADS
83).
CRESDELL, Joseph –
Died May 31, 1880, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Injured by the
explosion of the boiler in the saw mill of McAuley & Jarvis and
subsequently died – (JRO 80-81).
CUTHBERT, Daniel – Died June 30, 1886 near Norden,
Manitoba – Suicide by hanging. – (ADS
86).
DEAN, Sam. – Died
May 31, 1880, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Injured by the explosion of
the boiler in the saw mill of McAuley & Jarvis and subsequently
died – (JRO 80-81).
DENZALL, Robt., foreman – Died May 31, 1880,
Winnipeg, Manitoba – Killed by the explosion of the boiler in
the saw mill of McAuley & Jarvis – (JRO 80-81).
DESPATIS, Andre Augustin Forget (Rev.) – Principal
of St. Boniface College, Manitoba – Born in 1846 in Terrebonne,
Quebec – Died June 8, 1881, St. Boniface, Manitoba –
(Obit. 80-81).
DICKSON – Died August 2, 1886 near Birtle,
Manitoba – Drowned – (ADS
86).
DREWERS, M. – Died December 17, 1883 in Stony
Mountain Penitentiary, Manitoba – Commits suicide by hanging.
He had been sentenced a few months earlier to seven years'
imprisonment for manslaughter in the death of Patrick Maloney on
January 2, 1883. – (JRO 83).
DUMAS, Chas. – Died July 15, 1886 at Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Accidentally shot – (ADS
86).
DUNBAR, John – Died March 16, 1883, Selkirk,
Manitoba – Frozen – (ADS 83).
FERGUSON, J. C. – Died April 30, 1882, Pipestone
Creek, Manitoba – Drowned – (ADS 82).
FETTERY – Died October 3, 1886 at Rat Portage,
Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) – Railway accident. –
(ADS
86).
FLETCHER, Geo. – Canadian Voyageur who accompanied
Nile Expedition for the relief of General Gordon, Winnipeg Division –
Died during the expedition in 1884 or 1885 – (Appendix 3,
1884)
FORGET DESPATIS, Rev. Andre Augustin – Principal
of St. Boniface College, Manitoba, born in Terrebonne, Quebec –
Died June 8, 1881, St. Boniface, Manitoba (see p. 405) – (Obit.
80-81).
FRASER, John – Worman on a sub contract of Section
B, Canadian Pacific Railway – Died December 19, 1879 about 30
miles from Rat Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) –
Instantly killed in the explosion of a can of nitro-glycerine –
(JRO 79).
FREESE – Died July 30, 1886 in Bow River, Manitoba
– Drowned – (ADS
86).
GORDON, Leroy –
Died March 8, 1882, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Falls from a bridge –
(ADS 82).
GUNN, Donald (Hon.) – Retired Hudson's Bay
Company's Officer – Born in September 1797 in Falkirk,
Caithnessshire, Scotland – Died November 30, 1878, St. Andrews,
Manitoba – He came to America in 1813 – (Obit.
78).
HAMILTON, George – Manager of the banking firm of
Manning & Co., at Brandon Manitoba – Died August 1882 at
Brandon, Manitoba – Died by his own hand. He was a son of Hon.
John Hamilton, Senator of Kingston, Ontario – (Obit.
82).
HAY, Alex. – Died June 20, 1886 near Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Drowned – (ADS
86).
HEFTERSON – Died September 10, 1886 near Rat
Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) – Railway accident. –
(ADS
86).
HENDERSON, R. – Canadian Voyageur who accompanied
Nile Expedition for the relief of General Gordon, Winnipeg Division –
Died during the expedition in 1884 or 1885 – (Appendix 3,
1884)
HIGGINS, W., of Winnipeg, Manitoba – Wholesale
merchant – Died November 7, 1885, Isle Royale, Lake Superior,
Michigan, U.S.A. – Lost in the wreck of the iron steamship
Algoma. – (JRO 85).
HOLDEN, James – Managing Director of the Whitby,
Port Perry and Lindsay Railway – Born February 29, 1829 (sic)
at Stouffville, Ontario – Died October 24, 1881, Dominion City,
Manitoba – (Obit. 80-81).
HOLMES, David – Died August 10, 1882, Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
HUSTON, S. – Died March 13, 1882, Rat Portage,
Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) – Cuts his throat – (ADS
82).
JAMES, John Collinson, C.E. – Chief Engineer and
Supt. of Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, western
division (1882) – Born in December 1846 at Otterbourne,
Northumberland, England – Died February 27, 1883 in Winnipeg,
Manitoba – He came to Canada in 1866. – (Obit.
83).
JENNING, L. J. – Died June 20, 1886 near Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Drowned – (ADS
86).
JONES, Alex. – Died November 14, 1882, Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
KENNEDY, W. N. (Lt.-Col.) – Regr. for Registration
Div. of Winnipeg, Manitoba – Deceased, successor appointed on
May 4, 1885 – (PAPS Manitoba
85).
KITTSON, Alexander – M.P.P. for Ste Agathe in the Manitoba
Assembly (1879-83) – Born February 26, 1853 at North Pembina,
Manitoba – Died April 27, 1883 at St. Boniface, Manitoba –
He was a son ot the well known ''Commodore'' Kittson, of St. Paul,
Minnesota, U.S.A. – (Obit.
83).
LEONARD, Patrick – Canadian Voyageur who
accompanied Nile Expedition for the relief of General Gordon,
Winnipeg Division – Died during the expedition in 1884 or 1885
– (Appendix 3, 1884)
LÉONARD, Samuel – Died June 14, 1886 in
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba – Drowned – (ADS
86).
LEYDEN, Louis – Died November 28, 1882, Point
Douglas, Manitoba – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
LOGAN, J. E. – Foreman on a sub contract of
Section B, Canadian Pacific Railway – Died December 19, 1879
about 30 miles from Rat Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) –
Instantly killed in the explosion of a can of nitro-glycerine –
(JRO 79).
LOGER
dit DUSABLE, Louis – Born in Manitoba – Died May 5, 1884
in Quebec aged 94 – (DL
84).
LONG, David – Died April 23, 1886 at Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Falls from an electric lightmast – (ADS
86).
MACBETH, Robt. – One of the survivors of the
settlers who came over to Red River with Lord Selkirk, 1815 –
Born in 1801 in Sutherlandshire, Scotland – Died August 20,
1886 at Kildonan, Manitoba – (Obit.
86).
MacDONELL, Donald Aeneas (Lt.-Col.)
– Late Warden of the Kingston Penitentiary – Born in 1794
– Died March 11, 1879, Brockville, Ontario – He was
descended from an ancient Scottish family. His grandfather served for
some years in the Spanish Army, and subsequently emigrated to
America, where he settled on the banks of the Susquehanna. During the
American revolution he was a staunch Loyalist, and at its close he
came with the U. E. Loyalists to Upper Canada and settled in the
Township of Cornwall. His son Miles, father of the subject, was
selected by the Earl of Selkirk to take charge of his colony at Red
River, and was the first Governor of the Settlement. – (Obit.
79).
MACDONNELL, John Milnes – Barrister of Manitoba
(1872) – Died December 6, 1883 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, aged 36 –
He was the youngest brother of the Rev. D. J. Macdonnell of Toronto.
– (Obit. 83).
MALARK, Patrick – Worman on a sub contract of
Section B, Canadian Pacific Railway – Died December 19, 1879
about 30 miles from Rat Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) –
Instantly killed in the explosion of a can of nitro-glycerine –
(JRO 79).
MALONEY, Patrick, of Ottawa, Ontario – Died
January 2, 1883 at Rat Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) –
Murdered by M. Drewers, who chops his head open with an axe. He is
found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years'
imprisonment in the Penitentiary. On 17th December, he
commits suicide by hanging in Stony Mountain (Manitoba) Penitentiary.
– (JRO 83).
MARSHALL, David – Sub-Collector of Customs at
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1883-85) – Died in November 1885
at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba aged 61 – (Obit.
85).
McCABE, J. – Died February 23, 1883, Brandon,
Manitoba – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
McDERMOTT, Andrew – A Red River pioneer –
Born in 1789 in Roscommon, Ireland – Died October 12, 1881,
Winnipeg, Manitoba – He is said to have been the last of those
who emigrated to the North West, in 1812, with Lord Selkirk. –
(Obit. 80-81).
McDONALD (Dr) – Died May 4, 1886 at Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Suicide by drowning – (ADS
86).
McDONALD, Arch. – Died July 10, 1882, Point
Douglas, Manitoba – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
McFADDEN, Ida (Miss) – Died June 23, 1886 near
Birtle, Manitoba – Killed by lightning – (ADS
86).
McKAY, James (Hon.) – ex-M.L.C. of Manitoba –
Born at Edmonton House, Saskatchewan, N. W. T. – Died December
3, 1879, Deer Lodge, near Winnipeg, Manitoba – He was the
eldest son of Mr. James McKay, of Sutherlandshire, Scotland –
(Obit. 79).
McKEAGHNEY – Puisne Judge of the Court of Queen's
Bench, Manitoba – deceased – Successor appointed on
October 20, 1880 – (PAPS
Dominion 80-81).
McKEAGNEY, James Charles (Hon.) – A Puisne Judge
of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba – Born in 1815 in
County Tyrone, Ireland – Died September 14, 1879, St. Andrews,
New Brunswick – Immigrated from Ireland to Nova Scotia when he
was seven years old. He lived in Nova Scotia most of his life. He was
appointed to a Judgeship in Manitoba in 1872. – (Obit.
79).
McLEAN, D. B. – Canadian Voyageur who accompanied
Nile Expedition for the relief of General Gordon, Winnipeg Division –
Died during the expedition in 1884 or 1885 – (Appendix 3,
1884)
McLELLAN (Mrs.) – Died October 6, 1886 at Morden,
Manitoba – Fatally burned whilst trying to save the bridge from
destructive prairie fires. – (JRO
86).
McMILLAN – Chief of Police, of Brandon, Manitoba –
Died December 16, 1885 – Accidentally shoots himself with a
rifle, and dies from the effects of the wound. – (JRO
85).
McMILLAN, Duncan – Died December 3, 1881, near
Eagle Lake, Manitoba – Killed by a nitro-glycerine explosionon
Can. Pacific Railway works – (JRO 80-81).
MILLER, Frederick – Died July 14, 1886 at
Winnipeg, Manitoba – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
MILLER, Jas. Andrews, Q.C. (1880), D.C.L. (1873) –
Born July 29, 1839 at Galt, Ontario – Died November 1, 1886 at
Winnipeg, Manitoba – Died the result of a fall – He was
the second son of the late John Miller, Esq., of Galt – (Obit.
86).
MOSS, William – Journalist – Born June 15,
1852 at Toronto, Ontario – Died June 23, 1882 at Winnipeg,
Manitoba – He is a brother of the late Chief Justice Moss and
Mr. Chas. Moss, Q.C. His remains were brought to Toronto for
interment – (Obit. 82).
MURPHY, engineer – Died July 26, 1883, near
Melbourne, Manitoba – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
O'BRIEN - A foreman –
Died February 17, 1881 beyond Rat Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora,
Ontario) – Killed in an explosion from nitro-glycerine on the
Canadian Pacific Railway – (JRO 80-81).
O'DONOGHUE, William B. – A member of Riel's
Provisional Government in Manitoba, 1869-1879 – Died March 26,
1878, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A – (Obit.
78).
O'REILLY, Hamilton R. – Barrister of Ontario
(1836); of Manitoba (1874) – Born in 1810 in Halton, Ontario –
Died June 13, 1883 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – He was a brother of
Miles O'Reilly, Esq., Q.C., of Hamilton, Ontario – (Obit.
83).
PAGE, H. – Worman on a sub contract of Section B,
Canadian Pacific Railway – Died December 19, 1879 about 30
miles from Rat Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) –
Instantly killed in the explosion of a can of nitro-glycerine –
(JRO 79).
PALMER – Died October 3, 1886 at Pincher Creek,
Manitoba – Killed by a horse – (ADS
86).
PARKER, John – Died May 28, 1882, Stonewall
(Manitoba?) – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
PAYNE, J. – Died June 10, 1882, Winnipeg, Manitoba
aged 2 – Burnt to death – (ADS 82).
PETERSON, A. – Died
November 15, 1886 near Red River, Manitoba – Drowned –
(ADS
86).
PHILLIPS – Died September 10, 1886 near Rat
Portage, Manitoba, (today Kenora, Ontario) – Railway accident.
– (ADS
86).
POWER, R. – Chief
Police for Province (Manitoba) – deceased – Successor
appointed on July 26, 1880 (PAPS
Manitoba 80-81).
PRATT, Mrs. – Died December 17, 1882, Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Burned to death – (ADS 82).
RIEL (Mrs.) – Died May 24, 1886 at St. Vital,
Manitoba – Widow of Louis Riel. Her remains are interred beside
those of her husband in the St. Boniface Cathedral cemetery on the
following day. – (JRO 86).
RIEL, Louis – Leader of the Insurrection in the
N.-W. Territories – Born October 23, 1844 at St. Boniface,
Manitoba – Executed November 16, 1885 at Regina, N.W.T. –
He was the son of the late Louis Riel, in his lifetime a popular
leader among the ''Half-breeds'' of Red River, of which country he
was a native, by Marguerite Boucher, a ''Half-breed'' woman; and
grandson of Jean Baptiste Riel, a native of Berthier, Quebec. –
(Obit. 85).
ROBINSON – Died April 6, 1883, Niverville,
Manitoba – Engineer, Railway collision – (ADS 83).
ROBINSON, Jos. – Died December 15, 1882, Brandon,
Manitoba – Frozen to death – (ADS 82).
ROSS, Wm. Hy., – Barrister of Ontario and Manitoba
– Died August 5, 1880 in Toronto, Ontario aged 29. –
(Obit. 80-81).
ROYAL, Joseph Come Seraphin – Died November 17,
1882 in Montreal, aged 24 – Eldest son of Hon. Joseph Royal,
M.P. He edited for some years the Metis newpaper at St.
Boniface (Manitoba) – (Obit.
82).
RUSSELL, B. (Mrs.) – Died June 23, 1886 near
Birtle, Manitoba – Killed by lightning – (ADS
86).
SEALE, George – Died June 29, 1883, Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Gunpowder explosion – (ADS 83).
SEARLE, George – Insurance agent from Montreal –
Died June 29, 1883, Winnipeg, Manitoba – Died in the expolsion
of several kegs of powder stored in the warehouse of the hardware
store of J. H. Ashdown. – (JRO 83).
SMITH – Puisne Judge Ct. Queen's Bench, Manitoba –
Deceased , successor appointed on February 3, 1885 – (PAPS
Dominion 85).
SMITH (Mrs.) – Died October 12, 1886 in Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Accidental fall.. – (ADS
86).
SMITH, Robert (Hon.) – Puisné Judge of the
Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba (1884-85) – Born in 1837 at
Loweswater, Cumberland, England – Died January 19, 1885 at
Winnipeg, Manitoba – His death was caused by consumption. –
(Obit. 85).
SPENCE, Mrs. – Died February 3, 1883, Rockwood,
Manitoba – Frozen to death – (ADS 83).
SPENCER, Geo. B. – Collector of Customs at
Winnipeg (1870-82) – Died October 5, 1886 at Winnipeg, Manitoba
aged 74 – (Obit. 86).
SUTHERLAND, Alex. Macbeth (Hon.) – Provincial
Secretary of Manitoba – Born December 31, 1849 in Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Died March 7, 1884 in Winnipeg, Manitoba – He
died from an attack of typhoid fever, and was accorded the honour of
a public funeral by the Province. – He was the third son of the
Hon. John Sutherland, Senator. – (Obit.
84).
SUTHERLAND, John – Died January 31, 1883,
Winnipeg, Manitoba – Effects exposure while lost 6 days in
woods – (ADS 83).
TAYLOR (Mrs.), and 3 daughters aged 21, 23, and 27 –
Died March 5, 1882, Meadowlea, Manitoba – Frozen to death
following the burning down of their house – Mrs Taylor was the
wife of Mr. Jno. Taylor. – (JRO
82).
THIBAULT, Jean Baptiste (Very Rev.) – Ordained
1833, Red River Territory; missionary in Saskatchewan 1842 to 1872 –
Born December 14, 1880 – Died April 4, 1879, St. Denis en
bas, Quebec – (Obit. 79).
TISSOT, J. (Very Rev.), O.M.I. – Vicar-General of St. Boniface
– Native of Normandy, France – Died August 4, 1885 at St.
Boniface, Manitoba aged 60 – He came to Canada early in life. –
(Obit. 85).
WALSH, Aquila – Commr. of Dominion Lands for
Manitoba and the N.W.T. (1882-85) – Born May 15, 1823 at
Charlotteville, Ontario – Died March 6, 1885 at Winnipeg,
Manitoba – Died by accident – He was descended from U. E.
Loyalists. – (Obit. 85).
WILSON – Keeper in the Selkirk lunatic Asylum –
Died March 14, 1885 at Winnipeg, Manitoba – Murdered with
horrible atrocity by an insane woman – (JRO
85).
WOOD, Edmund Burke (Hon.) – Chief Justice of Manitoba (1874) –
Born February 13, 1820 near Fort Erie, Ontario – Died October
7, 1882 at Winnipeg, Manitoba – (Obit.
82).
WYATT,George H. – Died January 6, 1883 in
Winnipeg, Manitoba – Died suddenly. – (Obit.
83).
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