Fur trade genealogy
Fur trade genealogy is a very interesting subject, and I have quite a bit of information for some of the people whose Google searches turn up on my website. However,…
Read moreLieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton
Alexander Seton, after whom British Columbia’s Seton Lake was named, was born in 1814 at Tottenham, Middlesex. He was the eldest surviving son of Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s uncle, Alexander Anderson…
Read moreMore about the Anderson-Seton family — The First Generation
As long as I am telling you about Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s famous (and infamous) cousins, I might as well mention his aunts and uncles — the first generation that resulted…
Read moreThe First Cousins
First cousins are special. They are almost brothers and sisters; they are someone you have known all your life, if you are lucky enough to have known them at all.…
Read moreChief Trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson
In 1846, Fort Alexandria’s clerk-in-charge, Alexander Caulfield Anderson, received his long expected Commission as Chief Trader in the Honorable Hudson’s Bay Company’s service, 15 years after he first entered…
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