We are still Here: the Métis in the West
As many of you know, I am descended from Joseph Beaulieu, who crossed the Rocky Mountains in 1807 with David Thompson. My DNA test tells me that he is a…
Read moreArtifacts
Many are the historical artifacts that can be found among descendants of Hudson’s Bay Company employees, but for James Birnie and Alexander Caulfield Anderson descendants, our ancestors’s fur trade artifacts…
Read moreElton Anderson, logger and naturalist
This is my second post on Elton Alexander Anderson. If you missed my first post, you can find it here: http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/elton-alexander-anderson/ The first story brings my readers through the…
Read moreElton Alexander Anderson
Elton Alexander Anderson, 1907-1975. Son of Arthur Beattie Anderson and Emily May Christmas. Grandson of Alexander Caulfield Anderson, of whom I have often spoken on this blog. Elton was my…
Read moreAll My Relations, New and Old
“All My Relations” — a phrase that the Métis often use. It began with the Canadiens: it was a tradition among the Canadien voyageurs that as they leave Montreal to…
Read more