NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!

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Pierre Hudon comes to New France

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 5, 2020 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet, Metis in the West
Pierre Hudon comes to New France

So how and when did Pierre Hudon-dit-Beaulieu come to New France? Why is easy to understand why: his father was dead of disease and his mother apparently safe. There was…

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A Baker in old France

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 17, 2020 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet, Metis in the West
A Baker in old France

This is a continuation of the story of the Hudon dit Beaulieu family in France and Quebec. It is generally believed that Pierre Hudon dit Beaulieu arrived in Quebec as…

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John Whalika

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 22, 2020 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet, Natives in the Fur Trade
John Whalika

Who was John Whalika? He was one of my great-great-grandfather’s First Nations slaves — a Haida man who James Birnie rescued from the Indian slave trade that flourished up and…

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A Look-Back at James Birnie’s life

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 4, 2020 Fur Trade History, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
A Look-Back at James Birnie’s life

So, in 1846, James Birnie retired, a disappointed man, after 28 years of working in the fur trade of the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company. How did…

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James Birnie Retires

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 20, 2020 Fur Trade History, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie Retires

James Birnie was a big man; a broad-shouldered and deep-chested man who stood six feet tall, according to Irene Martin, who wrote the book Beach of Heaven. He spoke in…

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