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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Fort Colvile farm

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 15, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Fort Colvile farm

J. Orin Oliphant wrote an excellent article on “Old Fort Colville [Colvile]”, and I am again dipping into it to discover what farm animals were to be found there over…

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Betsy Birnie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 29, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Betsy Birnie

Betsy was the eldest daughter of James and Charlot Birnie, born in 1822 at the North West Company’s Spokane House. She was a toddler at Fort Okanogan. When she was…

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A Hudon Marriage and Baptism in old France

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 14, 2019 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet, Metis in the West
A Hudon Marriage and Baptism in old France

I told you in a previous post that I acquired a manuscript from an archives in France, that tells us of the Hudon-dit-Beaulieu family in France and in Quebec. But…

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We are still Here: the Métis in the West

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 19, 2019 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet, Metis in the West
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…

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Murder at Pillar Rock

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 21, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Murder at Pillar Rock

James Birnie played a role in the punishment of the murderers of the HBC fisherman at Pillar Rock in August 1840. This is the story that I promised you a…

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