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Alfred Grant

Alfred Grant

Male Abt 1883 - 1897  (14 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alfred Grant about 1883 Northwest Territories (son of James Cuthbert Grant and Josephte Helene Gariepy); 8 May 1897Lebret, SK.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Cuthbert Grant 22 Mar 1837 Red River Settlement, MB; St. Francis Xavier, Red River Settlement, MB (son of Cuthbert James Grant and Elizabeth (Bethsy) McKay); before 1901Lebret, SK.

    James Josephte Helene Gariepy 16 Jun 1862Assumption, Pembina, ND. Josephte 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Josephte Helene Gariepy 1844.
    Children:
    1. Marie Justine Grant 22 May 1863 United States; 1881SK.
    2. James Joseph Grant 1864 ND; 25 Aug 1884Lebret, SK.
    3. Marie Rose Grant about 1867 ND; 28 Jan 1900Lebret, SK.
    4. Marie Virginie Grant about 1871 Wood Mountain, SK.
    5. Florestine Grant 26 Sep 1872 MB; 17 May 1892Lebret, SK.
    6. Cuthbert Grant about 1874 Northwest Territories; 26 Aug 1897Lebret, SK.
    7. Josephine Grant about 1876 Northwest Territories.
    8. Allyre Grant 20 May 1879 Northwest Territories; 1963.
    9. Ernestine Grant about 1881 Northwest Territories; 17 May 1892Lebret, SK.
    10. 1. Alfred Grant about 1883 Northwest Territories; 8 May 1897Lebret, SK.
    11. Joseph Grant about 1886 Northwest Territories; 17 Nov 1891Lebret, SK.
    12. Amalie Florestine Grant 15 Jun 1889 St. Francis Xavier, Whitehorse Plains, Red River Settlement, MB; 1910.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Cuthbert James Grant 1793 Fort Tremblante, Rupertsland, SK (son of Cuthbert Grant and Utinawasis (Marguerite), Cree Woman); 15 Jul 1854White Horse Plain, Grant Town, Red River, Rupertsland, SK; St. Francis Xavier, Whitehorse Plains, Red River Settlement, MB.

    Notes:

    He was a prominent Metis leader.
    His father was a Nort West Company partner. His mother was Metis.
    In 1801, at the age of 8, he was sent to be educatedto Scotland, (this is uncertain).
    In 1812, he entered the service of the North West Company .
    He became involved in the bitter struggle between the Nor'westers and the Hudson Bay Company. The capture and destruction of Fort Gibralar and the Battle os Seven Oaks, where Robert semple and 21 colonists were killed.
    Despite this when the two rival companies merged in 1821 under the name Hudson Bay Company, the new governor, Sir George Simpson , requested Grant to head a Metis settlement of some 2,000 people siruated some 16 miles west of the Red River Colony on the Assiniboine River, which became to be known as Granttown for many years, then was renamed St Francois Xavier after the patron saint of the town.
    He became a sheriff and magistrate in the District of Assiniboia.
    Cuthbert died from injuries sustained after falling off his horse.

    Cuthbert Elizabeth (Bethsy) McKay 22 May 1814Fort Gibraltar, MB. Elizabeth 1799; 1877Northwest Territories. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth (Bethsy) McKay 1799; 1877Northwest Territories.
    Children:
    1. 2. James Cuthbert Grant 22 Mar 1837 Red River Settlement, MB; St. Francis Xavier, Red River Settlement, MB; before 1901Lebret, SK.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Cuthbert Grant 1750 Cromdale, Strathspey, Inverness, Scotland (son of Donald Grant); 1799Kaministiquia, Thunder Bay, ON.

    Notes:

    His wife was Metis.

    Cuthbert Utinawasis (Marguerite), Cree Woman 1788Red River Settlement, Northwest Territories. Utinawasis 1770; 1799St. Eustache, MB. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Utinawasis (Marguerite), Cree Woman 1770; 1799St. Eustache, MB.
    Children:
    1. Josephte Jossette Grant 1785 Fort Tremblant, Toga, SK; 1815.
    2. Marguerite Grant 1789 Qu'Appelle, Northwest Territories; 1866.
    3. 4. Cuthbert James Grant 1793 Fort Tremblante, Rupertsland, SK; 15 Jul 1854White Horse Plain, Grant Town, Red River, Rupertsland, SK; St. Francis Xavier, Whitehorse Plains, Red River Settlement, MB.
    4. Mary Suzette Grant 22 Dec 1794 Fort Tremblant, Toga, SK.
    5. Susan Grant 1796 Fort Tremblant, Toga, SK; 1877.