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Cuthbert James Grant

Cuthbert James Grant

Male 1793 - 1854  (61 years)

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  • Name Cuthbert James Grant 
    Birth 1793  Fort Tremblante, Rupertsland, SK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Jul 1854  White Horse Plain, Grant Town, Red River, Rupertsland, SK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial St. Francis Xavier, Whitehorse Plains, Red River Settlement, MB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID P81718  Violette Family
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2018 

    Father Cuthbert Grant,   b. 1750, Cromdale, Strathspey, Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1799, Kaministiquia, Thunder Bay, ON Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Utinawasis (Marguerite), Cree Woman,   b. 1770   d. 1799, St. Eustache, MB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 1788  Red River Settlement, Northwest Territories Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F32687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth (Bethsy) McKay,   b. 1799   d. 1877, Northwest Territories Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 22 May 1814  Fort Gibraltar, MB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Cuthbert Grant,   b. 22 Mar 1837, Red River Settlement, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1901, Lebret, SK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 63 years)
    Family ID F32684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Marie Desmaris,   b. 1800   d. 1889 (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 1820  Fort Tremblant, Toga, SK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marie Grant
    Family ID F32685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Marie Marguerite McGillis,   b. 1805   d. 1856 (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 1823  Saint Boniface, MB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Caroline Grant,   b. 1819
     2. Marie Grant,   b. 15 Jul 1820, Northwest Territories Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elise Louisa Grant,   b. 1821, Saint Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860 (Age 39 years)
     4. Charles Grant,   b. 1824, Saint Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1888 (Age 64 years)
     5. Pierre Grant,   b. 1825   d. 1825 (Age 0 years)
     6. Marie Rose Grant,   b. 1828, Northwest Territories Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1920 (Age 92 years)
     7. Elizabeth Grant,   b. 1831, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860 (Age 29 years)
     8. Nancy-Anne Grant,   b. 1932, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1899, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Marguerite Elizabeth Grant,   b. 4 Aug 1833, St. Boniface, Red River Settlement, MB Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Cuthbert Louis Marie Grant,   b. 22 Aug 1834, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1835, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     11. Charles Cuthbert Grant,   b. 28 Dec 1835, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1909 (Age 73 years)
     12. Josephte Grant,   b. 10 Oct 1836, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. James Cuthbert Grant,   b. 22 Mar 1837, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1901 (Age 63 years)
     14. Sophia Caroline Grant,   b. 2 Mar 1839, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1899 (Age 59 years)
     15. Jessie Julie Grant,   b. 21 Feb 1841, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this location
     16. Julie Rose Marie Grant,   b. 6 Jan 1844, St. Francis Xavier, MB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1889 (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F32686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.