On this account in the lists given in the archives and
other official documents, the labourers were often sent to the Posts of
the Company, and after serving several years often became settlers.
(List given in Manitoba Historical Society Transactions, 33.)
A.
List of men who arrived at Hudson Bay in 1811 and left York Factory for
the interior in July, 1812:
Names. Age. Whence.
1 Colin Campbell 21 Argyle
2 John McKay 22 Rossshire
3 John McLennan 23 Rossshire
4 Beth Bethune 19 Rossshire
5 Donald McKay 17 Rossshire
6 William Wallace 21 Ayr
7 John Cooper 26 Orkney, came to Upper Canada.
8 Nichol Harper 34 Orkney
9 Magnus Isbister 21 Orkney, probably father of A.K. Isbister
10 George Gibbon 50 Orkney
11 Thos. McKim 38 Sligo
12 Pat Corcoran 24 Crosmalina
13 John Green 21 Sligo
14 Pat Quinn 21 Killala
15 Martin Jordan 16 Killala
16 John O'Rourke 20 Killala
17 Anthony McDonnell 23 Killala
18 James Toomey 20 Killala
The Author is not aware of the existence of any list of the first
settlers other than these.
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