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Caplette, Madeleine

Caplette, Madeleine

Female 1818 - 1906  (88 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1818 
  • 1818—1818: Lord Selkirk helps to bring the first Roman Catholic missionariesto the Selkirk settlement
    Lord Selkirk helps to bring the first Roman Catholic missionaries, including Father Provencher, to the Selkirk settlement and their church is established at St. Boniface (MHS)
1820 
  • 1820—1820: First Anglican missionary arrives at Selkirk settlement
    First Anglican missionary, John West, arrives at Selkirk settlement and establishes the first school in Red River
1821 
  • 1821—1821: Amalgamation of the North West Company and HBC
    Amalgamation of the North West Company and HBC brings the fur trade war to an end (MHS)
  • 1821—1821: Population of Red River begins to grow exponentially
    Population of Red River begins to grow exponentially after retired fur traders and their families move to the area (MHS)
1822 
  • 1822—1822: Fort Gibraltar renamed Fort Garry
    Fort Gibraltar renamed Fort Garry honoring Nicholas Garry who came from London to supervise the reorganization of the new company (MHS)
1823 
  • 1823—1823: Much of the Pembina Metis community relocates to the White Horse Plains and St. Boniface
    Much of the Pembina Metis community relocates to the White Horse Plains and St. Boniface (MHS)
1824 
  • 1824—1824: St. John’s, the first Anglican church, built
    St. John’s, the first Anglican church, built. (MHS)
  • 1824—1824: Métis leader Cuthbert Grant founds Grantown (now St. Francois Xavier)
    Métis leader Cuthbert Grant founds Grantown (now St. Francois Xavier) on the White Horse Plain (MHS)
1826 
  • 1826—1826: Great flood almost destroys the Selkirk Settlement
    Great flood almost destroys the Selkirk Settlement, causing many settlers to leave (MHS)
  • 1826—1826: George Simpson appointed acting Governor-in-Chief of Rupert’s Land
    George Simpson appointed acting Governor-in-Chief of Rupert’s Land (MHS)
  • 1826—1826: First St. Andrew’s Anglican Church near Lockport is erected
    First St. Andrew’s Anglican Church near Lockport is erected (MHS)
  • 1826—1827: Exodus of Des Meurons from Red River following the flood
    Exodus of Des Meurons, among them artist Peter Rindisbacher, from Red River following the flood (MHS)
1864 
  • 1864—1 Jan 1867: Canadian Confederation
    Resources at Library and Archives Canada Resources at Wikipedia During the years before Confederation, there was much happening in the colonies that would eventually unite to become the Dominion of Canada. In this section you will find a selection of essays on pre-Confederation themes: the evolution of Upper Canada, Lower Canada and the Atlantic Colonies; the effect of the American Civil War on Canada's formation; and the three famous conferences - at Charlottetown, Québec and London - that led to Canadian Confederation in 1867.
1869 
  • 1869—1870: Red River Rebellion
    Resources at Library and Archives Canada Resources at Wikipedia The Red River Rebellion (French: Rébellion de la rivière Rouge), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by the Métis leader Louis Riel and his followers at the Red River Colony, in what was the early stages of establishing today's Canadian province of Manitoba. For a prior period, it had been a territory called Rupert's Land and had been under control of the Hudson's Bay Company before it was sold.