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Hi Donald, Sorry I disappeared for a bit- I was following up on all of this info! I made a trip to Ottawa last week and spent 5 days at the Archives. I came back with lots of great info and records from the RRS, some of which may be of interest for you and others. I have copies of some letters betwe...

We have a match! I contacted the Selkirk Society (thank you for the suggestion Donald!) and their genealogist Chloe replied and had this to add: from the Selkirk Papers, journal of Miles Macdonell: p. 16897 May 10, 1814: birth of s/o John McVicar, RRS p. 16898 May 12, 1814: bt of Archibald, s/o John...

I made it to the Toronto Reference Library yesterday and was pleased to discover they have a considerable amount of info on RRS in their holdings. I stuck mainly to books (they also have much on microfilm and other resources) and am slowly gaining a good overview of the events between 1811 and 1815 ...

HI Donald, It seems that you have a wealth of knowledge of the Red River Settlement! I am slowly reading through the sources I've found thanks to you and am anxiously awaiting more. I hope you won't mind if I lean on you for more resources and clarification. I noticed that one of the Red RIver lists...

Thank you for looking into this for me! What I have been able to piece together so far is that John McVicar and Katherine Adair (who I believe to be originally from Argyll) were somewhere in Hudson Bay territory long enough to have 3 sons born there (1814, 1816 and 1818). (I have still not located a...

More info that may shed some light on my theory: I have Arch McVicar on every Canadian census from 1842 till 1891 (he died in 1897) In two of the census his birthplace is given as Canada (1842,1852,) 2 have him born in Scotland (1861, 1891) and 2 has his birthplace as Manitoba (1871,1881). His broth...

Well I am a descendant of a John McVicar but whether he's the same John McVicar is what I'm trying to find out. I will start with what I know for certain and perhaps you can help me sort out whether I'm on the right track My 3 x great grandfather was Archibald McVicar b May 11 1814, eldest child of ...

I was searching for John McVicar and followed a link here to a post in the Old Archives that mentioned a John McVicar, carpenter, who traveled from Scotland with one of the Red River groups. I confess I am a terrible Canadian and know very little about that area of history and I would great apprecia...