Hi,

I just returned from the 160th anniversary reunion of St. Andrews on the Red. And I learned a few new facts from my researching there. In the Selkirk library there is an old text book that said Little Britain was so named by Richard (later named Lockport).


About the daughter Marguerite here ...

Mary O'Connor Lived until 1877 in the Red River Settlement

She and Richard Stevens had many children
Henry, born 1819 probably in Moose Factory
George born 1821 probably in Moose Factory
Thirza or Theresa, both names used, born 1823 en route to Red River
Margarite 1824, St Andrews, Manitoba
William ...

My two great grandparents that were each descended from the marriages of Mary O'Connor

My Great Gramma: From the Thomas marriage

Mary Ellen ORVIS, Metis
b: 19 Aug 1876 in Grand Marais, Manitoba
d: 1968 Burnaby, BC

her father was John Benson ORVIS, son of Loren Orvis, grandson of Silas
b: 14 Aug ...

Hi,

I am so happy to see the two posts and may I ask the lineage of your wife's Mary O line. As I said I am from the Thomas marriage and the Stevens marriage!

There are two sources that confirm for me that Mary O'Connor was indeed the name of the lady that married both of these gentlemen. And I ...

Jane Young Fidler, daughter of Isabella Stevens who is a daughter of Richard Stevens and Mary O'Connor. Mary has been called Meenish in the HBC biographical sheet of John Thomas Jr, who was her first husband, he died in a hunting accident and she remarried Richard Stevens.

They eventually relocated ...

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