Colin Campbell

Notes for COLIN CAMPBELL:

Son of Alexander and Magdalena (Van Sise) Campbell.
Born: November 28, 1787 in Glengary, Ontario, Canada.
Died: November 9, 1853 in Red River Settlement, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Buried: November 12, 1853 in St Johns, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Married: Elizabeth "Liza" McGillivray About 1814 in Unknown.

Number of Children: 15
1. Catherine b. 1815 in Dunvegan, Northwestern Territories, Canada. d. March 16, 1902. Married (1) Benjamin McKenzie. (2) William S Clouston.
2. Helena b. 1820 in Fort Vermillion, Alberta, Canada. d. Unknown. Married: John Moar.
3. Magdelena b. Jun 23, 1822 in Middlechurch, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada. d. 1913 in Shoal Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. Married: William Bunn.
4. Ann b. 1823 in Dunvegan, Northwestern Territories, Canada. d. November 22, 1907 in Little Britain, Manitoba, Canada. Married: Alexander Hunter Murray.
5. Elizabeth b. 1824 in Peace River, Alberta, Canada. d. January 22, 1894. Married: John Garriouch.
6. Mary b. 1828 in Fort Vermillion, Alberta, Canada. d. March 26, 1856 in Fort Walla Walla, Washington. Married: James Sinclair.
7. Jesse Ellen or Jessies Jean b. 1828 in Peace River, Alberta, Canada. d. October 20, 1912 in Peace River, Alberta, Canada. Married: George Setter.
8. Alexander b. 1831 in Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada. d. 1842 in MCCallum, ?. Married Louisa Burland.
9. John S b. 1832 in Dunvegan, Red River Settlement, Canada. d. Unknown.
10. Margaret b. January 8, 1833 in Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada. d. Unknown. Never married.
11. Flora b. January 7, 1836 in Middlechurch, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada. d. December 29, 1872 in Headingly, Manitoba, Canada. Married: John Taylor.
12. Colinb. 1837 in Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada. d. September 27, 1846.
13. James b. 1840 in Dunvegan, Red River Settlement, Canada. d. May 6, 1930. Married (1) Elizabeth Scott. (2) Barbara Miller.
14. Richard Duncan b. 1842 in Ft. Chipewyan, Northwestern Territories, Canada. d. Unknown. Married: Frances Jane Thomas.
15.Archibald b. 1850 in Moose Factory, Northwestern Territories, Canada. d. August 4, 1887 in Lilly Plain District, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Married (1) Catherine Brown. (2) Mary Dreaver.

Name: Campbell, Colin
Parish: New Johnstown (E.Ontario) 1804-1821: NWC
Entered Service: in HBC in 1821
Dates: b.c1787 - d. 9 NOV 1853
1804-1821 In Service with North West Company (A.34/1)
1806-1808 Clerk and Interpreter, English River (E.1/1)
1812-1813 Wintered Fort Dunvegan, Peace River (HBRS Vol. I)
1821-1826 Clerk Fort Chipewyan Athabaska (B.239/k/1, p.56,79,114)
1826-1828 Clerk in Charge, Vermillion, Athabaska, (B.239/k/l, p.165/207)
1828-1832 Chief Trader Fort Dunvegan, Athabaska (B.239/k/l,p.241,261,282,304)
1832-1833 Chief Trader, Vermillion, Athabaska, (B.239/k/2,p.4)
1833-1834 on Furlough (B.239/k/2,p.28)
1834-1837 Chief Trader, Fort Dunvegan, Athabaska, (B.239/k/2,p.62,85,124)
1837-1839 Chief Trader Fort Chipewyan, Athabaska (B.239/k/2,p.153;B.39/a/37,38)
1839-1841 Chief Trader, Dunvegan, Athabaska (B.239/k/2,p.175,196)
1841-1847 Chief Trader in charge of District, Fort Chipewyan, Athabaska (B.239/k/2,p.218,248,270,317,347,381;B.239/a/40)
1847-1848 on furlough (B.239/k/2,p.399)
1848-1852 Chief Trader in charge of District, Matawagamingue, Kenogamissee (D.4/70,p.295;B.135/k/l,p.295,306;B.124/a/22)
1852-1853 on furlough (B.135/k/l,p.316)
1853, June 1, retired
1853, 9 November Died
(Source:Rootsweb.com Ancesters of Ray Campbell - 32 generations.)

Colin is identified in book First Metis Nation ID 658 as European. He is also identified in MF pages 149, 175 and 788. He is buried at St Johns (Winnipeg, Manitoba). Colin's biograph y is on page 431 in the book "Documents Relating to the North West Company" edited by W. Stew art Wallace and published originally as Champlain Society Publication XXII, subsequently published by Greenwood Press, Publishers New York 1968. It reads:
It states in USA that Colin was born at Schenectady, N.Y., USA
"Campbell, Colin (1787-1853) was born at River Beaudette, Lake St Francis, in Glengarry, Cana da, on November 25, 1787, the son of Alexander Campbell, a United Empire Loyalist, who repres ented Cornwall in the first legislature of Upper Canada, and his wife Magdalena Van Sice. H e entered the service of the North West Company as a clerk in 1804, doubtless through the inf luence of his elder brother, John Duncan Campbell. He spent most of his life in the Athabask a district. In 1813 Daniel Williams Harmon met him at Dunvegan; and he was described as an accountant in the Athabaska in 1816. He was taken over by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821, and he remained in the Athabaska district until 1846. In 1828 he was promoted to be chief trade r; but he never attained the rank of chief factor. After several years spent in charge of th e Kenogamissee district he retired from the fur trade on June 1, 1853; and a few months late r he died, on November 9, 1853, at the Red River Settlement. He married Elizabeth, daughter o f the Hon. John McGillivray."
(Source:Rootsweb.com Ancesters of Ray Campbell - 32 generations.)