Stromness 18130628 Hudson Bay 18130829 18130628/Stromness,Scotland/18130829/Hudson Bay,Canada/Prince of Wales Various The Prince of Wales took 97 settlers from Kildonan to the Earl of Selkirk's colony at Red River. It sailed with the Eddystone, carrying Hudson's Bay Company employees and, for the part of the voyage, HMS Brazen to protect from American privateers. Many died on the voyage from typhus, including the surgeon, and having been dumped far from anywhere by the Ship's captain, the settlers faced a harrowing overland trip in severe weather. Prince of Wales J Turner Hudson's Bay Company 342 Prince of Wales/?/?/? Lloyds This Hudson's Bay Company vessel was used by the Earl of Selkirk to take emigrants from Kildonan to Hudson Bay on their way to the Red River settlement in 1813. The vessel was later used to carry the provisions and equipment in Franklin's polar expedition of 1819-1821. Bannerman Alexander 17910622 22 M S 17910622/Loist/Bannerman/Alexander A son of John Bannerman and Janet Sutherland, he emigrated to the Red River settlement on the Prince of Wales in 1813 with his sister Christian. She died on the passage. Sister Bannerman Christian 17930000 20 F S Y Typhus 17930000/Loist/Bannerman/Christian Died either at sea or on arrival ar Fort Charlotte Brother Bannerman Christian 17700000 43 F M 17700000/?/Bannerman/Christian Kildonan OPR; Sutherland Papers 313, 2129-2131 Shown on 1807 rentals of Sutherland estate as renting at Balblair, Golspie, but children (Christian and William) who emigrated with her and husband, Donald, on Prince of Wales in 1813 had been born at Badflaich, Kildonan. Donald presumably had contracted typhus on the passage to Canada and died shortly after arriving in Hudson Bay. Christian continued to the Red River Settlement but left there for the Holland River, Ontario, in 1815. Husband Daughter Son Bannerman Christian 17970128 16 F S 17970128/Badflaich/Bannerman/Christian Kildonan OPR; Gunn Emigrated from Sutherland with parents and brother on Prince of Wales in 1813. Her father, Donald, presumably had contracted typhus on the passage to Canada and died shortly after arriving in Hudson Bay. The rest of the family continued to Manitoba. Father Mother Bannerman Donald 17640000 49 M M Y Typhus 17640000/?/Bannerman/Donald Kildonan OPR; Sutherland Papers 313, 2129-2131 Died shortly after reaching Canada Wife Daughter Son Bannerman George F ?/?/Bannerman/George Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Resident of Kildonan who travelled to Red River in 1813 on the Prince of Wales. Great-grandfather of John G Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-1963. Bannerman William 17911204 21 M S 17911204/Badflaich/Bannerman/William Kildonan OPR; Gunn Emigrated from Sutherland with parents and sister on Prince of Wales in 1813. His father, Donald, presumably had contracted typhus on the passage to Canada and died shortly after arriving in Hudson Bay. The rest of the family continued to Manitoba. William left the settlement in 1815 for Gwillimbury, Simcoe County. Ontario. Father Mother Gunn Catherine F ?/?/Gunn/Catherine McCulloch Died on Prince of Wales from typhus on her way from Kildonan to the Red River settlement Father Gunn Donald M ?/?/Gunn/Donald McCulloch McCulloch's account shows him as coming from Borobal of which I can find no record. Daughter Gunn Mary 17930000 M 17930000/?/Gunn/Mary Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Gunn Brother Gunn Robert F Piper ?/?/Gunn/Robert Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Gunn Played the pipes on the voyage to Hudson Bay and when the settlers started their march to York Factory. Sister Lamont William M Miller ?/?/Lamont/William Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Gunn Made the sledges which took the settlers on the 150 mile trip from the Churchill River, close to where they had been landed, to the Hudson's Bay Company post at York Factory Laserre William Surgeon ?/?/Laserre/William Hunter; Gunn The surgeon on the Prince of Wales taking settlers from Kildonan to the Red River. He succumbed to typhus on the voyage. MacDonald Hugh F ?/?/MacDonald/Hugh Selkirk Papers; Gunn Died on Prince of Wales from typhus on his way from Kildonan to the Red River settlement MacIntyre John M ?/?/MacIntyre/John McCulloch Became an employee of Hudson's Bay Company in July 1814 MacKay Alexander (or Angus) 17910000 M 17910000/?/MacKay/Alexander (or Angus) Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Gunn; Hist Atlas Well Co; A fuller version of his family's story is to be found in an entry in Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario, Historical Atlas Publishing Co, Toronto, 1906 ’The pioneer of the McKay family in Canada was the late Angus McKay, b. in Kildonan, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, in 1791. In 1813 he was m. to Jane Sutherland, and the same year, through the inducement held out by Lord Selkirk, they, with many others, sailed for Red River, then called Selkirk's Settlement. They landed at Churchill, on Hudson Bay, where on account of the scarcity of provisions, all of the able-bodied people were ordered to go to Fort York, a distance of 200 miles. The journey had to be made on snowshoes, to which they were entirely unaccustomed, and they were sent off with little beside what was on their backs. On the way, Mrs. McKay was taken ill, and delivered of her firstborn child. As, on account of the scarcity of provisions the others could not stay with them, they were left behind until Mrs McKay became strong enough to resume the journey. It was for them indeed a perilous position; left alone, thinly clad, unaccustomed to the wilderness, and exposed in the dead of winter to the severity of that northern climate. Eventually reaching their friends at Fort York, the party about July started in bateaux for Red River, a journey in which they were obliged to pull up rapid streams and cross portages on rollers and skids. They found the settlement in anything but a prosperous condition, and during their stay did not taste a morsel of bread, subsisting principally upon catfish, occasionally varying their diet with a little pemmican. Feeling themselves betrayed by the promises held out to them and not fulfilled, they resolved to go to Canada, and in March, 1815, they left Red River in bark canoes, and in about six weeks reached Fort William. From Fort William they started in bateaux , following the north shore of Lakes Superior and Huron until they landed in Nottawasaga River, south of Georgian Bay. Mr. McKay look up land at Aldboro, Elgin County., about 1818, and soon made himself a comfortable home. He was a Presbyterian, and at the disruption in Canada, he espoused the cause of the Free church. He was an Elder in his church for forty years, and died in his 80th year.’ Wife MacKay Jean 17890000 F 17890000/?/MacKay/Jean Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Gunn Collapsed in snow on march to York Factory from Churchill. In addition to snowblindness she was found to be 4 months pregnant. Husband Stewart Ann 18050000 M 18050000/?/Stewart/Ann Selkirk Papers Shown as aged 2 on Prince of Wales passenger list Mother Father Stewart Catherine 17830000 M 17830000/?/Stewart/Catherine Selkirk Papers Widow of Donald Stewart, asked by MacDonald to help manage the expedition, and who died aboard the Prince of Wales. Daughter Daughter Daughter Husband Stewart Donald F ?/?/Stewart/Donald Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Gunn Chosen by Archibald MacDonald to help lead the Kildonan settlers to Red River, he died of typhus on the voyage to Hudson Bay Daughter Daughter Daughter Wife Stewart Margaret 18050000 F 18050000/?/Stewart/Margaret Selkirk Papers Shown as aged 8 on Prince of Wales passenger list Mother Father Stewart Mary 18080000 M 18080000/?/Stewart/Mary Selkirk Papers Shown as aged 5 on Prince of Wales passenger list Mother Father Sutherland Alexander 17890000 M 17890000/?/Sutherland/Alexander McCulloch Sister Brother Sutherland Catherine M ?/?/Sutherland/Catherine Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Gunn Son Son Son Husband Sutherland Catherine (Kate) 17930000 M 17930000/?/Sutherland/Catherine (Kate) McCulloch Brother Brother Sutherland Donald 17970000 M 17970000/?/Sutherland/Donald McCulloch Mother Father Sutherland George 17940104 M 17940104/?/Sutherland/George McCulloch Came to Red River but moved to Oxford County, Ontario, about 1815 Mother Father Sutherland Janet 17990000 M 17990000/?/Sutherland/Janet McCulloch Mother Father Sutherland John 17530000 F 17530000/?/Sutherland/John Hunter; Selkirk Papers; Gunn Survived the trip from Kildonan to Hudson Bay but died at Sloop's Cove, near the Churchill River, as the settlers prepared for their first winter in Canada. Son Son Son Wife Sutherland William 17940000 M 17940000/?/Sutherland/William McCulloch Sister Brother