Calder | Metis, Mixed heritage: Cree | Surname Anchor Post

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Each of these posts is dedicated to one surname that is carried by someone connected to indigenous, Metis or mixed-heritage people in Canada.

SURNAME NOTES | CALDER

Purpose:
- The goal of these Surname Anchor Posts is to answer these questions: Based on settler documents, has my surname ever been associated with indigenous people in what is now called Canada? If so, where and when did it occur? And finally, with which specific peoples was my surname associated? Note: These posts are just a Finding Aide to help you continue with your own in-depth research. This project is constantly updated but will never be complete.
Regions:
- These are the regions where this surname appears in census and/or marriage documents: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Western Canada.
- Note: Please see the Census District section down below for links to posts with more location-based information.
Ethnicity:
- These are the ethnicities recorded for this surname in census records as well as Metis scrip and marriage documents: Metis, Mixed-heritage: Scottish, Cree. Note: Please see the Census District section below for links to census posts that list ethnicity by location.
Associated surnames:
- These are the surnames of spouses for this surname. Note: Please see the Marriages section down below to reach posts containing my marriage transcriptions.
- Alexander, Allan
- Ballendine, Begg, Bird, Bourget, Bousquet, Briere / Brueyere, Budd
- Chastellaine, Cummings
- Daniel / Daniels (Upd. 2023), Dennet
- Falster, Fidler, Flett, Foulds
- Gibson
- Hamelin, Harley, Hewitt, Hickerson, Hill, Hourie, Howse / House, Humphrey
- Jourdain, Kenswatch
- L’Hirondelle, Loutit, Lucier, Lyons
- Martin, Matheson / Mathieson, McDonald, Mertons, Morrisseau
- Parker, Penco, Perreault, Petit Coteau, Piche, Pollard, Pommereau / Pamereau
- Robinson
- Sinclair, Smith, Sutherland
- Thomas
- Vanasse / Anass, Woods.
Misc.:
- This is where I place scattered bits of information from my Archives.
- 1. A Metis line of Calders descends from from Scotsman Marcus Calder and a Cree woman named Margaret of Moose Factory. One Ontario line descends from James Calder and Maria Gibson through their children: Robert Calder (m. Marie Jourdain), William Calder (m. Nancy L. Loutit), Margaret Calder (m. William C. Mcdonald), Maria Calder (m. Alexandre Bruyere), Mary Jane Calder (m. George Constantine Allan).
- 2. Fur trader William Calder (mentioned above) and Nancy Loutit (daughter of Lowe Loutit & Jane McDougall) met at Fort Alexandria. When about 20 years of age Nancy Loutit went to Fort Alexandria where she met a young fur trader, William Calder, and was married to him. “Travelling to Fort Garry by way of the old Dawson stage coach trail to the Northwest Angle and by canoe up Rainy River, the young fur trader, his wife and infant son arrived in Fort Frances in 1871. ” [Source: Calder, William, by Lawrence Barkwell, Louis Riel Institute]. William Calder and Nancy Loutit had the following married offspring: Anne Harriet (m. Frederick Joseph Mertens), Edward Alexander Calder (m. Nancy Smith), Emily Katherine Jane Calder (m. Walter James Howard McKelvie), George Valentine Calder (m. Isabella Jane Woods), Isabella Calder (m. Thomas Garfield Harley), Jessie Calder (m. Melvin Thomas Hickerson), Peter Calder (m. Marie Collins), William Robert Stuart Calder (m. Christina Morrisseau).
- 3. Another Metis lineage descends from a James Calder and his Metis wife Nancy Lindsay. Their married offspring included: Ann Calder (m. Samuel Foulds), Elizabeth Calder (m. James Sutherland and Cuthbert Cummings Jr., George Calder (m. Charlotte Lyons), John Calder (m. Mary McKay), Peter Calder (m. Margaret Cassino, Louise Gadbois / Bousquet and Isabelle Lussier / Lucier).
- 4. George Calder (see above) and his wife Charlotte Lyons (daughter of John Lyons and Margaret Kipling) had the following married offspring: Albert Calder (m. Jane Elizabeth Hourie, Sarah Chastellaine), Annie Calder (m. John Daniel, Philip White, John George Begg), Mathilda Alice Calder (m. Henry Thomas Fidler), Mary Ellen Calder (m. George Hourie), Thomas Calder (m. Maria Anne Folster).
- 4. Another early Calder Metis couple (which eventually settled in Washington) descends from Horatio Calder (son of John Calder & Metis woman Sarah Humphrey) and his wife Nancy Budd.