Farquhar Macdonald: A Contract with the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1832
By sarah | June 2nd, 2009 | Category: Emigration, History, People | 3 commentsFearchar (Farquhar) Macdonald, son of Angus, was about born about 1809 at Capadal, roughly on the site of 3 Ardroil. In 1832 he joined the Hudson’s Bay Company, as a “slooper” – a crewman on HBC decked vessels. According to the Company’s personal records, he boarded the Prince Rupert IV on 23 June 1832 for a passage from London to York Factory, on the west shore of the bay, where he arrived on 24 August. He worked at York until 1834, travelled overland to Fort [ » read more ]
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