Alexander de Laronde

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Alexander de Laronde
OccupationFur trade labourer
Father
Siblings

Alexander de Laronde was a mixed-ancestry man of the de Laronde family who worked at Nipigon House and later settled at Red Rock.[1]

Life

  • Resided in the United States for several years before returning to Canada.
  • Worked at Nipigon House for three years and then moved to the Red Rock / Nipigon area, where he was living by 1885.
  • On occasion carried mail up to the Hudson's Bay Company's Nipigon House post.
  • Remained in the Nipigon/Red Rock area until at least 1898.

Family

  • Married an Indian woman in 1877, a daughter of Windjab of the Nipigon Band; on the 1881 census his wife is named Theresa.

References

  1. "Historical Profile of the Lake Superior Study Area's Mixed European-Indian Ancestry Community."[website].Joan Holmes & Associates Inc. (for the Office of the Federal Interlocutor, Department of Justice Canada).2007-09-30.Link.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)