Alexander de Laronde
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| Alexander de Laronde | |
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| Occupation | Fur trade labourer |
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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.