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Family: George Flett, Rev. / Mary Ross (F126)

• Male George Flett, Rev.

  
  

  Birth	10 Feb 1817	Moose Lake, Eastern Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
  Death	28 Oct 1897	Strathclair, Manitoba, Canada
  Burial		Elphinstone, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
  Marriage	26 Nov 1840  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Frances 'Fanny' Cook | F127
  Marriage	7 Aug 1838	Lockport, Manitoba, Canada
  Father	George Flett, Sr. | F115 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret (Peggy) Whitford | F115 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Mary Ross

  
  

  Birth	1821
  Death	22 Mar 1912	St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada
  Burial		Elphinstone, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
  Father	Alexander Ross | F117 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah "Princess Sally" TIMENTWA\Ross, *DNA | F117 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Margaret Cardinal Flett

  
  

  Birth	5 Dec 1841
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Burial

  
  

• Sources

  [S125] Manitoba History: George Flett, Presbyterian Missionary to the Ojibwa at Okanase, Number 37, Spring/Summer 1999. On 15 July 1875 William Wagner, a surveyor for the reserves of Treaty Two in southwestern Manitoba, visited Okanase (now know as Keeseekoowenin) Reserve. He reported to David Laird, Superintendent of the North West Territories, that the newly established reserve at Riding Mountain House was better off than the surrounding reserves because the Presbyterians had sent a “schoolmaster, a Mr. George Flett” to work there. This Mr. Flett did not “stand on his dignity as a Rev’d gentleman would do but like the old Philosophers” went from “house to house” teaching the people. [1] ... [S126] Biography of Rev. George Flett (1817-1897), Biography of Rev. George Flett, Online: https://www.metismuseum.ca/resource.php/10282. George Flett was born at Moose Lake on the Saskatchewan River. He played an outstanding role in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan. George worked for a while as an interpreter during Treaty negotiations. He also served in the Provisional Government headed by Louis Riel. For many years he served as minister and farm instructor for Keeseekoowenin Reserve. For his long service as missionary in Prince Albert, George Flett earned the title of “Father of Prince Albert.” He came to eventually build his home and mission at Keeseekoowenin near Elphinstone, Manitoba. In 1875, at age 57, the Presbytery of Manitoba ordained Flett “missionary to the Indians.” He was to serve this western part of Manitoba for the next 20 years.