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Peter Dahl

Peter Dahl

Male 1789 - 1859  (70 years)


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  • Name Peter Dahl  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 1789  Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 Oct 1859  St Johns, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I389  Smith Family Tree
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2026 

    Family Catherine Murray,   b. 1788, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1857, St Johns, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1819  Fort Douglas, Kildonan, Assiniboia Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Nellie Dahl,   b. 1820, St Pauls, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. George Dahl,   b. Abt 1823, St Pauls, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Alexander Dahl,   b. 26 May 1823, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1879, St Paul's, Assiniboia, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     4. William Dahl,   b. 1825, St Pauls, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Isabella Dahl,   b. 1826, St Pauls, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1843 (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S147] The Settlers: Peter Dahl, Peter Dahl (19913).
      Peter Dahl, from Norway, arrived at York Factory in 1814. He had been amongst a group of men, mainly Norwegians, hired by the HBC to build posts along a planned winter road from York Factory to Lake Winnipeg. Their first destination was the northern end of Lake Winnipeg where they began work on what would eventually be known as Norway House. The HBC was unhappy with the Norwegians and the feeling was mutual. At the end of their 3-year contracts, most of them did not renew.

      In 1815 the majority of the colonists at Red River left for Upper Canada. Those who remained were driven from the settlement and fled to the north end of Lake Winnipeg where they established a camp known as Winipic Settlement. The Norwegians were working in the area, and when Colin Robertson led the settlers back to Red River, Peter Dahl was in his party. The settlement underwent a tumultuous few years, but survived, and in 1818 a list of settlers included Peter Dahal. There was also a note designating him as HBC and the sole occupant of his household.

      Peter Dahl married Catherine Murray, daughter of Alexander and Isobel Murray, settlers of 1815. There is no record of the marriage, but presumably it took place between the years 1818 and 1820. A record of the settlers and the lots they occupied in 1822-23 shows Peter Dahal on the west side of the Red River just north of Frog Plain (Kildonan). Catherine and Peter remained at Red River and had at least five children. Catherine died in July 1857 and Peter in October 1859. They were buried in St. John’s churchyard; the burial register gave Peter’s age as 79.

    2. [S124] Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s.

    3. [S62] Geneanet Community Trees Index.

    4. [S137] Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two.

    5. [S2] Manitoba, Canada, Census Indexes, 1832-1856 & 1870, Provincial Archives of Manitoba; Manitoba, Canada; Card Index Nominal Census Returns: A - Pi 1832-1870.

    6. [S135] The Settlers: Alexander Murray, https://www.lordselkirk.ca/project/alexander-murray-3525/.
      "Within the next couple of years, Alexander's wife died and his daughter Catherine married Peter Dahl, an HBC man from Norway.