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George Flett, Sr.

George Flett, Sr.

Male 1773 - 1850  (77 years)


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  • Name George Flett  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1773  Firth and Stenness, Orkney Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7] 
    Baptism 2 Jan 1774  Firth and Stenness, Orkney, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Jun 1850  Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Person ID I399  Smith Family Tree
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2026 

    Father George Flett   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Margaret Moar   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F62  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret (Peggy) Whitford,   b. 1796, Land, Grant, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1877, St Annes, Poplar Point, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Dec 1823  Red River Settlement Manitoba Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George Flett, Rev.,   b. 10 Feb 1817, Moose Lake, Eastern Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1897, Strathclair, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S61] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.

    2. [S115] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, Principal Probate Registry; London, England; Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England.

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

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

    5. [S60] Canada, Hudson's Bay Company Corporate and Employment Records, 1766-1926, Hudson Bay Archives; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Hudson Bay Company Employee Records; Reel Number: 930; Reference Number: 930.

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

    7. [S125] Manitoba History: George Flett, Presbyterian Missionary to the Ojibwa at Okanase, Migration to Canada from Orkney Islands, employment by HBC, etc.
      Flett Sr. came to the North West from the Orkney Islands in 1796 at the age of twenty-one. He worked as an inland labourer and boatman under the jurisdiction of York Factory until 1810. From 1810 to 1822 he worked at Moose Lake, near Cumberland House, first as assistant trader and then as clerk. Flett Sr. was one of the employees who retired to Red River after the merger of the HBC and the North West Company (NWC) in 1821.