James Birnie, Cathlamet founder
Was a clerk for the Hudson’s Bay Company and was stationed at Spokane House, Fort George (now Astoria), Fort Vancouver, Fort Simpson. He married Charlot Beaulieu a Red River Indian women at York Factory now located in northeastern section of the province of Manitoba in Canada before he came to what...
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ftwashingtonrh:oai:www.washingtonruralheritage.org:wahkiakum/128 2023-05-15T16:17:52+02:00 James Birnie, Cathlamet founder Unknown United States -- Washington -- Wahkiakum county -- Cathlamet; image/jp2; http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org:2012/u?/wahkiakum,128 unknown Washington State Library Wahkiakum County Heritage -- Wahkiakum County Historical Society Collection; The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Rights may be reserved; responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish or reproduce rests with the user. For additional information, please contact the Wahkiakum County Museum. Wahkiakum County Historical Society; holding institution: Wahkiakum County Historical Society; extent and medium: 1 photographic print; dimensions: 5 x 7 in.; other physical details: sepia; provenance: David Hansen #544, item 3167; local file name: Birnie, James Front 544 3167.tif Pioneers; Portrait photographs History & Genealogy; Still Image; ftwashingtonrh 2017-01-22T16:38:06Z Was a clerk for the Hudson’s Bay Company and was stationed at Spokane House, Fort George (now Astoria), Fort Vancouver, Fort Simpson. He married Charlot Beaulieu a Red River Indian women at York Factory now located in northeastern section of the province of Manitoba in Canada before he came to what is now the Pacific Northwest. Charlot went wherever James went. We can track the forts that he served in by the births of his children with Elizabeth (1822) being born at Fort Spokane, Robert (1824) at Fort George (Astoria), Etienne (1825) at Fort Spokane, Susanne (1828) and La Rose(1830) at Fort Vancouver, Charlotte (1833) at Fort George, James (1834) at Fort Simpson; Mary Amelia (1836), Victoria (1838), Mary Ann (1839), Alexander (1842), Caroline (1845) at Fort George. James and Charlot retired to what is now Cathlamet in 1846 and where their last two children Archibald and Thomas were born. James operated a trading post on property close to where the Puget Island Bridge is now located. He sold Hudson Bay supplies but was an independent contractor. James died in 1864 and Charlot in 1878 and both are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Cathlamet. Still Image Fort Simpson Hudson Bay Washington Rural Heritage (Washington State Library) Hudson Bay Canada Pacific Indian Hudson Fort Simpson ENVELOPE(-121.320,-121.320,61.808,61.808) Archibald ENVELOPE(-56.692,-56.692,-63.209,-63.209) York Factory ENVELOPE(-92.306,-92.306,57.002,57.002) Etienne ENVELOPE(-63.217,-63.217,-65.167,-65.167) Fort George ENVELOPE(-78.994,-78.994,53.833,53.833) |
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Was a clerk for the Hudson’s Bay Company and was stationed at Spokane House, Fort George (now Astoria), Fort Vancouver, Fort Simpson. He married Charlot Beaulieu a Red River Indian women at York Factory now located in northeastern section of the province of Manitoba in Canada before he came to what is now the Pacific Northwest. Charlot went wherever James went. We can track the forts that he served in by the births of his children with Elizabeth (1822) being born at Fort Spokane, Robert (1824) at Fort George (Astoria), Etienne (1825) at Fort Spokane, Susanne (1828) and La Rose(1830) at Fort Vancouver, Charlotte (1833) at Fort George, James (1834) at Fort Simpson; Mary Amelia (1836), Victoria (1838), Mary Ann (1839), Alexander (1842), Caroline (1845) at Fort George. James and Charlot retired to what is now Cathlamet in 1846 and where their last two children Archibald and Thomas were born. James operated a trading post on property close to where the Puget Island Bridge is now located. He sold Hudson Bay supplies but was an independent contractor. James died in 1864 and Charlot in 1878 and both are buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Cathlamet. |
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United States -- Washington -- Wahkiakum county -- Cathlamet; |
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ENVELOPE(-121.320,-121.320,61.808,61.808) ENVELOPE(-56.692,-56.692,-63.209,-63.209) ENVELOPE(-92.306,-92.306,57.002,57.002) ENVELOPE(-63.217,-63.217,-65.167,-65.167) ENVELOPE(-78.994,-78.994,53.833,53.833) |
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Hudson Bay Canada Pacific Indian Hudson Fort Simpson Archibald York Factory Etienne Fort George |
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Hudson Bay Canada Pacific Indian Hudson Fort Simpson Archibald York Factory Etienne Fort George |
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Fort Simpson Hudson Bay |
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Fort Simpson Hudson Bay |
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Wahkiakum County Historical Society; holding institution: Wahkiakum County Historical Society; extent and medium: 1 photographic print; dimensions: 5 x 7 in.; other physical details: sepia; provenance: David Hansen #544, item 3167; local file name: Birnie, James Front 544 3167.tif |
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Wahkiakum County Heritage -- Wahkiakum County Historical Society Collection; |
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The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Rights may be reserved; responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish or reproduce rests with the user. For additional information, please contact the Wahkiakum County Museum. |
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