Ancestors of Christopher John Delorme
Notes
Signs a contract before Notary Chaboillez February 22,1798 at Montrealto go to Nepigon Lake Superior,North-West,etc.Micel Klyne,who was aDutch Canadian born about 1783,entered the service of the North-WestCompany in or about 1798. He was retained by the Hudson Bay Companyafter the coalition of 1821,and during 1822-23 he was employed as aninterptreter in the Lesser Slave Lake district. He was in charge ofJasper House when Governor Simpson arrived there on October 10,1824,en route to the Columbia, and again on his return on April 27,1825. Inthe course of his career Klyne served as labourer, canoe builder,gentleman's servant, interpreter, fisherman and postmaster. He wasappointed to the charge of Jasper House by the councils of theNorthern Department held from 1829-34 and he retired with his largefamily to the Red river Settlement in 1835. One of his daughters,Jane, was the wife of Chief Factor Archibald McDonald. (Minutes ofCouncil Northern Department of Rupert's Land, 1821-31. The Hudson BayRecord Society, 1940, pp 443-444)