Riel Louis

1817 - 1864  (46 years)

• Name	Riel Louis
  Born	7 Jun 1817	Ile-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, Ca   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Jan 1864	St-Boniface, Mb, Ca   [1]
  Notes	Born at Île-à-la-Crosse in what is now Saskatchewan, he went east to Lower Canada with his family in 1822 and was educated there as a wool carder. At age 21 he joined the Hudson's Bay Company at Rainy River, where he served from 1838 to 1840. In 1842he returned East to study for thepriesthood as a novitiate with the Oblate Order, but left after a few months to settle at Red River. When he came west in 1843, he married Julie, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière and Marie-Anne Gaboury. There were eleven children of whom the eldest was Louis “David” Riel. He became known as the miller of the Seine after he established a mill on the Seine River, near St. Boniface, to grind grain and card wool for the Grey Nuns of St. Boniface. Tradition has it that almost single-handed he dug a nine mile channel to divert water to turn the mill wheel. However, the mill business failed in the late 1850s. The millstones are on display in Winnipeg. He supported the free traders within the Métis, and also insisted that the Council of Assiniboia have Métis representation and that the courts of Red River employ French. With James Sinclair and Georges Belcourt he led the struggle at Red River to break the fur trade monopoly of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In 1849 when Guillaume Sayer was found guilty of trafficking in furs, Riel headed the three hundred armed men who surrounded the court hearing and demanded their right to free trade. Sayer was released without penalty. Later that year Riel was one of the petitioners demanding the removal of Adam Thom, the Recorder of Rupert’s Land. Thom was replaced with a bilingual judge, as requested in the petition. Riel died in St. Boniface in 1864. [1]
  Person ID	I11964	Famille Boucher
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Riel L'Irlande Jean-Baptiste,   b. 21 Apr 1785, Berthierville ,   d. 4 Apr 1868  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Boucher Marguerite,   b. Abt 1792
  Married	1812	Saskatchewan, Ca   [2]
  Family ID	F5073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Jun 1817 - Ile-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, Ca Died - 21 Jan 1864 - St-Boniface, Mb, Ca  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] Nos Origines, http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Julie_Lagimodiere&pid=127370&lng=fr (Reliability: 2). [S239] Nos Origines, http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Jean-Baptiste_Riel&pid=127371&lng=fr&partID=127535 (Reliability: 2).