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John Pritchard (red river)

I am a desendant of john pritchard (circa 1800s) who resided at red river and relocated to the rocky mountain house are after the canadian soldiers arrived at the red river district. The role of john pritchard at the red river settlement during that period and after is not clear to me. Can someone fill in the blanks for me so I can more readily inculcate the role of my great, great, grate grandfathe and namesake. thank you, JOHN GARFIELD PRITCHARD (JOHN RITCHARDS).

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Permalink Reply by Edith Matheson on August 22, 2011 at 11:47pm

Welcome. I know that others know more about John Pritchard than I do so I'll wait and hope you get a good answer to your questions. Most of my research has been on the families who moved to Iowa and Illinois between 1835 and 1840, and their descendants.

Permalink Reply by john garfield pritchard on August 23, 2011 at 4:35pm

Hi Edith, I hop to get a few replies on the history of john pritchard. Please feel free to follow up on this with me through added discussion.

Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Campbell on September 16, 2011 at 1:23pm

Hi John~

Do you have any more information or can you narrow the dates at all? Are you talking about the Red River Rebellion (the first Riel Rebellion) or the Seven Oaks Massacre? Did this John have a family, and if so, can you provide some names? John was a popular name among the Pritchard family, and there were several of them. I've seen some mention of Pritchards in BC at the BC Archives and wondered how they were connected to the Red River Settlement Pritchards. Maybe you have the key.

John Pritchard (red river)

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