Amelia Douglas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian métis 1st First Lady of British Columbia
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Place of Birth: Manitoba, Canada
About Amelia Douglas
- Amelia Douglas (1 January 1812 – 8 January 1890) was a Métis woman significant in the early history of Canada as the wife of the first governor of the Colony of British Columbia.
- Born to a French-Irish trapper and his Cree wife, she spent her early childhood moving frequently between fur trading stations in Manitoba.
- When her father was promoted to factor (i.e.
- manager) of Fort St.
- James in what would later become British Columbia, she met a mixed-race trapper of Scottish and Bajan Creole heritage, who would become her husband.
- As he progressed from clerk to Chief Factor and governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and later the Colony of British Columbia, she served as a nurse and midwife at his various posts.
- She gave birth to thirteen children, raising six to adulthood.
- Her children were brought up in the Victorian European style, though she insured that they were schooled in the cultural heritage of their First Nations ancestors.
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