Thomas Gummersall Anderson
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Thomas Gummersall Anderson | |
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| Born | November 12, 1779 |
| Died | February 10, 1875 |
| Title | Visiting Superintendent of the Indian Department |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Ann Hamilton |
| Children | Gustavus Alexander |
Thomas Gummersall Anderson (1779–1875) was a fur trader, soldier, and prominent employee in the British Indian Department.
Thomas Gummersall Anderson was born in 1779 to a loyalist family who had taken refuge in the Province of Quebec following the outbreak of the American Revolution. In 1783 the Anderson family moved to New Johnstown, known today as Cornwall.[1]
Early Career in the fur trade
In 1795, Anderson was apprenticed to the merchant Thomas Markland. At the behest of Markland's half-brother Robert Mackenzie, Anderson was sent to the post of Michilimackinac in 1800 to participate in the fur trade. He spent the next 14 years trading for furs, mostly west of Lake Michigan.[1]
In around 1805 he married Grey Cloud Woman or Margaret Aird, a Scottish-Dakota woman. They had two children, but separated when Anderson moved to Canada after the War of 1812 and his wife refused to leave her home area.[2]
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