Here’s a link to some Traill Genealogy on RootsWeb.
Keeseekoowenin – Riding Mountain House HBC Post (page 2)
Keeseekoowenin, Riding Mountain House HBC Post : [Walter J. S.] Traill was the youngest son of Catherine Parr Traill, who became famous for her writings about family life in Ontario in the days of early European settlement and her book, Canadian Wild Flowers. Walter was born in 1847, and at age 19, set out for Rupert’s Land as a clerk with the HBC, his father’s [Liet. Thomas Traill] cousin being married to James J. Hargrave, secretary to Governor Mactavish, and an officer of the HBC.
Who is Liet. Thomas Traill’s cousin? No record of J. J. Hargrave’s marriage in current genealogy.
Peterborough County GenSearch
Peterborough County GenSearch, Historic Plaques & Sites: Catherine Parr Traill (1802 – 1899): A member of the literarry Strickland family, the talented author married Liet. Thomas Traill and emigrated to Upper Canada in 1832.
Capitol Hill/Cathedral Hill Hike Architecture Notes
Capitol Hill/Cathedral Hill Hike Architecture Notes: [Walter John Strickland] Traill set out for Rupert’s Land in 1866 as a clerk with the Hudson’s Bay Company, based on a family connection to James J. Hargrave, secretary to Governor Mactavish, and an officer of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
Reporting the Resistance
The University of Manitoba Press: “Reporting the Resistance Alexander Begg and Joseph Hargrave on the Red River Resistance, edited and annotated with an introduction by J.M. Bumsted