Memorable Manitobans: Edward Paupenakis (1840-1911)

Edward Paupenakis Click to enlarge

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Born at Norway House on 20 April 1840, his father was a Swampy Cree hunter who joined James Evans’s Methodist mission in the early 1840s and became a church leader. Edward worked for the Hudson's Bay Company before joining Rev. John Semmens at Norway House as an interpreter in 1874. He accompanied Semmens to Berens River in 1876, stayed at Nelson House as a missionary until 1880, and returned to preach at Norway House until 1888. He was the first northern Manitoba Cree to be ordained, on 23 June 1889. He served at several postings until his death at Warrens Landing on 26 July 1911. He was buried in the Hudson’s Bay Company Cemetery.

See also:

Edward Paupenakis by Raymond M. Beaumont, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume XIV, pp. 826-27.

Sources:

Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Glen Toews.

Page revised: 22 November 2024

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