Susan McGillivray

Susan was a Cree lady whom William McGillivray had taken as 'country wife' in the tradition of the fur traders. They were the parents of three sons and a daughter, though one son did not survive to adulthood.

"A monument in honor of Susan, first wife of William McGillivray, was raised in the Fort William Cemetery at an unknown date,... . It was inscribed 'To the Memory of Susan the mother of Simon, Joseph, & Peter McGillivray who died 26 August 1819.' ... A modern memorial dedicated to Susan is located at Mountainview Cemetery in Thunder Bay. The original one was moved there in 1883 from the Fort William cemetery on the Kaministiquia River." Source: The Laird of Fort William: William McGillivray and the North West Company by Irene Ternier Gordon, Heritage House Publishing, 2013, page 177.