John Richardson was a British Army officer was the first Canadian-born novelist to achieve international recognition. He was born at Queenston, Ontario on the Niagara River in 1796. His mother Madelaine was the daughter of the fur - trader John Askin and an Ottawa woman. His father Dr Robert Richardson was a surgeon with the Queen’s Rangers. As a young boy he lived for a time with his grandparents in Detroit and later with his parents at Fort Malden, Amhertsburg. Wikipedia
John Richardson was a grandson on his mothers side of the fur trader and merchant John Askin and Manette (Monette), a native woman believed to have been an Ottawa. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38277
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(Francis Joseph), 1867-1937 Reynolds, John N. Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 Richards, John N. Richardson, Benjamin Ward, 1828-1896 Richardson, James, 1806-1851 Richardson, James D. www.gutenberg.org/author/J