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GEORGE EDWARD FLETT bn.1833 died 17/03/1917 George's parents were both Flett's,one of Harray,orkney Islands,the other of Birsay,Orney Islands,described as no relation.They had three children,George,James and Elizabeth. George's father was also called George,and was born around 1803.On May 13th 1833 he entered into a contract to serve the Hudson Bay Company for five years as a sailor at 23 pounds per annum, and the following June sailed in the Prince Rupert for york factory. He reached York on 7th sept and was apparently sent to the Red River district. George Flett was attached as middleman to the company's Artic Discovery Expedition of 1836-1839 by Peter Warren Dease & Thomas Simpson ,and on his return remained in the Northern Department of Rupert's land. He returned to Europe in the company's ship Prince Albert in 1841, but two years later he entered into a new agreement to serve the company at 20 pounds per annum. he sailed for York factory in the Prince Rupert and was stationed in that district until 1846, when he was attached to Dr Rae's expedition as steersman. Rae wrot of him as 'An old voyager.....always ready to jump into the water and be the first at any disagreeable duty when necessary...at the same time a carefull and intelligent man'. Flett was stationed in the York factory District as a schooner's mate after his return from the expedition in 1847. On Oct 15 1849, he and Samual Gray were sent off in the schooner's boat, but in the course of the forenoon Gray retuned in it to the factory and reported that George Flett had, while handling one of the sails, stumbled overboard, and was drowned, his body was not recovered. He was survived by his wife,and three children who lived in Birsay. (The above sourced fom -Biographical Appendix from volume 16 of the Hudson Bay Society's Publications.)