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Welcome to my blog ~ ~ A Canadian Family ~ ~ home of the online magazine -  A Festival of Postcards  – and lots of genealogical & historical information about my mostly Acadian & French Canadian ancestors, as well as other special topics such as  The Iroquois of Kahnawa:ke,   The Forestry Industry of  Eastern Canada and … well … anything that strikes my fancy! If you have something to say, don’t be shy. I always love to hear from readers!

Evelyn Yvonne Theriault (Mtl., Quebec)

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Index: They Passed Through Kahnawà:ke

This is an index of posts relating to people (mainly French Canadans)

who have lived in Kahnawake at one point or another.

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Beaudin, Osias & Bourdeau, Louise

Bourget, Pierre & Laberge, Adeline

Belanger, Joseph Belanger & Mallette, Delvica

Beaulieu, Aurele & Varin,  Marie Rollande

Chartrand, Onias & Sabourin, Emma

Index: Extracts Related To Kahnawà:ke

Newspaper articles and various documents  have always been a rich source of data for family historians and genealogists. For those researching their Aboriginal roots they are particularly useful resources because they frequently include surname variations which can then help us when combing through core genealogical sources such as church and census records. This is an index – in chronological order – of extracts from a variety of resources that I’ve run across while researching topics related to Kahnawakke.

Note: These documents are from non-Native sources, thus they frequently reflect the prejudices, patronizing attitudes, misunderstandings or different world-view of those who are not  from Kahnawà:ke .

Nineteenth Century

Expulsion Of The Whites From The Indian Reserve (1878) | Surnames: Dawes, Giroux, Laurier, Meloche, Poirier

The Caughnawaga Troubles (1878) | Surnames: Meloche, Jones, Lecuyer, Deblois, Lafleur, Desparaois, Perras, Therrien, Plante, Cardinal, Giroux, sr., Trudeau, Boulrice, Champagne, Giroux, jr., Duranceau

Twentieth Century

Caughnawaga Indian Found Dead In Bed (1915) | Surnames: Hemlock, Jolicoeur

Mayor Beauvais Dead (1927) | Surnames: Beauvais, Maloney, Stacey

Indian Dead On Tracks (1930) | Surnames: Diabo, Dorais, Jocks, Prince

They Passed Through Kahnawake: Adelard Duranceau and Maria Brosseau

Adelard  Duranceau (son of Alexandre Duranceau and Alphonsine Farineau) and Maria Brosseau (daughter of Frederic Brosseau and Malvina Gendron) were married on November 24^th, 1903 in St-Isidore Parish in Laprairie, Quebec.

By 1911 they were living in Caughnawaga with their three daughters Yvonne, Rosa and Loretta, as well as Yvonne’s sister Antoinette Brousseau.

Adelard was a railroad worker.

Related Posts:

Indexes: First Peoples

Marijuana Plants Found On Reserve (1938) Surnames: Brisebois, Jocks

Surnames: Brisebois, Jocks

MARIJUANA PLANTS FOUND ON RESERVE

Caughnawaga Police at Work Eradicating Dangerous Weed

TASK BEHIND SCHEDULE

Was to Have Been Finished Now, But Much Remains – Dope  Is Most Feared of All Narcotics

Some 3,500 pounds of marijuana plants are being picked and burned every day under police supervision at Caughnawaga, according to information obtained during the past week form reservation officers. The leaves and seeds of the marijuana plant contain a drug police fear more than any other narcotic.

They Passed Through Kahnawake: Joseph Frederic Dulude and Pamela Lefebvre

At the time of the 1901 census, Joseph Frederic Dulude and Pamela Lefebvre were living in Caughnawaga with their children Joseph, Leon and Thomas. Their parents were Joseph Dulude and Rose de Lima Dulude, and Thomas Lefebvre and Olive Payant. They had been married on January 10th, 1893 In St-Joachim Parish in Chateauguay.

Related Posts:

Indexes: First Peoples