List of Iroquois Confederacy Surnames (Ontario, Quebec)
Introduction This is a list of surnames that I’ve come across as I transcribe marriages and census records in areas inhabited by the peoples of the Iroquois Confederacy in Ontario and Quebec and where an individual is described as First Nations.
Please note that some of the surnames only appear once or twice. They are here as finding aids primarily for non-indigenous people researching members of their own families.
Census records are not infallible. For this and other reasons, inclusion on the list does not mean that the surname is considered Iroquois or that people carrying that surname today are Iroquois. Only Iroquois nations can determine that.
HOW TO USE
The surnames in orange below appear on my site in my Marriage Index and/or Canadian Census Extracts. The indexes contain both traditional and westernized surnames, but the list below focuses on the names most commonly found in the 19th century Western records.
You can search for these orange surnames my Marriage Index and/or Canadian Census Extracts or you can use the Search Box in the right sidebar.
The surnames in purple also appear on my site, however each also has its own mini-index which you can reach by clicking on the name.
Important note: Over 90% of the marriages in the index involve one or more partners who are Metis, mixed-heritage or First Nations, however about 10% include one or more partners with at least one parent or grandparent who is Metis, mixed-heritage or First Nations. Therefore, a marriage from your family tree may appear in the indexes, but only be loosely related to the Iroquois. Inclusion on the list doesn’t automatically mean that your ancestor was Iroquois.
A
Aaron
Aiennatha – Aikins – Albany
Alee – Alex – Allan
Andre – Andrew – Angus
Anonharshen – Anonkeriska
Antennion – Anthony
Antoine – Ararkon – Arerhon
Armstrong – Arquette
Atkins – Audet
B
Back
Baptiste / Batise – Barnes
Barnhart – Barnum
Barron – Bay
Barefoot / Bearfoot – Beauchemin
Beaver
Becktie / Becktel – Bell / Ball
Benedict – Bennett
Bergan
Bertram
Bettin – – Bill – Blue
Bomberry / Bumberry / Bamberry
Bonaparte – Bon
Bonspille – Boots – Bourdeau
Bova – Boyle – Bradley
Brant – Bread
Brown – Bruce
Buck – Buckshot
Burning – Burnson
Burn(h)am / Burnum
Burnhouse – Butler – Butry
C
Cadot – Canada
Canoe / Canot / Ganot
Capitaine / Captain / Capton
Carpenter – Casey
Cath(e)rine / Catrine – Cayuga
Charlie / Charley
Chechock – Chrisjohn
Christater – Chubb
Claus
Clench / Clinch – Coften
Cole / Coal
Colwell / Calwell
Comstock
Connors – Cook
Cooper – Copeland
Corbow
Corinthe / Carinthe
Cornelius / Cornileus / Corneilous
Couteau Casse – Crane / Crain
Crawford
Cree / Cri – Crenell
Cross River / Cross The River
Crow
Crysler
Cudabush – Curley
Curotte – Curry
Cusick / Cassick
Cutout
D
Dahwah – Danay – Danford
Davy – Dawah
Day
Dear / Deer
Dearfoot – Dear house / Deer House
Dec – Dicaire / Decaire / Decker
Deep Sky – Delaronde
Delisle – Delorimer / De Lorimier
Dennis / Denny – Denis
Dicaire / Decaire / Decker / Dicker
Diome – Dixon / Dickson
Doctor / Docdor
Dominique – Donahoe
Doolittle – Douglas / Dugless
Doxdater / Dox(s)tator / Dockstator
Dulude – Duncan
E
Eadie / Eddie
Echo – Edward
Elijah – Elliotte
English
Easterbrooks – Etienne
Everrett – Evinett
F
Farmer
Ferguson – Fern – Fire
Fish – Fisher
Fishcarrier
Flanders – Foot
Frank – Franklin – Fraser/Frazer
Freet / Frett
French – Frew – Friday
Froman – Fun
G
Garlow – Garrow
Gaspe – General
George – Gibson – Gilbert
Goode / Goods
Good Leaf – Goodluck – Gould
Granter – Gray
Green
Gro(a)te / Gro(a)de
Ground – Guy
H
Hamelin – Harney – Harris
Haskin – Haching – Hemlock
Henhawk
Henry
Herkimer / Heckimor
Herron – Hess – Hickins
Hill May 2021
Hoager – Homer
Honyost
Hope – Hops – Horne
House – Huben – Hughes
Hunter – Huron
Husk
Hyacinthe
I
Ice
Ireland – Isaac – Island
Ivey
J
Jack
Jackson – Jacobs
Jacot / Jackots
Jake
James
Jamieson / Jemeson / Jemison
Jock / Jocks / Jocko
Joe – John
Johnny / Johnney
Johnson – Johnston
Jonathan – Jones
Joseph
K
Kennedy – Kerrance
Kerby – Key – Kick
King – Kingfisher
Knightly
L
Labre
Lachaudiere / Lachandiere
Lacitrouille – Lacombe
Laduc – Ladure / Laduse
Lafan / Laffin
Lahache / Lahash – Lane
Landers – Laplume – Lariviere
Laronde – Lasor / Lazor – Lasoure / Lesour
Lat – Latham – Latour – Laurent
Lawrence – Lavine – Lavis
Lazarre
Leclair – Lefebvre – Lefort – Legare
Legault – Lekanetekin – Lentz
Leon / Lyon
Leween / Louine – Lewis
Lickers – Loat – Lockridge
Loddrige / Lottridge / Lotudge
Loff / Loft – Logan – Longboat
Longfish – Longpoint
M
Mack
Mallotte – Maracle – Marlo / Marleau
Martin – Matni
McCloud – McComber
McDougal / McDugal – McGee
McGregor – Mclane – McNaughton
McNorton – Meloche
Meslers – Meyers / Mires – Michel
Mikane – Mike / Myke – Mikonse
Miller – Minjaki – Mitchell
Mitten – Monette
Monique
Monk
Montoure / Monture – Morris – Moses / Moise
Mt Pleasant – Mudturtle – Munroe
Murdoch / Murdock – Murray
Musklovy
Musle / Mussle / Mussel
N
Nanticoke
Nash – Nathan – Nelson
Neilson
Newhouse
Nicholas / Nicholes – Ninham
Nolan – Norton
O
Oak / Oakes / Oke (m)
Obediah – Otter
Owans / Owens
P
Parkhurst – Parker – Parquis
Patterson
Pattois
Peters – Petrise – Philippe
Pigeon – Pike / Pyke
Plante – Podle
Point – Pominville
Pork – Porter – Powless
R
Rabbit
Ransom – Raquette / Racket
Red Leaf – Regis – Reinfret
Rhodes – Rice
Rivers – Roach
Robinson – Ross
Round point – Round Sky – Roussin
Rufiauge / Ruphiauge
Russell
S
Sahanatien
Sakoket – Sam – Samo
Sandy – Sarenher – Sarrazin
Satagarate – Sault – Sawatis
Sawyer – Scott – Secord – Semo
Seneca – Sere / Seri – Seers / Sears
Sero / Zero – Seth – Seymour – Sharrow
Sheira – Sherry
Schyler / Shuler /Shushler
Sia Chip – Silver – Silversmith
Simon – Simpson – Sylvestre / Silvester
Sims – Singleton – Skanahien
Skenonton / Skenontou / Scannado
Skitties / Skettis
Sky – Sickle
Smith – Smoke – Snow
Solomon – Sowden / Souden
Spence, Spencer – Splicer
Sprague / Spragg
Square – St Cyr – St. Onge
Staats / Stats – Stacey – Stalk / Stock
Standup – Stansbury – Stanton
Sterling – Stonefish – Styres – Sugar
Sugarbush – Summers
Sunday
Surast – Swamp – Swan
Sylvestre – Syscom(b)e
T
Tarbell – Taylor
Terrance – Therien – Theson
Thires – Thomas – Thompson / Thomson
Tiocha – Tmishaw – Tobicoe
Tormiskakon – Tourshane – Trefle
Trembly – Truckle – Turcotte
Turkey – Turner
Twofish / Tofish
V
Vanevery / Vanwery
Vice / Vyse
W
Wabikouse
Walker – Warner – Wasson
Webster – Wedge
Welsby / Welsbie – Wetherell
Whitbey – White
Whitebean – Whitecoat
Wiktdock – Williams – Wilson / Willison
Winney / Winnie – Wiskam
Wood – Woodman – Woodruff
Workman – Wright
Y
Yellow – Young
Z
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Hi, I am searching information about my great grandmother, her name was jenny sky, I only have a bit of very flimsy information about her told to my mother from my grandmother (deceased), apparently jenny sky was born 1877 meant to be Tuscarora mother and Sioux father (redwing), my mother thought the redwing side was the apsaroke crow redwing but doing some research it doesn’t seem possible so assuming it was the Sioux, my grandmother spoke a lot of the Lakota Sioux language, her mother jenny sky married a Russian businessman she died on the 17th November 1919 in England 2 days after my grandmother was born, my grandmothers birth name was Frederica rhaune Antoinette pulvernes. I cannot find a birth certificate of my grandmothers to verify her mothers name, I have searched ancestory and other sites but to no avail so hoping I may get answers here.
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