Anderson | Cree, Metis, Mohawk, Saulteaux, Tuscorara, Mixed heritage, Mixed heritage

Anderson | Cree, Metis, Mohawk, Saulteaux, Tuscorara, Mixed heritage, Mixed heritage | Surname Anchor Post

Each of these posts is dedicated to one surname that is carried by someone connected to indigenous, Metis or mixed-heritage people in Canada.

SURNAME NOTES | ANDERSON

Purpose:
- The goal of these Surname Anchor Posts is to answer these questions: Based on settler documents, has my surname ever been associated with indigenous people in what is now called Canada? If so, where and when did it occur? And finally, with which specific peoples was my surname associated? Note: These posts are just a Finding Aide to help you continue with your own in-depth research. This project is constantly updated but will never be complete 🙂
Regions:
- These are the regions where this surname appears in census and/or marriage documents: Alberta, Manitoba, NFLD & Labrador, Ontario, Saskatchewan.
- Note: Please see the Census District section down below for links to posts with more location-based information.
Ethnicity:
- These are the ethnicities recorded for this surname in census records as well as Metis scrip and marriage documents.: Cree, Metis, Mohawk, Saulteaux, Tuscorara, Mixed heritage: English, Scottish. Note: Please see the Census District section below for links to census posts that list ethnicity by location.
Associated surnames:
- These are the surnames of spouses for this surname. Note: Please see the Marriages section down below to reach posts containing my marriage transcriptions.
- Alexcee, Amyot, Asham, Atkinson, Auger, Badger, Ballendine / Rocheblanc, Barnabe, Beaudry, Birston, Breland / Berland, Burnham, Brass, Capot, Cook, Cooper (Upd. 2023), Corrigal, Crane
- Daniels, Demit / Dennet, de Moran / Demoran, De Muy, Desmarais, Ducharme, de Moran / Demoran, de Muy, Desmarais, Dohl, Dominic, Ducharme, Dumont
- Erasmus, Favel, Fawn (Upd. 2023), Fletcher (Upd. 2023), Gill, Halcrow / Halcro (Upd.2023), Hill, Hourie, House / Howse, Isbister
- Johnson, Kipp, Lachlin, Laliberte, Landre / Landry (?), Longboat, McKay, Miller, Monture / Montour, Moore, Mousseau, Mt. Pleasant
- Norquay, Park, Paquin, Pocha, Prudent
- Racette, Rupert, Sanderson, Sandison, Saunders, Sesikwan, Setter, Sinclair, Small Face, Smith, Solomon, Swain
- Tait / Tate, Thomas, Truthwaite
- Venn / Venne, Wag-A-Dach, Whetung, Whitford / Whiteford, York, Young.
Misc.:
- This is where I place scattered bits of information from my Archives.
- 1. The Tuscarora (Ontario) Anderson surname was introduced by 19th century Irish settlers George and Mary Anderson.
- 2. An early western Metis couple were Thomas Anderson (son of Thomas Anderson and Catherine Landry) and Elizabeth Desmarais. They had a son – Henry Anderson who married Fanny Pocha / Paquin (daughter of Joseph Paquin and Marie Lapointe) and that couple had 6 children. The Andersons were among 13 families who settled in Portage as members of Reverend William Cockran’s newly formed St. Mary’s congregation [Source: Thomas Anderson, Louis Riel Institute].
- 2. The Red River Andersons descend from two couples: a) James Anderson (Scottish, Orkney Islands) and his Metis wife Elizabeth Isbister through their married offspring: Alexander Anderson (m. Matilda Thomas), Caroline Anderson (m. William Monkman), Christina Ross Anderson (m. John Alfred Flett), John Isbister Anderson (m. Eleanor Thomas), Mary Pruden Anderson (m. James Bruce). b) Anthony John Anderson and and his second wife Caroline Sayer through their married offspring: Alexander Martin Anderson (m. Mary Park) and Frederick Anderson (m. Ann Unknown surname).
- 3. The 1885 North-West Resistance by the Metis and the Cree, Kainai, Piikani, Saulteaux and Siksika peoples took place against a backdrop of starvation, broken treaties and encroachment by new settlers in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The resistance fighters eventually lost and Canada’s federal government asserted its control over the area. Anderson Metis involved in the 1885 Resistance included: Betsy Anderson (m. Arthur Amyotte), Caleb Anderson, Charles Anderson, Eliza Anderson (m. Andrew Tate) and Nancy Sophie Anderson (m. Napoleon Boyer) [Source: Veterans and Families of the 1885 Northwest Resistance, Lawrence Barkwell, Louis Riel Institute].
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