Giroux | Metis, Algonquin, Iroquois (?), Cree | Surname Anchor Posts

Index:  Indigenous, Metis & Mixed-Heritage Surname Anchor Posts

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Each of these posts is dedicated to one surname that is carried by someone connected to indigenous, Metis or mixed-heritage people in Canada.  Please be aware that it’s a synthesis of the information I’ve collected in my personal research throughout the years and is in no way complete!

 

 

 

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SURNAME NOTES  |   GIROUX

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• Surname lists: Metis, Surname Anchor Posts
• Regions:  Ontario, Quebec, Territories
• Ethnicity:  Metis, Algonquin, Iroquois (?), Cree
• Associated surnames:  Auger, Beneen, Berger/Burgie, Bonneau, Boucher, Boyer, Campion, Courteoreille, Dauphinais, Dion, Emond, Gladu, Hamelin, John, Jollifeu, Kiseynick, Laforge, Lalonde, Lesperance, L’Hirondelle, Maskinek, Morin, Munchoos, No Hat, Obiston, Okimaw, Panotch, Petit, Poulin, Shaw, Short, Surprenant.
• Misc.:  A recognized line of Ontario Metis descends from Pierre Giroux and Marie Madeleine Louise St. Onge dit Letard through their offspring: Francis Giroux (m. Harriet Bamanakinang & Celeste Lemay), Jacques Giroux (m. Delphine Vallee & Therese Wassegijik), Jean Baptiste Giroux  (m. Adelaide Precourt), Adelaide Giroux (m. John Fletcher), Catherine Giroux (m. Michel Boucher), Elizabeth Giroux (m. Francis Boucher)

 

 

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CENSUS DISTRICTS  |   GIROUX

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ALBERTA

Girouxs in Athabaska   (1901)

Girouxs in Mackenzie  (1901)

Edmonton (41) | Townships 71 (1911)  March 2021

 

ONTARIO

Gereux in Wallbridge  |  Muskoka & Parry Sound (1901)

Moose Factory  |  Nipissing  (1901)

Wallbridge & Brown | Mixed (1901)  Upd. March 2021

 

QUEBEC

Sault St. Louis  (1911)

Note: I’ve been unable to connect these “Iroquois” Girouxs to an indigenous family but they are enumerated as such so I leave this mystery here. Please also see links to “Caughnawaga troubles…” and “Expulsion of Whites …” below.

 

TERRITORIES

Athabaska | Cree, Beaver, First Nations, Mixed: French, Scottish (1901)  April 2021

 

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MARRIAGES  |  GIROUX

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ASAI    [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB]

 

BENA   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [ON]

 

BLAN   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [ON]

 

D …   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [QC]

 

DOKIS   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB]

 

E  …   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [ON]

 

F  ….   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

 

GIRO   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-ON]

 

L …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

 

LESO   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]

 

MARB    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]

 

MCCU   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]

 

MOBE   [CDN Marriage Extracts  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

 

NICH   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]

 

O …    [CDN Marriage Extracts][AB]

 

PIGE   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]

 

SAUN    [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

 

SNOW   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB]

 

 

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RELATED POSTS  |  GIROUX

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INDEXES & LISTS

List of Metis Surnames of Ontario

Index:  The Algonquins In Canadian Census Records

Index: The Cree in Canadian Census Records

Index:  Indigenous, Metis & Mixed-Heritage Surname Anchor Posts

 

OTHER POSTS

The Caughnawaga Troubles (1878) | Surnames:  …  Giroux … Duranceau

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

French-Canadian Pioneers: The Giroux of Quebec