St. Onge | Montagnais, Metis, Mixed-heritage: Montagnais | Surname Anchor Post

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SURNAME NOTES | ST. ONGE

Regions:
- Ontario, Quebec
Ethnicity:
- Montagnais, Metis, Mixed-heritage: Montagnais/French
Associated surnames:
- Akushish, Bacon, Begin (Upd. 2023), Bellefleur (Upd. 2023), Benjamin, Bois / Boies
- Canape, Claveau, Collard, Crepeau
- Desterres, Dominique, Dube
- Gauthier / Larouche, Giroux (Upd. 2023), Hervieux, Jourdain, Kanapeut
- Labbe, Lavallee
- Matshinapesh, Melagoto, Minuabnukueu, Moreau
- Nanipu / Nanipou, Oshiman
- Picard, Pikuteleigan, Raphael / McNicoll, Riverin
- Savard, Simeon
- Thirnish (Upd. 2023), Thomas / Thomasse, Tremblay (Upd. 2023), Trepanier
- Uitshimau, Vallee, Vachon, Volant / Vollant, Xavier.
Misc.:
- 1. Among the Montagnais, The St. Onge surname originated with Jerome St. Onge (son of Jacques-Francois Payan dit St. Onge and Francoise Rivard dit Lacoursiere) through the children of Jerome’s Montagnais wife Anne Matshiskuesh.
- 2. My marriage database contains both Innu Montagnais First Nations individuals as well as mixed Montagnais / French marriages as listed in a study by the Communauté Métisse du Domaine du Roy et de la Seigneurie de Mingan. Some mixed French/Montagnais descendants self-identify as Metis (see Etienne Rivard’s discussion paper).
- 3. Three St. Onges (Antoine, Joseph and Toussaint) were signatories to the Penetanguishene Metis Petition of 1840, a historic moment in which the Metis declared themselves to be a distinct group of people and claimed rights based on that as well as the fact that they had proven their loyalty as part of the Militia. [Source: Louis Riel Institute, Lawrence Barkwell]
- 4. The Metis Nation of Ontario recognizes two St. Onge lineages. a. The first lineage is that of Joseph St. Onge / Letard (Metis) and Katrine Genevieve Vasseur of the Oddawa First Nations. b. The second lineage is that of Pierre Giroux (documented Metis) and Marie Madeleine Louise St. Onge / Letard.