Marchand | Algonquin, Metis, Mi’kmaq, Mixed heritage: Cree | Surname Anchor Post

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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 by no means complete!

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SURNAME NOTES  |  MARCHAND

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• Surname lists: Surname Anchor Posts,  Metis (ON), Wabanaki
• Regions:  Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Western Canada
• Ethnicity:  Algonquin, Metis, Mi’kmaq, Mixed heritage: Cree
• Associated surnames:  Bastien / Sebastien (Upd. 2023), Bonneau  (Upd. 2023), Boulard, Bouvet, Brouillard, Caplin / Caplan, Carriere, Catpat / Quatpattes, Chalifoux, Condo, Dadam / Dedam, Danis, Daunais,  Degonzague, Dusome (Upd. 2023), Ethier, Gedeon (Upd. 2023), Jerome, Larocque, Livingstone, Nadeau, Nicolas, Odjik, Parent, Perreault (Upd. 2023), Pictou, Riel, Robillard (Upd. 2023),  Roy, Villeneuve / Xavier.
• Misc.:  
• 1. There are recognized Western Metis who descend from the couple Benjamin Marchand (French Canadian) and Marianne Nadeau (Metis) who were married in 1821.
• 2. Variations of the Marchand surname include Marchant and the English translation Merchant.
• 3. The Algonquin Marchands in the region of Maniwaki descend from Louis Nicolas Marchand (son of Hyacinthe Marchand & Julie Lahaie) and Angele / Angelina Ethier (daughter of Michel Ethier and Tarcille Charron [Source: Jean-Guy Paquin].
• 4. The Hudson’s Bay Company has a brief service record for a Benjamin Marchand (Metis). Note: HBC service records relate to employees who worked in traditional indigenous territories and who may or may not have started mixed-heritage families. Scroll down to External Links for more information.

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CENSUS DISTRICTS  |  MARCHAND

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ALBERTA

Terr.  |  Pincher Creek  (1901)

MANITOBA

Provencher  |  Ritchot h-2  (1901) 

Selkirk  |  St. Laurent  (1901) 

NOVA SCOTIA

Cumberland  |  Diligent River  (1911)

QUEBEC

Bonaventure  |  Mann (1881) 

Bonaventure  |  Mann & Restigouche (1901)

Bonaventure  |  Restigouche I.R.   (1911)

Bonaventure Mann | Mann (1921)

Wright  |  Maniwaki I.R. | Algonquin (1921)  2023

SASKATCHEWAN

The Territories  |  Battleford South  (1901)

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MARRIAGES  |  MARCHAND

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BLAN    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

BRAS   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]

C …     [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]

CARI   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]

D …    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]

JACQ   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]

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

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

MARB    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON-QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  

MICE    [CDN Marriage Extracts]   2023

O …    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]

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

PETE   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [NB]

R  …    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]

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RELATED POSTS  |  MARCHAND

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INDEXES

Main Index: Canadian Census Extracts by Region & by Nation

Index: Canadian Marriage Extracts in Alphabetical Order

Index: First Nations and Metis Surname Lists

OTHER POSTS

They Passed Through Kahnawake: C. Marchand and C. Monette

French Canadian Pioneers: The Marchands of Quebec

EXTERNAL LINKS

Marchand, Benjamin [Hudson’s Bay Company Archives]

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