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

Nov 2021

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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, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Western Canada
• Ethnicity:  Algonquin, Metis, Mi’kmaq, Mixed heritage: Cree
• Associated surnames:  Boulard, Bouvet, Brouillard, Caplin / Caplan, Carriere, Catpat / Quatpattes, Chalifoux, Condo, Dadam / Dedam, Danis, Daunais,  Degonzague, Ethier, Jerome, Larocque, Livingstone, Nadeau, Nicolas, Odjik, Parent, Pictou, Riel, 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

The Territories  |  Pincher Creek  (1901)

MANITOBA

Provencher  |  Ritchot h-2  (1901) 

Selkirk  |  St. Laurent  (1901) 

NOVA SCOTIA

Diligent River | Mi’kmaq (1911)

QUEBEC

Bonaventure  |  Mann & Restigouche (1901)

Bonaventure  |  Restigouche I.R.   (1911)

Bonaventure Mann | Mann (1921)

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]  

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]