Bourque | Metis, Abenaki, Chipewyan, Cree, Huron, Mixed heritage: Irish, French | 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 by no means complete!

 

 

 

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SURNAME NOTES  |  BOURQUE

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• Surname lists: Metis Burke, Surname Anchor Posts
• Regions: AB-BC-MB-QC-SK-Western Canada
• Ethnicity:  Metis, Abenaki, Chipewyan, Cree, Huron, Mixed heritage: Irish, French
• Associated surnames: Branconnier, Campbell, Cardinal, Carriere, Chalifoux, Charon / Sharon, Courteoreille, Desjarlais, Falardeau, Fiddler, Flirth, Garrioch, Grouette, Hale, Hallet, Hamelin, Henderson, Houle, Kakikekamick, Kirton, Klyne, Laderoute, Ladouceur, Larocque, Mercredi, Parker, Ryan, Sioui, Stodgill, Thibert, Tremblay, Widdle, Wylie.
• Misc.:  1. At least two lines of western Metis Bourques descend from French Canadians. The two founding couples are:  George Bourque and his Metis wife Agathe Ladouceur and John Alfred Bourque and his Metis wife Philomene Laderoute. 2. Other Bourkes descend from Irishman John Palmer Bourke and his Metis wife Nancy Campbell. 3. The Bourke surname can be carried by Bourkes but also by Bourque descendants who have anglicized their surname to Bourke or Burke. 4. If you’re unsure of the ethnic origin of “your” Bourques, you’ll find  all Bourque / Bourke / Burke variations consolidated under the entry for Bourque.  (The Bourke and Burke surnames are also double-indexed in the appropriate post).

 

 

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CENSUS DISTRICTS  |  BOURQUE

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ALBERTA

Duhamel | The Territories (1901)

Edmonton East   (1901)

Lac La Biche | The Territories (1901)

Lac La Biche | Victoria (1911)

 

Manitoba

Bourkes in Assiniboia |  Selkirk (1901)

Bourques in Louise  |  Lisgar  (1901)

Portage La Prairie | Mixed, Cree, Scottish, English (1901)  Upd. March 2021

Clandeboye Agency  | Selkirk  (1911)

 

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Fort Resolution | Chipeweyan, Mixed, Slavi (1911)

 

 

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MARRIAGES  |  BOURQUE

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BLAN   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-BC-MB-SK-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  Bourque, Bourke, Burk, Burke

 

BRAS   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [MB]  Burk, Burke

 

C …  [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB]  Bourque, Burke

 

COON   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB] Bourque

 

DELM   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]  Bourque

 

F …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [BC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  Bourke, Burke

 

G  …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]  Burke, Buck

 

H …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-Western Canada Metis Scrip] Bourke

 

KASA   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [MB]  Burke

 

P  …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [SK]  Burke

 

SAUN   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB] Bourke

 

SIMO   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]  Burke

 

SNOW   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]  Bourke

 

THOR   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]  Bourque

 

WHE– Z    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]  Burke

 

 

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RELATED POSTS  |  BOURQUE

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