Jobin | Metis, Mixed-heritage: Cree, French | Surname Anchor Post
Index: Indigenous, Metis & Mixed-Heritage Surname Anchor Posts
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!
SURNAME NOTES | JOBIN
- Surname lists: Surname Anchor Posts
- Regions: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
- Ethnicity: Metis, Mixed-heritage: Cree, French
- Associated surnames: Bremner, Courteoreille, Dredger, Dumas, Houle, Laveau, Mandeville, Sioui.
- Misc.:
- 1. One line of Metis Jobins descend from French Canadian Montrealers Joseph Jobin and Cecile Lapierre through their son Ambroise Jobin and daughter-in-law Marguerite Mandeville. (see External Links below).
- 2. Several Jobins (or their spouses) were involved in the 1885 North-West Resistance (formerly known as The North-West Rebellion). They included: Ambroise Jobin Jr. (m. Annie Bremner), Louis Napoleon Jobin (m. Olive Dumas), Patrice Jobin, Pierre Jobin (m. Sarah McMillan) and finally Joseph Falcon Jobin (m. Henriette Bremner) who was the Captain of the Turtleford Metis. The 1885 North-West Resistance included Metis and other indigenous peoples (Cree, Kainai, Piikani, Saulteaux and Siksika) and was in response to broken treaties, starvation and encroachment on their lands by new settlers in what are now Saskatchewan and Alberta. The resistance fighters were defeated and Canada’s federal government asserted its control over the area. [Source: Veterans and Families of the 1885 Northwest Resistance, Lawrence Barkwell, Louis Riel Institute]. See External Links below for more information.
CENSUS DISTRICTS | JOBIN
ALBERTA
Edmonton | Townships 71 (1911)
MANITOBA
Selkirk | Jobins in Assiniboia (1901)
SASKATCHEWAN
The Territories | Jobins in Domeremy (1901)
MARRIAGES | JOBIN
DOKIS [CDN Marriage Extracts] [SK]
HERY [CDN Marriage Extracts] [Western Canada Metis Scrip]
JACQ [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB-QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]
SIMO [CDN Marriage Extracts] [QC]
RELATED POSTS | JOBIN
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
French Canadian Pioneers: The Jobins of Quebec
EXTERNAL LINKS
Jobin, Louis Napoleon, National Metis Veterans’ Memorial Monument
Descendants of Metis who fought at Batch bring history to life, Red Deer Advocate
North-West Resistance [The Canadian Encyclopedia]
Veterans and Families of the 1885 Northwest Resistance [Louis Riel Institute]
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