Ferland | Metis, Ojibway, Saulteaux, American Indian Mixed-heritage: 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 by no means complete!
SURNAME NOTES | FERLAND
- Surname lists: Surname Anchor Posts
- Regions: Manitoba, Quebec
- Ethnicity: Metis, Ojibway, Saulteaux, American Indian Mixed-heritage: French
- Associated surnames: Bone, Brunette, Chartrand, Cook, Degonzague, Genaille / Chenail, Guiboche, McKay, McLeod, Pangman, Paul / St. Math / St. Matte.
- Misc.:
- There were Ferlands associated with the traditional Saulteaux / Metis settlement of Zhiishiibi-Zhiibiing, Manitoba which had long been a place where indigeneous people gathered in the Fall. It was an area of natural resources including fishing in the Fall and also nearby marshes which were rich with birds. European settlers called the place Baie de Canard or Duck Bay. Pierre Ferland is named as one of the Metis Band members who left Treaty after the Band accepted Treaty Four [Source: Historic Metis Settlements in Manitoba and Geographical Place Names, Lawrence Barkwell, Louis Riel Institute]
CENSUS DISTRICTS | FERLAND
MANITOBA
Ferlands in Unorganized Territory | Marquette (1901)
Ferlands in Nelson | 32 (1921) May 2022
MARRIAGES | FERLAND
F … [CDN Marriage Extracts] [QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]
G … [CDN Marriage Extracts] [MB]
P … [CDN Marriage Extracts] [Western Canada Metis Scrip]
RELATED POSTS | FERLAND
INDEXES
Main Index: Canadian Census Extracts by Region & by Nation
Index: Canadian Marriage Extracts in Alphabetical Order
OTHER POSTS
French Canadian Pioneers: The Ferlands of Quebec
EXTERNAL LINKS
Ferlands in Duck Bay, MB by Lawrence Barkwell [St. Charles School]
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