McDonald & Var. | Metis, Blackfoot, Iroquois, Montagnais, Mixed-heritage: Scottish/Cree | Surname Anchor Post

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

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MacDonald / Macdonald   –  McDonald / Mcdonnald  – Mcdonnel

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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  |  MCDONALD & VAR.

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• Surname lists:  Surname Anchor Posts, Iroquois, Metis (ON), Wabanaki
• Regions:  Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Western Canada
• Ethnicity:  Metis, Blackfoot, Iroquois, Montagnais, Mixed-heritage: Scottish, Cree
• Associated surnames:  Anderson, Atkiness, Allard,  Atkinson,  Basile / Bazile,  Bear,  Beaudry, Beauvais, Boucher,  Burke / Bourque,  Bryant, Cadotte, Calder, Campbell,  Cardinal  Cleary,  Cook, Courtepatte, Decaire / Dicaire, Desjarlais,  Desrochers, Ducharme,  Dumont, Duncan,  Durocher,  Dusome, Eccles,  Fadden,  Ferris, Ferguson, Flett, Fraser, Gabriel, Garrow, George, Gleazer,  Godon, Gordon, Green, Gunn, Hamelin, Hay,  Heavy Runner,  Henderson,  Herne,  Hill, Inkster, Jacco / Jacko / Jock, , Jack, James, Joachim, Johnston, Kirkness, Klyne, Laderoute, Langevin, Laprise, Larance / Laurance, Laurin, Lazare, L’Hirondelle, Lindstrom, Lizotte, Logan, Manson, McAulay, McCorrister, McGhie, McKay, McLeod,  Mercredi, Miruabeuit, Moar, Mowatt,  Murray, Nanipo / Nanipou, Napane, Ostawenserahes, Patenaude, Peebles, Peel, Pheasnt, Presley, Quintal / Quintall, Raphael, Roach, Robillard, Rodgers, Rowland, Roy, Setter / Settee, Silver, Sylleboy, Swain, Tait, Tappe, Taylor, Thomason, Tourangeau, Turner, Verrault, Whetung, Whiteway,  Williams.
• Misc.:  1. One branch of Western Metis McDonalds  descends from John McDonald and Charlotte Inkster through their son: Donald McDonald (m. Margaret Turner) and their daughter Rosalie McDonald (m. Arthur Cummings Clare).  2. In Quebec there are many Montagnais McDonalds, as well as other McDonalds connected to the Iroquois. 3. My marriage database contains both Innu Montagnais First Nations individuals as well as mixed Montagnais / French marriages as listed in a study by the Communauté Métisse du Domaine du Roy et de la Seigneurie de Mingan.  Some mixed French/Montagnais descendants self-identify as Metis (see Etienne Rivard’s discussion paper). 4. In Ontario there are three  lines of recognized Metis descending from couples with a McDonnel/McDonald or MacDonald wife.  a. Marie Cecile McDonnell dit Mawiskak and her husband Narcisse Pierre Dorion. b. Janet MacDonald and her husband Henry Charles Fraser  c. Isabelle MacDonald and her husband Isaac Hunter.

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CENSUS DISTRICTS  |  MCDONALD & VAR.

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ALBERTA

The Territories  |  Blood Reserve  (1901) 

The Territories  |  Blood Reserve  McDonalds (1901)   McDonald

The Territories   (1901)  MacDonald

The Territories  |  St. Albert (1901)   Mcdonnald

Unorganized Territories  |  Athabaska A-4   (1901) 

Unorganized Territories  |  Athabaska A-6  (1901)  June 2021

Victoria  |  Fort Chipewyan (1911)  June 2021

Victoria  |  Grand Rapids (1911)  June 2021

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Yale-Cariboo  |  Okanagan    (1911)  MacDonald

MANITOBA

Selkirk  |  St. Andrews L-6  (1901)   June 2021

Selkirk  |  St. Andrews L-7  (1901)  June 2021

Selkirk  |  St. Clement McDonalds    (1901)  McDonald

NOVA SCOTIA

Hants  |  Shubenacadie 0-1  (1901)  June 2021

ONTARIO

Algoma  |  Beaver Mills  (1901)  May 2021

Algoma  |  McIrvine  (1901)  May 2021

Algoma  |  Michipicoten Harbour S-2  (1901)  June 2021

Nipissing  |  Mattawan Town 0(1)-1 (1901)   June 2021

Algoma  |  Rat Portage & Savanne Agency XX-2 (1901)  June 2021

Renfrew North  |  Mattawa  (1881)  Mcdonnel

QUEBEC

Chicoutimi & Saguenay  |  Ouiatchouan (1901)  Macdonald

Pontiac-Temiscamingue-Abitibi  |  Rupert House (1921)  MacDonald

St. Regis McDonalds  |  Huntingdon  (1901)  McDonald

Unorg. Territory McDonalds  |  Pontiac  (1901)   McDonald

SASKATCHEWAN

Prince Albert  |  Petaquakeys I.R.  (1911)  MacDonald  June 2021

Prince Albert  |  Desmarais in Townships 46  (1911)  McDonald

The Territories  |  Devil Lake  (1901)  MacDonald

The Territories  |  La Corne  (1901)  Macdonald

The Territories  |  Lake La Ronge McDonalds  (1901)   McDonald

The Territories  |  Meota   (1901)   Macdonald

The Territories  |  Prince Albert  (1901)   McDonald

The Territories  |  Qu’Appelle Indian Agency  (1911)  June 2021

 

THE TERRITORIES

Unorganized Territories  |  Keewatin c-2  (1901)  June 2021

Unorganized Territories  |  Keewatin C-6  (1901)   June 2021

 

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MARRIAGES  |  MCDONALD & VAR.

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AION  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-Western Canada Metis Scrip]   McDonald

ASAI   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip] McDonald

B …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  McDonald

BAST   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON]  McDonald

BLAN   [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [AB]  McDonald

BRAS   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]  McDonald

C …  [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  MacDonald

CARI   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  McDonald, Mcdonald

COON   [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [AB-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

DELM  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]  McDonald

E  …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]   McDonald

F …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON]  McDonald, Mcdonnell

GIRO   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]  McDonald

H …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  Macdonald, McDonald

HERY   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  McDonald

J …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON]  Mcdonald

JACQ   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-Western Canada Metis Scrip] McDonald, Mcdonald

L …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]  Mcdonald

LAHO   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON]  McDonald

LAUG   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [QC]  McDonald

LESO   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  McDonald 

M …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [BC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  Macdonald, MacDonald Mac Donald, McDonald, McDonnell

MCCU   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-MB-ON-QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]   Macdonald, McDonald, Mcdonald, McDonall, McDonnell

MEGA   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-Western Camada Metis Scrip] McDonald

N …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  McDonald

OKAN   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  McDonald

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

PETE   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON]  Mcdonald

PIGE   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON]  Mcdonald

Q …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [SK-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  McDonald

R …   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [AB-BC-QC-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  McDonald

SAUN  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB-ON-Western Canada Metis Scrip]  Macdonald, McDonald

SNOW   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  McDonald

T …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]  McDonald

WHE– Z    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [BC-ON]  Macdonald, Mcdonald

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RELATED POSTS  |  MCDONALD & VAR.

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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

EXTERNAL LINKS

HBC Fort Pelly (63/64), Servants/Free Traders [Gabriel Dumont Institute]

McDonald, Archibald  [Dictionary of Canadian Biography]

McDonell, John, Le Prêtre [Dictionary of Canadian Biography]