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

Index:  Surname Anchor Posts


MacDonald / Macdonald   &  McDonald / Mcdonnald  & McDonnall / Mcdonnel


Each of these posts is dedicated to one surname that is carried by someone connected to indigenous, Metis or mixed-heritage people in Canada.  


SURNAME NOTES  |  MCDONALD & VAR.


  • Purpose:
    • The goal of these Surname Anchor Posts is to answer these questions: Based on settler documents, has my surname of interest ever been associated with indigenous people in what is now called Canada? If so, where and when did it occur? And finally, with which specific peoples was my surname associatedNote: These posts are just a Finding Aide to help you continue with your own in-depth research. The project is constantly updated but will likely never be completed  🙂
  • Regions:
    • These are the regions where the Mcdonald surname (& var.) appears in settler census and/or marriage documents: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Western Canada. 
    • Note: Please see the Census District section down below for links to posts with more location-based information.
  • Ethnicity:  
    • These are the ethnicities recorded for the McDonalds in settler census records as well as Metis scrip and marriage documents: Metis, Algonquin, Blackfoot, Iroquois, Montagnais.
    • Note: Please see the Census District section below for links to census posts that list ethnicity by location.
  • Associated surnames:  
    • These are the surnames of McDonald spouses. 
    • Allard (Upd. 2023), Anderson, Atkiness, Allard,  Atkinson
    • Basile / Bazile,  Bear,  Beaudry, Beauvais, Belcourt (Upd. 2023), Boucher,  Burke / Bourque,  Burns, Brass (Upd. 2023), Bruneau (Upd. 2023), Bryant
    • Cadotte, Calder, Campbell,  Capean (Upd. 2023), Cardinal  Cleary,  Cook, Courtepatte
    • (Decaire / Dicaire, Desjarlais,  Desrochers, Dorion (Upd. 2023), Ducharme, Dufont (Upd. 2023), Dumont, Duncan, Durocher, Dusome
    • Eccles
    • Fadden,  Favel (Upd.2023), Ferris, Ferguson, Flett, Francis (Upd. 2023), Fraser
    • Gabriel, Garrow, George, Gleazer, Godon, Gordon, Green, Gunn
    • Hamelin, Hay, Heavy Runner,  Henderson,  Herne,  Herron (Upd. 2023), Hill
    • Inkster
    • (j-k-l)  Jacco / Jacko / Jock, , Jack, Jackson (Upd. 2023), James, Joachim, Johnston
    • Kahawison (Upd. 2023), Kirkness, Klyne
    • Laderoute, Langevin, Lapierre, Laprise, Larance / Laurance, / Laurence, Laurin, Lazare, L’Hirondelle, Lindstrom, Lizotte, Logan 
    • Manson, McAulay, McCorrister, McDonnell / McDonald, McDougall (Upd. 2023), McGhie, McKay, McLaren (Upd. 2023), McLeod,  Mercredi, Miruabeuit, Moar, Mowatt,  Murray
    • Nanipo / Nanipou, Napane, Osaabikwe (Upd. 2023)
    • Ostawenserahes, 
    • Patenaude, Peebles, Peel, Pee-pona-kapow (Upd. 2023), Pheasant, Pictou (Upd. 2023), Presley
    • Quintal / Quintall
    • Raphael, Roach, Robillard, Rodgers, Rowland, Roy
    • Setter / Settee, Silver, Sinclair (Upd. 2023), Sylleboy, Sylvestre (Upd. 2023), Swain
    • Tait, Tappe, Taiohonronhiokten (Upd. 2023), Taylor, Thomas (Upd. 2023), Thomason, Tourangeau, Turner
    • Verhelst, Verrault
    • Whetung, Whiteway,  Williams.
    • Note: Please see the Marriages section down below to reach posts containing my marriage transcriptions.
  • Misc.: 
    • This is where I place random bits of information from my Archives.
    • 1. There are some Algonquin McDonnells who descend from John McDonnell / Mcdonald (son of Alexander McDonnell and Mary Ann McKay) and Marie Angelique / Manian Angelique Dufond / Osaabikwe (daughter of Amable Jean-Paul Dufond Elizabeth Fisher.) [Source: Jean-Guy Paquin]   
    • 2. 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).  
    • 3. In Quebec there are many Montagnais McDonalds, as well as other McDonalds connected to the Iroquois. 
    • 4. 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).
    • 5. In Ontario there are three  lines of recognized Metis descending from couples with a McDonnel/McDonald or MacDonald wife.  aMarie 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.  5. In 1884, British General Charles Gordon was trapped in Sudan’s capital city Khartoum, so a rescue mission was organized that would involve watercraft on the River Nile. Canadian Voyageurs of Metis and First Nations background were recruited to carry out this mission. The Voyageurs succeeded in reaching Khartoum but they were too late to save Gordon as the city had already fallen to the Mahdists. There were 4 Metis McDonalds from St. Andrews involved in that expedition. Three were sons of John McDonald and Nancy Ferguson. They were Alexander, Donald and John McDonald. The fourth was William McDonald, son of Alex McDonald and Ann Tait.  [Source: The Nile Voyageurs 1884-1885] 
    • 6. In 1872/1873 , a government survey was undertaken to determine the precise international border between Canada and the U.S.A.  Part of the survey was assisted by Metis guides and Chippewa men who were employed as scouts. Two of these scouts were Adam McDonald and Donald McDonald (both sons of Donald “Big” Mcdonald & Jane Beaudry).  Adam McDonald was married to Maria McKay (daughter of William McKay & Mary Bunn). Donald McDonald was the older of the two and was 49th  Rangers’ Deputy Commander. Donald’s wife was Harriet Spence. [Source: The Boundary Commission’s Metis Scouts: The 49th Rangers, Larry Haag & Lawrence Barkwell]. 
    • 7. Hudson’s Bay Company has service records for over 20 individuals with a McDonald or McDonnell surname. 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  |  MCDONALD & VAR.


ALBERTA

Edmonton  |  Indian Reserve   (1911)   2023

Edmonton West  |   Indian Reserve  (1921)   2023

Terr.  | Beaumont  (1901)   2023

Terr.  |  Blood Reserve  (1901) 

Terr.  | Calgary West  (1901)    2023

Terr.  | Edmonton East  (1901)   2023

Terr. | Lac La Biche (1901)   2023

Terr.  | Lac Ste. Anne  (1901) 

Terr.  |  Macleod V(2)-2  (1901)   2023

Terr.  |  Muskowpehung & File Hills (1901)   2023

Terr.  |  St. Albert (1901) 

Unorg. Terr.  |  Athabaska A-4   (1901) 

Unorg. Terr.  |  Athabaska A-6  (1901) 

Victoria  |  Fort Chipewyan (1911)

Victoria  |  Grand Rapids (1911) 

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Aboriginal Agencies | Babine Agency A-3 (1901)    2023

Comox-Atlin  |  Atlin 48  (1911)   2023

Comox-Atlin | Atlin 49  (1911)   2023

Vancouver Island |  Cowichan Agency XX-2  (1901)   2023

Yale-Cariboo  |  Kamloops Indian Agency  (1911)    2023

Yale-Cariboo  |  Okanagan    (1911) 

MANITOBA

Dauphin  |  Indian Reserve [27-38]   (1921)    2023

Selkirk | Clandeboye Agency  (1911)   2023

Selkirk  |  Fisher River Indian Reserve  (1911)   2023

Selkirk  |  St. Andrews L-6  (1901)  

Selkirk  |  St. Andrews L-7  (1901) 

Selkirk  |  St. Clement McDonalds   (1901)

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

NWT | Albany (1911)  2023

NWT | Grand Rapids  (1911)  2023

NWT | Martins Falls | Fort Hope, Keewatin  (1911)   2023

NWT | Nelson House  (1911)  2023

NWT | One Man’s Lake  (1911)   2023

NWT | The Pas … (1911)    2023

NOVA SCOTIA

Halifax  |  Indian Reserve  (1921)   2023

Hants | Douglas & Falmouth I.R.  (1911)   2023

Hants  |  Shubenacadie 0-1  (1901) 

Hants  |  Shubenacadie (1921)   2023

Richmond | Red Islands  (1911)   2023

ONTARIO

Addington  |  Palmerston and Canonto (1901)  

Algoma  |  Beaver Mills  (1901) 

Algoma  |  McIrvine  (1901) 

Algoma  |  Michipicoten Harbour S-2  (1901) 

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

Algoma East  |  Chapleau (Township)  (St. John’s Res. School?) (1921)  

Bothwell  |  Orford  | (1881) 

Bothwell | Sombra & Walpole Island  (1901)   2023

Brant | Tuscarora E-2   (1901)   2023

Brant  |  Tuscarora 12 (1852)    

Brant  |  Tuscarora 26  (1911)   2023

Brant | Tuscarora 28  (1911)   2023

Brant  |  Tuscarora  36   (1921)   2023

Brant   |  Tuscarora  37  (1921)   2023

Brant South  |  Tuscarora (1881)  

Elgin West  |  Ridgetown (Town) F  (1901) 

Frontenac  |  Palmerston,  Canonto  (1921)   

Hastings East | T yendinaga  … (1901)  

Kent  |  Harwich (1881)  

Lambton West  |  Sombra and Walpole Island  (1921)  

Middlesex West  |  Caradoc  (1881) 

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

Ontario North | Rama Township I.R.  (1911)    2023

Ontario North | Indian Reserve  (1921)  

Port Arthur and Kenora I.R. (1921)    2023

Renfrew North  |  Mattawa  (1881)  

Renfrew South | Griffith & Matawatchan  (1901)     2023

Thunder Bay & River  | Pic I.R.   (1911)    2023

Thunder Bay & Rainy River | Sturgeon Lake …  |(1911)   2023

Thunder Bay & Rainy River  | Wabigoon (1911)   2023

Thunder Bay & Rainy River | White Dog Post  (1911)   2023

QUEBEC

Chateauguay-Huntingdon | St. Regis I.R. (1921)    2023

Chicoutimi & Saguenay  |  Unorg. Terr.  (1881)  

Chicoutimi & Saguenay  |  Ouiatchouan (1901)  

Chicoutimi & Saguenay | Pointe Blene  (1911)   2023

Laprairie & Napierville | Sault St. Louis  (1911)   2023

Pontiac-Temiscamingue-Abitibi  |  Rupert House (1921) 

Huntingdon | St Regis  (1911)   2023

Unorg. Territory McDonalds  |  Pontiac  (1901)  

SASKATCHEWAN

Battleford I.R. | Onion Lake Band …  (1911)     2023

Battleford  |  Fond du Lac  (1911)   2023

Battleford |  Townships [215-32] (1921) 

North Battleford | Fond du Lac [222-62] (1921)

Prince Albert  |  Petaquakeys I.R.  (1911)  

Prince Albert  |  Desmarais in Townships 46  (1911)

SK | Lake La Ronge  (1901)   2023

SK | Pas Agency 4  (1901)   2023

SK | Qu’Appelle [224-43] (1921)    2023

SK | North Battleford, Indian Agency [222-65]     2023

SK | Humboldt (Gordon, Muskow-ekwum) (1906)   2023    Note: Ethnicity not recorded

Terr. | Bresaylor | (1901)   2023

Terr.  |  Devil Lake  (1901) 

Terr.  | Halcro  (1901)   2023

Terr.  |  La Corne  (1901) 

Terr.  |  Meota   (1901) 

Terr.  |  Prince Albert  (1901) 

Terr.  |  Qu’Appelle Indian Agency  (1911) 

THE TERRITORIES

Unorganized Territories  |  Keewatin c-2  (1901) 

Unorganized Territories  |  Keewatin C-6  (1901) 

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MARRIAGES  |  MCDONALD & VAR.


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]

CLOU  [CDN Marriage Extracts]   McDonald   2023

DELM  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]  McDonald

DOKIS  [CDN Marriage Extracts]   McDonald   2023

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

MARB …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  McDonald   2023

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

ROBE    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [AB]   McDonald   2023

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

SIMO  [CDN Marriage Extracts]   McDonald   2023

SNOW   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  McDonald

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

V …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  McDonald, McDonnell  2023

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

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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]

Hudson’s Bay Archives

Nile Expedition [The Canadian Encyclopedia]

The Nile Voyageurs 1884-1885 [Louis Riel Institute]

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