Boivin | Montagnais | 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.

SURNAME NOTES | BOIVIN

Purpose:
- The goal of these Surname Anchor Posts is to answer these questions: Based on settler documents, has my surname 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 associated? Note: These posts are just a Finding Aide to help you continue with your own in-depth research. This project is constantly updated but will never be complete.
Regions:
- These are the regions where this surname appears in census and/or marriage documents: Quebec.
- 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 this surname in census records as well as Metis scrip and marriage documents: Montagnais, Mixed-heritage: Montagnais, French. 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 spouses for this surname. Note: Please see the Marriages section down below to reach posts containing my marriage transcriptions.
- Antoine, Basile / Bazile, Beauparlant, Bluteau, Buckell
- Claveau, Clearey / Cleary, Connelly
- Dominique, Gill, Nepton
- Philippe, Sioui, Verrau / Verrault.
Misc.:
- This is where I place scattered bits of information from my Archives.
- 1. The French Canadian couple Joseph Leveille and Isabelle Boivin received scrip in recognition of being among the earliest non-indigenous colonists in Red River Country.
- 2. 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).