Belanger | Metis, Cree, Ojibway, Mixed-heritage | Surname Anchor Posts

Index:  Surname Anchor Posts

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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.

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SURNAME NOTES  |  BELANGER

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• Regions:
  • Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, The Territories, Western Canada
• Ethnicity:
  • Metis, Cree, Ojibway, Mixed-heritage
• Associated surnames:
  • Arcand, Badger, Bear, Bishop, Boucher, Boyer, Cardinal, Charette, Chatealain / Chastelain, Daigneault / Daignault, Daze, Delorme, Dreaver, Dufresne, Ermine Skin, Fraser, Frigon, Gendron, Gosselin, Johnston, Lafreniere, Ledoux, Lepine, Malette, Marion, Maurice, Mynier de Lasalles, Nolan, Normand, Paquet, Perri, Petit Couteau, Plante, Rivard, Robertson, Roy, Sanderson, St. Germain, Vasseur, Villebrun, Versaille, Wassegijig,
• Misc.: 
  • 1. 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.   One of these scouts was Abraham Belanger and Marie Anne Versaille’s son John Belanger who was married to Marie Josephine Gosselin (daughter of Francois Gosselin). John’s sister Marie Belanger was married to another 49th Ranger (Anathase Lepine). Besides taking part in the boundary survey, John Belanger “is believed to have assisted his father and brothers during the 1885 Resistance. His father Abraham Sr. was a buffalo hunter who lived at Pembina and St. Norbert before moving to Batoche. Abraham Belanger Sr. was present at the March 24, 1884 secret planning meeting for bringing Louis Riel to Batoche and was a Captain of one of the 19 companies led by Gabriel Dumont during the 1885 Metis Resistance. ”  [Source: The Boundary Commission’s Metis Scouts: The 49th Rangers, Larry Haag & Lawrence Barkwell].
  • 2. Scroll down to External Links for a biography of Abraham Belanger, buffalo hunter.   
  • 3. The 1885 North-West Resistance by the Metis and the Cree, Kainai, Piikani, Saulteaux and Siksika peoples took place against a backdrop of starvation, broken treaties and encroachment by new settlers in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The resistance fighters eventually lost and Canada’s federal government asserted its control over the area.   The following Metis Belangers were involved in the Resistance:  Abraham Belanger (m. Philomene Delorme), Bernard Belanger (m. Pauline Nolin), Isabella Belanger (m. Joseph Ledoux), John / Jean Belanger, Joseph Belanger (m. Elise Villebrun), Marie Belanger (m. Athanase Lepine), Marie-Anne Belanger (m. Daniel Charette Sr.), Norbert Belanger.    [Source: Veterans and Families of the 1885  Northwest Resistance, Lawrence Barkwell, Louis Riel Institute]. See External Links  below for more information.
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CENSUS DISTRICTS  |  BELANGER

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ALBERTA

Northwest Territories  |  Oxford House  (1911)

The Territories   |  Edmonton AG-2  (1901)

ONTARIO

Algoma  |  Garden River  (1881)   Belonger 

Algoma  |  Garden River I.R. (K)  (1901) 

Algoma  |  Lake Superior XX-7  (1901)

Algoma East  |  Manitowaning I.R.  (1911)

Algoma West | Garden River Reserve  (1921) 

Fort William and Rainy River | Indian Reserves (1921)

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

SASKATCHEWAN

Assiniboia East  |  Fort Qu’Appelle  1901 

Assiniboia East  |  Crooked Lake Agency  (1901) 

Prince Albert, Provincial Jail [223-57] (1921)  

Saskatchewan Territory  |  Pine Bluff  (1901)

Saskatchewan Territory  |  Battleford North  (1901) 

Saskatchewan Territory  |  Battleford South  (1901)

Saskatchewan Territory |  Carleton (1901)

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MARRIAGES  |  BELANGER

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ANAH     [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [SK]

B …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

BAST   [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [AB-MB-ON-SK-Western Canada Metis Scrip] 

BENA   [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [Western Canada Metis Scrip]  

BLAN      [CDN Marriage Extracts]    [ON]   

C … [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

CARI [CDN Marriage Extracts] [Western Canada Metis Scrip]  

D  ….   [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [AB-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

DELM     [CDN Marriage Extracts]   [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

DOKIS    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [SK-Western Canada Metis Scrip] 

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

F  ….      [CDN Marriage Extracts]    [ON]

JACQ    [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [SK-Western Canada Metis]

L …[CDN Marriage Extracts] [ON]

LAUG   [CDN Marriage Extracts] [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

M …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

MOBE     [CDN Marriage Extracts  [SK]

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

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

R  …  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

ROBE  [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [ON-Western Canada Metis Scrip]

S …   [CDN Marriage Extracts]  [Western Canada Metis Scrip]

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

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RELATED POSTS  |  BELANGER

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They Passed Through Kahnawake: Joseph Belanger & Delvica Mallette

French Canadian Pioneers: The Belangers of Quebec

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EXTERNAL LINKS

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Belanger, Abraham, Sr [Gabriel Dumont Institute]

Belanger, Beatrice & Charles (Image) [Gabriel Dumont Institute]

Veterans and Families of the 1885  Northwest Resistance [Louis Riel Institute]

North-West Resistance [The Canadian Encyclopedia]

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