McGregor | Algonquin, Chippewa, Iroquois, Mi’kmaq, Ojibway, Mixed-heritage: Scottish

McGregor | Algonquin, Chippewa, Iroquois, Mi’kmaq, Ojibway, Mixed-heritage: Scottish | 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 | MCGREGOR

Surname lists: Surname Anchor Posts, Iroquois
Regions: Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
Ethnicity: Algonquin, Chippewa, Iroquois, Mi’kmaq, Ojibway, Mixed-heritage: Scottish
Associated surnames: Awennaietha, Beaudet / Katarankenrat, Beaudoin, Beaudry, Boyce, Chenier, Chipakijikokwe / Riel, Commandant, Curotte / Akwiratekha, Curotte / Sohratowane, Decanti / Dekanti, Delorimier / Oronhiatekha, French, Gervais, Hill / Tiiaokenrat, Jacquot / Jacot, Johnson, Kahentison / Jacobs, Kahentokwas, Katarakenrat / Beaudet, Lahache Sawentas, Lajeunesse, Latour / Villiot, Laurent/Lawrence Skawennati, Leclair / Beaudet / Katarakenrat, McComber / Katsirakeron, Mc Grayer, Montour, Morin, Nitiohionha, Oneratwenrate, Ononkwatkowa,, Ouellet / Wahoianonnente, Pinsonnault, Recollet, Rouleau, Schmitt / Smith, Scott, Serennac, Shoronkwaskon, Skawennetsi, Soteriioskon, Tiiaokenrat / Hill, Turpin, Valiquette, Vanier, Vincent, Waboose, Wagosh, Wathaine Philippe.
Misc.: 1. On early Algonquin McGregor marriages in the Maniwaki region was: Noe / Noel McGregor (aka Kickwanakwat, son of Scotsman Robert McGregor and Marie Jacot) & Marie Louise Dekanti (daughter of Jako Dekanti and Anna Chevalier / Okimakwe) [Source: Jean-Guy Paquin]. 2. A second early Algonquin marriage was that of: Robert McGregor and Marie-Louise Demetrail. They are parents to the Root Ancestor couple in no.4 below. 3. The Metis Nation of Ontario recognizes two McGregor Metis lines. One descends through the Ancestor Root Couple William McGregor and Marie Louise Bellemare through their offspring: Adolphus McGregor (m. Leona B. Roy), Alphonse Raymond Wilfrid McGregor (m. Cecilia Hayes), Alphonsine Stella McGregor (m. John Albert Hall), Maria Alida McGregor (m. John Walter Boyce), Louise McGregor (m. Moise Blanchet), Marguerite Lucinda McGregor (m. John Joseph McCormick), Marie Violet Elilinda McGregor (m. Wilfred Eugene Gervais) and Rose Mathilda McGregor (m. Francis Germain). 4. Other Metis McGregors descend from Robert McGregor and Marie Riel Chipakijikokwe through their offspring: Marie Anne McGregor (m. Charles Morin), Marie Louise McGregor (m. John Leblanc & Magloire Valiquette), Richard Robert McGregor (m. Celina Sarah Chenier). 3. In some databases, the McGregor surname is indexed as Mc Gregor (with a space in the middle) and the search will only work if you include the space 🙂