Boyer | Metis, Chippewa, Ojibway, Saulteaux Mixed-heritage: Chippewa, Cree

Boyer | Metis, Chippewa, Ojibway, Saulteaux Mixed-heritage: Chippewa, Cree | 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 | BOYER

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: Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, 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: Metis, Chippewa, Ojibway, Saulteaux Mixed-heritage: Chippewa, Cree. 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.
- Adam, Allard, Allary, Anderson / Henderson, Arbour, Azure
- Bailey / Boyer, Belanger, Belhumeur, Bell, Belleau, Bercier, Berger, Boissonneau, Bone, Bonneau / Paul, Boudreau, Bourassa, Bousquet, Breland, Bruce, Brunelle, Bruneau, Bruyere
- Campbell, Chaput, Clarke, Corbiere
- Damon (Damien ?), Delaronde, Deschamps, Dollar, Ducharme, Dumont, Dumouchel
- Fidler, Fisher, Flamand, Fournie
- Gaudry, Gendron, Gervais, Gignac, Girard / Gerard, Giroux, Goulet, Goff / Guff, Grant
- Houle, Huntley, Huot
- Jacobs / Kaneratitakhe, Jako, Joly
- Lafleur, Lapierre, Larocque, Lavoie, Lecamp, Leclerc, Lemire, Lucier / Lussier
- Martin, Mainville, Marchildon, McGillis, McMullen, Morrissette, Myers
- Patenaude, Paul, Pelletier, Perrault, Quesnelle
- Racette, Roussin / Thomas, Savard, Swan
- Tanner, Turner / Pee-chee-too, Tessier, Trottier
- Vandal, Versailles, Vivier, Welsh.
Misc.: –
- This is where I place scattered bits of information from my Archives.
- 1. French Canadians Louis Boyer and Lisette L’Ecuyer were amongst the earliest Red River colonists. 2, 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. Many Metis Boyers were involved in the Resistance, including: Alexander Boyer (m. Marguerite Ferguson), Clemence Boyer (m. Jean Baptiste Gervais), Felicite Boyer (m. Gilbert Breland / Berland), Francois Cote Boyer (m. Marie Allery), Gregoire Boyer, Helene Boyer (m. Charles Racette), Isidore Boyer (m. Marguerite Allery / Henry), Jean Baptiste Boyer (m. Marie Boudreau), Magloire Boyer (m. Marguerite Bremner), Napoleon Boyer (m. Nancy Sophie Anderson), Virginie Boyer (m. William Vandal) and William Boyer, Captain (m. Julienne Bousquet). [Source: Veterans and Families of the 1885 Northwest Resistance, Lawrence Barkwell, Louis Riel Institute]. See External Links below for more information.
- 2. Scroll down to External Links for biographical notes about Isidore Boyer (a hero of the the Northwest Resistance).