Bellehumeur (& Monet dit Belhumeur) | Metis, Cree mixed-heritage | Surname Anchor Post

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SURNAME NOTES | BELHUMEUR, MONET DIT BELHUMEUR

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 and Montana (USA). 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, Mixed-heritage: 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.
- Belhumeur (Upd. 2023), Boyer, Breland
- Chartrand, Cochrane
- Desjarlais, Dorion, Ducharme
- Fagnant, Fiddler, Flamand / Flammand, Fleury, Forgey
- Goneville / Gonneville, Goubille (?), Grant
- Hayden, Hogg, Houle, Huppe
- Juneau, Lacouette, Lagemoniere, Lariviere, Laurin, Lesperance, Lucier / Lussier
- Malaterre, Marchildon, Moreau, Maron, , Morrisseau
- Rainville / Ranville, Riel, Robert, Robillard
- Spence, Swain
- Tanner, Turner (?)
Misc.: –
- This is where I place scattered bits of information from my Archives.
- 1. (excerpt 1) Jean Baptiste Monet dit Belhumeur was a Quebecer who married Marguerite Malaterre, daughter of a Cree Woman from Fort Ellice in what is now Manitoba. “Jean Bellhumeur and his family moved to Montana to earn a living hunting buffalo. One of the men who accompanied him on hunting parties was a handsome young man named David Louis Riel, who caught the eye of the twenty-year-old Marguerite (1881).” Marguerite was said to be “soft-spoken, dark skinned, tall and quite good looking. But his attraction to her lay in her strength of character.” [Source: Monet / Bellehumeur, Marguerite, Heroines of the 1885 Resistance, Louis Riel Institut].
  - 2. (excerpt 2) The wife of famous Metis leader Louis Riel was Marguerite Monet dit Bellehumeur (daughter of Jean Baptiste Monet dit Belhumeur and Marie Malaterre) and she was present with her husband at the Battle of 1885 where her husband surrendered. “Cold and hungry, Marguerite and her children hid in caves near Batoche while awaiting word from Louis. Instead Louis’ brother Joseph appeared and took Marguerite and her children to live with Riel’s mother in St. Boniface, Manitoba. Weakened by the events of Batoche and her husband’s imprisonment, the premature birth and death of her third child added to her grief. Marguerite’s suffering continued with Louis’ execution for his involvement in the Resistance of 1885. After his execution she stayed with his family in St. Vital. ” [Source: Monet / Bellehumeur, Margureite, Heroines of the 1885 Resistance, Louis Riel Institut]. Scroll down to External Links for futher information.
  - 3. (excerpt 3) “Jean Belhumeur dit Monet later married Marie Tanner (daughter of Thomas DeCorby Tanner and Marie Neshotokoway Neukatek Ledoux) and they raised eleven children who were in Maple Creek, Wood Mountain and Fort Ellice. [Source: Jean Belhumeur dit Monet, Louis Riel Institute]