Bruneau, Bruno | Cree, Metis, Mixed-heritage: Cree, Chipewyan | Surname Anchor Post

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SURNAME NOTES | BRUNEAU, BRUNO

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: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, The Territories. 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: Cree, Metis, Mixed-heritage: Cree, Chipewyan. 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.
- Allard, Auger, Ayotiow
- Batoche, Besson / Besson, Bonneau, Boucher, Boyer, Bremner, Brisebois
- Callio / Kallio, Cardinal, Charette, Chastelain / Chatelain, Collin / Colin, Commandant, Courtepattes
- Delorme, Deneyonne, Deschamps, Desjarlais / Little Poplar, Dobrucki, Dumont, Durocher
- Epevatis / Epwatis, Erasmus
- Frost, Gagnon, Gladu, Godin, Grant, Griseau / Grezeau / Guseau
- Hamelin, Harrison, Hodgson, Houk, Houle, House
- Iastawitch, Johnston / Johnston, Kaketiamik / Kukikekamik, Kirkpatric
- Ladouceur, Lagimodiere, Landry, Lee, Lemire, L’Hyrondeau / L’Hyrondelle (?), Logan
- Marin, Maskegon / Maskigon, McDonald, McDougall, Moise, Morin, Nipissing, Olson
- Paul, Piyesim, Piche, Plante, Poulin, Powatis
- Rabasco, Racette
- Sansregret, Smeltzer, Spence, St. Denis
- Ward.
Misc.: –
- This is where I place scattered bits of information from my Archives.
- 1. Metis Albertan Louis Bruneau dit Montagnais (m. Angele Dumont) was a multilingual fur trader and interpreter and Chief of the Buffalo Lake (AB) buffalo hunts. In addition to English and French, he spoke Blackfoot, Chipewyan, Cree, Sarcee and Stony. Louis Bruneau / Montagnais was “a man remarkable for his great height; a long and radiant head of hair, black as ebony, falling in a graceful cascade over his large shoulders and encasing a bronzed face in which the principal characteristic would appear to be health. At the same time the moustache that he sports and which distinguishes him from the other hunters gives him a certain martial air which denotes vitality.” (see External Link below)
- 2. Francois-Jacques Bruneau (a Metis judge and activist ) was born in Lac Vert, Saskatchewan, moved to Montreal, then Red River where he married Marguerite Harrison. Marguerite’s mother was Cree (see External Links below for a moving story).
- 3. The forebear of the Red River Bruneau Metis line was Louis Bruneau the son of French Canadians Antoine Bruneau and Lucie Baillard. Louis Bruneau left offspring through the children of his three wives: Belana Lafontaine, Eva Marie Edouardine Poulin and Donalda Courville. Albert Bruneau (m. Lucienne Barras), Alexander Bruneau (m. Mabel Martin), Alma Antoinette Bruneau (m. James Donovan Frost & George Cheater), Amanda Emma Bruneau (m. Leopold Gareau), Clara Bruneau (m. Charles Leclair), Cleophas Bruneau (m. Josephine Gagnon), Emelia delia Marie Bruneau (m. Arnold Weiss), Florence Bruneau (m. Robert Lavoie), Lucy Bruneau (m. Louis Payette), Maria Bruneau (m. Joseph McDonald), Philomene Bruneau (m. Joseph Xavier Plante), Romeo Bruneau (m. Bernice Dobrucki) and Valentine Bruneau (m. Gustave Albert Olson).