Adam, Adams, Laramee | Metis, Algonquin, Chippewa, Iroquois, Kitimat, Nisga’a, Ojibway, Okanagan, Sioux, Six Nations

Adam, Adams, Laramee | Metis, Algonquin, Chippewa, Iroquois, Kitimat, Nisga’a, Ojibway, Okanagan, Sioux, Six Nations | Surname Anchor Post

Each of these posts is dedicated to one surname that is carried by someone connected to indigenous, Metis or mixed-heritage people in Canada.

SURNAME NOTES | ADAMS, ADAM LARAMEE

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, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan.
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, Algonquin, BC First Nations, Chippewa, Iroquois, Kitimat, Nisga’a, Ojibway, Okanagan, Sioux, Six Nations, Mixed-heritage: Cree, French, Scottish. 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.
Agusta, Alexander, Allard, Atcheson
Beausoleil, Belcourt, Bellanger dit Baker, Bird, Bottineau, Boucher, Boyer, Bruce, Bush
Cadotte, Campbell (Upd. 2023), Cayen, Charlie, Chinta, Colombe, Cromarite
D’Ailleboust / Diabo, Derrick, Desjardins, Desjarlais, Dicaire, Dumas, Florence, Franks
Gendron, Gladu
Heywood
Jacco, Jack, Jack White Eye, Jacobs, James, Jones
Kahentakeron, Kanonsontie
Larocque, Laughing, Lazare, Letendre, Leveille / Lavalle
Mack, Malaterre, Masson, McFarling. McKay, Morin
Norquay, Nudiomb
Ouellette
Paul, Pelletier, Philip, Pocha, Poitras, Putz
Racette
Shuttleworth, Smoke, Spence, Strength
Vivier
Misc.:
This is where I place scattered bits of information from my Archives.
1. These links below are related to the Adam, Adams and Adam dit Laramee surnames. I believe that most Adam dit Laramie descendants adopted the Laramee surname, but when searching in 20th century databases you’ll want to try searching with both names.
2. One line of Metis Adams descends from Englishman George Adams and his mixed-heritage wife Anne Haywood through son Joseph Adams and Elizabeth Bird, grandson Joseph Charles Adams and Harriet Johnstone, and great-grandson Percival Adams and Miriam McLeod (see below for external link to their family history).
3. The Hudson’s Bay Company Archives have biographies for 6 individuals with the Adams surname (Charles, Edward A., George, Harry Chauner, James and William Herbert). Note: These HBC service records relate to employees who worked in traditional indigenous territories and who may or may not have started mixed-heritage families.