French Surnames in Early Bytown
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1826-1855)
December 21, 2002:
Most of the following men came to Bytown from the seigneuries of Lower Canada to work on the
building of the Rideau Canal or to establish commercial ventures in the Lowertown /
By Ward area. They are all listed on the McCabe List. They are
some of the earliest folks of French origin in the region.
BRUNETTE, Thomas - from Montreal ML# 55
RAINVILLE, Louis - Montreal ML# 58
GAGNE, Etienne - Montreal ML# 59
AUDETTE, Francois - Lower Canada ML# 294
LEVESQUE, John (Jean) - Lower Canada (possibly Quebec City) ML# 330
DUGAS, Joseph - "a native of Canada" ML# 590 
April 26, 2010: See the Labreche / Dugas web page.
November 10, 2005:
PHILLION / FILION, Paul - "another Canadian" ML# 591 (spelled "PHILLEO")
The early records of Notre Dame church in Lowertown contains a heavy
concentration of the early French families. Also, all of the predominently
Irish-Catholic satellite communities (South Gloucester, Fallowfield and
Corkery), had French families. The Potvin, Albert, Chartrand, Fournier,
Dubreuille (Dubroy) and Besserer folks were all in the Ottawa area by the 1830's
and by mid-century many had married into the Irish Catholic families.
August 30, 2003:
Hello
This site is full of names, not to sure who can use it but I believe it
has a lot of dates and places no one knew about:
Tenants on the seigneury of Lac des Deux Montagnes
Records of St. Eustache
Note: There are many folks from St. Eustache recorded in the Notre Dame (Ottawa) records.
Cheryl Thomas
E-Mail: cheryl.cat@sympatico.ca
March 21, 2005:
Wayne Laverdure is researching his Laverdure, Ranger, Dupuis, Lavoie and Farrell ancestors.
April 13, 2006:
Thanks to Monique Brûlé for the following local links to Francophone historical research in
the Bytown area:
Here is the link to the
Monuments de la francophonie website : http://mondrapeaufranco.ca/fr/
You might also want to add a link to the Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française :
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/crccf/index.html. They hold an abundance of research
material on French Canada, namely the archives for the Institut canadien-français d'Ottawa,
a literary organisation founded by Joseph-Balzura Turgeon in 1852.
Regards,
Monique Brûlé
Bibliothécaire en chef
Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-est
E-mail: Brulem@ceclf.edu.on.ca
March 25, 2011:
The Bytown or Bust Library has just acquired a copy of Georgette Lamoureux's book, written in 1978.
It's a terrific book about the French Canadian pioneer families in Bytown, from 1826 to 1855.
Ms. Lamoureux set out to write a book about the early history of Bytown. Most of the previous work was written
in English and there was a scarcity of information regarding the early French community here. Her book, in the
French language, is called Bytown et ses pionniers canadiens-francais, 1826-1855. It was
published by herself in 1978.
Here is a list of approximately 125 French-speaking families who arrived in the Ottawa area between 1826 and 1855:
Francophone Pioneer families in the Ottawa / Gatineau areas
Settlers between 1826 and 1855
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| BAREILLE, Jean |
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| BARRE |
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| BARETTE, Pierre |
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| BASTIEN, Noel |
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| BEAUBIEN |
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| BEAUCAIRE |
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| BEAUCHAMP |
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| BEAUDOIN |
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| BEDARD |
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| BERICHON |
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| BERNARD |
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| BERTRAND |
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| BESSERER, Theodore |
founder of Sandy Hill neighbourhood |
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| BOURGEOIS |
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| BRASSARD |
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| BRULE |
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| CAMPEAU |
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| CANTIN |
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| CARPENTIER |
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| CHALIFOUX |
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| CHAMPAGNE |
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| CLOUTHIER |
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| CLEMENT |
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| COUTURIER |
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| DAGENAIS |
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| DALLAIRE |
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| DANDURAND |
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| DANIS |
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| de BRIE |
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| DESLOGES |
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| DUBOIS |
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| DUGAS |
LaBRECHE dit DUGAS |
Joseph LaBRECHE was a Voyageur |
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| DUBREUIL |
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| DUCHARME |
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| DUFOUR |
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| DUHAMEL |
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| DUPUIS |
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| ETHIER |
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| FAVREAU |
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| FINK, Jacob |
french-speaking, from Austria / Germany c. 1844 |
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| FOISY |
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| FRECHETTE |
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| GALIPEAU |
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| GAUTHIER |
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| GERMAINE |
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| GINGRAS |
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| GIROUX |
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| GRAVEL |
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| GRISON |
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| HOMIER / AUMIER |
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| JULIENE |
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| LABICHE |
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| LABRECHE |
see DUGAS, above |
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| LACROIX |
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| LAFRENIERE |
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| LAFRAMBOISE |
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| LAMOTHE |
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| LAROQUE / ROCHBRUNE |
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| LAROSE |
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| LAURIN |
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| LAVERDURE |
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| LAVOIE |
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| LEBLANC |
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| LECLAIRE / LECLERC |
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| L'ESPERANCE |
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| MAINVILLE |
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| MAJOR |
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| MARIER |
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| MARTINEAU |
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| MASSE |
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| MASSON |
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| MONTREUIL |
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| MORIN |
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| NADEAU |
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| OUELLETTE |
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| PARADIS |
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| PERIARD |
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| PINARD |
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| POITRAS |
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| POTVIN |
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| PROULX |
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| RAINVILLE |
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| RENAUD |
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| RIEL |
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| RIVEST / RIVET |
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| ROBICHAUD |
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| ROBILLARD |
ROBILLARD at Calumet Island |
ROBILLARD at Maniwaki |
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| ROCHON |
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| ROCQUE / ROQUE |
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| ROSSIGNOL |
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| ROY |
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| ST.JEAN |
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| ST. LOUIS |
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| SAUCIER |
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| SAUVE |
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| SEGUIN |
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| TAILLEFEUR |
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| TASSE |
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| TRIOLLE |
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| TURGEON |
Joseph-Balsura TURGEON was first Francophone Mayor of Bytown |
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| VALIQUETTE |
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| VARIN |
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| VILLENEUVE |
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E-mail Al Lewis
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