G2G: Question of the Week: Do you have Canadian roots? [closed]

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Do you have ancestors from Canada?

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My2nd Great Grand Father John Secombe Anderson was born in Chester Nova Scotia in 1790 my 2nd Great Grand Mother was born in Chester Nova Scotia in 1789.

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So many. Port Royale (Martin, Morin) and Quebec (Langlois) in the 1600s, Loyalists (Zavitz, Wilson, Brooks, Silverthorn) in late 1700s, settlers (Sutherland, Robb) in the early 1800s, and 20th century immigrants (Tyler, Darwin, Alexander)!

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I am Canadian and on my Acadian side been in Canada since early 1600’s on my Mi’kmaw side since time memorial

Answer 1

My Great Grandmother was born in London Canada.

Answer 2

100% of them for the past 200 years, roughly.

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My 8x great-grandfather was Zachary Cloutier and Sainte Dupont who immigrated to New France (now Quebec) in 1636.  He is also 8xgg to Pierre Elliot Trudeau Canada's 15th Prime Minister.

Biography – CLOUTIER, ZACHARIE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography (biographi.ca)

Answer 3

Seven out of eight great-grand-parents were from French Canadian Founder Families.

Answer 4

My 2nd great, grandfather Alexander McKinnon cam from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, to Missouri and then Oklahoma to run coal mines.

Answer 5

My gggrandmother married in Nova Scotia.     Her father James Boutilier had migrated from France.

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Hello Janine. My gggrandfather was James Boutilier,born in 1760-1840 NS,Canada.Does the name William Artimus Boutilier ring a bell? Just curious,what state do you live in. I'm in NJ.

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Sounds like a Montbeliard Immigrant to Nova Scotia Descendant...https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Montb%C3%A9lliard_Emigrations_to_Nova_Scotia%2C_1749-1752, that family is listed in the reference It.

Answer 6

Yes, but only briefly on my paternal grandmother's side. Johann Wilhelm Samuel Schwerdtfeger (6th great-grandfather) was from Germany who immigrated to America. Was a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War and later moved to Canada.

Later John Dinnie and his wife Mary Gow (4th great-grandparents) moved from Scotland to Canada. Their son, also a John Dinnie (3rd great-grandfather), married the great-granddaughter of Johann, Ellen Schwerdtfeger (3rd great-grandmother). They then moved to the North Dakota territory several years before statehood.

Answer 7

All of my ancestors converged on Canada between 100 and 200 years ago.

Answer 8

No I am the immigrant, but my husband has almost 250 years of Canadian roots, his first paternal ancestors arrived in Canada in about 1780, they were UEL from the Mohawk Valley.

His earliest maternal ancestors arrived in various parts of the Ottawa Valley in the early 1820s.

Answer 9

Oui .. numerous family lines .. circa 1632 ish - present .. 

Answer 10

Oui. Mes deuxièmes arrière-grands-parents du côté de ma mère sont venus du Québec au New Hampshire et au Massachusetts. Plus précisément les villes de St. Alban, Rigaud et St. François du Lac.

Étant donné qu'une majorité du côté de ma mère venait du Québec, il faudrait un certain temps pour tous les énumérer.

En gros, plus des deux tiers de l'arbre de ma mère provenaient du Québec. Vérifiez le ici.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hamel-729#Ancestors

(Gotta love Google Translate.)

Basically, I have a ton of French-Canadian roots and ties to over 70 Filles du Roi and the originally settlers of Quebec. I am a member of the Canada, Quebec AND the Filles du Roi Projects. My mom's Canadian roots run deep and they all eventually ended up in Mass/NH. Now then...Where can I get me some poutine, eh?

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la poutine est la meilleure nourriture du coin!

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Truth!

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lol, gag me with a stick!  Poutine is younger than I am, and I find it horrible.  

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Awww! I was hoping to share some with you, Dani! It's okay. We can still watch eps of SCTV or the Kids in the Hall.

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don't think I've ever watched either of those.  

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Hmm....

I'm sure we can find something!

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Poutine is GROSS, I've tried it! I find it one of the most unappealing foods that I know of!

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Mon dieu! Poutine haters?!?!?

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Ah, poutine... We live in small town Alberta and the local Dairy Queen makes some that would gag a dog and I LOVE it!  I sneak off and get some whenever I can. There is no accounting for taste, but then I grew up in Texas and as my much older sister said when they moved there in the 70s, "There is *nothing* our brother can't deep fry in rancid fat," so my taste buds were probably corrupted at a young age. LOL 

Happy Rootin' *and* eatin' !! CodCo would have to be my Favorite, no one ever topped it. 

PS. I married a Canadian 58 years ago, but I do have some Canadian roots of my own. 

Answer 11

I go back 10 generations in Quebec:

Pascal Leduc

B:8 Apr 1781 Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

4th great grandfather

Marie Josephe Lalonde

B:11 Mar 1724 Île-Perrot, Quebec, Canada

D:14 Oct 1781 Québec, , Quebec, Canada

5^th great grandmother 

Marie Josephe Ranger

B:15 Jan 1729 Montréal, Quebec, Canada

D:24 Feb 1795 Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada

5^th great grandmother

Marie - Genevieve Cadieux

B:28 Nov 1757 Pointe Claire,,Quebec,Canada

D:1842-08-14 Vaudreuil,,Quebec,Canada

5th great grandmother

Marie-Anne Tabeau

B:26 Jan 1705 Bout de l'Ile, Ile de Montréal, Québec, Canada

D:20 Dec 1805 Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada

6th great grandmother

Anne Girardin

B:1674 Seigneury of Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada

D:30 April 1760 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada (Paroisse Bout De Ille)

7th  great grandmother

Marie-Josephe-Marguerite Gauthier   

BIRTH 19 APRIL 1684 • Lachine, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada

DEATH 20 MAY 1728 • Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada

7^th great grandmother

Jean Pilon

B:1691 Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada

D:10 April 1755 Pointe-Claire, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada

7^th great grandfather

Marie-Anne Brunet

B:1672 Cap-De-La-Madeleine,quebec,canada

D:6 November 1747 Pointe-Claire,quebec,canada

8^th great grandmother

Answer 12

I have Loyalist ancestors who settled in New Brunswick.

Answer 13

My father's family settled in Marshy Hope, Nova Scotia and mother direct family lived in Prescott, Ontario, Canada.  Her parents were from La Fontaine and Victoria Harbour, Ontario both near Midland.  Many have roots in Quebec for  many generations.

Answer 14

Many with an ever-growing list!  My roots are about 1/4 French-Canadian back to the 1600's.

Answer 15

Yes! My French Canadian lines go back to the 1600’s. My other lines are English, Irish, German and Scot-Irish. They immigrated to Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the most recent being my great grandfather who immigrated from England to the US in 1890 at age 12 with his family them immigrated to Canada in 1897.

Answer 16

My family on my mother's side fled the Colonies during the Revolutionary War and settled mostly in Southern Ontario. Several were United Empire Loyalists and received land grants for their service.

Answer 17

oh yes, 100%, starting with Louis Hébert on this side as oldest immigrant ancestor, also have such on Acadian side.   

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And cousins with like half of WikiTree. Like me. =D

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Jacques LePrince, (Prince) Arrived in Quebec in 1666 as part of a Royal French Army Unit. He Married Marguerite Hebert in 1676 in what was Port Royal, Nova Scotia. During the Acadian Deportation my Ancestors were scattered all over, with several ending up in Louisianna. However, Many of them returned to Canada at some point over these many years. My Grandparents, Edmound - Edmund Prince and Jeanne Lajeunesse aka Jane Young moved from Canada to New Bedford, Mass. in the early 1900's where most of my Aunts and Uncles were born. Their Youngest son, Ernest was born in Moosup, Connecticut.

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New Bedford?? Scallop capital of the world!!

Answer 18

I had no idea that I have some deep Canadian roots until I started researching. All my dad knew was that his grandmother called his grandfather "Frenchie", so he thought he was from France! My great-grandfather's parents were actually French-Canadian and Acadian.

Answer 19

My father-in- law was born in Toronto, Canada.

Answer 20

Yes, lots.

My father was born in Canada. Most of his ancestors were either in New Brunswick before the American Revolution or were British soldiers or Loyalists who went to Canada after the war where they settled in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

My mother's side was mostly French Canadian (with a bit of Colonial New England).