An Acadian Parish Reborn
Post–Deportation Argyle – First 50 Years of Catholic Parish Records 1799-1849
Surnames Index
In order to preserve the originality and authenticity of the archival record, names appearing in the database have been transcribed there in the exact form in which they appear in the register entry. The search capabilities of the database, however, have been designed to return all the variations of a particular surname within a single search for results on that name.
Alexis
Amant
Amirault
Amirau, Amiraud, Amiraut, Amirault, Amiraux, Amireau, Amireaux, Amiro, Amirot, Miraux, Mireau, Mirold
Anderson
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Babin
Belenfant
Beliard
Belivaux
Belivau, Belivaux, Beliveau, Beliveaux, Belivo, Belivos
Benson
Betridge
Bevridge
Blanchard
Note: The first settler of this name was Jean-Marie Blanchard. He was a black man who married and settled in the vicinity of Quinan, Yarmouth County. Some branches of his family adhere to the name Blanchard and other used the word "Marie" as a surname.
Blaney
Boniface
Boudreau
Bouderaut, Bouderaux, Boudero, Bouderot, Boudreau,
Bourque
Bouquet, Bouquier, Bourg, Bourke, Bourqois, Bourque
Note: Sometimes confused with "Burke", an Irish catholic name in Argyle.
Boutier
Boutier, Bouttier
Boyer
Boyle
Burke
Burk, Burke
Note: Sometimes confused with "Bourque", an Acadian name in Argyle.
Buttler
Byrne
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Callahan
Calahan, Callahan, Calleghan, Callighan
Campbell
Castin
Chandler
Chichaw
Chichaw, Chishaw
Christiern
Ciley
Clarke
Clark, Clarke
Claude
Clément
Clermont
Clairement, Clairmont, Clermon, Clermont
Clune
Cody
Colin
Colin, Collins
Comeau
Cook
Cornwall
Corporon
Corperon, Corporan, Corporant, Corporin, Corporon
Cottreau
Cotereau, Cotero, Coterot, Cotraux, Cotreau, Cotro, Cotteraux, Cottereau, Cottero, Cotterot, Cottrau, Cottreau, Courtois, Couttero,
Crayton
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Daly
Daily, Dalay, Daly
d'Auteuil
Davis
de Bouillon
Dealy
Delaney
d'Entremont
Devault
Devault, Devaux, Deveaux, Devot
deVillers
Devilaire, deViller, deVillers
Devine
Donahue
Donnelly
Devine
Donovan
Donahue
Doucet
Doucai, Doucet, Doucete, Doucette, Douct, Douscet, Douscete, Douset, Dousete, Dousset
Dugau
Duggan
Duggan, Duggin
Dulain
Doulain, Dulain, Dulin, Dulon
Duon
Duhon, Duon, Duont, Durant, Duyon
Note: the common form of the name today is d'Eon.
Dy
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Eldridge
Eptemek
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Faindelet
Fan
Farrell
Fitzgerald
Fazgeral, Fazgerel, Fitzgeral, Fitzgerald
Fire
Frontain
Frantin, Fratin, Frontain, Frontin
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Gautier
Gavel
Gearn
Glendenning
Glendenning, Glendinning
Gobes
Godet
Goodwin
Goodden, Goodwin
Gorman
Gourdaut
Gourdault, Gourdaut
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Haffer
Harrington
Hartfield
Hartfield, Hartvuel
Hebert
Henard
Henard, Hinard
Hines
Holon
Hutchinson
Hypson
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Jacquard
Jacquard, Jacquards, Jacquart, Jaquard, Jarand, Jocard
Julie
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Keef
Keef, Kiffe
Keenan
Kelly
Kealy, Kelley, Kelly
Kenini
Kenini, Kinnini
Kill
Kirk
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Labrador
Lalande
Lalesen
Landry
Landri, Landry
Lanigan
Larkin
Larkin, Larking
Le Roi
LeBlanc
Lefevre
Lefebvre, LeFeve, Lefevre
Leger
Lelonde
Lennox
Lennox, Lenox
Lonergan
Lonergan, Lonergran, Longergan
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MacCarthy
Macarty, MacCarthy, McCarthy, McCarty
MacDevitt
MacDevitt, McDevitt
MacGrath
MacGrath, McGrath
MacIver
MacMahon
MacMahon, McMahon
MacManus
MacManus, McManus, McMannus
MacNamara
Malone
Malona, Malone, Mellone, Melon, Melone, Melongue, Melonne
Mançon
Maphre
Maffre, Mafre, Maph, Maphre, Mauf, Moff, Moffe
Note: This surname which is extinct in South Western Nova Scotia was also for some reason entered as "Bertrand" in many records but not these parish records (1799-1849).
Marchand
Marie
Note: The first settler of this name was Jean-Marie Blanchard. He was a black man who married and settled in the vicinity of Quinan, Yarmouth County. Some branches of his family adhere to the name Blanchard and other used the word "Marie" as a surname.
Martin
Maurice
Maurice, Morise, Morices
M'Clelam
Melanson
Melancon, Melançon, Melanson, Mélencon, Mélenson
Michau
Melanson
Melancon, Melançon, Melanson, Mélencon, Mélenson
Moulaison
Molesan, Molezons, Mouleson, Moulaison, Moulaisons, MoulaizonsNote: Although they are two distinctively different surnames, there is often confusion between Moulaison and Melanson.
Muice
Meuse, Mieuce, Mious, Miuce, Mius, Muice, Muise
Mugent
Mulkaky
Murphy
Murphey, Morphei, Morphey, Morphi, Morphy, Murphy
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Nelson
Nickerson
Nugent
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O'Bird
Hallibette, Hauberde, Hoborde, Oberte, O'Bird, O'birt, Oborde, Oburd, O'Burd
Note: the common form of the name today is Hubbard.
O'Conel
O'Conel, O'Connel
O'Connor
O'Conner, O'Connor
O'Neil
Onel, Onil
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Pal
Patten
Paten, Patten
Paul
Pellerin
Pelerin, Pellerin
Pendergast
Peter
Pictou
Pierre
Pool
Porrier
Porter
Pothier
Poitier, Pothier, Potier, Potter, Pottier, Poytier, Oborde, Oburd, O'Burd
Power
Prondergast
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Quoimineau
Cominau, Cominaud, Cominot, Quiminaud, Quoimineau, Quominaud
Note: This unusual surname appears to have been created by the priest, Father Jean Mandé Sigogne. The original member of this family found in the parish registers was a black man with the surname "Hatfield".
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Rafferty
Rafferty, Rafforty
René
Reneche
Reynard
Richard
Robbins
Robain, Robin, Robins, Robbins, Robyne
Robichau
Robichau, Robichaud, Robichaut, Robicheau, Robicho, Robichot
Rogers
Rogers, Rodgers
Rosalie
Rose
Russell
Russel, Russell
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Saulnier
Saulné, Saulnier, Soynié
Shea
Sheehan
Smyth
Stafford
Sullivan
Surette
Suret, Surete, Surette
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Terrio
Thibeau
Thibaud, Thibault, Thibeau, Tibau, Tibeau
Thibodeau
Trahan
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Walis
Walsh
Wrayton
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Young

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