Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
List of Mi'kmaq families in Lunenburg County. Gives names of heads of families, whether married, and numbers of children.
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[Paul?] Labrodore
Wife & 1 Child - } [illegible]
Maxwell Labradore
his mother --- [?ditto]
[Sulno ]Jerrimy [Jeremy]
wife & 4 Children } Lahave
Gabriel Jerrimy [Jeremy]
wife, & 1 Child } [?ditto]
Joseph Gloud
[wife & - crossed out] 3 Children [?ditto]
Mentions many Mi'kmaq names.
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 96-97
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