ONTARIO MÉTIS FACTS

The marriage of George Norman Allan and Margaret Belleau on February 20, 1919, reflects the enduring kinship networks that connected Métis families from the Upper Great Lakes and Northwestern Ontario.  Their union was witnessed by fellow Métis community members Laura Cecilia Allan, George’s sister, and Richard Charles Lyons, the great-grandson of Nicholas Chatelaine, underscoring the continued role of family and community presence in Métis marriages. Margaret Belleau was born

On October 20, 1884, Georgian Bay Métis Community members Charles Beausoleil and Catherine Brissette were united in marriage at St. Anne’s Church in Penetanguishene. With fellow Métis community members, Joseph Giroux and Deline Boucher standing as witnesses, Charles and Catherine’s marriage reflects the deeply rooted interconnectedness and mutual support that has defined the Georgian Bay Métis Community for generations. Catherine Brissette was born around 1863 in Tiny, the da

Olive Beausoleil and Isidore “McKoy” Dusome were married on May 23, 1875 in Penetanguishene, deepening the Georgian Bay Métis Community’s already well established family and kinship networks. Olive Beausoleil was born in Penetanguishene around 1854, the daughter of 1840 Penetanguishene Halfbreed Petition signatory, Alexis Beausoleil, and Olive Giroux. Raised on the shores of Georgian Bay, Olive grew up in her Métis community. Isidore Dusome was born in Penetanguishene around