Belliveau is an Acadian surname brought to North America before 1650 by Antoine Belliveau, who was among the first 50 French immigrant families to colonize Port Royal in l'Acadie (Acadia), present day Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada, in unceded Mi'kmaq territory. In the diaspora following Le Grand Dérangement (The Great Upheaval) in 1755, in which about 10,000 Acadians were imprisoned and deported by the British at the outset of the War of the Conquest (Seven Years' War), several Belliveau descendants settled in Québec, Canada where the surname became known as Béliveau or Beliveau.
This French-Canadian surname is found today in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Québec in Canada and throughout New England in the United States, and elsewhere. In 2024 in Québec, Béliveau ranks as the 422nd most common French surname. [1]
Notable people with the surname include:
The Acadians are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Most Acadians live in the Northern American region of Acadia, as it is the region where the descendants of a few Acadians who escaped the Expulsion of the Acadians re-settled. Most Acadians in Canada continue to live in majority French-speaking communities, notably those in New Brunswick where Acadians and Francophones are granted autonomy in areas such as education and health.
Lefebvre is a common northern French surname. Other variations include Lefèbvre, Lefèvre, Lefeuvre and Lefébure.
The Foire Brayonne is a music and cultural festival held each summer in Edmundston, New Brunswick since 1985. The Foire is sometimes considered the biggest French festival held in Canada outside the province of Quebec. It is usually held in August, at several locations in Edmundston.
Pitre is a surname found amongst the original Acadian settlers in Canada. The progenitor of this Acadian family was one Jean Pitre, b: Abt. 1636; d: Abt. 1689 Port Royal, Acadia. Jean Pitre arrived in Port Royal, Acadia, around 1659 during the English occupation of Acadia from 1654-1667. Around 1664, he married Marie Pesselet, the daughter of Isaac Pesselet and Barbe Bajolet. They had nine children: Marie (1666), Catherine (1668), Claude (1670), Marc (1674), Pierre (1677), Jean (1680), Francois (1682), Marguerite (1684), Jeanne (1686). The first Jean Pitre was a "taillandier". His widow remarried François Robin.
Fortin is a surname, and may refer to:
Brisson is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Doucet is a French language surname, especially popular in Canada, the former area of Acadia in particular.
Lemieux is a French surname originating from Normandy and it has been traced from Rouen in the 1600s to earlier origins on the Cotentin peninsula. According to the website "Les familles Lemieux d'Amerique" the North American Lemieux are descended from two half-brothers, Pierre and Gabriel, who emigrated from Rouen, France, to Quebec in 1643. This surname is not to be confused with Lémieux, a name of French origin which is derived from a small town, Leymieux, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.
Thériault is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bourque is a surname of Acadian origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Dubé is a French surname, commonly found in Quebec. Dube is also a common surname among the Zulu and Ndebele peoples of Southern Africa. Notable people with the surname Dubé or Dube include:
Tessier and Teissier are surnames of French origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Audet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pierre E. Belliveau was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1963 as a Liberal member.
Daigle or D'Aigle is a modification of the French surname Daigre. The first appearance of the last-name Daigle in the Americas was in Beaubassin, Nova Scotia in 1727. The last name Daigre originated in France and is likely the surname of peoples migrating from Aigre, France to New France in the Americas during the 16th and 17th centuries. Olivier Daigre (Daigle) is the first Daigre to appear on record in Nova Scotia when he arrived in 1663, and in 1666 when he married Marie Gaudet, daughter of Denis G. and Martine Gauthier. Olivier and Marie had 10 children, including two sons who all lived in the Port Royal and Grand Pre areas of Nova Scotia for three generations until the expulsion of Acadians from Canada by England.
de Blois, often written as DeBlois or Deblois, is a surname meaning "from Blois", a city in central France. The surname is most common in Quebec.
Boudreau is a surname of French origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Larocque is a French language surname found primarily in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, and the New England region of the United States.
The surname le Blanc, LeBlanc or Leblanc may refer to: