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Jeddore (surname)
Jeddore is a L'nu (Mi'kmaq) surname, that has also led to placenames in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. History The earliest instance of the surname Jeddore known to date is Kji-Saqamaw We'jitu Isidore, (circa 1656-1769). (Saqamaw means "Chief"; Kji-Saqamaw means "Grand Chief"). The contemporary surname Isidore may also be related to Kji-Saqamaw We'jitu Isidore. People People commonly known by their family name ''Jeddore'' (in rare instances written as Jedor(e), Ledor(e), Geodol, Gietol and Gadole, include: * Noel Jeddore (1810 - 1898) * Joseph Jeddore (Abt. 1866 - April 11, 1956) * John Denny Jeddore (August 1887 - October 14, 1953) * Peter Jeddore (May 9, 1892 - May 18, 1970) * Saqamaw Noel Jeddore (December 18, 1865 - May 14, 1944) * Victor Jeddore (August 11, 1907 - July 7, 1977) * Lawrence Jeddore (November 4, 1922 - 1998) * We'jitu Jeddore (AKA We'jitu Isidore, - ), grand chief of the Mi'kmaq of the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'nu
The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the northeastern region of Maine. The traditional national territory of the Mi'kmaq is named Miꞌkmaꞌki (or Miꞌgmaꞌgi). There are 170,000 Mi'kmaq people in the region, (including 18,044 members in the recently formed Qalipu First Nation in Newfoundland.) Nearly 11,000 members speak Miꞌkmaq, an Eastern Algonquian language. Once written in Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing, it is now written using most letters of the Latin alphabet. The Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, and Pasamaquoddy nations signed a series of treaties known as the Covenant Chain of Peace and Friendship Treaties with the British Crown throughout the eighteenth century; the first was signed in 1725, and the last in 1779. The Miꞌkmaq maintain that they did not cede or give up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
