This research uses isonymy (same-surname) methods and models to examine the population structure and migratory history of Quebec, Canada. Through a case study using 1765 and 1881 census and marriage records from 1621-1900, I explore the accuracy of sources as well as develop, test and apply different statistical methods, and experiment with mapping techniques that reveal paths and patterns of French Canadian surnames. Each investigation explores and evaluates a particular method. I noted that multivariate methods, including cluster analysis, relevance networks, and correspondence analysis, not traditionally used in surname analysis offer reliable and informative results, and insights into the hierarchical structure of populations not easily gleaned from traditional surname methods. The spatial and temporal components of Quebec surname distributions revealed that groups of names which populate and distinguish certain regions were in place by 1800, and cross-river relatedness became less significant as the population expanded upstream away from the St. Lawrence River. I also found that surnames unique to certain regions remained strongly clustered until the mid-nineteenth century when urbanization and the settlement of new territory led to the fusion of name pools (diversification) in and around urban areas, while at the same time causing losses of names in some rural areas. The marriage records provided evidence, through their measure of random mating, that surnames within different regions in Quebec continually diversified throughout the nineteenth century. Overall, I found surnames to be an informative variable for inferring population relatedness and migratory paths. Because surnames are readily available in a number of sources researchers involved with historical migration research should find that the methods presented in this work will provide a time-saving technique which can overcome the restrictions of spatial and temporal scale an

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Québec : Université Laval, [1981?]. 8 fiches ; 10, 5 x 15 cm.

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Québec : Université Laval, [1981?]. 8 fiches ; 10, 5 x 15 cm.

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Cette recherche vise à fournir une première estimation de la contribution de l'immigration irlandaise au patrimoine génétique de la population québécoise actuelle et à caractériser cette immigration selon la période d'arrivée, l'affiliation religieuse et l'origine géographique des migrants. Pour ce faire, un corpus de 2223 généalogies ascendantes d'individus mariés au Québec entre 1945 et 1965 a été utilisé. Dans la plupart des cas, les généalogies remontent jusqu'au début du 17^ siècle, avec une profondeur moyenne de 9 générations. Les reconstructions généalogiques ont permis d'identifier 203 immigrants irlandais (114 hommes et 89 femmes) apparaissant dans 465 ascendances, soit près de 21% de l'échantillon. Ces immigrants, majoritairement catholiques, proviennent des quatre provinces de l'Irlande et se sont établis au Québec entre 1670 et 1887 (68,5% ont immigré pendant la période 1815-1860). Ensemble, les fondateurs irlandais expliquent près de 1% du pool génique total de l'échantillon mais les fondateurs arrivés pendant le Régime français (avant 1760) contribuent individuellement davantage que les fondateurs arrivés plus tard. On retrouve des fondateurs irlandais dans les généalogies de sujets de toutes les régions du Québec.