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I am searching for any information on the last name Cadeau. It has numerous different spellings. They are as follows: Cada, Cadas, Cadat, Cadot, Cadatte, Cadotte, Cadau, Cadaw, Cadow and Cadeau. There could be other spellings, but these are the ones I have come across to date. It is believed that the Cadeau family migrated from the Sault Ste. Marie area, either from Drummond Island after the War of 1812-15 or from another area in that vicinity. We have been able to locate a possible relative on the Garden River Reserve in the Sault Ste. Marie area, but have come up against a dead end as to where he came from. His first name was Peter or Pierre. I am looking for any information as to where he might have come from before approximately 1857. Peter (Pierre) married Josephte (Josette) Duhaime around 1855-57, we believe in the vicinity of Sault Ste. Marie.
The other surnames I am looking for are Bazinet (Basinet, Basinais, Basinette, Bassinette, Bazinette, etc.), Dubeau and Quesnelle. The Bazinets are believed to have come from Quebec. In particular, Damase Bazinet is said to have come from the Ste. Emilie de l'Energie area of the province of Quebec, Canada. He married Victoire Dubeau in the mid 1800s. I believe that this marriage could have taken place near Ste. Emilie, as their first child seems to have been born in the province of Quebec. I believe that the Dubeau and Quesnelle families also originally came from Quebec. I believe that they migrated to Ontario in the early to mid 1800s and took up residence around the Penetanguishene area near Georgian Bay.

If anyone has any information you believe could be of use to me, I would appreciate hearing from you.

I am also willing to share any information that I have been able to attain. I have been able to trace numerous family members back to the early 1600s, when they left France to come to Canada.