Our Native American Connection


Thanks to my 9th great-grandfather, Abraham dit Pleinmarais Mius d'Entremont, who fathered three illegitimate children with a Mi'kmaq (Micmac) woman, I am likely related to the people in the photos below. Click here to see an outline of his descendants.

Sir Philippe Mius d'Entremont (my 10th great-grandfather, born 11/14/1601) came from France with Charles de La Tour to settle the town of Pubnico, Nova Scotia in 1651. He had three sons, all of whom married and/or had children with women from the Mi'kmaq tribe.

1. Jacques dit Pobomcoup Mius d'Entremont I (born about 1654) had twin sons, Matthiew and Maurice with a Mi'kmaq woman named Marie or Marguerite. He later married a white woman, and the children from that marriage kept the d'Entremont name.

2. Abraham dit Pleinmarais Mius d'Entremont (born about 1658) had three illegitimate children with a Mi'kmaq woman before he married Marguerite de Saint-Etienne de LaTour. These three children were given the Mius surname. His oldest child, Joseph d'Azy Mius, continued the Mius line. The children he had with Marguerite de La Tour kept the d'Entremont surname.

3. Phillipe Mius d'Entremont II (born about 1662) married his first Mi'kmaq wife in 1678, and they had 5 children. Phillipe's second wife was also a Mi'kmaq woman. Her name was Marie, and after their marriage in 1687 they had a total of 9 children. All of the children from both unions took the last name of Mius.

It would appear that all of the descendants that took the Mius name (including my family) are part Mi'kmaq. Our male Deveau ancestors married women with the Mius name for three generations in a row (Fancois-Christophe in 1791, Fedoc in 1837 and Simon in 1861). I am particularly interested in learning more about the Mius lines. If you have any information you would like to share, please e-mail me at diane@maine.rr.com!

There are many Mi'kmaq that now carry the name Mius. This name may be spelled Muise, Meus, Meuse, etc. Having been to Nova Scotia, I now know Mius in all of its forms is pronounced "Mee - yoos". There are also many Mi'kmaq as well as Maliseets who now carry the name Deveau. I am proud to call them cousins.


This is a digital reproduction of a mid-nineteenth century ferrotype of Molly Muise, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. One of earliest photos taken of a Mi'kmaq. According to the photographer, left to right are Mrs. Mary Toney, Annapolis; Glyd Meuse; Chief James Meuse, who died April 1912; Mrs. Madeline Paul with a child; Fanny (Mrs. Noel) Pictou. In 1917, however, Jerry Lonecloud, a Mi'kmaq picker for the Nova Scotia Museum, sold a second copy of this photograph (17.42/4571, now missing) to the museum. He dated it as 1907. In the accession records, the subjects are identified as (L-R): Magdalene Bunch, Glyd Meuse and her husband Jim [Chief James Meuse], Mary Michael with child, and Magdalene Toney, all of Bear River. Notice the baskets, the snowshoe, the rustic chair. The peaked cap is traditional, the other feathered headdresses worn by these women are not.
The two photos above appear here courtesy of the History Collection, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax


More images of the Mi'kmaq culture may be seen at The Mi'kmaq Portraits Collection created by the Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax


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