| Marius Barbeau is managed by the Canada Project. Join: Canada Project Discuss: canada |
Contents |
Biography
Frédéric Charles Joseph Marius Barbeau
Narrative
" He was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology. A Rhodes Scholar, he is best known for an early championing of Québecois folk culture, and for his exhaustive cataloguing of the social organization, narrative and musical traditions, and plastic arts of the Tsimshianic-speaking peoples in British Columbia (Tsimshian, Gitxsan, and Nisga'a), and other Northwest Coast peoples. He developed unconventional theories about the peopling of the Americas.[1] Barbeau was an inveterate collector - from French Canada some 400 folk tales and 7,000 songs were collected, along with 2,000 artifacts from across Canada. His writings total over 1,000 books and articles, and he has left more than 30 linear metres of research notes. Canadian Museum of History [2]
" Si on inscrit le nom de Marius Barbeau dans un moteur de recherche comme google, on obtiendra de nombreuses informations concernant M. Barbeau.Ce fut un homme très important. En 1985, il fut reconnu « personnage historique d'importance nationale » par la Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada. " Sources: le site internet du Musée canadien des civilisations
Genealogy
Christening: 05 March 1883 Parish/City: Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce , Canada. His parents are listed. [3][4][5]
Death: 27 February 1969 - Age: 86 Parish/City: Ottawa Country: Canada
Burial: Notre-Dame of Ottawa Cemetery ; Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. His shared memorial stone lists his birth and death dates. [6]
Occupations: Anthropologue, ethnologue et folkloriste québécois
Parents:
Father : Charles Barbeau Born: 1845 Death: 1919
Mother: Virginie Morency Born: 1858 Death: 1906
Siblings
Marie Regina Dalila Barbeau 1884–1901
Louis Georges Barbeau 1887–1980
Richard Jules Barbeau 1888–1970
Spouse:
Ernestine Larocque 1888-1979 [7]
Marriage: Marius 31 & Ernestine 26 17 September 1914 Ottawa, Quebec Canada[8][9] [10]
Children:
Daloila Barbeau Married: Price Arthur-Donald
Claire-Helene Barbeau Married: Rioux Marcel
Biographical History
Marius Barbeau was born on March 5, 1883 in Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Québec, Canada.
He obtained a law degree from Université Laval, and went on to win a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, (Oriel) where he obtained a degree in Anthropology. (Rhodes Scholar) (1907) (Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford)
In 1911, as an anthropologist, Barbeau joined the National Museum, (at that time part of the Geological Survey of Canada) and worked there until his retirement in 1949. He remained closely associated with the Museum until his death on February 27, 1969.
Barbeau's first research interest was the Native peoples of Eastern Canada, especially the Huron. His research in the field of Native studies soon grew to include work on the songs, customs, legends, art and social organization of Native cultures in the Western and Prairie regions.
Next he turned to French Canada, popularizing the distinctive songs, folk legends and popular and traditional art through numerous books and articles. His interest in Native and French Canadian art led Barbeau to work with such artists as A.Y. Jackson, Emily Carr and Ernest MacMillan.
Whatever his research, Barbeau remained an inveterate collector - from French Canada some 400 folk tales and 7,000 songs were collected, along with 2,000 artifacts from across Canada. His writings total over 1,000 books and articles, and he has left 12 linear metres of manuscripts and more than 30 linear metres of research notes.
A self-proclaimed pioneer in the fields of anthropology and folk culture, Barbeau's work won international acclaim. He was a three-time award winner of Québec's prestigious Prix David, the recipient of honorary doctorates from the Universities of Montréal and Oxford, and was named a Companion of the Order of Canada.
In 1985 Marius Barbeau was recognized as a "person of national historic importance" by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, and a plaque, making official this designation, was unveiled in 1990 in the Salon Marius Barbeau in the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Finally the highest point in the Canadian Arctic, a mountain on Ellesmere Island, was given the name "Barbeau Peak", in his honour.[11][12]
1891 Census of Canada
Name: F C J M Barbeau Gender: Male Age: 8 Birth Year: abt 1883 Birth Place: Quebec Residence Date: 1891 Residence Place: Ste Marie, Beauce, Quebec, Canada Relation to Head: Fils (Son) Religion: Roman Catholic Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes French Canadian: Yes Father's Name: Chas Barbeau Father's Birth Place: Quebec Mother's Name: M Virginie Barbeau Mother's Birth Place: Quebec His parents and siblings Chas Barbeau 47 Head M Virginie Barbeau 33 Épouse (Wife) F C J M Barbeau 8 Fils (Son) M R D Barbeau 6 Fille (Daughter) L Geo Barbeau 4 Fils (Son) Julie R Barbeau 2 Fils (Son)[13]
Canada Census 1901
Marius Barbeau Event Date 31 Mar 1901 Event Place T, Beauce, Quebec, Canada Gender Male Marital Status Single Ethnicity Francaise Nationality Canadienne Religion Roman Catholic Relationship to Head of Household Fils Birthplace Qc Birth Year (Estimated) 1883 Page 6 Parents and siblings Charles Barbeau Chef M 57 Qc (Father) Richard Barbeau Fils M 12 Qc M Virginie Barbeau Épouse F 43 Qc (Mother) Marius Barbeau Fils M 18 Qc Dalila Barbeau Fille F 16 Qc St George Barbeau Fils M 14 Qc[14]
Ancestors of Marius Barbeau, 1883 - 1969.
Generation 1 1.Marius Barbeau, son of Charles Barbeau and Virginie Morency was born on 05 Mar 1883. He died on 27 Feb 1969 in Ottawa, Ontario (age de 86 ans.). He married Ernestine Larocque on 16 Sep 1914 in Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario.
Generation 2 2.Charles Barbeau, son of Louis Barbeau Jr and Catherine O'Brien. He married Virginie Morency on 24 May 1882 in Ste-Marie, Beauce, Qc. 3.Virginie Morency.
Generation 3 4.Louis Barbeau Jr, son of Louis Barbeau Sr and Modeste Poirier. He married Catherine O'Brien on 18 Feb 1840 in St-Francois de Beauceville, Qc. 5.Catherine O'Brien.
Generation 4 8.Louis Barbeau Sr, son of Etienne Barbeau and Marguerite Bédard. He married Modeste Poirier on 27 Apr 1812 in Ste-Marie de Beauce, Qc. 9.Modeste Poirier.
Generation 5 16.Etienne Barbeau, son of Jacques Barbeau Jr and Françoise Savard. He married Marguerite Bédard on 16 Aug 1775 in St-Ambroise de Loretteville, Qc. 17.Marguerite Bédard.
Generation 6 32.Jacques Barbeau Jr, son of Jacques Barbeau Sr and Marie-Anne Bisson-Contant. He married Françoise Savard on 22 Feb 1740 in CT notaire N. Duprac - 7 nov.. 33.Françoise Savard, daughter of Jacques Savard and Marie-Ambroise Falardeau.
Generation 7 64.Jacques Barbeau Sr, son of François Barbeau-Barbot and Marguerite Hédouin. He married Marie-Anne Bisson-Contant on 27 Feb 1702 in Charlesbourg, Qc. 65.Marie-Anne Bisson-Contant, daughter of René Bisson-Contant and Anne Laisné. 66.Jacques Savard. He married Marie-Ambroise Falardeau. 67.Marie-Ambroise Falardeau.
Generation 8 128.François Barbeau-Barbot, son of Jacques Barbot and Jeanne Cornuel. He married Marguerite Hédouin on 24 Aug 1671 in Québec, Qc. 129.Marguerite Hédouin, daughter of François Hédouin and Catherine Leroy. 130.René Bisson-Contant. He married Anne Laisné. 131.Anne Laisné.
Generation 9 256. Jacques Barbot. He married Jeanne Cornuel in Ste-Radégonde, Poitiers, Poitou, France. 257.Jeanne Cornuel. 258.François Hédouin. He married Catherine Leroy. 259.Catherine Leroy.[15][16]
École élémentaire catholique Marius-Barbeau
Obituary
" Frédéric-Charles-Joseph-Marius "Marius" Barbeau Marius Barbeau est né le 5 mars 1883 à Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Québec, Canada. Aîné d'une famille de quatre enfants (suivi de Dalila (1884-1901), Richard (1888-) et Louis-Georges (1889-)), Charles Marius Barbeau est né le 5 mars 1883 à Sainte-Marie de Beauce. Sa mère, Virginie Morency (1858-1906), et son père, Charles Barbeau (1845-1919), sont agriculteurs et élèvent des chevaux. Dès son plus jeune âge, Marius Barbeau se familiarise avec les contes, les danses folkloriques, la musique et le chant, grâce à ses parents. Il a fait ses études primaires à la maison (sa mère, ayant été une religieuse, a dirigé l'instruction de ce premier fils). À l'âge de 11 à 13 ans, il étudie à l'école commerciale des Écoles chrétiennes, à Sainte-Marie de Beauce (où il apprend l'anglais et le raccourci Duployé ... ce qui sera très utile). C'est aussi une rencontre qui guidera son choix de carrière: Prosper Vincent (1842-1915), prêtre catholique d'origine huronne, marqué par le spectacle des danses amérindiennes que l'abbé organise. Marius, âgé de 14 à 20 ans, a fait son cours classique (latin, grec ancien, mathématiques, sciences, littérature) au petit séminaire de La Pocatière. Après quoi, pour devenir notaire, il commença en 1903 à la faculté de droit de l'Université Laval, qu'il termina en 1907 en obtenant le droit d'exercer la profession d'avocat. Il a obtenu un diplôme en droit de l'Université Laval et a obtenu une bourse d'études Rhodes à l'Université d'Oxford, où il a obtenu un diplôme en anthropologie. En 1911, en tant qu'anthropologue, il se joint au Musée national (qui faisait alors partie de la Commission géologique du Canada) et y travaille jusqu'à sa retraite en 1949. Il demeure étroitement associé au Musée jusqu'à sa mort. Le 16 septembre 1914, Marius Barbeau épouse, à Ottawa, une infirmière, Marie Ernestine Larocque (1888-1979)14. Le couple donne naissance à deux enfants : Dalila (1919-1994), qui épouse Arthur Donald Price (1918-2009) RCA, l'illustrateur des publications de Marius Barbeau, et Hélène (1921-2010), qui épouse l'ethnologue et sociologue Marcel Rioux (1919-1992). Les principaux intérêts de recherche de Barbeau étaient les peuples autochtones de l'est du Canada, en particulier les Hurons. Ses recherches dans le domaine des études autochtones ont rapidement pris de l'ampleur et comprennent des travaux sur les chansons, les coutumes, les légendes, l'art et l'organisation sociale des cultures autochtones dans les régions de l'Ouest et des Prairies. Il s'est ensuite tourné vers le Canada français, popularisant des chansons distinctives, des légendes populaires et de l'art populaire et traditionnel à travers de nombreux livres et articles. Son intérêt pour l'art autochtone et canadien-français a amené Barbeau à travailler avec des artistes tels que A.Y. Jackson, Emily Carr et Ernest MacMillan. Malgré ses recherches, Barbeau est resté un collectionneur invétéré - du Canada français, quelque 400 contes folkloriques et 7 000 chansons ont été recueillies, ainsi que 2 000 artefacts de partout au Canada. Ses écrits totalisent plus de 1 000 livres et articles, et il laisse 12 mètres linéaires de manuscrits et plus de 30 mètres linéaires de notes de recherche. Pionnier autoproclamé dans les domaines de l'anthropologie et de la culture populaire, le travail de Barbeau a été acclamé par la communauté internationale. Il a été récipiendaire à trois reprises du prestigieux prix David du Québec, récipiendaire de doctorats honorifiques des universités de Montréal et d'Oxford et a été nommé Compagnon de l'Ordre du Canada. En 1985, la Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada a reconnu Marius Barbeau comme « personne d'importance historique nationale » et une plaque, officialisée par cette désignation, a été dévoilée en 1990 au Salon Marius Barbeau du Musée canadien des civilisations. Enfin, le point culminant de l'Arctique canadien, une montagne sur l'île d'Ellesmere, a été nommé « Pic Barbeau » en son honneur. Marius Barbeau est décédé le 27 février 1969 à Ottawa, en Ontario, à l'âge de 85 ans. " [18]
Listing Selected works
- (1915) "Classification of Iroquoian radicals with subjective pronominal prefixes." Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Memoir no. 46. GEOSCAN.
- (1915) Huron and Wyandot Mythology, with Appendix Containing Earlier Published Records. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Memoir no. 80. GEOSCAN.
- (1923) Indian Days in the Canadian Rockies. Illustrated by W. Langdon Kihn. Toronto: Macmillan.(with Edward Sapir) (1925) Folksongs of French Canada. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- (1928) The Downfall of Temlaham. Toronto: Macmillan.
- (1929) "Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia." Ottawa: National Museum of Canada. Bulletin no. 61. GEOSCAN.
- (1933) "How Asia Used to Drip at the Spout into America," WashingtonHistorical Quarterly, vol. 24, pp. 163–173.
- (1934) Au Coeur de Québec. Montréal: Zodiaque.
- (1934) Cornelius Krieghoff: Pioneer Painter of North America. Toronto: Macmillan.
- (1934) La merveilleuse aventure de Jacques Cartier. Montréal: A. Levesque.
- (1935) "Folk-songs of Old Quebec." Ottawa: National Museum of Canada. Bulletin no. 75. GEOSCAN.
- (1935) Grand'mère raconte. Montréal: Beauchemin.
- (1935) Il était une fois. Montréal: Beauchemin.
- (1936) The Kingdom Saguenay. Toronto: Macmillan.
- (1936) Québec, ou survit l'ancienne France (Quebec: Where Ancient France Lingers.) Québec City: Garneau.(with Marguerite and Raoul d'Harcourt)
- (1937) Romanceros du Canada. Montréal: Beauchemin.
- (1942) Maîtres artisans de chez-nous. Montréal: Zodiaque.
- (1942) Les Rêves des chasseurs. Montréal: Beauchemin.(with Grace Melvin) (1943) The Indian Speaks. Toronto: Macmillan.(with Rina Lasnier) * (1944) Madones canadiennes. Montréal: Beauchemin.
- (1944) Mountain Cloud. Toronto: Macmillan.
- (1944–1946) Saintes artisanes. 2 vols. Montréal: Fides.
- (1945) "The Aleutian Route of Migration into America." Geographical Review, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 424–443.
- (1945) "Bear Mother." Journal of American Folklore, vol. 59, no. 231, pp. 1–12.
- (1945) Ceinture flechée. Montréal: Paysana.
- (1946) Alouette! Montréal: Lumen.
- (1947) Alaska Beckons. Toronto: Macmillan.
- (1947) L'Arbre des rèves (The Tree of Dreams). Montréal: Thérrien.
- (1950; reissued 1990) Totem Poles. 2 vols. (Anthropology Series 30, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 119.) Ottawa: National Museum of Canada. Reprinted, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec,1990. Individual chapters available in pdf on the website of the Canadian Museum of History.
- (1952) "The Old-World Dragon in America." In Indian Tribes of Aboriginal America: Selected Papers of the XXIXth International Congress of Americanists, ed. by Sol Tax, pp. 115–122. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- (1953) Haida Myths. Ottawa: National Museum of Canada.
- (1954) "'Totemic Atmosphere' on the North Pacific Coast." Journal of American Folklore, vol. 67, pp. 103-122.
- (1957) Haida Carvers in Argillite. Ottawa: National Museum of Canada.
- (1957) J'ai vu Québec. Québec City: Garneau.
- (1957) My Life in Recording: Canadian-Indian Folklore. Folkways Records
- (ed.) (1958) The Golden Phoenix and Other Fairy Tales from Quebec. Retold by Michael Hornyansky. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
- (1958) Medicine-Men on the North Pacific Coast. Ottawa: National Museum of Canada.
- (1958) Pathfinders in the North Pacific. Toronto: Ryerson.
- (et al.) (1958) Roundelays: Dansons à la Ronde. Ottawa: National Museum of Canada.
- (1960) Indian Days on the Western Prairies. Ottawa: National Museum of Canada.
- (1960) "Huron-Wyandot Traditional Narratives: In Translations and Native Texts." National Museum of Canada Bulletin 165, Anthropological Series 47.
- (1961) Tsimsyan Myths. (Anthropological Series 51, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 174.) Ottawa: Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.
- (1962) Jongleur Songs of Old Quebec. Rutgers University Press.
- (1965–1966) Indiens d'Amérique. 3 vols. Montréal: Beauchemin.
- (1968) Louis Jobin, statuaire. Montréal: Beauchemin.
- (1973) "Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia." Ottawa: National Museum of Canada. Bulletin no. 61, (ed. Facsimile)
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Marius Barbeau," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marius_Barbeau&oldid=1328990290 (accessed February 18, 2026).
- ↑ [(http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/barbeau/mbh0100e.shtml)]
- ↑ [(Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 Name: Frederic Charles Joseph Marins Barbeau [Frederic Chs Joseph Marins Barbeau] Event Type: Baptême (Baptism) Baptism Date: 1883 Baptism Place: Ste-Marie, Québec Source Citation :Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp.)]
- ↑ [( Baptism of Charles Marius Barbeau: Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923 Name: Charles Barbeau Gender: Male Spouse: Virginie Morency Child: Charles Marius Barbeau Source Citation : Ottawa Roman Catholic Archdiocese; Ottawa, Ontario)]
- ↑ [( Parish Baptism record, his parents are listed. His father's signature is listed. Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3952667?docref=yQkdQyur4S_9X8Bb-W6gYQ)]
- ↑ [( Memorial: Frédéric-Charles-Joseph-Marius “Marius” Barbeau Birth 5 Mar 1883 Sainte-Marie, Chaudiere-Appalaches Region, Quebec, Canada Death 22 Feb 1969 (aged 85) Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada Burial Notre-Dame of Ottawa Cemetery Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada Plot Section I : G-142 Memorial ID 90581390 Family Members Parents Charles Barbeau 1844–1919 Marie Virginie Morency Barbeau 1857–1906 Spouse Marie Ernestine Ida Larocque Barbeau 1888–1979 Children Dalila Barbeau Price 1919–1994 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90581390/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-charles-joseph-marius-barbeau: accessed June 17, 2025), memorial page for Frédéric-Charles-Joseph-Marius “Marius” Barbeau (5 Mar 1883–22 Feb 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90581390, citing Notre-Dame of Ottawa Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by MP (contributor 51307779).)]
- ↑ [( Occupation: Infirmière Christening: 16 December 1888; Parish/City: Ottawa ( basilique Notre-Dame) Country: Canada; Death: 05 November 1979 - Age: 91; Parish/City: Country: Canada; Information, Other Kids, Notes, etc. Informations fournies sur la pierre tombale du cimetière Notre-Dame d'Ottawa.)]
- ↑ [( Marriage of Mauris. Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 Name: (Father) Charles Barbeau Gender: Male Spouse:(Mother) Murie Bergime Morency Barbeau Child: Charles Marins Barbeau Source Citation: Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 304)]
- ↑ [(Charles Marius Barbeau Event Type Marriage Event Date 14 Sep 1914 Event Place Ottawa, , Ontario, Canada Gender Male Spouse's Name Ernestine Larocque Spouse's Gender Female)]
- ↑ [("Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-9LHG : 13 April 2015), Charles Marius Barbeau and Ernestine Larocque, 14 Sep 1914; citing registration , Ottawa, , Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,021,935.)]
- ↑ [(http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/barbeau/mbh0000e.shtml)]
- ↑ [(https://books.google.com/books/about/Man_of_Mana.html?id=2yWBAAAAMAAJ)]
- ↑ [(Enumeration District: 138 ;Source Citation : Year: 1891; Census Place: Ste Marie, Beauce, Quebec, Canada; Roll: T-6386; Family No: 1)]
- ↑ [("Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHPZ-LLK : accessed 5 February 2016), Marius Barbeau in household of Charles Barbeau, T, Beauce, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 6, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.)]
- ↑ [(Genealogy J.H.V.D.)]
- ↑ [(http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/larocque/363/)]
- ↑ [(https://marius-barbeau.ecolecatholique.ca/)]
- ↑ [(Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/90581390/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-charles-joseph-marius-barbeau : accessed 21 May 2021), memorial page for Frédéric-Charles-Joseph-Marius “Marius” Barbeau (5 Mar 1883–22 Feb 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90581390, citing Notre-Dame of Ottawa Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Nita Stolns (contributor 47233907) .)]
- Alaska, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Manifests, 1906-1963: Name: Marius Barbeau; Birth Date: abt 1883; Birth Place: Beace Co; Gender: Male; Race: French; Nationality: Canadian; Arrival Date: 17 Jul 1947; Arrival Place: Ketchikan, Alaska, USA; Age: 64; Vessel: Prince Rupert: Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger & Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at Ketchikan, Alaska.; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-marius-barbeau
- wyandotte-nation/traditions/dr-charles-marius-barbeau/
- http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/barbeau/index_e.shtml
- Family Tree: Sources are listed: http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Barbeau_Marius&pid=829819&lng=en)
- Family Tree and Numerous sources are listed: https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Charles+Marius_Barbeau&birth=1883_Sainte-Marie-La+Nouvelle-Beauce-Quebec-Canada&death=1969_Ottawa-Ottawa-Carleton-Ontario-Canada&father=Charles_Barbeau&gender=m&marriage=1914_Ottawa-Carleton-Ontario-Canada&mother=Marie+Virginie_Morency&spouse=Marie+Ernestine+Ida_Larocque
- Family Tree and sources are listed: https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/K6WJ-TF2
See Also
- WikiData: Q728275

