Alternate Spellings of Some
Cheboygan County Surnames
One of THE worst things you can do to sabotage your research is to believe that the surname you're researching is spelled just one way. Frankly, early record keepers were not known for their great spelling abilities. Couple that with an immigrant's accent and many times an inability to spell even his/her own name, and you have an entry of what the record keeper THOUGHT HE HEARD ~ and that was not necessarily correct.
In addition, what one record keeper heard was not always what another one did.
And there you have a classic recipe for roadblocks, dead ends ~ whatever you wish to call being totally stopped in your search.
That brings you to the purpose of this page. Below are variant spellings for some of Cheboygan County's surnames as reported by the researchers of these surnames. Notice how much a variation there are in some of the names, while others have (perhaps) only an 's' or an extra 't' added.
You are invited to participate in this page by submitting your own discovered alternate spellings in Cheboygan records. Simply send those names to me using the email link at the bottom.
| Bordo, Bourdeau |
| Claimore, Clairmeau, Clairmeaux, Clairmo, Clairmore, Clairmow, Clermont |
| Clement, Clements |
| Conner, Connor |
| Courval, Courville |
| Coutu, Couture |
| DeFraine, Defrain, ,Deffrain, Dufrain, Dufresne |
| DeLanory, DeLonais, Delonie, Doaner, Donet, Donor, Dunor |
| Deroshia, Desrosiers |
| Donais, Doner, Donner |
| Douglas, Dugas |
| Duffina, Duffiney |
| Elliot, Elliott |
| Enault, Eno, Enos |
| Fenneuf, Fineff, Faitneuf, Fainneff, Fineff, Fenieff, Phaneuf, Phaneauf, Phoeneuf |
| Fralick, Froelich |
| Gailbraith, Galbraith |
| Gauthier, Gokey |
| Geroe, Gerow |
| Giraud, Giroux |
| Gouin, Gouine, Goune, Goin |
| Hamel, Hamill |
| Hainault, Heanault, Henault, Heneau |
| Hubacher, Hubacker |
| Jewel, Jewell |
| Lagrandeur - see Tallman |
| LaPeer, LaPierre |
| LeBlanc, Leblanc |
| Leduc, Ledue, Laduc, Laduk, Laduke |
| Morreau, Morrow, Morin |
| Myers, Meyers |
| Palmateer, Palmatier |
| Passeno, Pinsonneau, Pinsonneault |
| Patenaude, Patnaude, Patnode |
| Provo, Provos, Provost, Prevo, Prevost |
| Rabideau, Rabidoux |
| Rainville, Ranville |
| Rauhut, Ranhut, Ranchut, Ranhaut, Rauhyt |
| Robajdek, Robiadek |
| Rocheleau, Rochelot, Rocherau |
| Seger, Segar |
| Socolovitch, Sokolowicz, Succolovich, Schalawitty |
| Trudeau, Trudo |
| VanAlstine, Vanalstine, VanAlstene |
| Woodmansee, Woodmansey |
| Woodvoiss, Woodvonis |
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