It is interesting that the unknown mother (MicMac woman PROVEN WRONG Lambert) is stated as the daughter of Chief Sachem. I think that Jehan Lambert's fellow shipmate did marry the daughter of Chief Sachem. It wouldn't be illogical to assume that he also married one other daughter. Who can really disprove this?
Canadian historian/compiler of history Dick Garneau http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dgarneau/direct.htm has published that her possible name is Marie Radegonde Kagijonais. I don't know if anyone has seen this before or if it was a fabricated name but it is a very good consideration for first names. This has merit because the name Marie is always given by the priest to a female 'savage' child in baptism. The second name Radegonde may have also come from the priest after a person he admired in his own European family. Good omen names of a Saint and another from a notable French person surely a blessing on the life of this new person. The French were notorious for applying names to themselves and others after a significant person(s) in France that were admired. I have been baptized with many given names to assure my success in life. Probably not a good example!
Lets get together on this! We are the descendants of an unknown ancestor who NO ONE has found or proven to have another name. Even her DNA points more toward Mi’kmaq than European. See my arguments on this http://newfrancemetis.blogspot.ca/ The possibility of finding records substantiating her real name and origin is remote!
She deserves and must have a name. Culturally it is our duty to give her a name.
So, as it is the custom of the Mi’kmaq to give a name to someone who has none is a priority. Let's put our resources together and agree on an official name for her.
Roland Belanger BA. BEd.
Hillsdale ON L0L 1V0 Canada
