Jean-Baptiste BELCOURT^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1849 - 1929  (80 years)

• Name	Jean-Baptiste BELCOURT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10]
  Birth	20 January 1849	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1886	Riviere Qui Barre, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  Census	1901	Lac St. Anne   [9]
  	Alberta, Canada
  Residence	1904	Lac Ste Anne, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  Census	1911	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   [8]
  Residence	St. Albert, Alberta, Canada   [3]
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	12 55 3 5, OK 55-3-5, Edmonton West, Alberta, Canada   [1]
  	Religion: Cath; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Farmer
  Death	16 March 1929	Gunn, Alberta, Canada   [4]
  Burial	Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I352703129295	BELCOURT
  Last Modified	17 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Jean-Baptiste BELCOURT,   b. 1821, North, West, Territoires, Canada d. 1865, N.W.T. (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Cecille CALLIHOO,   b. 1834, Peace River, Northern Sunrise, Alberta, Canada d. 1911, Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabelle ADAM,   b. Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada d. Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada
  Marriage	07 January 1870	Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada
  Children	1. Robert Jean BELCOURT,   b. 27 April 1894, St-Albert, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada d. 14 August 1964, Surrey, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 70 years)   2. Magloire BELCOURT
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Jean Baptiste was born in 1849, son of Baptiste Belcourt and Cécile Callio.He married Isabelle Adam around 1868 at Lac la Biche. He passed away in 1929. Métis Scrip: "Collections and Fonds" Reference: RG15-D-II-8-b, Volume number: 1325, Microfilm reel number: C-14936; Item ID number: 1497250. Belcourt, Jean Baptiste - Concerning his claim as a head of family - Address, St. Albert P.O. [Post Office] - Born, Lac Ste. Anne, January 20, 1849 - Father, Baptiste Belcourt, (Métis) - Mother, Cécile Callio, (Métis) - Married, about 1868 at Lac La Biche to Isabelle Adam - Children living, eight (Narcisse 16, Josephte 14, Magloire 10, Louisa 8, Jean Philippe 6, James 3. John 1) - Children deceased, one (Clarisse died about 1879 age 4) - Scrip for $160 - Claim 664; Date: 1885-1906; Context of this record: Department of the Interior fonds / Dominion Lands Branch / North-West Territories Métis scrip applications; Date(s): 1885-1906; Place of creation: Canada; Language of material: English; Finding aid no.: 15-20; General note: Scrip was a certificate issued by the Department of the Interior which indicated the right of the holder to receive payment later in the form of money or land. The federal government distributed scrip to the Métis in exchange for their land rights, as a method of extinguishing their Aboriginal title to the land. The federal government also used scrip to distribute land to white settlers, including Original White Settlers, soldiers, and police who fought in the North West Resistance of 1885 (or North West Rebellion of 1885).; Container note(s): C-14936 : Copy No. 1 & C-14936 : Copy No. 10 & C-14936 : Copy No. 2 & C-14936 : Copy No. 3 & C-14936 : Copy No. 4 & C-14936 : Copy No. 5 & C-14936 : Copy No. 6 & C-14936 : Copy No. 7 & C-14936 : Copy No. 8 & C-14936 : Copy No. 9; Source: Government; Former archival reference no.: RG15-D-II-8-b.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1371823811] Ancestry.com, 1921 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 6; Census Place: OK 55-3-5, Edmonton West, Alberta; Page Number: 16. [S1371574321] Ancestry.com, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1371607560] Canada Library and Archives, Alberta, Canada, Homestead Records, 1870-1930, (Government of Canada Library and Archives). [S1371607591] Ancestry.com, Alberta, Canada, Deaths Index, 1870-1970, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Death Indexes. [S1371607597] Ancestry.com, Web: Canadian Headstone Index, 1840-2017, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Canadian Headstones; Canada; Canadian Headstone Photo Project. [S1371607560] Canada Library and Archives, Alberta, Canada, Homestead Records, 1870-1930, (Government of Canada Library and Archives), Reference: RG15-D-II-8-b, Volume number: 1325, Microfilm reel number: C-14936; Item ID number: 1497250 Library and Archives Canada. Belcourt, Jean Baptiste - Concerning his claim as a head of family - Address, St. Albert P.O. [Post Office] - Born, Lac Ste. Ann, January 20, 1849 - Father, Baptiste Belcourt, (Métis) - Mother, Cécile Callio, (Métis) - Married, 1868 at Lac La Biche to Isabelle Adams - Children living, eight (names on application) - Children deceased, one - Scrip for $160 - Claim 664 = Belcourt, Jean Baptiste - concernant sa réclamation à titre de chef de famille - résidence, Saint Albert - né, lac Sainte Anne, le 20 janvier, 1849 - père, Baptiste Belcourt, (Métis) - mère, Cecile Callio, (Métisse) - marié, en 1868 au lac La Biche à Isabelle Adam - enfants vivants, huit (noms inscrits sur la demande) - enfant décédé, un - certificat au montant de 160$ - no de réclamation 664 BELCOURT_Jean_Baptiste_CandianArchives_LacStAnne_MetisDeclr [S1371607560] Canada Library and Archives, Alberta, Canada, Homestead Records, 1870-1930, (Government of Canada Library and Archives), Canada, Department of the interior, Northwest Half-breed Scrip Applications, 1885, application no. 5436, BELCOURT_Jean Baptiste; RG 15, vol. 1325; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa. BELCOURT_JeanBaptiste_b1849_NWT_HalfBreedCommission(1) [S1371823792] Ancestry.com, 1911 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), BELCOURT, Jean Baptiste. Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 17; Family number: 3; Microfilm reel number: T-20327; Image number: e001927036; Item ID number: 6218861 Library and Archives Canada (accessed 18 October 2025). Jean Bte Belcourt (62) son in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Born in Alberta. [S1371823796] Ancestry.com, 1901 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), BELCOURT, Jean Baptiste. Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 2; Family number: 17; Microfilm reel number: T-6551; Image number: z000178857; Item ID number: 34447149. Jean B Belcour (52), Fisherman, head of household in Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, The Territories, Canada. Born in Alberta. [S1374322258] Metis Nation Historical Database, Metis Northwest Scrip, (Metis Nation Historical Database), Lac Ste Anne., Alberta. BELCOURT, Jean Baptiste. 1900, Northwest Metis Land Scrip. ID2665, LAC RG 15v.1339. https://metisnationdatabase.ca : (acessed 5 October, 2025). Lac Ste Anne., Alberta. BELCOURT, Jean Baptiste. 1900, Northwest Metis Land Scrip. ID2665, LAC RG 15v.1339. https://metisnationdatabase.ca : (acessed 5 October, 2025).