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Wawanolette / Nolette &
Louis Family Name

Last updated Feb-2009
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Probable Origins & Usage

  • Probably Woronoco by Missisquoi [Day]
  • wawánolewát - he who puts someone off the track, literally or figuratively [Day]
  • found only as a family name

Spellings & Alternate Names

  • Nolette
  • Louis

Places Family is Found

  • Odanak
  • Missisquoi

Earliest Occurrences of the Name

  • Louis Napoleon Wawanolette appears on the Odanak roster of 1812 veterans with heirs in 1844.
  • From 1829 to 1852 most of this family was recorded under the family name Louis in Odanak Census.

Notes

This family is said to trace it's origins to Pierre Jean Wawanolewat, a famous war chief from Missisquoi. He was known by several names; Greylock, White Head, & La Tete Blanche.

Louis Napoleon Wawanolette, known as "Louis The Indian", was the son or nephew of Greylock. He was killed in action during the War of 1812. He appears to be the ancestor of all of this name at Odanak.

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