heritage of great grandmothers’ last name?

I’m going to put spaces in her surname so my family can’t find that I’m trying to trace our genealogy. They’re really iffy about it and I feel like I’m missing a big part of myself by not knowing.

My great grandmother died a few years ago, I never knew her and I can never get a straight answer out of anyone in my family as to what tribe she belonged to because she was “supposedly” 100% native american. Her last name is “B a r c h i e”

Also can you guys please help me find where “B u d l o n g”, Morales, Baggesen and Medina come from?

Budlong Name Meaning and History
English: of uncertain origin; said to be an Anglicized form of a French Huguenot name. It may be a variant of Beadling. It is also found as a surname in the Philippines.

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/budlong-family-history.ashx

Beadling Name Meaning and History
English (Northumberland and Durham): unexplained. Compare Budlong.

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Beadling-family-history.ashx

Morales Name Meaning and History
Spanish: topographic name from the plural of moral ‘mulberry tree’.

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Morales-family-history.ashx

Medina Name Meaning and History
Spanish: habitational name from any of the several places, as for example Medina-Sidonia in Cádiz province and Medina del Campo in Valladolid, so called from Arabic medina ‘city’. The surname is also borne by Sephardic Jews.

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Medina-family-history.ash

1. John Barchie – International Genealogical Index / CE
Gender: Male Birth: 15 JAN 1876 , , Switzerland

2. Johan Barchie – International Genealogical Index / SW
Gender: Male Marriage: 04 JAN 1698 Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden

The two preceeding two Barchie’s are the only ones I found on FamilyTree.org except for the 19 I found on the SSDI which don’t give country of origin.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name:Placide Barchie
Arrival Date:15 Jun 1875
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1857
Age:18
Gender:Male
Port of Departure:Antwerp, Belgium
Destination:United States of America
Place of Origin:Germany
Ethnicity/Race-/Nationality:German
Ship Name:State of Nevada
Search Ship Database:
Port of Arrival:New York
Line:11
Microfilm Serial:M237
Microfilm Roll:M237_398
List Number:499
Port Arrival State:New York
Port Arrival Country:United States

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsln=Barchie&db=nypl&gss=genfact&_82004280=Germany

The preceeding record is the third record I found for a immigrating Barchie. So, if you grandmother was 100% Native American possibly she married a Barchie and it would help to know her maiden name. I could be wrong in this but at first clance this is how it seems.

I found your Baggesen surname in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and the Netherlands. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=&afsrc=1%2c1&gsln=Baggesen&sx=&f5=&f4=&f7=&f14=&f21=&Server=search&DatabaseID=6061&db=1920usfedcen&ti=0&type=p&title=1920+U.S.+Federal+Census&submit.x=68&submit.y=12&o_xid=0013174552&o_lid=0013174552&o_xt=13174552&cj=1&o_xid=0002384096&o_lid=0002384096

Last Name First in Reunion 9

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