Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE

(b. 3 March 1705 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1798 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE was born 3 March 1705 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Jeanne-Marie BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GÉLINAS and Françoise DE CHARMESNIL (MESNY) (maternal) Vincent BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE and Anne COLIN (COLLIN)

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Jean-Baptiste married Francoise LESIEUR 30 May 1746 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Francoise LESIEUR was born 25 April 1717 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Francoise died 22 February 1770 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Francoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS and Marie-Elisabeth RIVARD dite LAVIGNE.

Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE died 9 May 1798 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE

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Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE married

Francoise LESIEUR-- Date: 30 May 1746 Place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Francoise LESIEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS and Marie-Elisabeth RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Children of Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Francoise LESIEUR:

Joseph BELLEMARE dit GELINAS (b.3 October 1748, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1831, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Marie Josephte LEBLANC 2 March 1772 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Francoise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS (b.abt. 1750, d. 4 January 1836, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Charles LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER 20 September 1773 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Etienne BELLEMARE dit GELINAS (b.27 January 1752, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 1 November 1812, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )

Josephte BELLEMARE dite GELINAS (b.25 February 1758, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1831, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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1705 Birth
3 March 1705
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1746 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Francoise LESIEUR 30 May 1746, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 41 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Joseph BELLEMARE dit GELINAS was born 3 October 1748, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Etienne BELLEMARE dit GELINAS was born 27 January 1752, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 46 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Birth of Child
Josephte BELLEMARE dite GELINAS was born 25 February 1758, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 53 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francoise LESIEUR died 22 February 1770, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

1772 Marriage of Child
Joseph BELLEMARE dit GELINAS married 2 March 1772, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Marie Josephte LEBLANC

1773 Marriage of Child
Francoise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS married 20 September 1773 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Charles LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.