Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS

(b. 4 April 1768 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 July 1838 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS was born 4 April 1768 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS was the child of Etienne GELINAS dit BELLEMARE and Marie-Anne GELINAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Françoise SÉVIGNY (maternal) Pierre GÉLINAS and Genevieve CARBONNEAU dite PROVENÇAL

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Etienne married Angelique CARON 26 November 1792 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique CARON was born abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angelique died 24 July 1849 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Angelique was the child of Ignace CARON and Marie Anne THIBODEAU.

Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS died 26 July 1838 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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Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS married

Angelique CARON-- Date: 26 November 1792 Place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Angelique CARON was the child of Ignace CARON and Marie Anne THIBODEAU

Children of Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS and Angelique CARON:

Etienne BELLEMARE (b.19 April 1794, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1871, St. Barnabe-Nord, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marguerite TRAHAN 7 February 1820 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1768 Birth
4 April 1768
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage / Partner
Etienne BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS and Angelique CARON 26 November 1792, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 24 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Etienne BELLEMARE was born 19 April 1794, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Etienne was 26 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England