Rene GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE

(b. 14 April 1756 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1825 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Rene GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE was born 14 April 1756 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Rene GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE was the child of Pierre GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Marie-Angélique VACHER dite LACERTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Jeanne-Marie BOISSONNEAU dite ST-ONGE (maternal) Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE and Marie-Claire BERGERON

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

Rene married Genevieve BOURASSA 8 September 1783 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Genevieve BOURASSA was born 18 July 1761 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOURASSA and Ursule BOUCHER.

Rene GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE died 25 October 1825 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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Rene GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE married

Genevieve BOURASSA-- Date: 8 September 1783 Place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve BOURASSA was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOURASSA and Ursule BOUCHER

Children of Rene GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Genevieve BOURASSA:

Rene BELLEMARE (b.13 December 1785, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Jean-Marie BELLEMARE dit GÉLINAS (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Charles BELLEMARE (b.abt. 1803, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1756 Birth
14 April 1756
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Rene GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Genevieve BOURASSA 8 September 1783 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Rene BELLEMARE was born 13 December 1785, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Rene was 29 years old.

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

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

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)