Regis GELINAS

(b. 7 January 1781 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 May 1862 , Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Canada East )

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Regis GELINAS was born 7 January 1781 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada

Regis GELINAS was the child of Jean-Baptiste GELINAS and Marie-Josephte LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GÉLINAS and Genevieve CARBONNEAU dite PROVENÇAL (maternal) Joseph LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS and Josephte GÉLINAS dite LACOURSE

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

Regis married Madeleine HEROUX 19 August 1805 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine HEROUX was born 30 December 1780 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Madeleine died 16 February 1850 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Saint-Barnabé). Madeleine was the child of Pierre HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Marie-Anne BERTHIAUME.

Regis GELINAS died 31 May 1862 in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, St-Hyacinthe, Canada East .

m. Heroux Madeleine

Details of the family tree of Regis appear below.

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.

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