Louise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS

(b. 31 July 1760 , Yamachiche, Canada d. 21 October 1806 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Louise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS was born 31 July 1760 in Yamachiche, Canada

Louise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS was the child of Jacques GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Marie-Louise GELINAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Marie-Charlotte BERGERON (maternal) Pierre GÉLINAS and Genevieve CARBONNEAU dite PROVENÇAL

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

Louise married Alexis CAYER (CAILLE) 1 May 1797 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . Alexis CAYER (CAILLE) was born 22 March 1774 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Alexis died 10 June 1833 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Alexis was the child of Alexis CAYA (CAILLA) (CAYER) and Marie-Anne DUVAL.

Louise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS died 21 October 1806 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Caille Alexis
m. Meunier Jean-Baptiste

Details of the family tree of Louise 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.

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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