Louise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS

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31 July 1760 , Yamachiche, Canada

Died

21 October 1806 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Jacques GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE Marie-Louise GELINAS

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Born: 31 July 1760 in Yamachiche, Canada

Father: Jacques GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE

Mother: Marie-Louise GELINAS

Paternal grandparents: Maurice GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE , Marie-Charlotte BERGERON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre GÉLINAS , Genevieve CARBONNEAU dite PROVENÇAL

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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

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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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Louise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS married

Alexis CAYER (CAILLE)
Marriage date: 1 May 1797
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Alexis CAYER (CAILLE) was the child of Alexis CAYA (CAILLA) (CAYER) and Marie-Anne DUVAL

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Birth — 1760
31 July 1760
Yamachiche, Canada

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.

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

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

1797 Marriage / Partner
Louise BELLEMARE dite GELINAS and Alexis CAYER (CAILLE) 1 May 1797, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 36 years old.

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