Marie BELLEMARE dite GELINAS

(b. abt. 1764 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Marie BELLEMARE dite GELINAS was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie 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):

Marie married Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN 14 November 1785 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste TRAHAN was born abt. 1767 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 23 March 1810 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Charles TRAHAN and Marie-Anne-Madeleine LANDRY.

m. Trahan Jean-Baptiste

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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