Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE

Born

22 July 1774 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

11 August 1855 , St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada

Madeleine married Louis DUPONT 12 January 1795 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis DUPONT was born 18 November 1772 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . Louis died 6 July 1842 in Yamachiche, Canada East . Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Charlotte GLADU .

Parents & Family of Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE

Parents of Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE

Father

Etienne-Charles GELINAS dit BELLEMARE

Mother

Madeleine LEFEBVRE

Grandparents of Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE

Paternal grandparents

Charles GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE Marie-Anne BLAIS

Maternal grandparents

Pierre-Boulanger LEFEBVRE Marie-Catherine GRIGNON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE

Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE married

Louis DUPONT
Marriage date: 12 January 1795
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Louis DUPONT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Charlotte GLADU

Children of Louis DUPONT and Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE

Marie DUPONT

Born: 7 February 1797, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*
Died: ,

Married: Louis HEROUX 17 January 1814 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Madeleine's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1774
22 July 1774
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1795 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE and Louis DUPONT 12 January 1795, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 20 years old.

1797 Birth of Child
Marie DUPONT was born 7 February 1797, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

Madeleine was 22 years old.

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

1814 Marriage of Child
Marie DUPONT married 17 January 1814, Yamachiche, Lower Canada to Louis HEROUX

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