Madeleine
GELINAS dite BELLEMARE
(b.
22 July 1774
,
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
11 August 1855
,
St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada
)
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Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE was born 22 July 1774 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE was the child of Etienne-Charles GELINAS dit BELLEMARE and Madeleine LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GÉLINAS dit BELLEMARE and Marie-Anne BLAIS (maternal) Pierre-Boulanger LEFEBVRE and Marie-Catherine GRIGNONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
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, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Louis died 6 July 1842 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPONT and Charlotte GLADU.
Madeleine GELINAS dite BELLEMARE died 11 August 1855 in St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Madeleine appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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