Marie-Louise
GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE
Born
23 March 1741
,
Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Died
6 June 1805
,
Yamachiche, Lower Canada
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Louise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE
Marie-Louise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE married 
Benoit LEROY
Marriage date: 27 October 1760
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Canada
Benoit LEROYMarriage date: 27 October 1760
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Canada
Children of Benoit LEROY and Marie-Louise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE
Benoit ROY (LEROY)
Born: 19 July 1764, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 December 1798, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died: 3 December 1798, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Marguerite ROY (LEROY)
Born: 4 September 1768, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 September 1809, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 6 September 1809, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Felicite ROY (LEROY)
Born: 29 June 1778, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 5 November 1830, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 5 November 1830, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Married: Antoine ROBERT 10 November 1794 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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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 — 174123 March 1741
Yamachiche, Canada, New France
1760 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Louise GÉLINAS dite BELLEMARE and Benoit LEROY 27 October 1760, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
She was 19 years old.
1762 Birth of ChildLouise ROY (LEROY) was born 11 March 1762, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Marie-Louise was 20 years old.
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.1764 Birth of ChildBenoit ROY (LEROY) was born 19 July 1764, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Marie-Louise was 23 years old.
1768 Birth of ChildMarguerite ROY (LEROY) was born 4 September 1768, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Marie-Louise was 27 years old.
1771 Birth of ChildMarie-Jeanne ROY (LEROY) was born 2 May 1771, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Marie-Louise was 30 years old.
1773 Birth of ChildFrancoise ROY (LEROY) was born 8 July 1773, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Marie-Louise was 32 years old.
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.1776 Birth of ChildMarie-Josephte ROY (LEROY) was born 7 February 1776, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Marie-Louise was 34 years old.
1778 Birth of ChildFelicite ROY (LEROY) was born 29 June 1778, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Marie-Louise was 37 years old.
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
1794 Death of Spouse/PartnerBenoit LEROY died 1 April 1794, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
1794 Marriage of ChildFelicite ROY (LEROY) married 10 November 1794, Yamachiche, Lower Canada to Antoine ROBERT
1798 Death of ChildBenoit ROY (LEROY) died 3 December 1798, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
Marie-Louise was 57 years old.
Death — 18056 June 1805
Yamachiche, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 64.
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