Who I am: Bellemare of the 8th generation, always living on the same ground corner as my ancestor Jean-Baptiste Gelineau says Bellemare cleared with his hands 300 years ago at Yamachiche, a corner which changed a lot since 1703.

But I am also a Houle, grandson of Omer and Bertha Gauthier of Pointe-du-Lac in Mauricie. To know more about the great family of the Houde-Boucher-Houle, it is necessary to visit the site of:"Descendants de Louis Houde et Madeleine Boucher".

The blazon of Bellemare that you see above is the result of research and the collaboration of some quebequers historians and genealogists. The Bellemare family celebrated its 300ième anniversary in 2003.

You can visit numbers of pages on the Web where it is question of the Bellemare, in particular the web site of Mr. Bertrand Bellemare,http://www.bertpage.ca/. You will find there you the description of our new blazon of family and also a lot of information on our family. Unfortunattely, this web site is in french, but you can write to the author, and he will refere you to the good link in english.

You can now seeing some pages on the great family of Bellemare in this web site. Later, I will write about the family of my grandparents Omer Houle and Bertha Gauthier.