Born in Wotton, QC
Ancestors 
Daughter of Louis (Lemyrre) Lemire dit Marsolet
and Marie (O'Bready) Brady
Sister of
Louis Lemire, Marie Lemire, Cleophas Lemire, Marie Eugenie Lemire, Joseph Lemire, Marie Mathilde Lemire, Rose Delima Lemire, Moise (Lemyrre) Lemire, Onesime Azarie Lemire, Olivier Lemire, Eugene Lemire, Elie Lemire, Julie Eloise Lemire and Angelina Lemire
Wife of
Joseph Gregoire
— married
16 Feb 1874 in Wotton, Quebec, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Hormidas Gregoire, Albina Gregoire, Marie Zotique Elodius Gregoire, Edouard Fabius Gregoire, Marie-Flore Sylvina (Gregoire) Pratte, Gedeon Gregoire, Dorothee Gregoire, Rose Gregoire and Aldai Emile Gregoire
Died
at age 87
in Sherbrooke, QC.
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jan 2012
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Biography
Marie Melina was born on October 28, 1856, daughter of Louis Lemire and Mary Brady. She was baptized on November 1st of the same year at Saint-Hippolyte-de-Wotton.[1]
Melina's baptism record shows her name as Marie Mélinas; other records also show her as Améline. She signed the marriage register in a clear script as “A. Lemire.” But her sons referred to her simply as Mélina.
She married Joseph Gregoire on February 14, 1874 at Saint-Hippolyte-de-Wotton. [2]
Melina Lemire was buried at St-Hippolyte in Wotton, QC.
Sources
- Notebook, Edouard F. Gregoire
- Interviews, Valmore R. Gregoire, her grandson
- Andre Lafontaine, La Famille Gregoire. Sherbrooke, QC, 1997. Private printing.
- Parish registers, St-Hippolyte, Wotton, QC
- Wolfe county Marriages, pg 230
- Obituary
- ↑ Baptême: 1 novembre 1856, naissance: 28 octobre 1856, Marie Melina Lemire, fille de Louis Lemire et de Marie Brady, "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MB-GHHV : 16 July 2014), Wotton Township > Saint-Hippolyte-de-Wotton > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1852-1878 > image 145 of 854; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
- ↑ Mariage: 16 Février 1874, Joseph Gregoire, fils legitimé de François Gregoire et de Nazaire Morin, et Amelina Lemire, fille mineure de Louis Lemire et de Mary Brady, "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MB-GCYD : 16 July 2014), Wotton Township > Saint-Hippolyte-de-Wotton > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1852-1878 > image 675 of 854; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melina:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melina by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melina:
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