Marie Evige Belcourt (1833 - 1893)

Born 4 Mar 1833 in Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Bas-Canada

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Died 23 May 1893 at age 60 in Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec. Canada

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Biography

Marie Evige (Edwidge) Belcourt was born on 4 Mar 1833 and was baptized the next day in Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue parish in Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Bas-Canada . She was the daughter of Paul Belcourt, farmer, and Marguerite Duff. Sponsors for Edwidge's baptism were her paternal grandfather François Belcourt and Marie Louise René; Paul Belcourt signed the register.

At age 18 Edwidge married Isidore Grandmont, farmer, on 12 Aug 1851 in Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue parish in Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Canada East. There were 13 known children born into this marriage.

Edwidge Belcourt died at age 60 on 23 May 1893 in Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, Québec, Canada; she was buried two days later on 25 May in Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue parish cemetery in Baie-du-Febvre.

Sources

• Baptême/Baptismal record for Marie Evige Belcourt. Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue (Baie-du-Febvre) parish register: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99S-FS5W. Image 351. Free access (fifth record on right).
• Mariage/Marriage record [M-12] for isidore Gomont and Hedwidge Belcourt. Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue (Baie-du-Febvre) parish register: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99S-NZM9. Image 155. Free access.
• Sépulture/Burial record [S-25] for Edwidge Bellecourt, épouse de Isidore Grandmont, cultivateur. Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue (Baie-du-Febvre) parish register: https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3911358?docref=DktAgw8yBNvxqLMXOvoXfQ. Image 21.

• Nos Origines, entry for Edwidge Belcourt. https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Belcourt_Edwidge&pid=1989742
• Jutras Genealogical Data Site, entry for family of Isidore Grandmont and Edwidge Belcourt, see: http://cjutras.org/CJ_GRANDMONT-I.html#F011056. For Edwidge's parents and siblings; see: http://cjutras.org/CJ_BELCOURT-J.html#F011923.