Monday, January 14, 2013  Matrilineal Monday: Fred Belair  Like
my maternal grandfather Eugène Desgroseilliers’ matrilineal
line, my paternal grandfather Fred Belair’s matrilineal line is
relatively long: it extends 11 generations. His matrilineal
ancestry reaches back to the early 1600s to his 8x great-
grandmother Jeanne Charas.  Jeanne and her husband Pierre (Le)
Camus, a merchant, did not immigrate to New France (Canada),
unlike their daughter Elisabeth (Le) Camus. Elisabeth, who was
from the parish of St-Sauveur in Paris, arrived as an unmarried
woman in Montreal on 29 September 1659. Within one month, she
married Louis Guertin, a shoemaker, originally from the province
of Anjou, France.  Fred Belair's Matrilineal Ancestry:  1. Fred
Belair (1889-1991) m. 1926 Julie (Julia) Vanasse  2. Angélina
Meunier (1855-1896) m. 1879 Pierre Janvry dit Belair  3. Louise
(Eloise) Drouin (1835-1890) m. 1853 Ménésippe Meunier  4. Marie
Reine Poirier (1806-1892) m. 1829 Pierre Drouin  5. Marie Louise
Rochon (1781-1835) m.