Gérin-Lajoie family

The Gérin-Lajoie family is a French-Canadian family descended from Jean Gérin dit La joie, a sergeant in the troops of the military forces of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, in New France, who arrived in Canada around 1750.[1] Several members of the family have been notable members of the legal, social and intellectual communities of Quebec since the 19th century.

Notable members

Gérin-Lajoie family tombstone: Alexandre (1893-1969), Antoine (1824-1882), Henri (1859-1936), Léon (1895-1959), Marie (1867-1945, wife of Henri), Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery (B276 1/2), Montreal.
  • Antoine Gérin dit Lajoie, a poet, married to Marie-Amable Gélinas
    • André Gérin, dit la Joie ((1771-01-15)January 15, 1771, in Yamachiche, – (1825-11-22)November 22, 1825, in Yamachiche)
    • Antoine Gérin-Lajoie ((1824-08-04)August 4, 1824, in Yamachiche, – (1882-08-07)August 7, 1882, in Ottawa), lawyer and novelist
    • Elzéar Gérin ((1843-11-14)November 14, 1843, in Yamachiche, – (1887-08-18)August 18, 1887, in Montreal), married Marie-Agathe-Élodie Dufresne on October 14, 1873.[3]
    • Denis Gérin
    • Henri Gérin-Lajoie ((1859-10-18)October 18, 1859, in Quebec City – (1936-05-07)May 7, 1936), lawyer and bâtonnier of Quebec. He married the pioneering feminist Marie Lacoste (known as Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie), the daughter of Alexandre Lacoste, in 1887[4]
      • Marie Gérin-Lajoie ((1890-06-09)June 9, 1890, in Montreal, – (1971-01-07)January 7, 1971, in Montreal), social worker and founder of a religious community[4]
      • Henri Gérin-Lajoie II ((1892-02-04)February 4, 1892 – (1976-08-01)August 1, 1976)
        • Paul Gérin-Lajoie ((1920-02-23)February 23, 1920, in Montreal, – (2018-06-25)June 25, 2018, in Montreal), politician and creator of the Gérin-Lajoie doctrine.

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