Yes, Rene was the father of Louis Fontaine. Note: Beaulieu was a surname added to Louis Fontaine name FROM: KNOW YOUR ACADIAN ANCESTORS By Jeannette Pothier Dinwoodie LOUIS FONTAINE dit BEAULIEU, baptized at Port Royal (now known as Halifax, Nova Scotia) on September 11, 1707 as Louis Corporon, the natural son of Isabelle Corporon, daughter of Jean Corporan and Francoise Savoie. His father was Rene Fontaine, secretary of Subercase, the last French governor of Acadia. Isabelle Corporon married around 1715 to Guillaume Jeanson (William Johnson) of Scotland. Louis Fontaine married at Port Royal on September 10, 1730 to Marie-Madeleine Roy, daughter of Jean Roy and Marie Aubois. Deported to Connecticut with his family in 1755, they left and settled at L'Assomption, Quebec in 1767. Children: Marie-Mathilde, born 1731; Anne, born 1732; Luce, born 1734; Louise-Thaddee, born 1736, Marguerite, born 1739; Eulalie-Valburge, born 1741; and Helene, born 1744. He only had one son to carry on the family name. [From Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens, by Bona Arsenault; and baptism from Vol. 3, page 1104 Histoire du Cap-Sable, by Rev. C. J. d'Entremont.] Brian Grahlman a écrit : > Daniel would this be LOUIS FONTAINE DIT BEAULIEU, son of RENE FONTAINE? > Thank you Leigh Ann > > From: Daniel Fontaine <daniel.fontaine@sympatico.ca> > Subject: [FONTAINE] FONTAINE/DUPUIS > Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 07:30:38 -0700 > > Posted on: FONTAINE Queries > Reply Here: > http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/f/o/FONTAINE/queries/10035 > > Surname: FONTAINE > ------------------------- > > Joseph Fontaine, born March 3, 1831 in St-Jacques de Montcalm, Quebec, > son of Jean-Baptiste Fontaine and Émilie Gaudet, married in St-Jacques > de Montcalm , August 9, 1853 to Eulalie (Domitilde-Élizabeth) Dupuis, daughter > of Jean-Baptiste Dupuis and Marie-Madeleine Germain-Bolduc. > Joseph die in August 1893 in Montreal and buried in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges > Cemetery in Montreal. > > Joseph Fontaine's ancestors are Acadians: Fontaine dit Beaulieu. > > Any exchange of datas are Welcome > > Daniel Fontaine > I ha 15 children for Joseph > > ==== FONTAINE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living. > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2