Gérin-Lajoie family explained

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

• Antoine Gérin dit Lajoie, a poet, married to Marie-Amable Gélinas
  • André Gérin, dit la Joie (15 January 1771, in Yamachiche, –, in Yamachiche)
    • André Gérin-Lajoie (30 December 1799, in Yamachiche, – ?), married to Ursule Caron, daughter of Charles Caron.
      • Charles Gérin-Lajoie (28 December 1824, in Yamachiche, –, in Trois-Rivières), member of the House of Commons of Canada for Saint-Maurice. He married Élizabeth Dupont on September 19, 1843.^[2]
  • Antoine Gérin-Lajoie (4 August 1824, in Yamachiche, –, in Ottawa), lawyer and novelist
    • Léon Gérin (17 May 1863, in Quebec City, –, in Montreal), Quebec's first sociologist, president of the Royal Society of Canada
  • Elzéar Gérin (14 November 1843, in Yamachiche, –, in Montreal), married Marie-Agathe-Élodie Dufresne on October 14, 1873.^[3]
  • Denis Gérin
  • Henri Gérin-Lajoie (18 October 1859, in Quebec City –), 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 (9 June 1890, in Montreal, –, in Montreal), social worker and founder of a religious community^[4]
    • Henri Gérin-Lajoie II (4 February 1892 –)
      • Paul Gérin-Lajoie (23 February 1920, in Montreal, –, in Montreal), politician and creator of the Gérin-Lajoie doctrine.

See also

• Gérin-Lajoie

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography – GÉRIN-LAJOIE, ANTOINE – Volume XI (1881-1890) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2021-08-01. www.biographi.ca.
2. Web site: Charles Gérin-Lajoie - National Assembly of Québec.
3. Web site: Elzéar Gérin - Assemblée nationale du Québec.
4. Web site: Marie Gérin-Lajoie | the Canadian Encyclopedia.