Hello Dave,
Thank you for your reply. I see you have replied to many threads and you seem to have much information that others cannot find online as is the case with myself. I have been tracking the Belanger family tree on my Ondrejicka-Manz-Belongia(Belanger) public member tree(I am the home person). Everything on that tree is documented or it does not become included. It has been hard to find documents online as our Belanger ancesters migrated away from Quebec through Montreal and Ontario to Wisconsin. I would guess that many of the Belangers and Belongias are linked to Francois and Angeline Beauchamp and also Michel.

The children of Francois and Angeline Beauchamp has been my biggest challenge. I have seen Joseph before with some strong evidence on other public member trees. He was married to Hermine Auger, the daughter of Paul Auger and Marie Nantel which would make her Angeline's sister.

I have not ever seen the others but I have evidence that there is another brother, Felix Ferdinand Belanger. I have a death certificate for him showing Angeline Beauchamp as his mother. Joseph also has his name on there as the informant. I also have a death registry for Francois sr from Ontario Canada listing Felix as his son. I believe that Felix brought Angeline Beauchamp to Wisconsin after Francois' death. I have a 1900 Census showing Angeline again as Felix' mother in Oconto County.

Moving on to the children of Francois and Angeline Auger you may have some families crossed or possibly some who were married or lived apart from the family before the 1870 census. I have been unable to find an 1861 census of Canada for Francois that may show the complete family. The children I show are as follows;

James B Belanger
William(Guilliaume)
Jane Belanger
Felix Belongia
John J(Jean) Belongia
Adolf aka (Delphine) Belongia
Peter(Pierre)
David Louis LaMere(adopted)

I have had some difficulty with William and Peter.
Francois and Angeline began in Door County about 1868 before the 1870 census and later moved to Oconto before 1880. James, Jane, and I believe William stayed in Door or Green Bay Counties and remained Belangers. Those moving to Oconto County became Belongias.

I live in Waukesha,WI. I am the great grandson of John Belongia. I have a marriage registry listing him as John Belanger son of Francois Belanger and Angeline. John and Alvina Chenevert had 12 children;
Exilda -my grandmother
Adolf Isral
Mildred
John
Irene
Elizbeth(Libby)
Helen
Evelyn
Claire
Elsie
Patrick
Oscar
Patrick and Oscar remained in Oconto as farmers.

Your great grandfather must be the person listed in 1870 and 1880 as Delphise or Delphine. Ada Sanders would be your great grandmother? Did Adolf take over Francois' farm and live there with Angeline after his death?

Many records for the Belanger/Belongia families are available at UW Green Bay Cofrin Library and Area Research Center or the local county courthouses for anyone willing to make the trip.

Do you have any records of either Francois' you would be willing to share? My e-mail address is joh2nyo@hotmail.com.

Thank you for your reply,

John Ondrejicka