The Bellefleurs started out with the surname of Remi (or Remy). Leopold Remi (1733-1802) came to Canada from Biecourt, Vosges, France to fight in the French and Indian War. Within his regiment (The Queen's Regiment), he was known as Remi-dit-Bellefleur, and that name was eventually adopted as the family's surname. My branch did a little "border-hopping", moving back and forth between Quebec and Upstate New York before migrating to Michigan about 1882. They lived in Muskegon, then most of the family moved to Bay City or Detroit. One branch, that of Francois-Xavier Bellefleur fils (1853-1929) eventually settled in Saskatchawan.
Outline of the Bellefleur Family
1 Jean Remy (1679-1763) +Louise Utinel ..2 Leopold Remi-dit-Bellefleur (1733-1802) +Angelique Trudelle (1741-1822) ....3 Leopold Bellefleur (1762) +Marie-Louise Tetreau (1764) ......4 Charlotte Bellefleur (1784) +Joseph Archambault ......4 "Girl" Bellefleur (1785-1785) ......4 Louis Bellefleur (1786) ......4 Leopold Bellefleur (1787) ......4 Marguerite Bellefleur (1789) ......4 Francois Bellefleur (1792) +Josephte Rondeau (1798) ........5 Marie-Josephte Bellefleur (1817) ........5 ? Bellefleur (1819) ........5 Marie-Louise Bellefleur (1820-1822) ........5 Marie Bellefleur (1827-1827) ........5 Francois-Xavier Bellefleur (1828-1879) +Eleanore Lesieur (1831-1907) ..........6 Francois-Xavier Bellefleur (1853-1929) +Emelie Celine Burell (1859-1939) ............7 John-Frank Bellefleur (1875-1971) +Lillian Claire Lelonde (1889-1965) ..............8 David Francis Bellefleur (1911-1911) ..............8 Francis Bellefleur (1912-1994) +Dora Rachel Shaw ................9 Gerald John Bellefleur (1939) ................9 Gayle Pauline Bellefleur (1942) ................9 Ralph Francis Bellefleur (1947) ................9 Kenneth Earl Bellefleur (1950) ................9 Richard Joseph Bellefleur (1952) ..............8 Lillian Bellefleur (1914) +Claude Main ................9 Douglas Main (1946) ................9 Ross Main (1950-1954) ................9 Margo Main (1953) ................9 Jacqueline Main (1954) ..............8 Lucille Bellefleur (c.1916-c.1924) ..............8 Beatrice Jeannette Bellefleur (1919) +Joseph Ghillani (1912-1976) ................9 Marcella Jo Ghillani (1945) +Michael Aldo Bagnulo (1945) ..................10 Gina Marie Bagnulo (1968) +Maxim Perepelitsa (1968) ..................10 Anna Christine Bagnulo (1969) +Ronald Gregory Huffman (1967) ....................11 Abigail Cristine Huffman (1994) ....................11 Ashley Huffman (1997) Second husband of Anna Bagnulo: +Kevin William Lange (1970) ..................10 Anthony Michael Bagnulo (1972) +Beth Crosa ................9 Toni Gayle Ghillani (1945) +Frank Boorstien ................9 Elena Marie Ghillani (1946) +Frank Camarda Second husband of Elena Ghillani: +Christopher Gerace ................9 Beatrice Jeannette Ghillani (1948) +Jimmy Virgili Second husband of Beatrice Ghillani: +Mick Gleve ................9 Christine Elise Ghillani (1952) +Darren Kinsey Second husband of Christine Ghillani: +Muhammed Reza Pishvaeian ..............8 Marion Bellefleur (1923) +Emile LeTilly ................9 Margaret Lynn LeTilly (1957) ................9 Richard LeTilly (1959) ................9 Cindy Joan LeTilly (1961) ................9 Kevin Emile LeTilly (1963) ..............8 Joseph Bellefleur (1928) +Eleanor McGinn ................9 Joanne Bellefleur (1951) ................9 Joseph Bellefleur (1953) ................9 Denis Bellefleur (1954) ................9 Colleen Bellefleur (1956) ................9 John Claud Bellefleur ................9 Catherine Bellefleur (1959) ................9 Norman Bellefleur (1960) ................9 David Paul Bellefleur (1962) ................9 Mary Susan Bellefleur (1964) ................9Mark Emile Bellefleur (1966) ............7 Amelia Bellefleur (1880-1961) +Albertus Knooihuizen ............7 Marie Bellefleur (1885) +Fred Kriesch ..........6 Toussaint Bellefleur (1855-1868) ..........6 [Marie] Philomene Bellefleur (1857-1929) +Joseph A. Gagner (1846-1926) ..........6 Elisabeth Bellefleur (1859) ..........6 Marguerite Bellefleur (1861) ..........6 Marie-Louise Bellefleur (1862) ..........6 Helene Bellefleur (1862) +Cesaire Gagner (1857) ..........6 Joseph Aneslme Bellefleur (1866-1874) ..........6 Sophie Caroline Bellefleur (1868-1872) ..........6 [Marie] Rose Delima Bellefleur (1871-1959) +Francis Louis Esslin (1869-1967) ............7 Antoine Louis Esslin (1891-1971) +Alice Margaret Nanry (1893-1981) ............7 Conrad Francis Esslin (1893-1968) +Elva Marie Durocher (1898-1973) ..............8 Jeanette A. Esslin (1918) ..............8 Leona R. Esslin (1919) ............7 Eleanor Ester Esslin (1895-1974) +Harry Charles Denstaedt (1894-1931) ..............8 Doris Ester Denstaedt (1922) +Garth Dalmond Elliot (1920-1977) ................9 Sharon Lee Elliot (1939) +William Thomas Ladd ..................10 Michael Ladd (1958) ..................10 Timothy William Ladd (1960) ..................10 Cheryl Ann Ladd (1963) ................9 Randy Bryce Elliot (1943) +Norine ? (1946) ..................10 Andrea Lynn Elliot (1972) +Will Talbott ....................11 Heavenly Talbott (1994) ....................11 Hailey Talbott (1996) ................9 Pamela Joan Elliot (1945) +David Nicely (1945) ..................10 Tracy Lynn Nicely Anderson (1963) +David William Knee (1958) ....................11 Debra Denae Knee (1994) ....................11 Kacey Lynn Knee (1996) ..................10 Kristi Anne Nicely Anderson (1966) +Scott Allen Trontvet (1964) ....................11 Alyshia Char Trontvet (1987) Second husband of Kristi Anderson: +Dennis Balchunas (1963) ....................11 Emily Pamela Balchunas (1991) Second husband of Pamela Elliot: +Jan Wheeler Anderson (1947) ..................10 Kipp Lee Anderson (1973) +Danica Faulkner (1976) ....................11 Trystin Lee Anderson (1998) ................9 Jeffery Garth Elliot (1947) +Sandy Love ..................10 Dawn Love Elliot (1973) ..................10 Mariah Margarette Elliot (1982) ..................10 Spencer Elliot (1984) ................9 Laurie Anne Elliot (1958) +Daniel Wadell ..................10 Daniel Lee Wadell ..................10 Nathan Wadell ..................10 Eric Matthew Wadell Second husband of Laurie Elliot: +Cecil Blaine ..................10 James Blaine (1982) ..................10 Courtney Blaine (1985) ..................10 Dillion Blaine (1988) ..............8 William Edward Denstaedt (1924-1986) +Patricia O'Rourke ................9 Allen Denstaedt (1952) ................9 Leslie Denstaedt (1955) ................9 Paul Edward Denstaedt (1957) +Victoria Gentry (1961) ................9 Raymond Denstaedt (1959) ..............8 John Francis Denstaedt (1926-1998) +Carmel Klosterman (1920) ................9 Mary-Frances Denstaedt (1963) +Ed Booth ..................10 Megan Booth ..................10 Sarah Booth ..............8 Rosalie Alice Denstaedt (1928) +Peter Francis Spellman (1929) ................9 Diane Marie Spellman (1952) +Jan Wheeler Anderson (1947) ..................10 Benjamin Michael Anderson (1980) ..................10 Peter Joseph Anderson (1982) ................9 Peter Francis Spellman (1954) +Susan Gayle Boyde (1954) ..................10 Sarah Frances Spellman (1979) ..................10 Matthew Peter Spellman (1981) ..................10 Elizabeth Spellman (1986) ..................10 Cathryn Spellman (1988) ..................10 Milissa Rose Spellman (1990) ................9 Michael John Spellman (1955) +Theresa Ann Cassabon (1955) ..................10 Michael John Spellman (1981) ..................10 Timothy David Spellman (1982) ..................10 Lindsay Renee Spellman (1983) ................9 Theresa Anne Spellman (1956) +Phillip Upchurch Second husband of Theresa Spellman: Terry Wayne Cole (1944) ..................10 Alex Wayne Cole (1991) ................9 Timothy Patrick Spellman (1958-1971) ................9 Maureen Elizabeth Spellman (1959) +Michael McCulloch (1958) ..................10 Brian Michael McCulloch (1988) ..................10 Erin McCulloch (1990) ..................10 Michael Ian McCulloch (1993) ................9 William Thomas Spellman (1963) +Joy Cabera (1963) ..................10 Sheryl Marie Spellman (1985) Second wife of William Spellman: +Eva Mayo (1963) ..................10 Kelly Nichole Spellman (1990) ..................10 Michelle Rose Spellman (1992) ................9 John Patrick Spellman (1964) +Amanda Reed (1964) ..................10 Andrew Spellman (1991) ..................10 William Spellman (1994) ..................10 Robert Spellman (1998) ..................10 Jack Carlye Spellman (1999) ............7 Lionel Harold Esslin (1897-1918) ............7 Estelle Elizabeth Esslin (1899-1959) +Murray F. Black (1888-1963) ............7 Mabel Marie Esslin (1901-1971) +Arthur Wilson ..............8 Arthur Wilson ..............8 Gerald Wilson ..............8 Jean Wilson ..............8 Ann Wilson ..............8 Robert Wilson ............7 Edward Joseph Esslin (1904-1956) +Lillian Williamson ............7 Anne Marguerite Esslin (1906-1913) ............7 Frances Agatha Esslin (1914-1944) +John T. Mercer ..........6 Marie Marcelline Bellefleur (1872-1960) +Frederick J. Holmes (1870-1947) ............7 Marion E. Holmes (1908) +Robert T. Drysdale (1910-1984) ............7 Louise M. Holmes (1911-1989) +George D. Young (1910-1970) ............7 Margaret E. Holmes (1912-1996) +Charles Young ............7 Alonzo Joseph Holmes (1914-1958) ..........6 [Marie] Eleanore Bellefleur (1874) +George Edward Graves (1870-c.1906) ............7 [Edwina Beatrice] Alberta Graves (1895) +George Bowen (1893) ............7 [Paul] Russell Edward Graves (1897) ............7 Lucille Graves (1899) ............7 Berenice M. Graves (1900-1972) +Harry P. Alarie (1896-1965) ..............8 Thomas H. Alarie (1923-1982) +Jane Pike ..............8 James E. Alarie +Jeanne ? ..............8 John P. Alarie (1927-1999) +Genevieve T. McDonald ................9 Paul Alarie ................9 Kathleen Alarie ................9 Patrice Alarie +Greg Hall ................9 Marcia Alarie +Jan Garis ..............8 William G. Alarie ............7 Edmee G. Graves (1901-1981) ........5 Toussaint Bellefleur (1830) +Ade Hebert ........5 Perpetua Bellefleur (1833) ........5 Philomene Bellefleur (1838-1838) ........5 Lucy Bellefleur (c.1843-1910) +Edward Daubier ..........6 Lucy Daubier ..........6 Julia Daubier (c.1867) Second husband of Lucy Bellefleur: +Andre Gamelin [aka Andrew Gardner] (?-1887) ..........6 Malvina Gamelin (1878) ..........6 Mary Gamelin (1880) ..........6 Mable Gamelin (1887-1969) +Augustin Noiseux (?-1958) ............7 Laurier Noiseux (1911-1978) +Lucia Boisvert (1910-1980) ............7 Velma Pauline Noiseux (1913) +Thomas James LePoer (1907-1977) ..............8 Kendall LePoer ............7 Alcona Noiseux (1914-1971) +Louis Cote ............7 Rene Earle Noiseux (1918-1991) +Katherine Whajda ............7 Richmond Noiseux ............7 Edgar Noiseux ..........6 Annette Gamelin ..........6 "Boy" Gamelin ..........6 "Boy" Gamelin ......4 Charles Bellefleur (1794) +Marguerite Jared ......4 Amable Bellefleur (1796-1801) ......4 Celeste Bellefleur (c.1802) +Pierre Beauregard ......4 Sophie Bellefleur (c.1805) +Joseph Gilipeau ......4 Hilaire Bellefleur (1806-1808) ....3 Gabriel Bellefleur (1763-1763) ....3 Remi Bellefleur (1766) ....3 Michel Bellefleur (1768) ....3 Brigitte Bellefleur (1770) +Anton Arpin ....3 Marguerite Bellefleur (1772) +Jean-Baptiste Seauvier ....3 Francois Bellefleur (1774-1847) +Therese Miclet ....3 Marie-Joseph Bellefleur (1776-1776) ....3 Charlotte Bellefleur (1777) +Antoine Tetreau (1769-1811) ......4 Luce Tetreau ......4 Angelique Tetreau (1797) ......4 Antoine Tetreau (1798) ......4 Paul Tetreau (1800-1801) ......4 Francois Tetreau (1801) ......4 Joseph Tetreau (1803) ......4 Luc Tetreau (1804) ......4 Esther Tetreau (1806) ......4 Scholastique Tetreau (1808) ......4 Adelaide Tetreau (1809) ......4 Leon Tetreau (1810-1811) ....3 Barbe Bellefleur (1779-1786) ....3 Genevieve Bellefleur (1780) +Joseph Tetro ....3 Remi Bellefleur (1783-1832) +Margaret Vazy