Ninth Generation

177. Olivier Octave BELANGER²⁴ was born on 21 Apr 1871.²⁴ He was an auditor.²⁴

Olivier Octave BELANGER and Seraphia MATTE were married on 22 Jun 1896 in St. Francis de Sales Parish, Neuville, Pontneuf, Quebec, Canada.²⁴ Seraphia MATTE²⁴ (daughter of Living and Virginie DELISLE) was born on 18 Apr 1870.²⁴ She died on 18 Aug 1951.²⁴ Olivier Octave BELANGER and Seraphia MATTE had the following children:

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Dina BELANGER was born on 30 Apr 1897 in Pontneuf, Quebec, Canada.24,82 She received first communion on 2 May 1907.24 She was educated Conservatory of New York between 1916 and 1918.24 She gave concerts for charitable works between 1918 and 1921.24 She entered the convent of the Congregation of Jesus-Marie in Aug 1921 in Sillery, Quebec, Canada.24,82 She entered the order of Jesus-Marie in Feb 1922 in Sillery, Quebec, Canada.24 She was also known as Sister Marie Saint Cecile of Rome in Feb 1922.15,82 She took her final vows on 25 Aug 1923.24,82 She died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 4 Sep 1929 in Sillery, Quebec, Canada.24,82 She was exhumed and placed in a lead sarcophagus in 1951.24 She was buried in May 1990 in Provincial house of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, Sillery, Quebec, Canada.82 She became the first native of Quebec to be Beatified by the Church on 20 Mar 1993 in Rome.24,82 She was a music teacher as a nun.24 She wrote the Autobiograph of Dina Belanger published in 1934, at the request of her superiors.24