Bernard GÉLIEU 
(ID #I8042)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: minister
- BIRTH: ABT 1548, Issigeac, Dordogne, France
- DEATH: 6 SEP 1618, St. Aubin, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Father: Jean GÉLIEU (d. 1557)
Mother: Mariote GUYRAULD (d. BEF 1567)
Family 1
:
Nicolle POTERAT (b. 1555, d. BEF 1593)
- MARRIAGE: 24 JUN 1570, Gerbéviller, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR
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- +Bernard GÉLIEU (b. 1580, d. 1654)
- +Jean GÉLIEU (b. 1582, d. AFT 1617)
- Jonas GÉLIEU (b. 1584, d. AFT 1620)
Family 2
:
Octavia Laura DE FERRARIIS (b. APR 1563, d. 21 APR 1633)
- MARRIAGE: 14 MAY 1593, Geneva, Switzerland
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- +Abraham GÉLIEU (b. ABT 1594, d. 1663)
- Anne GÉLIEU (d. AFT 1629)
- Elizabeth GÉLIEU (d. AFT 1629)
- Marguerite GÉLIEU (d. AFT 1629)
- +Elisée GÉLIEU (b. 13 FEB 1596, d. abt 1639)
- Jean Baptiste GÉLIEU (d. ABT 1629)
- Sara Marguerite GÉLIEU (dates unknown)
- +Samuel (dit Gautry) GÉLIEU (b. 1598, d. 1664)
Family record of Bernhard von Gélieu of Koblenz notes Bernard studied in Geneva 1564 (Calvin's academy), where he appears in the Livre du Recteur as "Bernardus Gelius Petragoricensis" (meaning, from Perigord). In 1567 he was minister at Amboise (?), later at Demange-aux-Eaux. He fled to Savoye/Thonon in 1572, then to Neuchâtel. From Neuchâtel, he became minister at Coffrane, Buttes-St.-Suplice, and St. Aubin (1588).
Material from an account in the Schweizerisches Geschlechterbuch, vol. 5, says that Bernard was taken by his widowed mother in 1559, when he was only 11 years old, to Geneva, where his mother made sure he was raised in the protestant faith and studied theology. This material seems to be derived from an account of H. L. Henriod also summarized in Der Schweizer Familienforscher 25 (1968). (If he arrived in Geneva earlier, perhaps his birthdate should be pushed back a couple years, see below).
His marriage to Nicolle Poterat is recorded in a contract of 24 jan 1570, signed at the chateau of Deuilly (Gerbéviller). Nicolle was sponsored in this contract by the Dowager ("Dame Douairière") de Deuilly. Bernard became a pastor at Thonon after fleeing to Geneva in 1572, then moved to St. Sulpice in Neuchatel where he replaced the aged minister in 1576. He was called to St. Aubin 26 jun 1588.
The surviving parish registers there begin in 1639, and contain the following account of the ministers of St. Aubin:
"Bernard Gélieu -- Lequel Venerable Pere a vescu pasteur de la susditte Eglise des l'an 1588 jusques au temp de son deces, qui fut en Septembre 1618, par ainsi il a esté pasteur de l'Eglise de St. Aubin l'espane de 30 ans.
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Le 4 avril 1644 Monsr. Bernard Gélieu Ministre a M[otiers et] Travers fut presenté pour pasteur de l'Eglise de St. Aubin en laquelle il a vescu jusques en l'an 1654 par ainsi a esté en las susditte Eglise dix années."
Henriod quotes Bernard thus: "En Dieu est mon espérance et mon appuy, je n'aurai jamais fiance, sinon en Luy" (1572).
It is possible some parts of the story of his early life may be interpolations. One problem is the date of ordination. Henriod says "early in 1567", but the surviving documents do not seem to indicate when he was sent from Geneva to the church of Choiseul, only that he was there, and ready to leave because circumstances prevented him from exercising his office, by the end of May 1567. If he were actually a couple years older than Henriod estimated, it is possible that he might have completed his studies earlier, perhaps as early as 1565 or 1566.
Again, the documentation we have so far obtained does not support his presence at all of the places mentioned by Henriod. An alternate reading of the sources suggests the following:
He was appointed by the ministers at Geneva to serve at the church of Choiseul, meaning a small church on the estate of Anthoine d'Amboise, presumably one of the permitted places for the exercise of the reformed religion under the Edict of Amboise of March 1563. That treaty, ending the first war of religion, permitted Protestant worship in a single town within each bailliage, or by Protestant nobles within their own estates. The edict was not officially registered by all the parliaments of France, as required, until 1566. We assume it was at this time that Antoine d'Amboise requested a pastor from the Académie in Geneva. But, as noted by the "elders and deacons" of the church of Anthoine's estate at Choiseul, the king also required Antoine to be in Paris, away from his estate, so that it was impossible for Bernard to discharge his duties, and so Anthoine, the pastors of the Colloquium of Champagne at Vassy, and the deacons and elders of Choiseul, gave him leave to depart.
We see him next living at Demange-aux-Eaux, contracting a marriage with Nicolle Poterat, through the influence of the Protestant widow of Olric Du Châtelet at Deuilly (end of 1569 and early 1570). Where was he in the intervening 2 years? We do not know.
In 1571 he was at his home town of Issigeac, where he settled his share of his father's estate. By September of 1572, shortly after surviving the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, he was given leave to depart from Lorraine, where he had served, Henriod says, at Gerpont-sur-l'Ornain, Vitry, Châlons, et Badonviller. We have not seen the document quoted by Henriod on this point.
In 1573, he is being suggested for the Vénérable Classe de Thonon, Savoie, by the Countess d'Alinge, Dame de Reynel.
In 1576, he is at Neuchatel, serving as suffragant at Coffrane, and from this point forward, there appear to be plenty of documents.
The protestant registers (covering 1566-1665) of Issigeac are known to have survived until 1673, when "the minister Gélieu" prepared an inventory of the papers of the church in order to transfer them to government authorities. From that point until 1902, thus the span of 225 years, there is no further mention of the registers. In 1902, the Bulletin de la Société Historique et Archéologique du Périgord noted that apparently these same registers (1566-1665) had been donated to the departmental archives by the Abbé Bouscaillou, along with other documents pretaining to Issigeac. Inquiries to the departmental archivist showed that these registers are not known to exist today, but we cling to hope that they have somehow been mislabeled or misplaced.
Bernard and his brother-in-law eventually received an inheritance promised by Etienne Monet (or in Italian, Stefano Monedo), uncle of their wives:
AEG Olivier Dagoneau, notary, vol. 8, fols. 252-252v, 01 nov 1605.
(The writing is difficult to decipher and contains many abbreviations.)
Constitué personnellement honnorable Jean Anthoine Moussin fils d'honnorable Jean Abondi Moussier molinier de soye habitant de Geneve lequel entre autres debts confesse devoir à Dame Octavia Ferrari femme (?) de Spectable Bernard Gelieu maistre du Ste. Evangile au conté de Neufchastel absente ledit Spectable par la somme de deux mil cinq cens cinquante florins procedants de la somme de six cents escus à raison de 8 florins 6 sols que avoyent esté prestés à la Seigneurie (?) en ceste cité par feu Sieur Estienne Monede oncle de ladite dame Octavia, le reste desdits six cents escus revenables (?) à semblable somme de 2550 florins delivréz audit Jean Anthoine Moussin pour la part asserante (?) à feue sa femme selon par ainsi il apart par quictance particuliere que ledit Jean Anthoine en a ce jourd'huy passé audit Spectable Gelieu par les mains duquel ladite somme de 2550 florins a esté delivrée, dont comme bien content quicte tant ledit Gelieu que sadite femme et ... payable ladite somme de 2550 florins avec la cense à raison de huict pour 100 jouxte la permission donnée (?) le 22 de septembre prochain venant à peine et oblige ses personnes et biens ... et pour plus grand asseurance ...
Fol. 252v.
10 nov 1605 : .Constitué ledit honnorable Jean Antoine Moussin molynyer de soye confesse avoir heu et receu de Dame Octavia Ferrari femme du predit Gelieu ministre du St. Evangile au comté de Neufchastel, par les mains dudict Spectable Gelieu assavoir la somme de 2550 florins faissant la moitié de six cents escuz sols à cense de 8 florins 6 sols piece qui auroyent esté prestés à la Seigneurie (?) par feu Sieur Estienne Monede oncle tant de ladite Dame Octavia que de la Dame Claudia femme dudit Jean Antoine Moussin...
(The abbreviation tentatively rendered as Seigneurie appears to be Srie. Had Etienne Monede deposited a sum for the benefit of his nieces with the ruling council of Geneva? This unusual procedure seems even more plausible, given that the principal of 600 écus sols carried 8% interest.)
Vol. 11, fol 89v-90, 02 may 1608.
Honnorable Jean Antoine Mossin habitant de Geneve confesse devoir à Spectable Bernard Gelieu ministre du St. Evangile au comté de Neufchastel à St. Aubin le Lac present et de Dame Octavia Ferrari sa femme, assavoir la somme de quatre mil cinq cens cinquante florins pp., et ce pour vray et loyal preste payable à sa volonté et regle, ... oblige ses personne et biens meubles et immeubles presens etc. et en outre pour plus grand asseurance ... (he pledges as security a house "en cest cité, rue St. Legier", etc.)
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Contract signed at the Château de Deuilly, near Gerbéviller.
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Marriage celebrated at the church of St. Gervais in Geneva on this date. The marriage contract is dated 21 may 1593, Pierre Blondel, notary.
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Bernard GÉLIEU (ID #I8170)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: minister
- BIRTH: 1580
- DEATH: 1654, St. Aubin, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Father: Bernard GÉLIEU (b. ABT 1548, d. 6 SEP 1618)
Mother: Nicolle POTERAT (b. 1555, d. BEF 1593)
Family 1
:
Sara DUMAYNE (b. 1584, d. AFT 1654)
- MARRIAGE: 7 NOV 1602, Concise, Vaud, Switzerland
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- Marguerite GÉLIEU (b. 1603, d. 1664)
- Jean GÉLIEU (b. 1604, d. AFT 1624)
- +Jaques GÉLIEU (b. 1609, d. 28 DEC 1664)
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Testament 01 jul 1653.
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Date of the marriage contract, Josué Henry, notary.
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_Jean GÉLIEU _________|
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_Bernard GÉLIEU _____|
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| |_Mariote GUYRAULD ____|
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|--Bernard GÉLIEU
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| _Fourquignon POTERAT _|
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|_Nicolle POTERAT ____|
(1555 - 1593) m 1570|
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|_Annon CHAPELLIER ____|
(1535 - 1574) |
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Bernard GÉLIEU (ID #I8187)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: minister
- BIRTH: 1649
- DEATH: 1726
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Father: Jaques GÉLIEU (b. 1609, d. 28 DEC 1664)
Mother: Marie FAVARGIER (b. 1619)
Family 1
:
Susanne Elizabeth WAVRE (dates unknown)
- Jaques GÉLIEU (b. 1681, d. 1685)
- Marie GÉLIEU (b. 1683, d. 1766)
- Jonas GÉLIEU (b. 1685, d. 26 DEC 1760)
- Salomé GÉLIEU (b. 1690, d. 1736)
- +Bernard GÉLIEU (b. 1692, d. ABT 1736)
- Esther GÉLIEU (b. 1694, d. 1696)
- +Jaques GÉLIEU (b. 1696, d. 1761)
- Catherine Esabeau GÉLIEU (b. 1699, d. 1699)
- Samuel Henry GÉLIEU (b. 1700, d. 1734)
- Susanne GÉLIEU (b. 1703, d. 1704)
- Esther GÉLIEU (b. 1704, d. 1707)
- Charles Friederich GÉLIEU (b. 1706, d. 1774)
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Testament 05 feb 1725.
_Bernard GÉLIEU _____+
| (1548 - 1618) m 1570
_Bernard GÉLIEU _____|
| (1580 - 1654) m 1602|
| |_Nicolle POTERAT ____+
| (1555 - 1593) m 1570
_Jaques GÉLIEU ______|
| (1609 - 1664) m 1637|
| | _Jean DUMAYNE _______
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| |_Sara DUMAYNE _______|
| (1584 - 1654) m 1602|
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|--Bernard GÉLIEU
| (1649 - 1726)
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| _Jaques FAVARGIER ___|
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|_Marie FAVARGIER ____|
(1619 - ....) m 1637|
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|_____________________|
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Bernard GÉLIEU (ID #I8230)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: minister at Le Locle
- BIRTH: 31 JAN 1798, Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- BAPTISM: 1 FEB 1798, Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- DEATH: 6 JAN 1879, Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Father: Jonas GÉLIEU (b. 1740, d. 1827)
Mother: Marguerite Isabelle FRÊNE (b. 2 FEB 1759)
Family 1
:
Emilie Baronesse DE BONDELI (b. 1796, d. 1836)
- MARRIAGE: 7 JAN 1823, Colombier, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Rose Albertine GÉLIEU (b. 1823, d. 1898)
- Emilie GÉLIEU (b. 1825, d. 1865)
- Sophie GÉLIEU (b. 1826, d. 1914)
- +Bernard GÉLIEU (b. 28 SEP 1828, d. 21 APR 1907)
- Charlotte Isabelle GÉLIEU (b. 1831, d. 1918)
Family 2
:
Charlotte BONHÔTE (b. 1800, d. 1885)
- MARRIAGE: 1839, Serrières, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Esther GÉLIEU (b. 1840, d. 1896)
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However, family notes put the marriage at Anet, Berne.
_Bernard GÉLIEU __________+
| (1649 - 1726) m 1681
_Jaques GÉLIEU __________|
| (1696 - 1761) m 1726 |
| |_Susanne Elizabeth WAVRE _+
| m 1681
_Jonas GÉLIEU ______________|
| (1740 - 1827) m 1778 |
| | _Jean Henry WILLY ________
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| |_Elizabeth WILLY ________|
| (1710 - ....) m 1726 |
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|--Bernard GÉLIEU
| (1798 - 1879)
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| _Theophile Rémy FRÊNE ___|
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|_Marguerite Isabelle FRÊNE _|
(1759 - ....) m 1778 |
| __________________________
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|_Marie Marguerite IMMER _|
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|__________________________
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Bernard GÉLIEU (ID #I8242)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: Prussian General
- BIRTH: 28 SEP 1828, Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- DEATH: 21 APR 1907, Potsdam, GER
Father: Bernard GÉLIEU (b. 31 JAN 1798, d. 6 JAN 1879)
Mother: Emilie Baronesse DE BONDELI (b. 1796, d. 1836)
Family 1
:
Hedwig Caroline Augusta VON WITTKEN (b. 22 SEP 1838, d. 8 FEB 1924)
- MARRIAGE: 11 OCT 1860, Berlin, GER
- Sophie Charlotte Emilie Augusta GÉLIEU (b. 31 JUL 1861, d. 1944)
- Isabelle GÉLIEU (b. 1863, d. 1863)
- +Frederic Henri Louis Bernard GÉLIEU (b. 24 MAY 1864, d. 14 DEC 1926)
- +Alphonse Charles Heinrich GÉLIEU (b. 1 FEB 1866, d. 13 MAR 1922)
- Rose Augusta Hedwige GÉLIEU (b. 15 APR 1878, d. 1954)
_Jaques GÉLIEU ______________+
| (1696 - 1761) m 1726
_Jonas GÉLIEU _______________________|
| (1740 - 1827) m 1778 |
| |_Elizabeth WILLY ____________+
| (1710 - ....) m 1726
_Bernard GÉLIEU ______________|
| (1798 - 1879) m 1823 |
| | _Theophile Rémy FRÊNE _______
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| |_Marguerite Isabelle FRÊNE __________|
| (1759 - ....) m 1778 |
| |_Marie Marguerite IMMER _____
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|--Bernard GÉLIEU
| (1828 - 1907)
| _Johann Emanuel VON BONDELI _+
| | (1717 - ....)
| _Ludwig Stephan Emanuel VON BONDELI _|
| | (1769 - 1828) |
| | |_Emilie DE VISMES ___________
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|_Emilie Baronesse DE BONDELI _|
(1796 - 1836) m 1823 |
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|_Charlotte VON STEIGER ______________|
(1769 - 1850) |
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