Marriages and Families
Belaney had relationships with at least five women. He deserted his first wife and child, later committing bigamy by marrying Constance Holmes in England. He had a daughter with his first and third wives, and was known to have fathered a boy as well.
Women in Belaney's life:
- Angele Egwuna (Anishinaabe), married August 1910. Daughter Agnes Belaney.
- Métis woman, with whom Belaney had a son. She died of tuberculosis soon after the boy was born and he was raised by her family.
- Constance (Ivy) Holmes, married in England in 1917. No children.
- Gertrude Bernard (Anahareo) (Mohawk), eight-year affair beginning with Anishinaabe marriage ceremony in 1925. Daughter Shirley Dawn, b. 1932. Separated 1936.
- Yvonne Perrier (French Canadian), "married" November 1936. No children.
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