Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN

(b. abt. 1715 , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 April 1795 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN was born abt. 1715 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN was the child of René RHÉAUME and Marie GUYON and the grandchild of: (paternal) René RHÉAUME and Marie CHEVREAU (maternal) Simon GUYON (GUION) and Louise RACINE

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Marie-Anne married Jacques DROLET 30 January 1741 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques DROLET was born 6 May 1717 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Jacques was the child of Pierre DROLET and Geneviève DESROCHES.

Marie-Anne married (2) François LAGRAVE dit ST-FRANCOIS 17 April 1758 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . François LAGRAVE dit ST-FRANCOIS was born abt. 1717 in France.

Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN died 1 April 1795 in Varennes, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN married

Jacques DROLET-- Date: 30 January 1741 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jacques DROLET was the child of Pierre DROLET and Geneviève DESROCHES

Children of Jacques DROLET and Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN:

Marie-Josephe DROLET (b.14 March 1745, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1825, La Présentation, Lower Canada )
m. Augustin-Pierre ROUSSEL 8 January 1776 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN married

François LAGRAVE dit ST-FRANCOIS-- Date: 17 April 1758 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Children of François LAGRAVE dit ST-FRANCOIS and Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN:

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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1741 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN and Jacques DROLET 30 January 1741, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN - 1741 marriage

1741 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe DROLET was born 14 March 1745, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne RHEAUME dite DUMOULIN and François LAGRAVE dit ST-FRANCOIS 17 April 1758, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.