Pierre
ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS)
(b.
8 January 1716
,
Combles, Somme, France
d.
15 June 1803
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
)
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Pierre ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS) was born 8 January 1716 in Combles, Somme, France
Pierre ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS) was the child of Jean-Dit-Janure ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY and Marie-Marguerite RICHARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Catherine MICHAUD 25 August 1755 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Catherine MICHAUD was born 26 July 1733 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Catherine died 23 October 1815 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD and Marie-Anne-Cécile OUELLET.
Pierre ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS) died 15 June 1803 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
son of Jean Dumay and Marguerite Richard
Pierre was in prison for Salt Smuggling in France and was sent to New France in 1743. He married Marie Ann Chamberland in 1745. After they had 3 children, she died, and he married Marie Catherine in 1755.
Details of the family tree of Pierre appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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