Joseph MONDION dit DUMAIS

(b. abt. 1758 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 November 1810 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Joseph MONDION dit DUMAIS was born abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph MONDION dit DUMAIS was the child of Mathurin-Mathieu MONDION and Marie-Amable DEMERS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Francois DEMERS and Marie-Suzanne HAREL

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Joseph married Marie-Marguerite CHARLEBOIS 9 February 1784 in Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite CHARLEBOIS was born 10 May 1768 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes). Marie-Marguerite died 13 July 1846 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jacques-Amable CHARLEBOIS and Marie-Josephte DAOUST.

Joseph MONDION dit DUMAIS died 23 November 1810 in Vaudreuil, 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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