Modeste
DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL
(b.
13 November 1788
,
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
17 April 1840
,
Kamouraska, Lower Canada
)
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Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL was born 13 November 1788 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL was the child of Vincent-Cyrien DUMAIS and Marie-Modeste LANGLAIS dite SERIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS) and Marie-Catherine MICHAUD (maternal) Jean-François LANGLAIS and Marie-Josephe HUDONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Modeste married Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU 28 October 1811 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU was born 16 August 1786 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Charles died 22 September 1869 in St-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. Charles was the child of Joseph-Francois HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Louise ROY dite LAUZIER.
Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL died 17 April 1840 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Modeste 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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