Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL

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13 November 1788 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 April 1840 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Vincent-Cyrien DUMAIS Marie-Modeste LANGLAIS dite SERIEN

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Born: 13 November 1788 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Vincent-Cyrien DUMAIS

Mother: Marie-Modeste LANGLAIS dite SERIEN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ROSSIGNOL dit DUMAY (DUMAIS) , Marie-Catherine MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François LANGLAIS , Marie-Josephe HUDON

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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 .
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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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Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL married

Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU
Marriage date: 28 October 1811
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU was the child of Joseph-Francois HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Marie-Louise ROY dite LAUZIER

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Children of Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU and Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL

Eleonore HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Born: 2 April 1820, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 17 April 1905, St-Epiphane, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Married: Michel THERIAULT 25 February 1840 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1788
13 November 1788
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Modeste DUMAIS dite ROSSIGNOL and Charles HUDON dit BEAULIEU 28 October 1811, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 22 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Eleonore HUDON dite BEAULIEU was born 2 April 1820, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Modeste was 31 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)