Dumont

Origin of the Dumont Surname

Dumont is a French topographical surname meaning "from the mountain," from the Old French du mont, meaning "of the mount."

GENERATION 1

Rene Gueret dit Dumont was born on June 19, 1636 in Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. On February 5, 1660 he married Madeleine Vigoureux, daughter of Maurice Le Vigoureux and Marie Morel. She was born in 1640 in Bayeux, Basse-Normandie, France and died on April 19, 1694 in Bayeux. Rene died in 1691 in Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

GENERATION 2

Jacques Gueret dit Dumont was born on March 8, 1665 in Canchy, Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. On April 19, 1694 he married Anne Tardif. Anne was born on January 6, 1676 in Beauport, Queens, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada and died on February 18, 1752 in Kamouraska, Quebec. Jacques died on April, 24 1739 in Riviere-Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.

GENERATION 3

Michel Gueret Dumont I was born on October 6, 1708 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada. On November 7, 1735 he married Marie Rose Levasseur, daughter of Pierre Levasseur and Marie-Elisabeth Michaud. Marie was born on June 13, 1706 in Quebec, Canada and died on December 11, 1756 in Quebec. Michel died on September 25, 1774 in Quebec, Canada.

GENERATION 4

Michel Gueret Dumont II, son of Michel and Marie was born on May 18, 1739 in Quebec, Canada. On June 21, 1762 he married Marie Ann Raymond, daughter of Jean Baptiste Raymond and Marie Josephe Mius. She was born on May 19, 1738 in Quebec, Canada and died on April 17, 1771 in Quebec. Michel died on April 4, 1826 in Quebec, Canada.

GENERATION 5

Michel Gueret Dumont, son of Michel and Marie was born on June 21, 1762 in Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. On November 4, 1788 he married Judith Marquis, daughter of Joseph Marie Marquis and Francoise Cote. Judith was born on December 2, 1768 in Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. She died on January 19, 1842 in Quebec. Michel died on January 1, 1829 in Cacouna, Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada.

The children of Michel and Judith include:

1	Michel Dumont (See below)

GENERATION 6

Michel Evangiliste Dumont, son of Michel and Judith was born on November, 12 1795 in Quebec, Canada. On February 22, 1819 he maried Anastasie Gagnon, daughter of Ambondance Gagnon and Marie Louise Martin. She was born on October 19, 1800 in Quebec and died on July 25, 1878 in Quebec. Michel died on November 26, 1878 in Quebec.

Source: Ancestry.com - 1851 + 1871 Census of Canada

The children of Michel and Anastasie include:

1	Angelique Dumont (See below)
2	Michel Gueret Dumont (Sep 25, 1826 in Quebec, Canada - April 2, 1860 in Quebec, Canada) Married Virginie Caron (1828-1860) 1. Pierre Michel Dumont (June 12, 1851 - June 15, 1941) 2. Francoise Guillaume Dumont (Aug 15, 1852 - Nov 10, 1930) 3. Georgiana Dumont (1854-) 4. Euphemie Dumont (Feb 4, 1856-) 5. Denise Dumont (Nov 3, 1857 - ) 6. Hortense Dumont (Oct 23, 1859 - Dec 3, 1859) 7. Alphonsine Dumont (Oct 17, 1860 - Nov 3, 1861)
3	Adele Dumont (1827 in Quebec - 1865)
4	Fabien Dumont (1830-) Married (1) Emilie Castonguay on July 29, 1850 (2) Sophie Deschamps on Feb 27, 1854

GENERATION 7

Angelique Dumont, daughter of Michel and Anastasie was born on February 11, 1821 in Quebec, Canada. She married Norbert Lambert Hudon dit Beaulieu on November 22, 1853, son of Jean Beaulieu and Josephte Paradis. Norbert died on April 19, 1873 in Quebec. Angelique died on January 18, 1905 in Salem, MA.

Their son William H. Beaulieu (1859-1917) continues this line.

Surnames that married into the Dumont family
Beaulieu	Gagnon	Marquis
Levasseur	Raymond	Tardif
Vigoureux