This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DEMERS dit DUMAIS, Dumais, Vedie, Chandone, Perrault, Gingras, Gagnon, Rochon dit Rocheron, hamel, Guyon dit Dion, mauger, Dorbelle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JBS.2ACEB/313.1 Message Board Post: Joseph and Marie Therese, parents of Felicite, both shared the surname DEMERS dit DUMAIS because they were 3rd cousins (stated on marriage record). They shared mutual ancestry through Jean DUMAIS & Jeanne VEDIE who were both born in France. In looking at the transcribed marriage records, *none* of the people in this lineage is shown as Native American (amerindienne, metis, or sauvage in French). Felicite DEMERS dit DUMAIS (Joseph & Marie Therese DEMERS dit DUMIAS) married Baptiste CHANDONE (Etienne & Genevieve PERRAULT) on 1798-01-22 at St-Pierre-les-Becquets. Joseph DEMERS dit DUMAIS (Joseph & Marie Josephe GINGRAS) m. Marie Therese DEMERS dit DUMAIS (Louis & Marie Therese GAGNON) on 1764-07-16 at St-Nicolas. Male line: Joseph DEMERS dit DUMAIS (Nicolas & Anne ROCHON dit ROCHERON) m. Marie Josephe GINGRAS (Pierre & Anne Angelique Marie HAMEL) on 1732-10-29 at St-Augustin (civil archives record). Nicolas DEMERS dit DUMAIS (Jean DUMAIS & Jeanne VEDIE) m. Anne ROCHON dit ROCHERON (Gervais & Marie Madeleine GUYON dit DION) on 1700-05-03 at Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans. Jean DUMAIS (Jean & Barbe MAUGER) m. Jeanne VEDIE (Michel & Catherine DORBELLE) on 1654-11-09 at Montreal. Female line: Louis DEMERS dit DUMAIS ( Jean & Marie Jeanne LARRIVEE) m. Marie Therese GAGNON (Jean & Therese ROCHON dit ROCHERON) on 1730-02-11 at Chateau Richer. Jean DEMERS dit DUMAIS (Jean DUMAIS & Jeanne VEDIE) m. Marie Jeanne LARRIVEE (Jean & Jeanne BARBEREAU dit BARBELET) on 1696-05-02 at Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans. Source: PRDH, U. of Montreal, from original documents