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Early Origins of the Dumas family

The surname Dumas was first found in Languedoc where this distinguished family held a family seat in the seigneurie of Le Mas in the arrondissement of d'Auriol where they were located several centuries before their official registry in 1487.

Some of the family branched to Marveille, Cultures, Souster, and Brugayrolles, in that same south-western province and to Limousin, and Ronnais, where they held a family seat at l'Isle. One branch was elevated to the nobility in Pays d'Aunis on the west coast of France, as the Comtes Dumas. This branch moved to île-de France. They also branched to Lorraine and Maine.

Pierre Dumas, born in 1669, son of Pierre and Isabelle, travelled from France to Canada in the 17th century. After arriving in the Canadian province of Quebec he married Marie Verreau, daughter of Barthelemi and Marthe, at Château-Richer on 16th February 1699. They remained together in Quebec until Marie's death on 25th February 1703. 1

Early History of the Dumas family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dumas research. Another 71 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1668, 1706, 1721, 1745, 1753, 1762, 1789, 1794, 1796, 1800, 1802, 1806, 1824, 1837, 1870, 1884 and 1895 are included under the topic Early Dumas History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dumas Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dumas, Dumais, Dumay, Dumat, Le Dumas, Dumets and others.

Early Notables of the Dumas family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

Dumas World Ranking

In the United States, the name Dumas is the 1,491st most popular surname with an estimated 19,896 people with that name. 2 However, in Canada, the name Dumas is ranked the 540th most popular surname with an estimated 9,053 people with that name. 3 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Dumas is the 238th popular surname. 4 France ranks Dumas as 76th with 33,890 people. 5


Dumas migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dumas Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
Dumas Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Dumas migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dumas Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
Dumas Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Dumas migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 7
Dumas Settlers in West Indies in the 18th Century

Contemporary Notables of the name Dumas (post 1700) +


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