Jean-Baptiste DARAGON dit LAFRANCE

(b. 9 September 1749 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )

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Jean-Baptiste DARAGON dit LAFRANCE was born 9 September 1749 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DARAGON dit LAFRANCE was the child of François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE and Josephte-Amable LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Madeleine GUILLEMET (maternal) Michel LEFEBVRE and Françoise DENIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Francoise DESJARDINS 15 January 1770 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Francoise DESJARDINS was born 3 December 1749 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Francoise died 3 March 1809 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Francoise was the child of Pierre DESJARDINS and Genevieve VERMET.

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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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Jean-Baptiste DARAGON dit LAFRANCE married

Francoise DESJARDINS-- Date: 15 January 1770 Place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise DESJARDINS was the child of Pierre DESJARDINS and Genevieve VERMET

Children of Jean-Baptiste DARAGON dit LAFRANCE and Francoise DESJARDINS:

Jean-Baptiste DARAGON (b.7 February 1771, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 March 1833, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada)
m. Agathe PERILLARD dite BOURGUIGNON 29 October 1792 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1749 Birth
9 September 1749
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DARAGON dit LAFRANCE and Francoise DESJARDINS 15 January 1770, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DARAGON was born 7 February 1771, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 21 years old.

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