François
DARAGON dit LAFRANCE
(b.
20 October 1779
,
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 August 1834
,
Chambly, Lower Canada
)
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François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE was born 20 October 1779 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE was the child of Pierre DARAGON dit LAFRANCE and Anne DUBORD dite CLERMONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DARAGON dit LAFRANCE and Marguerite BOURDON (maternal) Charles DUBORD dit CLERMONT and Marie-Anne LEPELE (LEPELLÉ)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Thérèse LEVREAU 1 October 1804 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Thérèse LEVREAU was born 6 February 1786 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Thérèse died 2 September 1860 in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada (Boucherville Station). Thérèse was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel LEVREAU and Marie-Angélique COTE.
François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE died 21 August 1834 in Chambly, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of François appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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