François CHAGNON dit LAROSE

(b. 8 July 1640 , France d. 3 June 1693 , Verchères, Canada, New France )

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François CHAGNON dit LAROSE was born 8 July 1640 in France

François CHAGNON dit LAROSE was the child of ? and ?

François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1679.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François married Catherine CHARRON 23 July 1679 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Catherine CHARRON was born 23 September 1666 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine died 5 June 1746 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Catherine was the child of Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Marie-Catherine PILLAT.

François CHAGNON dit LAROSE died 3 June 1693 in Verchères, Canada, New France .

son of Pierre Chagnon and Louise Favreau

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Occupation

François CHAGNON dit LAROSE was a Cardeur.

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)

Family and Children of François CHAGNON dit LAROSE

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François CHAGNON dit LAROSE married

Catherine CHARRON-- Date: 23 July 1679 Place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Catherine CHARRON was the child of Pierre CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Marie-Catherine PILLAT

Children of François CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Catherine CHARRON:

François CHAGNON dit LAROSE (b.18 October 1682, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 24 June 1740, Verchères, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise FOISY 3 February 1710 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Catherine CHAGNON (b.27 September 1686, Verchères, Canada, New France d. , )

Angelique CHAGNON (b.abt. 1687, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 August 1773, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS 7 February 1711 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louis CHAGNON dit LAROSE (b.abt. 1688, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 May 1760, Verchères, Canada )
m. Madeleine FOISY 1715 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Pierre CHAGNON dit LAROSE (b.abt. 1689, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 August 1753, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Catherine GUERTIN 7 November 1718 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
m. Marie-Madeleine FONTAINE 7 August 1730 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Raymond CHAGNON (b.3 June 1693, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 3 August 1746, L'Assomption, Canada, New France )
m. Madeleine PELLETIER 7 July 1721 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1640 Birth
8 July 1640
France

Biography
François CHAGNON (1640 - ca 1693) — Catherine CHARRON (1666 - 1746)

Pioneer François Chagnon was baptized this day, July 8th, 1640, at La Haye-Descartes, France.
François Chagnon dit Larose arrived in New France around 1665. He married the much younger Catherine Charron in 1679. On the 1681 census François is identified as a cardeur (wool-carder).

Catherine was the eldest daughter of Pierre Charron and Catherine Pillat (Pillard). Pillat was a fille-du-roi with a most unusual DNA (mtDNA) signature. Some early researches suggested she was of Native American descent, but most now believe 'she was descended from a woman brought [to Europe] from Siberia.'

François and Catherine had six children. François was deceased when their last child (Raymond) was born. Daughter Angélique married François Benoît dit Livernois in 1711; Benoît had been a participant in Cadillac's 1701 convoy to Détroit.
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Francois Chagnon married Catherine Charon in 1681 and together they homesteaded and raised four children. The spelling of the name changed to Chaillon in the fourth generation. Francois was a carter by trade.
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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1679 Marriage / Partner
François CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Catherine CHARRON 23 July 1679, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 39 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
François CHAGNON dit LAROSE was born 18 October 1682, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

François was 42 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Catherine CHAGNON was born 27 September 1686, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

François was 46 years old.

1693 Death
3 June 1693
Verchères, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 52.

1693 Birth of Child
Raymond CHAGNON was born 3 June 1693, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

François was 52 years old.

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