Apolline-Marguerite DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

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2 September 1758 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

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1 January 1812 , Lacolle, Lower Canada

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Michel DARAGON dit LAFRANCE Marguerite-Francoise DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

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Born: 2 September 1758 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Father: Michel DARAGON dit LAFRANCE

Mother: Marguerite-Francoise DAIGNEAU (DENIAU)

Paternal grandparents: Michel DARAGON dit LAFRANCE , Marguerite BOURDON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DAIGNEAU (DENIAU) , Marie PRIMEAU

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Apolline-Marguerite married Jacques BLAIN 23 November 1779 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques BLAIN was born 17 August 1759 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . Jacques died 4 June 1849 in Lacolle, Canada East . Jacques was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLAIN and Marguerite PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS.

Apolline-Marguerite DARAGON dite LAFRANCE died 1 January 1812 in Lacolle, Lower Canada .
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Apolline-Marguerite DARAGON dite LAFRANCE married

Jacques BLAIN
Marriage date: 23 November 1779
Marriage place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques BLAIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLAIN and Marguerite PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS

Children of Jacques BLAIN and Apolline-Marguerite DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

Jacques BLAIN

Born: 7 January 1787, Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite BARABE 24 October 1814 Place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1758
2 September 1758
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Apolline-Marguerite DARAGON dite LAFRANCE and Jacques BLAIN 23 November 1779, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 21 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Jacques BLAIN was born 7 January 1787, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Apolline-Marguerite was 28 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)