Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

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abt. 1760 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

29 January 1824 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE Françoise MARTEL

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Born: abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE

Mother: Françoise MARTEL

Paternal grandparents: François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE , Marie-Madeleine GUILLEMET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François MARTEL , Marguerite LALANDE dite LATREILLE

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Françoise married Jacques ALEXANDRE 3 February 1783 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques ALEXANDRE was born 27 April 1764 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Jacques died 23 August 1829 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jacques was the child of Jacques ALEXANDRE and Marie-Anne GENDRON.

Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE died 29 January 1824 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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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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Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE married

Jacques ALEXANDRE
Marriage date: 3 February 1783
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques ALEXANDRE was the child of Jacques ALEXANDRE and Marie-Anne GENDRON

Children of Jacques ALEXANDRE and Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

Jacques ALEXANDRE

Born: 14 December 1783, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 August 1810, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Josephte BONNEAU 24 September 1804 Place: L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Apolline ALEXANDRE

Born: 4 December 1786, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 21 May 1870, Napierville, Québec, Canada

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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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE and Jacques ALEXANDRE 3 February 1783, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1783 Birth of Child
Jacques ALEXANDRE was born 14 December 1783, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Marie-Apolline ALEXANDRE was born 4 December 1786, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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)

1804 Marriage of Child
Jacques ALEXANDRE married 24 September 1804, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Josephte BONNEAU