Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE

(b. abt. 1760 , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 January 1824 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE was born abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Françoise DARAGON dite LAFRANCE was the child of François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE and Françoise MARTEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DARAGON dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Madeleine GUILLEMET (maternal) Jean-François MARTEL and Marguerite LALANDE dite LATREILLE

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

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 .
Details of the family tree of Françoise appear below.

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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