I have been researching the Daragon dit Lafrance family for over 5 years now. I descend from François & Marie's 13th and last child Philippe, married to Marie-Félicité Briquet dite St-Didier. Have not found anything on where the first François was born...France or Spain...or who his parents were. Has anyone else found this information yet?

My portion of the Darragon dit LaFrance starts with Francois abt 1664 who married Marie Guillemette in 1678 in Quebec and their 10 children.
This information was passed down the line as my family ties are the Taylor/Keiths and Godins.

Sorry it should have said 15 children.
Michelle, I have Phillippe Darragon born June 7, 1720.
Notice the different spelling of his name.
I also have him as the 15th child.
I have Madeleine abt 1696 and her sister Marie Anne abt 1697. Before Francois was married so either out of wed lock or not their children.

I am the widow of Lionel V. DeRagon who passed away last September 17, 2008 at age 88 years. Over the past 20 years my husband Lionel researched all descendants of Francois-dit-Lafrance and Marie Guilmette that he could find in Canada and the USA. Although he has now passed away I have many files and computerized records of his research. Lionel (Lee was his nickname) was a direct descendant of Michel, first son of Francois and Marie. I would be happy to check Lee's record for any query that you might have.
Happy researching! Arlene DeRagon

My great-great grandfather Ferdinand Turpin married Olivine Daragon dit Lafrance Lafrance on Julky 22nd 1872 un Embrun Ontario. Olivine was the daughter of Louis Daragon dit Lafrance and Henriette Asselin.

Denis, I've started a discussion for the children of the first Daragon family...

I have a world subscription to Ancestry.ca and would be happy to do a look up for anyone needing a record of an ancestor.

This is a picture of my great grandmother Melodie Lafrance (1871-abt 1943). She was the daughter of Onésime and Sophie Godard dite Lapointe. Does anyone have a burial date for her? My grandmother, Melodie's daughter Yvonne Tremblay, told me that Melodie is buried at the Holy Cross cemetery in Haileybury but there exists no marker and no church records of the burial. In census records Melodie is shown as having been born in 1873. I have her baptismal record and she was born in December of 1971. Any help finding burial information or perhaps another photo would be wonderful.

Judy , my great grandmother was MarieAgnes, born february 17, 1870 at St. Albert. I show Melodie as born 1872? and that she married Alfred Tremblay on August 24, 1891 ..my Agnes was married in St. Albert do not have a place for yours but mine was 1889 and yours 1891 so could be st albert too. Agnes is buried at North Cobalt cemetary..maybe Melodie is there or the Cobalt cemetary...there are two here.

Hi Jean, I have Melodie's baptism record and she was born on 7 December 1871 at St-Albert, Russell County, Ontario and baptized at St-Jacques, Embrun, Ontario. She married Alfred Tremblay (1863-1923) as you said on 24 August 1891 at St-Albert. On the 1901 Census she is shown as being born on 19 December 1873 and on the 1911 Canadian Census she is shown as being born on December 1873. She was in fact two years older than she, or who ever gave the information to the Census taker, thought. It was very common to be off on one's own birth year.

Thank you for the idea about North Cobalt but she does not appear to be there. The records for North Cobalt where transferred to Haileybury at some point - Michelle would be able to say exactly when - and the Holy Cross Church in Haileybury does not have her shown as being in North Cobalt either. A cousin, Hank Lefleur, recently went to the North Cobalt cemetery to take a look at the markers and he did not spot one for Melodie. Of course, the marker may have been made of wood and long since disintegrated. Thanks for the idea though.

I have been trying to find the death record of the first daughter Marie-Marthe Daragon-Lafrance. She was born 15 Dec 1698 in St-Jean, Île-d'Orléans, New France. She married Julien Bonvouloir-dit-Deslières in Montreal on 23 Nov 1717. Can anyone tell me where/when she died?

Bonjour,
I am pleased to join this group, which focuses on my ancestors, Francois Darragon and Marie Guilmet. I am a descendant of their son Michel. I have a Web site which lists of their descendants in my line. You can view it at: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/e/r/Normand-T-Deragon/index.html.
I look forward to participating in the discussions.

Norm Deragon