When Henry, Désiré FRANCOIS was born on 19 January 1894, in Le Mesnil-Rogues, Manche, Lower Normandy, France, his father, Albert, Auguste FRANCOIS DIT LEMERCIER, was 27 and his mother, Clarisse Edwige DECLEY, was 19. He married Madeleine JORET about May 1916, in Sartilly-Baie-Bocage, Manche, Normandy, France. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 5 May 1980, in Coutances, Manche, Normandy, France, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hauteville-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France.
Some characteristic forenames: French/Haitian Pierre, Andre, Jacques, Jean Claude, Serge, Franck, Luc, Yves, Dieudonne, Evens, Herve, Mimose.
French, Walloon, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and Mauritian (François): from the French personal name François, Latin Franciscus (see Francis ). This surname is by far most common in Haiti. It is also established elsewhere in the West Indies (e.g. in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and Guadeloupe), and also in the Flemish part of Belgium.
History: Pierre François from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée in Charente-Maritime, France, married Madeleine Gaumond in Quebec City, QC, in 1670.
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