Chronicle of Our Branch of the Family
in North America
Frederick Dashner
Each ancestor has a life story to tell that, because they lie in a line of descent that ends with us, we would like to hear. The following is a narrative of such a line, pieced together in the spirit of exploring the historical continuity of a surname.
Agenais
A good starting point in the Dagenais genealogy, therefore, is the surname itself, which is rooted in Agenais, a former province of Ancien Régime F