• This Month's Feature is a study in LANGLOIS
• Up Coming Events talks about Juxtapose on KSER FM
• Got a Suggestion? should be self-explanatory
• Ramblings from the Editor, where Lisa thinks out loud
• Family links shows who has what on the web
• Newsletter information

What's New

We are joined by Nicole Arneson and her brother Marcus Arneson, children of Marcus Arneson - which, for anyone keeping track of these things, in our inaugural issue I spelled their dad's last name wrong; I had it spelled ARNESEN and it should be spelled ARNESON.  (Spelling is not one of my finer qualities {but I got it right now!}.)

For reasons beyond their - and their mother's - control they had lost touch with their father's family.  However, they are now back in touch and eager to learn about their paternal lineage, just as I am eager to learn about their father, a 1st cousin I never got to know.

Welcome, Nicole.

Welcome, Marcus.

We're also joined by Terri Jones, descendant of Ernest PEPIN and Eva BREAULT.

Welcome, Terri.

THIS MONTH'S FEATURE (will probably get a new name, but for now we'll work with it.  Anyone got any suggestions?)

Last month, in Robert Pepin's biography, there was a mention of a fellow named Joseph Langlois, a flour merchant.  Earlier this week, Gloria Carr sent me an email asking if I had any more info on Joseph, so this month we're going to look at the LANGLOIS family.  (Thank you, Gloria Carr, for the inspiration for this).

With the help of a friend's DSL line and CD ROM burner, I now have a full copy of the Tanguay.  The information presented here is from the Tanguay.

Says Gloria, "I have about 6 Joseph LANGLOIS s going back to abt 1580.  It goes like this from the beginning:

Guillaume LANGLOIS & Jeanne MILLET
Noel LANGLOIS & Françoise GRENIER
Jean LANGLOIS & Charlotte Françoise BÉLANGER
Joseph LANGLOIS & Louise NOLIN
Jean Baptiste LANGLOIS & Marie Madeleine FORTIN
Joseph LANGLOIS & Marie CHARTIER
Joseph Marie LANGLOIS & Marie Rose GRANGER
Joseph Rene LANGLOIS & Isabelle ROY
Joseph LANGLOIS & Leopauldine DESTROISMAISONS - my gggrandparents.

"An interesting thing about Joseph and Leopauldine - She is buried here in Mass.  I found her grave, but supposedly many years ago, she and Joseph separated (he had an illegitimate child with another woman.  There is no trace of him."

The online Tanguay is divided up into many separate files, and every one of those files starts with 3957.  From there the numbers indicate which Tome and what pages numbers of that tome are covered in that file.  For instance, Tome 1, pages 376 through 498, would be file number (3957-1-(376-498).  The files are in .pdf format, which means you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader . . . and a computer.

If you don't have a computer, please bear with us - though I should note that the Latter Day Saint's family history center I go to here on the west coast has a copy of Tanguay on microfiche.

Some Notes on Researching French Records

You will notice right off that there is a marked discrepancy between the page numbers listed in the file name, the actual Tanguay pages numbers, and the page numbers the Adobe Reader shows.

Fer instance:

Say you're looking for some Langlois.  On the web site, they're in a file called "Tome 1 - file {3957-1-(376-498)}.  Once you get into it and find the beginning of the Langlois listings, you'll see that according to Tanguay, it's page 344, but according to Adobe Acrobat, it's only page 9.

Thus, with this said, we turn to the Tanguay . . . and remember to pencil in any of the following information unless you are otherwise certain it's correct - meaning if you've seen it listed somewhere else exactly as I show it, whip out that ball point pen.  If you haven't, try to scare up a second source that lists it like I show it.

Also, was out web surfing and found a site that referenced the Jetté - a work like the Tanguay - better some say, more accurate.  On one of the first pages on her site, she mentions that the b, m, and s in the Jetté stand for the English equivalents of baptized, married, and buried.  I wish I could remember which site it was, though I did get there through http://www.avcnet.org/ne-do-ba/vrm_sor.html, a web page entitled Sorel Marriages.

Now seeing that the Jetté, like the Tanguay, is written in French, it's just possible - and indeed probable - that I am incorrect on the website when I say the b, d, and m in Tanguay stand for born, married, and died.  The b, d, and s actually stand for baptized, married, and buried.  If so, this is just another reason to pencil any info you find until you can find a second source.

Other French Words You Might Find Useful 

The above translations are courtesy of the MetisGen list at RootsWeb

Now back to LANGLOIS family

In Tome 1 - file 3957-1-(376-498) - on Tanguay page 344, Adobe page 9, we find the first of the LANGLOIS listings, starting with the Variations on LANGLOIS, which are LaCHAPELLE and BOISVERDUN.

It looks like the first LANGLOISs in New France (aka Québec) were:

Jérome, a serrurier (locksmith), born 1600; died 3 Jan 1684 in Champlain

Marie, b date unknown; married about 1625 to Jean JUCHEREAU; died 15 Jan 1661, in Québec.

Marguerite, married first to Abraham MARTIN date unknown, and second to René BRANCHE on 17 Feb 1665, in Québec.

My guess is that Marie and Marguerite came over as King's Daughters or Filles de Roi, single women who "volunteered" to go to New France to be brides for French men already there.

The very next entry is for the second couple on Glo's list, Noel LANGLOIS and Frantoise GRENIER.  Says Tanguay:

          1634 (25 July) Québec

I.-- LANGLOIS, Noel, pilote (pilot), born 1606; died 15 July 1684, in Beauport.*

     1.  GRENIER, (Garnier,) Françoise, died 1st Nov 1665.

      Robert, b 18 July 1635; d 19 June 1654 - Marie, b 19 Aug 1636; m 10 Aug 1660 to François MIVILLE; d 15 Aug 1687 - Anne, b 2 Sept 1637; m 9 Nov 1649 to Jean PELLETIER - Marguerite, b 3 Sept 1639; m 22 Oct 1653 to Paul VACHON; d 25 Sept 1697 - Jean, b 24 Feb 1641; m 19 Oct 1665 to Françoise Bélanger at Château-Richer; d 26 Aug 1687 - Jeanne, b 1st Jan 1643; m 9 Jan 1656 to René CHEVALIER - Elisabeth, b 7 march 1645; 1st m 6 Nov 1662 to Louis COTÉ; 2nd m 15 Dec 1669 to Guillaume LEMIEUX - Marie, b 18 Oct 1646 - Jean, b 20 Dec 1648; m 5 Dec 1675 to Marie CADIEU; d ... - Noël, b 7 Dec 1651; 1st m 1672 to Aymée CARON; 2nd m 2 Dec 1686, to Geneviève PARANT; d 9 Oct 1693.

          1666, (27 July) Château-Richer

     2.  CREVET, Marie, widow of Robert CARON.

      Marie-Anne, b ...; m 8 Feb 1694, to Jean COTÉ, at Beauport.

The Roman numeral I indicated that Noel is the first North American generation of his line.

The number 1 indicated that Françoise was his first wife, but he had more.

Then to make it a little easier to decipher, I put Noel's kids in bold face, but left the vitals stats and spousal units' names in regular type.

Then we go to Tome 5 - file 3957-5-(134-241) - page 136 (Adobe page 10).

Here there is a longer list of alternate surnames or "Variations et surnoms" for LANGLOIS.  Those names are:

LANGLAIS - AUBÉ - BOISVERDUN - CLÉMENT - COTÉ - DEMONSÉGUR - DUBEREUIL - GEMS - GERMAIN - HAINS - HOLL - JACOB - JACQUES - LACHAPELLE - LIBERON - MÉRY - MONSÉGUR - OTISSE - OUABARD - QUABERT - OUABORD - PAIN - RENAUD - SANSSOUCY - SÉRIES - ST. JEAN - TRAVERSY

Following this is an entry for a fellow named Sébastien LANGLOIS dit DUBREUIL, a "ancien sergent" (an old soldier?), b 1652; d 21 June 1732 at l'Hôpital-Général, in Québec.

Then:

          1634, (25 July) Québec

I.-- LANGLOIS, Noel

b 1606; pilot; d 15 July 1684, in Beauport

      1.  GRENIER, Françoise

      d 1st Nov 1665

          1666, (27 July) Château-Richer

      2.  CREVET, Marie

         b 1603; widow of Robert CARON; d 22 Nov 1695, at la Baie-St-Paul.

Put this all together and we know that, as far as Tanguay is concerned:

Noel LANGLOIS was born in 1606.  He was a pilot - ship's pilot no doubt (we know airplane pilot is right out).  He married twice, first to Françoise GRENIER, with whom he had 9 children.  Françoise died on 1 Nov 1665.  On 27 July 1666, Noel married widow Marie CREVET, with whom he had one more child.  Noel LANGLOIS died 15 July 1684 in Beauport.

To find out if Marie had any children with her first husband Robert CARON, look in Tome 1, 3857-1-(041-148), Tanguay page 103, Adobe page 104.  There it shows that Marie married Robert CARON on 25 Oct 1637, in Québec, and that Marie was born in 1621.  She and Robert CARON had 7 children, one of whom - Aymée - married Noel LANGLOIS, son of Noel LANGLOIS and Françoise GRENIER.  Robert CARON died 8 July 1856.

This brings us to what looks to be an error with Marie-Anne LANGLOIS.

Tanguay says Marie-Anne is a child of Noel LANGLOIS and his second wife, Marie CREVET; Marie-Anne married Jean COTÉ 8 Feb 1694 in Beauport.

Then we look at the marriage listing for Jean COTÉ and Marie-Anne LANGLOIS, and Marie is shown to be the daughter of Noel LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY, aka Noel II, the son of Noel LANGLOIS and wife Françoise GRENIER.  The date Jean and Marie-Anne married . . .?  8 Feb 1694 in Beauport.  Marie's father is shown to be Noel II, aka Noel LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY, son of Noel I.

Next stop is the listing for Noel LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY and his wife Geneviève PARANT.  They have a daughter (b date unknown) named Marie-Anne who marries a fellow named Jean COTÉ on . . . yup, you guessed it:  8 Feb 1694.

It is certainly possible that both Noel's had daughter's named Marie-Anne, but they certainly couldn't have both married the same guy on the same date in the same place.

Will the real parents of Marie Anne COTÉ née LANGLOIS please stand up?

Now, the third couple on Glo's list is Jean LANGLOIS & Charlotte Françoise BÉLANGER

Jean, who took the dit name of BOISVERDUN, is the son of Noel LANGLOIS and his first wife Françoise GRENIER.

Charlotte Françoise BÉLANGER is the daughter of François BÉLANGER.

Their listing (Tome 1, file 3957-1-{376-498}, page 345, Adobe page 10) looks like this:

          1665 (19 Oct) Château-Richer

II. LANGLOIS dit BOISVERDUN, Jean; d. 25 Aug 1687, in Québec

      BÉLANGER, Françoise-Charlotte

      Jean-François, b 28 Feb 1667; m 1692 to Geneviève Rousseau - Charles, b 1st Dec 1668 in St. Famille - Marie, b & d 15 Dec 1670 - Geneviève, b 23 April 1672 - Marie-Madeleine, b 3 June 1674 - Elisabeth, b 30 Nov & s 13 Dec 1676 - Pierre, b 21 Dec 1677 - Joseph, b 19 may 1680, a St. Pierre, Ile d'Orleans; m 11 Aug 1705 at St. Thomas to Louise Nolin - Paul, b 19 Feb 1685 in Cap St Ignace - Clémént, b Oct 1682; m 25 June 1704 to Marie Prevost - Elizabeth, b ...; m 7 Jan 1709, in l'Ilet to François Gagné

When Jean died, Françoise-Charlotte married Thomas ROUSSEAU in 1695, and in 1692 they became the parents of Guillaume ROUSSEAU; Guillaume died 22 July 1715 at Château-Richer.

Thomas ROUSSEAU and his first wife, Madeleine OLIVIER are the parents of Geneviève ROUSSEAU, who married Jean LANGLOIS and Françoise-Charlotte BÉLANGER's son Jean-François in 1692.

The 4th couple on Glo's list is Joseph LANGLOIS & Louise NOLIN.

Joseph is the son of Jean LANGLOIS dit BOISVERDUN & Charlotte Françoise BÉLANGER.

Louise is the daughter of Jacques (I) NOLIN

Their listing, found in Tome 5 - file 3957-5-(134-241) - page 138 (Adobe page 12), reads:

          1705 (11 Aug) St-Thomas

III. LANGLOIS, Joseph, b 1680; d 25 July 1715

      NOLIN, Louise, b 1678, widow of Pierre JONCAS

      Marie-Angélique, b 1st June 1706; m 15 Oct 1725, to Charles FOURNIER - Charlotte, b 7 Jan 1708; m 15 Nov 1723, to Augustin MORIN; d 31 Dec 1750 - Jean-Baptiste, b 4 Nov 1709; , 4 Oct 1734, to Marthe FORTIN - Geneviève, b 12 June 1711; 1 m 19 June 1729, to Jean-Baptiste-Charles COUILLARD; 2 m 4 Oct 1734, to Paul COTÉ; d 29 June 1758 - Joseph, b 23 march 1713; d 21 Oct 1714 - Marie-Claire, b 19 Aug 1714; m 28 Jan 1732, to Pierre MORIN; d 10 Feb 1752.

When Joseph died, Louise married Louis COUILLARD on 31 Jan 1719 at St. Thomas.

And if you're curious as to whether or not he's related to Louise NOLIN's son-in-law Jean-Baptiste-Charles COUILLARD, the answer can be found in Tome 1 - file (3957-1-{149-256}), page 143, Adobe page 35.

But the short answer is "Yes"; Jean-Baptiste-Charles COUILLARD is the son of Louis COUILLARD and his 2nd wife Marie FORTIN.  (Louis had 4 wives: Marie VAUDRY, 2 kids; Marie FORTIN, 11 kids; Marguerite BÉLANGER, no kids; and Louise NOLIN, 1 kid.)

Fifth on Glo's list is Jean Baptiste LANGLOIS & Marie Madeleine FORTIN.

Now, Joseph LANGLOIS & Louise NOLIN do have a son named Jean-Baptiste, however Tanguay shows his wife's name to be Marthe not Marie-Madeleine FORTIN.  If we look at Tome 5, file 3957-5-(134-241), page 141, Adobe page 15, we find:

          1734 (4 Oct) St. Thomas

IV. LANGLOIS, Jean-Bte, b 1709

      FORTIN, Marthe, b 1714, widow of Jean COTÉ

      Joseph, b 24 June 1735 - Marie-Geneviève, b 7 June 1737; m 25 Nov 1754, to Louis COTÉ - Marie-Claire, b 24 April 1739; m 6 Nov 1768, to François ROUSSEAU - Augustin, b 20 may 1741 - Louis, b 17 march 1743; m 18 Feb 1765, to Charlotte SIMONEAU - François, b 28 July & d 11 Aug 1745 - François, b 11 July & d 29 Aug 1746 - Pierre-Roger, b 3 Jan 1748; d 10 Nov 1749 - André, 1st march 1750; d 30 Nov 1754 - Jacques, b 1st Oct, 1751; m 12 July 1773, to Marie-Elisabeth PELLETIER - Thérèse, b 14 July 1757.

This is, unfortunately is as far as the Tanguay goes.  A good guess is that the Joseph LANGLOIS mentioned in the 6th couple on Glo's list is the same as Jean-Baptiste and Marthe's oldest boy, Joseph.

However, Joseph LANGLOIS, the flour merchant, who was one of Robert's witnesses (when Robert and Marie Crete contracted to marry on 29 June 1869) doesn't appear to be among these good folk.  There weren't many Langlois - and/or Variations - in Beauport, so I think it may be a fair guess that Joe the Flour Merchant might could be . . . a younger brother . . . a cousin . . . of Noël the pilot, up there at the top.  Unfortunately, Tanguay doesn't show the names of Noël I's folks.

Glo has'em: Guillaume LANGLOIS and Jeanne MILLET

Anyone else have'em?  (I bet Terri does.)

As I went through Tanguay, I did find that on 24 Jan 1752 a Charles DESTROIMAISONS and Elisabeth NOLIN were married.  Elisabeth is the niece of Louise NOLIN wife of Joseph LANGLOIS and widow of Pierre JONCAS.

By the way, the other witness at that 1869 gathering were -- for Marie Créte-- her brother Louis, Pierre Gaulin and Jacquette Lauvergnat, Frantois Gaulin, Marie Rocheron," and others".

Robert's witness were Brother Joseph Boursier, a Jesuit from the Collage of Québec; Denis Avisse, a tanner, and his wife Jeanne Crevier; Pierre Mourier, the flour merchant Joseph Langlois, "as well as relatives and friends living in the seigneurie of Beauport."

The surnames of many of these witnesses appear later in different branches of the Pepin family tree.  Sounds like the post-contract party was a good one.

Up Coming Events

Speaking of parties . . .

Was talking to my youngest brother, Jim, on the phone and got an idea for the newsletter: Up Coming Events.  The thought was that if you have something you're really into and want to share it with the rest of the family, we can put it here, under Up Coming Events.

Fer instance: with Jim, he's the lead singer/percussionist (lyricist, and head pizza chef) for a band named Juxtapose, which is acquiring quite a following in the Puget Sound region.

On Saturday, January 13, 2001, from 11pm to 2am Pacific Standard Time, Juxtapose is going to be the guest on Everett Washington's KSER FM 90.7 radio station's Dawghaus, with host Dawg.  The boys will be playing some of their music (live), spinning some CDs, and stress testing FCC regulations.

If you should live outside of KSER's broadcast area (and most of you do), you can catch it Real Time through the official Juxtapose web site at http://www.juxtapose.org/cp.html

To do this, your system should have sound capabilities and the Real Networks Player (and a modem, and a monitor, and all that other good stuff).  If you don't have the Real Network Player there's a link to where you can download a free copy of it.  Be aware that it takes about an hour to get the Real Networks Player downloaded and setup, and you should have it up and running when you log on for the show.

To find out who Juxtapose is and what types of music they play, please visit their website at http://www.juxtapose.org.

THE REUNION

There's been enough positive response that it might be time to start getting organized (yeah, right, like herding cats.  Anyway).  As for location, Las Vegas is quite popular (a bit pricey for this editor), as are the east coast and west coast.

I think it might be worth a shot to contact the Heritage Ministry of Canada.

Or maybe brain storm on just how many ways Robert Pepin/Marie Créte's family has effected Canadian History and THEN contact the Heritage Ministry with a "these are the ways we feel the Pepin family has contributed to Canadian history, and because of this we think you should help out with a North American Pepin reunion" proposal and see what happens.  The logical location with this option would be Québec City.

If we choose to pursue this, I'm hoping one of you has some talent for writing a proposal that doesn't sound like it was tossed together over a few rounds of beer and pretzels.

More ideas, people?

Got a SUGGESTION . . .?

Got a thin spot in your part of the tree you'd like to fill?  See a thin spot in someone else's tree that you can help fill in?  See something you know is wrong?  Do you create crossword puzzles in your spare time?  Do you have a lasagna or jammin', eye-melting salsa recipe you'd like to share?  Wanna write for the newsletter?

Let me know.

Ramblings From the Editor

One of these days, I may be able to say, "Next Issue: Pepin connections to skiing!!"

One of these days.

The first issue was easy.  This issue - I didn't know what I was going to do until the evening of Dec 18th.  Next issue . . .?  <shrug> I haven't a clue - but I'm not going to let it stop me.

I've been thinking (they've both been very busy little brain cells) about putting past newsletters on the web site via a "secret" URL, "secret" being "not linked to from anywhere on the web site".

With them on the web, I could give you the URL for our "secret" page, OR tell you that you can get there by clicking on either of the big red lions on the "How PEPIN Got to be PEPPAN" page . . . OR both.

And with it on the website, should I maybe then offer the options of a simple email reminder than the latest issue is up, rather than the whole shooting match SURPRISE whenever I get it out . . .?  I could take a poll and see who wants to do what.

This is, of course, a moot point with our via-snail-mail readership.

What would you like to do, family?

Family Links

If you have a web page, we can put the URL here.  For those of you who don't own a computer, most public libraries now have computers anyone can use to access the web; you could pop down to your local library, type in the below listed URLs and take a look at what your cousins are doing.

I suppose the logical place to start is mine.

Lisa Peppan's home page: http://www.fortlangley.ca/pepin/index.html

This is my front page which will give you access to all the pages on my web site, including the recently added How PEPIN Got to be PEPPAN and The First Pepin Families in North America, as well as the Pepin Query page.

JUXTAPOSE (Jim Peppan):  http://www.juxtapose.org

(Psst . . . Marcel . . . Robbyn . . . all ya gotta do is send me a short email that says “Yeah”.)

NewsLetter Information

If you have family you want to share this with but they don't have a computer, please feel free to print it out and share it with them. 

If at anytime you wish to be change the way you receive the newsletter, drop me an email at lisa@fortlangley.ca and tell me.