Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS

Born

30 May 1784 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

30 January 1851 , Cacouna, Canada East

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Henri LANGLAIS dit SERIEN Anne Marie DOUCET

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Born: 30 May 1784 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Henri LANGLAIS dit SERIEN

Mother: Anne Marie DOUCET

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François LANGLAIS , Marie-Josephe HUDON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Paul DOUCET , Anne BRUN

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Alexis married Modeste TREMBLAY 25 July 1809 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Modeste TREMBLAY was born 8 April 1789 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . Modeste died 22 January 1847 in Cacouna, Canada East . Modeste was the child of Francois TREMBLAY and Merance-Emerentienne BOUCHARD.

Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS died 30 January 1851 in Cacouna, Canada East .
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Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS married

Modeste TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 25 July 1809
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Modeste TREMBLAY was the child of Francois TREMBLAY and Merance-Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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Modeste LANGLOIS dite SÉRIEN

Born: 10 February 1820, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 23 February 1897, Cacouna, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1784
30 May 1784
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS and Modeste TREMBLAY 25 July 1809, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 25 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Modeste LANGLOIS dite SÉRIEN was born 10 February 1820, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Alexis was 35 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)