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Ancestor is complete! Grave has been located immigrant flag female ancestor  Marguerite  LANGLOIS

Born
abt. 1602 France
Died
17 December 1665 Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1602 in France


Marguerite was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1621.

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Marguerite  married  Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS 24 October 1620 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS  was born 27 November 1589 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.  Abraham died 8 September 1664 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).  Abraham was the child of Jean MARTIN and Isabelle COTE.

Marguerite  married  (2) René BRANCHE 17 February 1665 in Québec, Canada, New France .  René BRANCHE  was born abt. 1641 in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France.  René died 9 January 1681 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). 

Marguerite LANGLOIS died 17 December 1665 in Québec, Canada, New France .



One of the first settlers of Quebec

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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Spouse & Children of Marguerite LANGLOIS

Marguerite LANGLOIS married Grave has been locatedAncestor is complete!immigrant flag photo of Abraham MARTIN dit L  Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS
Marriage date: 24 October 1620
Marriage place: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS was the child of Jean MARTIN and Isabelle COTE

Children of Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS and Marguerite LANGLOIS

flag male ancestor Eustache MARTIN
Born: 24 October 1621, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: April 1663, Québec, Canada, New France


Grave has been locatedAncestor is complete!flag female ancestor Marguerite MARTIN
Born: 4 January 1624, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 25 November 1679, Château-Richer, Canada, New France


flag female ancestor Helene MARTIN
Married: Claude ÉTIENNE 22 October 1640   Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Marie-Josephe-Anne MARTIN

flag male ancestor Adrien MARTIN
Born: 22 November 1638, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 1 June 1667, Québec, Canada, New France


Grave has been locatedAncestor is complete!flag female ancestor Marie-Madeleine MARTIN
Born: 13 September 1640, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 22 February 1688, Lachenaie, Canada, New France


flag female ancestor Barbe MARTIN
Born: 4 January 1643, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 4 October 1660, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre BIRON 12 January 1655   Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Anne-Marie MARTIN
Married: Jacques RATTÉ 12 November 1658   Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Ancestor is complete!flag male ancestor Charles-Amador MARTIN


Marguerite LANGLOIS married Ancestor is complete!immigrant flag male ancestor René BRANCHE
Marriage date: 17 February 1665
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

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'Burial: 19 December 1665, Buried Québec.

Name inscribed on Louis-Herbert Monument in Québec as one of first settlers
1622, Mother of first male child born to European parents in Canada

1614, Came to Québec with Abraham Martin

Probably related to Noël Langlois

Sister of Françoise Langlois (wife of Pierre Desportes)

Received half of Jean Côté's property at his death, other half to 6 children'

2nd marriage to Rene Branche (m. 17 Feb 1665 in Québec, , Québec, Canada)

'Marguerite Genevieve Langlois was born about 1602 in St. Xiste, Montpelliers, France; one of four children to Guillaume Langlois and Jeanne Millette. In 1619, Henri De Montmorency II and Samuel Champlain were recruiting workers for New France, and preference was given to young men with families. At the time, many French people were becoming disillusioned with the way things were at home, in the aftermath of the costly Religious Wars. Unemployment was high and the cost of living even...Read full story


marriage1620 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LANGLOIS and Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS 24 October 1620, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
1621 Birth of Child
Eustache MARTIN was born 24 October 1621, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1624 Birth of Child
Marguerite MARTIN was born 4 January 1624, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1627 Birth of Child
Helene MARTIN was born 21 June 1627, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1635 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe-Anne MARTIN was born 10 April 1635, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
marriage1638 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MARTIN married 22 MAY 1638, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) to Étienne RACINE
1638 Birth of Child
Adrien MARTIN was born 22 November 1638, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1640 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MARTIN was born 13 September 1640, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
marriage1640 Marriage of Child
Helene MARTIN married 22 October 1640 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Claude ÉTIENNE
1643 Birth of Child
Barbe MARTIN was born 4 January 1643, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1645 Birth of Child
Anne-Marie MARTIN was born 23 March 1645, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
marriage1647 Marriage of Child
Helene MARTIN married 3 September 1647 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Medard CHOUART DES GROSEILLIERS
marriage1648 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe-Anne MARTIN married 21 January 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean CLOUTIER (CLOUSTIER)
1648 Birth of Child
Charles-Amador MARTIN was born 6 March 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
marriage1653 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine MARTIN married 6 February 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Nicolas FORGET dit DESPATITS
marriage1655 Marriage of Child
Barbe MARTIN married 12 January 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Pierre BIRON
marriage1658 Marriage of Child
Anne-Marie MARTIN married 12 November 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jacques RATTÉ
1660 Death of Child
Barbe MARTIN died 4 October 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1663 Death of Child
Eustache MARTIN died April 1663, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1664 Death of Spouse/Partner
Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS died 8 September 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
marriage1665 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LANGLOIS and René BRANCHE 17 February 1665, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1665 - Death
17 December 1665
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Marguerite Langlois
wife of Rene Branche
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Cimetière Hopital Hotel Dieu du Precieux Sang Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
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