Marguerite LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY

(b. 22 September 1731 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 10 June 1798 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY was born 22 September 1731 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Marguerite LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY was the child of Noel LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY and Marie-Françoise NIQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY and Geneviève PARENT (maternal) Alexis NIQUET and Marie-Françoise GIGUERE

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Marguerite married Gabriel PROULX 22 February 1751 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Gabriel PROULX was born 23 October 1725 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Gabriel died 30 May 1803 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Gabriel was the child of Claude PROULX and Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU.

Marguerite LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY died 10 June 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada .
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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.

Québec Généalogie - 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'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

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

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Family and Children of Marguerite LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY

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Marguerite LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY married

Gabriel PROULX-- Date: 22 February 1751 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Gabriel PROULX was the child of Claude PROULX and Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU

Children of Gabriel PROULX and Marguerite LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY:

Gabriel PROULX (b.31 January 1752, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 27 August 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Marie BENOIT 2 March 1772 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Jean-Baptiste PROULX (b.25 December 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1833, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve LEMIRE 8 January 1781 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph PROULX (b.24 February 1756, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 9 April 1831, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Louise COURCHESNE 14 November 1786 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite PROULX (b.25 January 1759, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph SENNEVILLE 4 February 1788 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Elisabeth PROULX (b.13 November 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. 1 October 1788, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Ambroise BOISVERT 21 January 1782 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis PROULX (b.24 March 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 November 1822, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique COTE 30 January 1787 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1731 Birth
22 September 1731
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY and Gabriel PROULX 22 February 1751, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Gabriel PROULX was born 31 January 1752, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 20 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PROULX was born 25 December 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 22 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Joseph PROULX was born 24 February 1756, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marguerite PROULX was born 25 January 1759, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 27 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Elisabeth PROULX was born 13 November 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 29 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Birth of Child
Louis PROULX was born 24 March 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 31 years old.

1772 Marriage of Child
Gabriel PROULX married 2 March 1772, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie BENOIT

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1781 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PROULX married 8 January 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Genevieve LEMIRE

1782 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth PROULX married 21 January 1782, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Joseph-Ambroise BOISVERT

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Joseph PROULX married 14 November 1786, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Louise COURCHESNE

1787 Marriage of Child
Louis PROULX married 30 January 1787, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Angelique COTE

1788 Marriage of Child
Marguerite PROULX married 4 February 1788, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Joseph SENNEVILLE

1788 Death of Child
Elisabeth PROULX died 1 October 1788, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Marguerite was 57 years old.

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

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

1798 Death
10 June 1798
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 66.

Added: 6/8/2020 9:36:44 AM - Updated: 5/16/2024 6:03:15 PM