Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS

(b. 30 May 1784 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 January 1851 , Cacouna, Canada East )

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Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS was born 30 May 1784 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS was the child of Henri LANGLAIS dit SERIEN and Anne Marie DOUCET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LANGLAIS and Marie-Josephe HUDON (maternal) Pierre-Paul DOUCET and Anne BRUN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Modeste died 22 January 1847 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). 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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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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Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS married

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

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Children of Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS and Modeste TREMBLAY:

Modeste LANGLOIS dite SÉRIEN (b.10 February 1820, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada d. 23 February 1897, Cacouna, Québec, Canada )

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1784 Birth
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)