Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS

(b. 4 November 1733 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1789 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS was born 4 November 1733 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS was the child of Jean Baptiste OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Françoise GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Richard OTIS and Anna Shuah Susannah STARBUCK (maternal) Ignace GAGNÉ and Louise TREMBLAY

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Geneviève married François FORTIN 26 October 1751 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
François FORTIN was born 28 June 1729 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). François was the child of François-Xavier FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY.

Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS died 10 December 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, 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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Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS married

François FORTIN-- Date: 26 October 1751 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
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François FORTIN was the child of François-Xavier FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Children of François FORTIN and Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS:

Juste-Luce-Therese FORTIN (b.15 October 1758, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 1 December 1784, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis TREMBLAY 6 October 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Louis FORTIN (b.9 January 1761, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 10 July 1815, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte-Anne TREMBLAY 20 November 1786 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Josephte FORTIN (b.13 July 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 March 1842, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East)
m. François VANDAL 26 November 1782 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste FORTIN (b.10 June 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 June 1850, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Jacques BOUCHARD 13 April 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Anne FORTIN (b.20 March 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 October 1805, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Louis BOUCHARD 13 April 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jacques FORTIN (b.19 September 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 February 1853, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East)
m. Judith TREMBLAY 7 June 1796 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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1733 Birth
4 November 1733
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS and François FORTIN 26 October 1751, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

She was 17 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Juste-Luce-Therese FORTIN was born 15 October 1758, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Geneviève was 24 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Louis FORTIN was born 9 January 1761, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Geneviève was 27 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
Josephte FORTIN was born 13 July 1763, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Geneviève was 29 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Modeste FORTIN was born 10 June 1765, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Geneviève was 31 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne FORTIN was born 20 March 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Geneviève was 34 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Jacques FORTIN was born 19 September 1770, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Geneviève was 36 years old.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Juste-Luce-Therese FORTIN married 6 October 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Louis TREMBLAY

1782 Marriage of Child
Josephte FORTIN married 26 November 1782, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to François VANDAL

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Death of Child
Juste-Luce-Therese FORTIN died 1 December 1784, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Geneviève was 51 years old.

1786 Marriage of Child
Louis FORTIN married 20 November 1786, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Josephte-Anne TREMBLAY

1789 Death
10 December 1789
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 56.

Added: 12/3/2015 1:27:13 PM - Updated: 2/13/2024 11:50:41 AM