Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS

(b. 18 September 1757 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 26 January 1813 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS was born 18 September 1757 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Françoise GAGNÉ (maternal) Jean TREMBLAY and Catherine LAVOIE

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Jean married Thérèse-Cecile GRENON 14 January 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Thérèse-Cecile GRENON was born 19 December 1760 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Thérèse-Cecile died 2 April 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Thérèse-Cecile was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRENON and Marie-Dorothee FORTIN.

Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS died 26 January 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS married

Thérèse-Cecile GRENON-- Date: 14 January 1777 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
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Thérèse-Cecile GRENON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRENON and Marie-Dorothee FORTIN

Children of Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Thérèse-Cecile GRENON:

Marie-Josephte OTIS (b.30 August 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Janvier POTVIN 10 October 1797 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie OTIS dite LANGLAIS (b.19 November 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 March 1847, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 27 November 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS (b.22 September 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 June 1867, Sainte-Félicité, Matane, Canada East )
m. Madeleine COULOMBE 1 January 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Adelaide OTIS (b.17 September 1795, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 2 June 1885, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 17 January 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Euphemie OTIS (b.23 December 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 30 September 1834, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )
m. Michel HARVEY 1 February 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1757 Birth
18 September 1757
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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.

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 / Partner
Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Thérèse-Cecile GRENON 14 January 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 19 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte OTIS was born 30 August 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 20 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie OTIS dite LANGLAIS was born 19 November 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 23 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS was born 22 September 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 30 years old.

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

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

1795 Birth of Child
Adelaide OTIS was born 17 September 1795, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 38 years old.

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte OTIS married 10 October 1797, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Janvier POTVIN

1797 Birth of Child
Euphemie OTIS was born 23 December 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 40 years old.

1798 Marriage of Child
Marie OTIS dite LANGLAIS married 27 November 1798, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

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

1811 Marriage of Child
Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS married 1 January 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Madeleine COULOMBE