History and origin of the Langlois family

Noël Langlois is born about 1606 in St. Léonard in Normandy, France. Son of Guillaume Langlois and Jeanne Millet, he married Françoise Grenier, on July 25th 1634 in Québec city. From their union, 10 children were born.  His spouse dies on November 1st 1665, from an accident. A widower, he marries Marie Crevet, widow of Robert Caron, on July 27th 1666 in Château-Richer. They had no children. He settles in Beauport in 1634. In 1681, he owns 4 guns, 1 hand gun, 1 horse, 17 heads of cattle and 30 acres of land. He dies on July 14th 1684 in Beauport.

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LANGLOIS - From Old French, l'Anglois which means The English Man, name given to someone from England or someone who pretends to have been there.

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from Old French, which means the Anglo, or a man from England,north Germany, as in Jutes, Angles and Saxons who invaded Britan and norther France. Some gave the name to Normandy, les Normands, or Norsemen. Some who were Englanders, were from the narrow lands (in old Germany) were called les Anglois in Old French. A single person would be called l'Anglois in French but Langlois in Old French. Other Vikings or Norsemen came from Jutland and Saxony.

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