Are we related to Archbishop Louis-Philippe Adelard Langevin?


I've almost completed my work on the Livingston Family Tree, stored on Ancestry.ca, with more than 4300 family members.

So I've decided to pursue the truth behind one of the family mysteries: At Helen Langevin's (wife of Ulric Livingston) First Communion on May 30, 1909 at St. Alphonse Parish in Manitoba, Archbishop Louis-Philippe Adelard Langevin referred to Helen as "cousin." I have begun a new family tree on Ancestry.ca to try to determine if they were true cousins or if the Archbishop was simply stating an endearment. I hope to discover the truth before the end of 2026.

Attached below is the article published in St. Paul, Minnesota's Catholic Bulletin on June 20, 1915 following the death of the Archbishop.


So far, I've mapped out the generations at a high level on both sides of the family.

Archbishop Louis-Philippe Adelard Langevin
Father: Francois Theophile Langevin
Mother: Marie Pamela Racicot

Francois Theophile Langevin
Father: Etienne Langevin
Mother: Charlotte Prunet

Etienne Langevin
Father: Pierre Langevin
Mother: Angelique Marie Desanges Jodoin

Pierre Langevin
Father: Michel Langevin
Mother: Marie Madeleine Banlier

Michel Langevin
Father: Michel Langevin 
Mother: Marguerite Gendron

Michel Langevin 
Father: Michel Langevin dit Lacroix
Mother: Marguerite Helie dit Samson

Michel Langevin dit Lacroix
possible father: Mathurin Langevin dit Lacroix (1570-1626)
possible mother: Francois Disle













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