The Livingston Family History - Alive and Well

  Let's take a quick, high-level look at the Archbishop Langevin's ancestors and compare them to Joseph Langevin's ancestors to see if there's an obvious link between the families. Archbishop Louis-Philippe Adelard Langevin     J oseph Langevin   1855–1915                                                           1857–1933 Father: Francois Theophile Langevin                     Father: Francois Xavier Bergevin Langevin Mother: Marie Pamela Racicot                               Mother: Mary Shea                                                  ...

Context: Archbishop Louis-Philippe Adelard Langevin (1855 - 1915) and                                                  Joseph Langevin (1857 - 1936) related? Hint: Watch for the mention of "cousin" in a newspaper article. This blog post examines whether Joseph Langevin's family married into Archbishop Louis Philip Adelard Langevin's family before 1903, when the Archbishop referred to Helen as "cousin" during her First Communion ceremony at St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Church, in St. Alphonse (now known as Lorne), Manitoba. It's interesting to note that Wikipedia describes St. Alphonse as a village made up of mostly Belgian immigrants in the late 1800s ( Saint Alphonse, Manitoba - Wikipedia ) .   1920 Joseph Langevin was born on Jan. 16, 1857, to parents Francois Xavier Bergevin dit Langevin and Mary Shea in Springfield, Massachusetts. Joseph became a Ca...

Let's take a quick, high-level look at the Archbishop Langevin's ancestors and compare them to Joseph Langevin's ancestors to see if there's an obvious link between the families. Archbishop Louis-Philippe Adelard Langevin                      Joseph Langevin  1855-1915                                                                                      1857-1933 Father: Francois Theophile Langevin                              Father: Francois Xavier Bergevin dit Langevin Mother: Marie Pamela Racicot                            ...

Father Gerald Langevin (son of **Edgar Langevin) recently posted on the Livingston family Facebook page: My dad 's, Ed’s, understanding was that Archbishop Langevin referred to my Grandpa Joe and his brothers and sisters as “his little cousins”, but that there was no actual relation. I have the utmost respect for these comments, but I’ve discovered a newspaper article that offers a different opinion. First, here’s a description of John Baptiste Langevin, brother of Joseph Langevin (1857-1933) and husband of Marie Claire Lafreniere*, published by the Winnipeg Tribune on April 16, 1936:   John Baptiste had an interesting life. He married Mary Anna Leonard after he returned from the Klondike in 1920 and she had three children from a previous marriage. John Baptiste became an employee at the Duplex Printing Press company in Urbandale, Battle Creek, Michigan where he worked until age 62. Here's an article, published on March 27, 1936, by the Battle Creek Moon Journal describin...