Did Joseph Langevin's siblings marry into Archbishop Langevin's family?
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).
Joseph Langevin was born on Jan. 16, 1857, to parents Francois Xavier Bergevin dit Langevin and Mary Shea in Springfield, Massachusetts. Joseph became a Canadian citizen in 1884. He married Marie Claire "Clara" Lafreniere on April 6, 1891 in Lorne, Manitoba, with a population of only 2500 people. They lived on a farm and had nine children, including Marie Marguerite "Helen" (Ulric Livingston's future wife), over the next 13 years.
Joseph Langevin had 10 siblings.
Joseph's siblings:
1. Jeremie "Jerry" Langevin, born on Sept. 15, 1856 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, became a Canadian citizen in 1880 and wed Eleonore (spelled as it appears on her gravemarker) Marie Louise Lafreniere the same year in St. Leon, Manitoba.
They lived in Somerset, St. Leon, Manitoba, where Jerry ran a general store. They moved to a farm in Weyburn, Saskatchewan by 1916. They had 11 children:
a. Alphonse Albert Joseph - born Jan. 14, 1892, married Mary West, and worked as a butcher in Powell River, B.C. He spent the last two years of his life in Essondale's Valleyview Hospital in Coquitlam, B.C., where he died on Feb. 4, 1972.
b. Timothee - born Nov.20, 1893, worked as a butcher, wed Antonette _____ before 1924 and resided in Lovert, Saskatchewan in 1926. He died in Outremont, Montreal, Quebec on July 16, 1975.
c. Daniel Langevin - born on May 4, 1897 and died at age 19 years and 7 months in Saskatchewan.
d. Anonyme (stillborn) - 1898
e. Marie Anne Langevin - born Feb. 21, 1901 (I could not locate any marriage records) and died on Sept. 2, 1981 in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
f. Marie Anne Mercedes (1903–1974)
g. Adelard Joseph Langevin (1905–1974)
h. Jermaine Jean Langevin (1907–1983)
i. Fredrick Alfred (1909–1936)
j. Alice Anna Langevin (1912–1979)
k. Edmond Joseph Adelard (1915–1996)
2. Emma Mary Langevin, born on August 20, 1860 in Quebec, never married (noted as single in Canada Census 1881, 1901, 1906) and died on Dec. 29, 1911 in Lorne, Manitoba.
3. Francois Xavier Langevin, born in Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass. on Mar. 20 1863, never married (noted as single in Canada Census in 1881, 1901, 1906 and 1916), and took over the family farm in 1906. He died in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba in 1922.
4. Simeon Langevin was born on Aug. 7, 1866, Holyoke, Mass.
He wed Julia Cadorath on Jan. 27, 1902 in Lorne, Manitoba, and they had 5 children:
a. Francois Xavier (1902–1979)
b. Mary Armoline (1904–1995)
c. Simeon (1906–1968)
d. Margaret (1909–1993)
e. Robert (1912–1977)
Simeon worked as a farmer until 1901, and later as a coal miner in Brule, Alberta. Simeon's daughter, Margaret, described their life:
In July 1921, my Dad arrived in Peace River from the coal mines in Brule, Alberta. He had arthritis quite bad and was unable to work. My brother-in-law, Albert Allen had land and was to make improvements on it, so my Dad supervised a house being built on it by Nick Novodvorski at whose place he was staying.
Allen was a returned soldier and had his homestead and a pre-emption, I think it was called, so he had a half secti— This house was made different than most log houses: the logs were like fenceposts and all stood upright with a log across the top and they were put in a trench at the bottom. It was well mudded and really warm.
We came up on October 16, my brother-in-law, and sister Mary Allen. Also my mother Julia Langevin, my brother Bob and myself Maggie. They had brought cattle and horses and some household things like a stove and two beds. Us kids slept on the floor, our mattresses were made from flour sacks stuffed with straw. It was sort of picky at first but soon wore down even. We stayed with the Allens for four years then Dad filed on the S.W. 1/4 of 25-84-24 W 5th.
In the meantime there were dances and social evenings, playing cards at the homesteader places. No one had much furniture and it was easy to put it outside until lunchtime at a dance or other entertainment.
My Dad had been in Vaudeville as a young man and he could mimic the Irish and French. He could sing or give a recitation at any time. He was never lost for words to sing or recite.
My brothers Frank and Sim Langevin came in 1923. They began to do some breaking and some clearing on my Dad’s quarter. They also got out logs and started to build a house. It was quite a big house in those days and we had quite a few dances in it. The boys also built a shed and barn for chickens and pigs. They had a team of horses and Allen gave Mother a cow. In the summer things were coming along nicely as there were lots of strawberries and raspberries and Mother had put a lot of work in her garden. Then one day the pigs got out and it must have been the smell of peas as that was the first place that they ran for. Needless to say we weren’t in the pig business anymore.
We had two wooden barrels filled with salt pork and the rest went to market. Dad couldn’t get around much but he gave advice on how to fix things. We had a windlass over the well made from poles and a crank to turn a rope around the pole and that’s the way we brought water up from the bottom of the well.
Mother was no ball player but she could throw rocks pretty straight and as you know in those days there were no chickens from the hatcheries and the old hen hatched them out. They were not very plentiful. This day the chickens got into the garden and Mother picked up a rock and threw it, killing a chicken. My Dad said “Now see what you have done” rather upset.
Well Mother replied that she won’t be in the garden again and that we will have chicken and dumplings for supper. Was a very good supper.
Dad passed away in March of 1935. My brother Frank had a homestead near the folks. He married a girl from Slave Lake. They stayed on the homestead for a few years and they had two girls. He then moved to Edmonton, after selling the homestead to Walter Haight.
Simeon is buried in Grande Prairie, Alberta. His wife, Julie, died in 1962, and she's buried in Penticton, BC.
5. Jean Baptiste "John" Langevin was born April 16, 1869 in Holyoke, Mass. As noted in the article below, he was ten years old when his family moved to Manitoba and residing in Marquette, Manitoba by the 1881 Canada Census. He's not recorded as living with his parents by 1901, so it's likely that he had left Manitoba with three carts of cattle to prospect for gold in the Yukon, as mentioned in the obituary below. At age 52, he returned to the United States and married Mary Anna Leonard Hisgen. This was Mary's second marriage (she divorced her first husband, a traveling salesman, due to desertion), and she brought 3 children to this marriage.
John got a job at the Duplex Printing Press company in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he worked until 1932. He died on Mar. 27, 1936.
6. Frederick Langevin, born about 1871, wed Farena Pertywood in Marquette County, Michigan in 1892 when he was working as a saloon keeper. By 1935, they had moved to St. Boniface, Manitoba where Frederick worked as a barber until age 74. Despite an extensive search, I could not find death records for either Frederick or Farena.
7. Henry Herve Langevin, born Mar. 16, 1872 in Springfield, Mass., and wed Emma St. Onge in Lorne, Manitoba in Feb. 13,1893. They had one child:
a. Nora Marie Henriette, born on Nov. 10, 1893 (she would have three husbands before her death in 1982).
After Emma died in August 1894, Henry moved into his parents' home with his daughter until he wed Georgina Page in 1904. They had five children:
a. Amanda Aurelie Maud 1906–1988
b. James 1907–1906
c. "Fred" Alfred J 1909–1980
d. George Henry 1912–1978
e. Lillian 1914–1987
At age 43, Henry joined the army in January 1916. Henry's WWI attestation papers describe him as 5 ft 7 inches with a girth of 39 inches, 160 pounds, dark complexion, blue eyes and black hair. He was a private in Unit 226th Overseas Battalion C.E.F. (Canadian Expedtionary Force), but he was found "medically unfit" (poor strength, poor eyesight, and "goes lame on very little walking") and was discharged by August that same year. He was paid $120 for his service.
8. Narcisse was born in Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts on Jan. 12, 1874. He died in Lorne, Manitoba on June 21, 1883.
9. Marie Anna, born about 1878, and resides with her family in Marquette, Manitoba in the 1881 Canada Census. She does not appear in the 1901 Canada Census so she may have died between 1881 and 1901.
10. Marie Marguerite was born on Jan. 3, 1882 and baptized on Mar. 7 at St. Francois Xavier Church, Marquette, Manitoba. I could find no other records.
Conclusion:
There are no direct links between Joseph Langevin's family and Archbishop Louis Philip Adelard Langevin's family before 1903. The only sticky point is the John Baptiste obituary newspaper article. As a result, my research must continue.
Next step:
Investigate if Archbishop Louis Philip Adelard Langevin's family married into Joseph's family.
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