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Langlois History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables World Ranking

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Langlois History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France
England

The Langlois family's name is derived from that coastal landscape of Medieval France known as Normandy. Their name originated with an early member who was a Norman resident of English extraction. The name Langlois refers to the Angles, a race who once inhabited England, and after whom the country is named. Rendered l'Anglais in modern French, the name essentially means "the English". 1

Early Origins of the Langlois family

The surname Langlois was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this distinguished family held a family seat at Motteville, and were members of the aristocracy of that region.

Noel Langlois, born in 1606, was a fisherman and pilot from France that settled in Beauport, Quebec in 1634. He married Françoise Garnier on 25th July 1634 and together they had ten children. After the death of his first wife he married Marie Crevet on 27th July 1666. He died in Beauport on 15th July 1684. Noel is recorded as the first ancestor of the Langlois family. 2

Early History of the Langlois family

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Langlois Spelling Variations

There were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Langlois, Langloi, Langlais, Langlo, Langloys, Langois, L'Angloi, L'Anglais, L'Anglo, L'Angloys, L'Angloi, L'Anglois, Anglois, Angloi, Anglais, Anglo, Angloy and many more.

Early Notables of the Langlois family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

those of the Langlois family who were recorded as members of the bishop's armed watches of Saint-Brieuc in the 15th and 16th centuries...

Langlois World Ranking

In the United States, the name Langlois is the 3,629^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 3 However, in Canada, the name Langlois is ranked the 174^th most popular surname with an estimated 20,499 people with that name. 4 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Langlois is the 66^th popular surname. 5 France ranks Langlois as 206^th with 16,661 people. 6

Langlois migration to the United States +

Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Langlois were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Langlois were

Langlois Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jean Almene Langlois, who arrived in Louisiana in 1718-1724 7
Jean Langlois, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 7
Andre, Antoine, and Francois Langlois who, who settled in Louisiana in 1719
Andre Langlois, aged 55, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 7
Antoine Langlois, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 7
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Langlois Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Langlois, who settled in New Orleans in 1820

Langlois migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Langlois Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Noël Langlois, who arrived in Quebec in 1634 from Normandy, he was one of the earliest settlers in Quebec
Honoré Langlois, who arrived in Quebec in 1651 from Ile-de-France
Jean-Baptiste Langlois, who arrived in Quebec in 1668
Nicholas Langlois, who arrived in Quebec in 1671
Germaine Langlois, who arrived in Quebec from Isle de France in 1675
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Langlois Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Étienne Langlois, son of étienne and Elisabeth, who married Anne Prévost, daughter of Joseph and Thérèse, in Chateau-Richer, Quebec on 25th June 1704 8
Clément Langlois, son of Clément and Anne, who married Marthe Joncas in Saint-Thomas, Quebec on 13th June 1740 8
Alexis Langlois, son of Noel and Françoise, who married Marguerite Babie in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec on 25th February 1754 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Langlois (post 1700) +

Theophilus Langlois (b. 1840), American politician, Mayor of Wyandotte, Michigan, 1874, 1888-89 9
Cecil Charles Langlois (b. 1865), American politician, U.S. Consular Agent in Port Morant, 1901-11 9
Albert J. Langlois, American politician, Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Norwich, 1940 9
Denis Jean Florimond Langlois de Mautheville, Marquis du Bouchet, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 10
Lieutenant-General Jean-Léon-Albert Langlois (1883-1973), French General Officer Commanding 1st Group of Military Divisions (1942) 11
Henri Langlois (1914-1977), French/Turk, pioneer in film preservation and restoration
Hippolyte Langlois (1839-1912), French general and writer on military science
Denis Langlois (b. 1968), French race walker
Daniel Langlois (1957-2023), Canadian businessman, President and founder of the Daniel Langlois Foundation, Ex-Centris, and Media Principia Inc
Joseph Albert Oliver "Junior" Langlois (1934-2020), Canadian NHL ice hockey defenceman
... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
"The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 2, Institut Drouin, 1958.
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 27) Denis Langlois. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 5) Jean-LÃ©on-Albert Langlois. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Langlois/Jean-L%C3%A9on-Albert/France.html