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THE LANGILLE FAMILY GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
Preface to the Langille Genealogical Record
HISTORICAL CONDITIONS
The Ship "BETTY"
The Ship "SALLY"
THE SPELLING of THE NAME LANGILLE
The Arrival in Halifax
A Brief History of My Langille Links
Here is a very brief history of my branch of the Langille Family Tree.Please let me know if you have additional links to other sites where information is available.Believe it or not, two ships, the Betty and Sally carried our forefathers over to the new world from Montbelliard, France in 1752. From 1750-1752, under the auspices of the British government and the Governor of Nova Scotia, our ancestors were enlisted from the principality of Montbeliard to settle in Nova Scotia. These immigrants came to be known as the Foreign Protestants who, shortly after their arrival in Halifax, settled in nearby Lunenburg County. They were soon joined by pre-Loyalists from New England. Together, all of these people contributed to the richness of our heritage and to the diverse culture of Lunenburg County today.
"Langille Family Genealogical Records", 1929, Allister Sloan Langille and Sara Janson Langille
This is a copy of the preface and text of "Langille Family Genealogical Records", published in 1929 by Allister SloAn Langille and Sara Janson Langille, M.D., 2606 North Kenzie Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. This is an old address. Do not address correspondance to this address. I was unable to contact the ancestors of Allister and Sara Langille to determine if this document was still in print or to gain permission for reproduction of this document, however, for the benefit of the Langille family, I have transcribed the bulk of the document below. I hope they understand and endorse its publication on "the Net".
The Langille Family, Chicago, Illinois, December 1929
To our people;
A partial geneological record of the members of the Langille family in North America is found on a chart now being made, upon which we have more than 1,000 members of the family. These members of the family are nearly all of the Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, branch of the family who descended from Leopold Frederick Langille, one of the immigrant ancestors, who arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in July 1752.
The work on this family record is in progress, and it is hoped that these initial printings of a part of the record will encourage other members of the family to send us information available to them, thereby enabling us to later make a more complete record, which we hope to do; especially of the colchester and Pictou County, N.S. branches of the family. We will gladly furnish free a limited number of blank forms for use in making idividual family records. Please send for them and forward us all the accurate records of marriages, births, deaths, which you can. Get the records from your churches and cemetaries. If you forward us any ancient documents of special interest, we will cause a photograph to be made for our records and return the original to you by registered mail. Brief information about occupations are interesting also.
HISTORICAL CONDITIONS
The citizens of any country are subject to its religious, political, military and naval affairs. Religion and warfare caused our ancestors to leave their homes, which were the homes of their fathers, in the ancient province called "France-Comte" or "Montpeliard" in which is located the City of Montbeliard, about 18 miles east of Belfort, France and a like distance west of Basil, Switzerland.
Our people were Huguenots (CL: there is some debate on whether this is true or not) or Protestants. If you read the historical part of the article entitled "France" in "The Encyclopedia Britannica", you will get ideas about the trials and problems of the Huguenots during the 200 years before our people came to Nova Scotia.
This district is now called "Alsace" and is connected by canal with the navigable parts of the River Rhine which empties into the North Sea at Rotterdam in the Netherlands or Holland. The district is 1500 to 2000 feet above sea level and has the cool and cold climate of the "highlands". In modern France, this district is in the Department (or County) of Rhin, and the capital town is Mulhause.
Leopold Frederick Langille, the emigrant ancestor of the Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia branch of the family, was born in 1728, and it appears from the certificates in the passports, one of which is copied herein, that his father and ancestors had lived in Montbeliard (or Montpeliard) for generations. They were Protestant, descendants of the Huguenots of the 16th and 17th centuries, of whom it has been said: "The Huguenots were the most moral, industrious and intelligent part of the French population" - Verplanck's Historical Discourses, page 70, 1833- cited in Standard Dictionary. That is a good standard of conduct for this generation to maintain.
Mathew Langille and his ancestors seem to have been typical Huguenots. His passport reads as follows;
We understand that the passport of Leopold Frederick Langille, who was son of David Langille and --"Santez"; and other passports for others in the family were in the same form as that above quoted. On account of the difference between the names of their mothers, we presume that Matthew and Leopold were not brothers.
It appears that our people left Montbeliard because of difficulties between the Catholics and Protestants. They, with others, received invitations issued by the British government to Protestants on liberal terms, to immigrate to Nova Scotia. They journeyed down the River Rhine to Rotterdam and there became passengers on British ships for transportation to Nova Scotia. Part of our people came on the ship "Betty", and the rest on the ship "Sally". In the mid-summer of 1752, they arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The reasons causing the British government to take this action are interesting. French settlement in Nova Scotia began in 1604 at Annapolis Royal, nearly 150 years before our people came. they also settled in large numbers in the St Lawrence River valley.........
.....and there Halifax was founded in 1749. Within a few years, 4000 Protestant settlers were brought to Halifax by the British government, and among them were the immigrant ancestors of the Langille family, who doubtless had made preliminary arrangements before they left Montbeliard. On arrival at Rotterdam, they contracted with the "British Board of Trade", through its agent, Mr. Dick, and the contracts of carriage from Rotterdam to Nova Scotia were made as follows:
The signatures of the passengers upon the ship "Betty", bound Rotterdam to Halifax, with their freights and charges, appear upon said contract. The signatures of the members of the Langille family and the entries following the signatures were as follows:
"Leopold Langille - Freight 2- pounds sterling 151, shillings 4, cash lent 151 pounds, 4 shillings."
"David Langille - Freight 1- Cash lent 75 pounds sterling, 12 shillings"
"Matthiew-Freight 1- pounds sterling 75, shillings 12 plus 10, Total cash 76 pounds, 2 schillings"
Said records contain passenger lists as follows:
"Leopold Langille, age 24; profession, joiner; from whence, Montbeliard; Men 1; Women 1; 1/2 Freight 2; free 1;freight 2; heads 3."
"Matthiew Langille, age 26; profession, farmer; from whence, Montbeliard; Men 1; Women 1; 1/2 Freight 1; freight 1; heads 1."
"David Langille, age 31; profession, joiner; from whence, Montbeliard; Men 1; Women 1; 1/2 Freight 1; free 1;freight 1; heads 1."
The contract signed for the transportation or voyage on the "Sally" was in the same language as that used for the "Betty", except that the date is different, namely, May 30, 1752. The signatures of the members of the Langille family and the entries following the signatures are as follows:
"Jean Jacques Langile (note the single "l"), age 16; profession, farmer; from whence, Montbeliard; Men 1; Women none; 1/2 Freight none; children none; whole freight 1; heads 1."
"David Langile, age 34; profession, farmer; from whence, Montbeliard; Men 1; Women 1; 1/2 Freight 1; children 2;Whole freight 2-1/2; heads 5."
The variations appearing in the spelling of our family name, in these ship records, are found in the original records. Attending the "Ship Records" in the archives we find the government "Vitualing Records". These are classified by the names of the "ships on which the settlers arrived in Halifax, for the period Aug. 24 to Oct. 29, 1752"; the "Vitualing Records" for the "Ship Betty", contain the following names:
For the same period for the "Ship Sally" these "Vitualing Records", the following names:
The burial records of St. Paul's Church at Halifax contain the following entries:
The Halifax hospital records in the "Archives" at Ottawa show vitualing records as follows:
Of the immigrant ancestors, Matthew (of the ship "Betty") and David of the "Sally", and son Jean Jaques, son of David, of the "Sally", with their families went to Tatamagouche in 1771; from these families the Pictou and Colchester Counties' members of the family descended. Matthew married Susan Catherine Menago Feb. 20, 1758 at St. John's Church, Lunenburg; their children, Catherine and George Frederick, and Marguerite and John Peter, and Susane, were all baptized in St. John's Church. David of the "Sally" was married three times; his first wife, the mother of Jean Jaques, died in France; his second wife was Marie Catherine, who died Sept. 29, 1752, at Halifax (this record form St. Paul's Anglican Church at Halifax); his third wife was Marie Catherine Besanzan, married Dec. 3, 1753, at St. John's Church. Lunenburg; their children were Nicholas and Madaline, and Frederick, and Catherine and Margaret, and Susane, and David, born in Lunenburg and baptized in St. John's Curch, and John George and Lewis born at Tatamagouche.
Jean Jaques, son of David of the "Sally", married Eve in 1764; their children were: George and David, and Madeline and Catherine, born and baptized (St. John's Church), Lunenburg, and James and Joseph and Frederick, born at Tatamagouche, or River John.
Of David of the "Betty" and the second Jean Jaques of the "Sally", we have found no further record.
In his ship or carriage contract, the vitualing records, his marriage record at Lunenburg and in his "Will", Leopold's surname is spelled "Langille" and his descendants so spell it. In recording birhts of his descendants, each rector of St. John's Church seems to have adopted a different spelling for the church records and the rector of St. Paul's church at Halifax in 1786 spelled his name "Longuil" in recording his marriage to "Catherine Boutilie" (his third marriage). During the "World War", Norman Langill of Menominee, Wisconsin, U.S.A., while in the U.S. Army service was stationed at Montbeliard, the home of his ancestors; while there he located and visited with a member of the family who was a maiden woman about eighty years of age. She spelled her name "Langille". She thought she was the only surviving member of the family. In Matthew Langill's passport his name is spelled "Langill". The spelling in his ship records is different, but many of his descendants in or from Colchester or Pictou Counties, Nova Scotia, including said Norman Langill and his family, use the name without the final "e". He is a graduate of the law department, University of Chicago, and is now State's Attorney (similar to King's Counsel in Canada) for Marinette County, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Upon arrival of our people at Halifax in 1752 and Lunenburg in 1753, the country was covered with forest trees. Before crops could be raised, the land must be cleared of trees and their roots; it was several years before the 4000 settlers could support themselves and in those early years, through the British Board of Trade, the government furnished the settlers with some vituals and vitualing records were kept; these records together with the said shipping records still exist in London, England, and copies of them are part of the Archives of the Dominion of Canada, in its Archives Building at Ottawa, Canada. Copies of the records of St. John's Church of Lunenburg are also in said Archives. All of the early emigrants to Halifax are described in these ship and vitualing records.
The text of the last will and testament of the emigrant Leopold Langille, whose full name was Leopold Frederick Langille, is as follows:
(Sgd.) Leopold Langille (L.S.) (Sgd.) Christian Born (Sgd.) Christian Ruhland (Sgd.) Charles Creighton"
The above copy is made from a copy of the original duly certified to be a true copy by the Registrar of Probate of Lunenburg County, N.S. Leopold Langille died Sept. 27, 1817, aged 89 years. It was 50 years between the birth of his oldest and youngest children. He was a fine workman and made carpenters' tools, planes, etc. and placed his initials and date of manufacture upon them; several of his wood planes are still in existence.
We are now in possession of copies of about eighty wills, letters testamentary, letters of administration and letters of guardianship issued upon estates of persons bearing the surname ALangille@ or ALangill@. Correspondence with the Registrar of Probate in every county in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Canada, is in progress in aid of securing further records. Presently we hope to acquire a list of all persons in the service of Canadian government in the AWorld War@ as soldiers and sailors. We hope to include such a list in this publication.
Paulus. Son of John Peter, son of Leopold, received a military commission as follows:
(Seal) BY HIS EXCELLENCY
SIR GEORGE PROVOST, BARONET
George Provost.
Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia, and its Dependencies, &c. &c. &c.
To Paulus Langille Gent Greeting.
By virtue of the Power and Authority to me given and granted by his Majesty, I do hereby (during Pleasure) constitute and appoint you to be First Lieutenant of the 23rd Battalion of Militia whereof Frances Rudolf Esq. Is Lieutenant Colonel Commandant....You are therefore duly to exercise, as well the Inferior Officers as Private Men of that Battalion in Arms; and to use your utmost endeavors to keep them in good Order and Discipline, and I do hereby command them to obey you as their First Lieut and you are to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you Shall from time to time receive from myself, your Lieut Colonel or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Laws and Regulations already made or that shall hereafter be made for the Militia of this province.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms,
at the Halifax, this forth Day of December,
1808, in the Forty Ninth Year of his Majesty's
Reign.
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND
Entered in the Adjt. Generals Office
I. Beenwith ---George
Adj. Genl. M. Leut. G.
Said Paulus Langille received another commission as follows:
Nova Scotia )
Halifax Is. )
By the Honorable Charles Morris Surveyor General
of Lands within and throughout His Majesty's
(Seal) Province of Nova Scotia
Etc. Etc. Etc.
To Paulus Langille of the Township of Lunenburg
in the County of Lunenburg in said Province Gent.
Greetings.
By virtue of the power and authority in me Vested by His Majesty; and reposing special trust and confidence in Your Zeal, integrity and ability, I do by these presents nominate, constitute and appoint you the said Paulus Langille Deputy Surveyor of Lands for the Lunenburg County aforesaid during pleasure, hereby requiring of your diligently and faithfully to perform the duties of said office and become, and all such orders and instructions as you shall or may receive from time to time form the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being or from the Board of Commissions appointed by his Excellency to locate land in said County, or from me, You are strictly to follow and obey.
Given under my hand and Seal at Halifax the 12th
day of April A.D. 1825 and in the Sixth Year of
His Majesty's Reign......
Charles Morris
Surv. Genl.
Said to Paulus Langille entered into a lease with Capt. Peter Herman, of Herman=s Island in Mahone Bay, N.S., as follows:
This indenture made the first day of March in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and forty between Peter Herman of the Township and County of Lunenburg in the Province of Nova Scotia farmer of the one part, and Paulus Langille of the Township aforesaid farmer of the other part. Witnesseth that the aforesaid Peter Herman do let and demise unto the aforesaid Paulus Langille the whole of a certain Island commonly called Coveys Island situate in the Township aforesaid in Mahone Bay and all the buildings thereon and all rights Privileges and all other appurtenance belonging to the aforesaid Island, for the Term of eight months from the date above mentioned or to the Thirty-first day of October, 1840. And the aforesaid Peter Herman doth further covenant and agree to let and demise unto the aforesaid Paulus Langille a part of the aforesaid viz the southwest head of land of said Island that is all the land lying South Westerly of a small pond lying to the southwest of the dwelling House for the term of One year and eight months from the date first written on to the thirty-first day of October 1841. It is also agreed by the aforesaid parties that the aforesaid Peter Herman is to cut the grass of the swamp lying to the North east of the dwelling House and all the grass to the North east of the said swamp for the ensuing year. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year first written
Signed sealed and delivered)
in presence of.....................)
Paulus Langille (Seal)
Peter Herman (Seal)
Caleb Langille
Benjamin Herman
Paulus Langille, born May 16, 1785, was on the same day baptized at St John=s Church at Lunenburg, with his twin brother, David. In the record of the baptism Paulus is called Leopold and David is called John David. David died in Halifax and his will is as follows:
(Copy)
Halifax Nova Scotia March the Twentieth One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty.
In the name of God Amen, I David Langill do bequeath unto my beloved wife the Sum of Fifty pounds unto my three daughters Twenty Five pounds each, to my two sons the whole of my landed property to be equally divided between them. I require that my Shallop be sold, my book debts and notes of hand collected, and after paying my just debts and funeral expenses, the remaining part of my personal estate to be put at Interest and to be equally divided amongst my family, I do also request that if any thing, should happen to anyone of my family that their proportion shall be equally divided amongst my surviving family.
David Langil (L S)
Signed and Sealed
in presence of
George Pan
William Langill
Catherine Bumrell
We would like to get more facts about ADavid@ who made the above AWill@. We think many of his decedents still live on Greater Tancook Island. We would like to hear from them. Are any of you folks acquainted with them?
Caleb, the son of Paulus, during the period of said lease of Coveys Island, lived with his father, and near there at Mahone Bay on Sept. 12, 1841, James Hibbert Langill, the oldest child of Caleb, was born; soon thereafter Caleb and family moved to New Germany, NS, onto a farm given him by Paulus and there Caleb lived until his death in 1887. James Hibbert became a student at Horton Academy and Acadia College at Wolfville, NS, he did not graduate from the college, but in 1864 went to the United States and continued his studies there. He began preaching at 16 years of age and was ordained as a Baptist minister in Ohio. He was enrolled in Oberlin College at Oberlin, Ohio, 1865-67; degree of Master of Arts 1870; graduated Rochester Bachelor of Arts 1867; degree of Master of Arts 1870; graduated Rochester Theology Seminary at Rochester, NY, 1871. He was pastor of various Baptist churches in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York States, his last pastorate being in Buffalo, New York. He wrote books of fiction, science and history. In 1867 at Greene, Trumbull County, Ohio, he married Lamira Agnes Sloan also a graduate of Oberlin College, in 1867. For many years both before and after marriage, she was an instructor in Public schools. She is a member of the Baptist Church.
The children of James Hibbert and Lamira A. Langille are:
Julia L., who resides at Meriden, Conn., with her husband, William G Koorman; prior to her marriage she was engaged in education work for many years.
Letitia A., is and for many years has been engaged in the U. S. Dept. Of Agriculture at Washington, D.C.
Allister S., since 1904 has been engaged in the practice of Law at Chicago, Illinois.
Louis E., is an architect at Chicago, and has been engaged in that work since boyhood. He married Jeanette, the daughter of Alexander and Janet Macallister, of Washington, D.C.
Louis Allister, son of Louis E. and Jeanette, is a graduate of the Law Department of the University of Illinois. He is now associated in the Law practice at Chicago with his uncle, said Allister S. Langille.
Dr. Sara Janson Langille, the wife of Allister S., is a graduate of the University of Chicago and of Rush Medical College at Chicago (now part of the University of Chicago), and has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Chicago since 1903.
During the last 38 years of his life, James Hibbert Langille lived at Kensington, Maryland, near Washington, DC. In his 82nd year he was in fine health, strong and active; then by accident he was struck and injured by a railroad train while crossing the track, the injury caused his immediate death. He is buried in the Langille family lot in Oakwood Cemetery, at Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. In this county the old homestead at the Sloan family is located. Here they have held 47 annual re-unions since 1881. In 1841 parents of Lemira settled on said AOld Homestead@.
Our mother, Lemira Agnes (Sloan) Langille, born August 28, 1842, is in good health and resides in Washington, DC, with Letitia, her daughter.
Among our mother=s immigrant ancestors was Margaret Cutter who came to Boston, Mass, from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, in 1640; another was Ensign Cooley, who came form Wales to Massachusetts in 1650; we thing the Sloans came from Scotland or Ireland. They came to Massachusetts in 1725.
Many years ago certain persons thought that there might be a family relationship between Langille family of Nova Scotia, and the family of ABaron de Longueil@ of Montreal, Canada. Caleb, son of Paulus, and others contributed a fund of money to investigate; Rev. Snyder of the Anglican Church of Mahone Bay was engaged to aid in an investigation to determine the relationship if any existed, and also determine whether our family might inherit property from the other family. When in Montreal in 1929 we made some investigations relating to this question of family relationship and now offer the opinion that no such relationship exists.
Land Grants
In the Provincial Department of Lands and Forests of Nova Scotia, at Halifax, we found the records of the ACrown Land Grants@.
It appears that an agreement for a grant of ACrown Land@ to the settlers of Lunenburg was made in 1761, but wars and other causes prevented the matter being completed until June 30, 1784, when ACrown Land Grant@ No. 51, containing 71,406 acres, was made. It was registered August 1. 1784, thereby granting said land to about 178 grantee settlers, among them were James Langille 300 acres, and Leopold Langille 669 acres, and Peter Leangille, 100 acres, all in Lunenburg County. Other ACrown Land@ grants to our people are as follows; On Dec. 12, 1810, to James Langille, Township of Chester, Lunenburg County, 500 acres; and on May 12, 1813, to David Langille and George F. Langille, and James Langille, and Joseph Langille, and James Langille, and Mathew Langille, and Christopher Langille, and Frederick Langille, and Samuel Langille, 2,800 acres in the District of Pictou; and on Feb 23, 1815, to John Langille, and George Langille, and Louis Langille, 2,400 acres in River John, in Halifax County; and on March 4, 1815, to George Langille and Alexander Langille 1,350 acres in District of Pictou in Halifax County; and on September 22, 1815, to David Langille 2nd, and George F. Langille, and Susannah Langille, and John and James Langille, and others, 22,882 acres in AOld Philadelphia Tract@ in Halifax County. (We understand that this grant was at Tatamagouche, now in Colchester County.) And on April 6, 1816, to James Langille, 1,349 acres at Tatamagouche River in Cumberland County;and on June 26, 1816, to Edward Langille and Christopher Langille and others, 900 acres at French River of Tatamagouche, Cumberland County; and on July 2, 1818, to George Langille, and Christopher Langille and Edward Langille, 400 acres at Tatamagouche River in Cumberland County; and on Nov. 8, 1827, to Peter Langille and Paulus Langille, 400 acres in Lunenburg County; and on April 22, 1828, to Jacob Langille 100 acres, and to Joseph Langille 100 acres, and to George Langille 100 acres, at Colchester, Halifax County; and on Oct. 8, 1828, to George Langille, 200 acres at Liscombe Harbour, Halifax County; and on April 15, 1829, to Jacob Langille, 250 acres at Chester Boundry Line, in Lunenburg County (the original copy of said last described grant is now in the possession of the remote grantee of said Jacob Langille at Martin=s River, at the Highway Bridge, the ARoyal Seal@ attached to this document is made of clay and is about five inches in diameter and three-quarters of an inch thick.) And on Feb. 27, 1840, to James Langille, 200 acres at ABack Settlement@, River John, Pictou County; and on Dec. 1, 1843, to Paulus Langille, 200 acres, at New Germany, Lunenburg County; and on Feb. 5, 1845, to Gideon Langille, 200 acres, at New Germany, Lunenburg County; and on May 19, 1846, to Gideon Langille, 100 acres at New Germany, Lunenburg County; and on May 21, 1846, to Joseph Langille, 100 acres, at New Germany, Lunenburg County; and on Nov. 21, 1848, to Caleb Langille, 100 acres, at New Germany, Lunenburg County; and on Dec. 15, 1849, to Paulus Langille, 200 acres at Cranberry Lake, Lunenburg County; and on Dec. 12, 1850, to John Langille, 169 acres east of Ingraham=s River, Halifax County; and on March 12, 1852, to Edward Langille, 100 acres at New Annan, Colchester County; and on Nov. 10, 1853, to Paulus Langille, 100 acres in Lunenburg Township in Lunenburg County; and on Dec. 6, 1853, to Caleb Langille and Joseph Langille, 150 acres south of Dalhousie Road, Lunenburg County; and on Jan. 20, 1854, to George Langille, 135 acres at Dauphenys Lake, Lunenburg County; and in 1857 to Issac Langille, 61 acres at River John, Pictou County; and in 1858, to George Langille, 100 acres at Canoe Lake, Lunenburg County; and in1858, to James Langille, 54 acres, Northernland, Pictou County; and in 1859, to George Langille, 100 acres at New Burn. Lunenburg County; and in 1862, to Gideon Langille, 109 acres at New Germany, Lunenburg County; and in 1863, to George Langille, 20 3/4 acres in River John, Pictou County; and in 1863, to Thomas Langille, 46 acres at Mill Brook, Pictou County; and in 1864, Edward Langille, 80 acres at Carabou Lake, Lunenburg County; and in 1865, to David Langille, 90 acres at Newport, Lunenburg County; and in 1866, to Charles Langille, and George Langille, and John Langille, 100 acres at Liscombe Harbour, Guysboro County; and in 1866, to Edward Langille, 44 acres at New Burn, Lunenburg County; and in 1867, Jacob Langille, Jr., 100 acres at Springfield, Annapolis County; and in 1871, To David Langille, 100 acres at Whales Lake, Lunenburg County. (Search for Crown Land grants ended with the year 1871). (The APhiladelphia Land Grant@ consisted of 180,000 acres and was in what is now Pictou and Colchester Counties; see Patterson=s History of Pictou County.)
John Peter Langille (2nd) was a son of John Peter Langille (1st), who as Leopold=s oldest son by Margaret, his wife.
John Peter (2nd) had seven sons, give of whom built ships in Lunenburg County. The given names of these ship builders and the number of ships by each built are as follows: Titus, 68 ships, also four outside Lunenbury County; Calvin, 44 ships, also two outside th County, and helped to build 20 others. Stephen, 19 ships. Aaron, 31 ships, Enoch, 19 - equals a total of 187 ships divided into barques, brigantines, schooners, steamships and brigs. (see History of Lunenburg, by DesBrisay, published 1870 and 2nd edition 1895.) On August 9, 1929, Mrs. Anna Teel Langille, born July 6, 1854, widow of the said Enoch Langille, was living at Conquerall Bank, N.S., and the authors hereof had a very happy visit with her.
In the records of St. John's Angilican Church at Lunenburg, we found the records of the baptism of ill children, between 1754 and 1871, bearing the surname ALangille@. All but 23 of these baptisms are dated before 1835, when the parish was divided; later, other divisions were made, and many of our family went into churches of the same or other denominations.
In the St. John's Church records we found an entry showing that in 1816 the vestry and others petitioned the Bishop of Nova Scotia to name Rev. Ferryman as missionary to the church by reason of the death of Rev. Shreve; this petition is signed by F. J. Langille and P. Langille and P. Langille (three signatures).
In said records it also appears that on Nov. 7, 1814, there was an auction sale of pews in St. John's Church and Paulus Langille bought Pew No. 13 at the price of 7 pounds and 1 shilling.
The Anglican Church of Mahone Bay was established in 1835 and some of the members of the Lunenburg church transferred to it. It has had among its members many of the Langille family during the past 94 years.
The records of this church contain records of births, baptisms, marriages, and burials of many members of our family.
Thus far, although we have had repeared requests, with offers to pay costs of copy, we have been unsuccessful in obtaining copies of these records. However, we still hope to get them and add to our family records.
The making of this family genealogy has proven to be a very happy occasion or diversion for us. Last summer we made our first visit to Nova Scotia; our contacts with the citizens of the Province left us with pleasant recollections, some of which become subjects of our conversation almost daily.
At this time we wish to again express our gratitude for kindness and hospitality extended to us and the ready response given when we wanted aid in securing records for the family=s use. Thank you for your fellowship, and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
December 1929. Allister Sloan Langille,
Sara Janson Langille, M. D.
My heritage goes back to Leopold Frederick and his first wife Margaret and before that to David Charles
I was given a scroll and along with the book I partially transcribed above, Langille Family Genealogical Records, published in 1929 by Allister Sloan Langille and his wife Sara Janson Langille of Chicago, Illinois with the complete direct lineage of my family and the generations up to about 1929 of all offspring of Leopold Frederick and both 3rd wife Catherine Boutillier and 1st wife Margaret. I plan on eventually posting this info on my website.
My parents gave me a copy of, "History and Genealogy of South Shore Langille's of Nova Scotia", 3rd Edition by Stewart C. Langille, for Christmas. It is published by H&B Langille's Print Ltd, Bridgewater, N.S. and I believe is still available for C$25.00. The address was sent to me by Karen Farmer and is as follows (Thanks Karen :-)
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