Isidore William Langlois (1826 - 1876)

Born 20 Aug 1826 in St-Eustache, co. Deux-Montagnes, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Maria (McArthur) Traversy — married 26 Nov 1853 in Notre-Dame Basilica, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada West

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1876 at age 50 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

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Premiers ancêtres en Nouvelle-France:

Noël Langlois (1606-1684) et Françoise Garnier (~1604-1665).

Biographie

Isidore Langlois dit Traversy est né le 20 août 1826 et a été baptisé le 21 août 1826 à St-Eugène, St-Eustache, co. Deux-Montagnes, QC. Il était le fils de Toussaint Langlois dit Traversy et de Hippolyte Proulx.

Il a épousé Agnès McArthur le 26 novembre 1853 à la Basilique Notre-Dame, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Biography

Isidore Langlois dit Traversy was born 20 August 1826 & baptized on August 21st 1826 in St-Eugène, St-Eustache, co. Deux-Montagnes, QC. ^[1]. He was the son of Toussaint Langlois and Hypolite Proulx.

Marriage

Isidore married Agnes (McArthur) Traversy on November 26th 1853 in the Notre-Dame Basilica in Ottawa. ^[2]

Isidore moved from Quebec to Ottawa (then known as Bytown) in the early 1850's. It was during this time that he adopted 'Traversy' as his surname. Isidore was a successful merchant and actively involved in the Municipal Government of Ottawa City as an Alderman for over a decade. He later served as a Justice of the Peace. Isidore was President of the St. Jean Baptiste Society in 1867. He served as President of the Institut Canadien-Francais d'Ottawa for the 1867-68 term.

Children

Isidore and Agnès had seven children in 14 years. [3]

1. Isidore Wilbrod Langlois Dit Traversy - 1854–1888
2. 'Oscar' Langlois Dit Traversy - 1855–1934
3. 'Ascagne' Langlois Dit Traversy - 1857–1890 (Buried with his 3 month old daughter Alice)
4. Oswald Traversy - 1859–1908
5. Clara Agnès 'Flora' Traversy - 1861–1920
6. Valmore Traversy - 1864–1947
7. 'Eudore' George Traversy - 1869–1956

Death

Isidore passed away in 1876 at the age of 50. He is buried with his family in their family plot in Notre Dame Cemetery in Ottawa. The inscription reads 'ISIDORE W. TRAVERSY DÉCÉDÉ LE 6 NOV. 1876 AGE DE 50 ANS ASGAGNE R. TRAVERSY DIED MARCH 1ST 1890 AGED 33 YRS. & 3 MOS. HIS DAUGHTER ALICE AGED 4 YEARS."

Sources

1. ↑ Registres paroissiaux, collection Drouin, St-Eustache, St-Eugène, 1826, image 39 (d), feuillet 39 (r), B-176
2. ↑ Registres paroissiaux catholiques de l'Ontario, collection Drouin, 1829-1949 image 742 #103, et 1852-1855, image 95 (d), M-114

• Recherches: Le registre de baptême à St-Eustache peut être trouvé via le nom (erroné) de Isidor William Trud.

NL H-266

Contributions by Mary Peterson (Traversy), April 30 2018 and February 7 2019.