Francoise Langlois

     Francoise was born circa 1601 at Alencon, Orne, Normandy, France, at the diocese of St-Leonard.¹ She was the daughter of Guillaume Langlois and Jeanne Millet. Francoise married Pierre Desportes circa 1614. It is not known if Pierre and his wife, Francoise immigrated together. Pierre may have come earlier with his future brother-in-law Abraham Martin, husband of Francoise's sister, Marguerite, possibly as early as 1614. By 1620, both Pierre and Francoise were residing in Quebec. They had come at the request of Samuel Champlain in his effort to establish a permanent settlement at Habitation de Quebec.^2,3 Francoise departed this life on Tuesday, 20 April 1632 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. She was buried there in the churchyard of St-Jacques on Wednesday, 21 April 1632.⁴