Charles Langlade Jr. (abt. 1744 - 1820)

Ancestors

Biography

Born between 1744 & 1750.

Historical genealogy information (Excerpt)

" Charles de Langlade (Father) was married by the Indian rite, then common on the frontier, to an Ottawa woman, by which marriage his son Charles de Langlade, Jr. was born, whom he had carefully educated at Mont real.

This son was engaged as interpreter at Mackinaw during the American Revolution and afterward lived at Green Bay. He was in the English service in 1812, at Mackinac, under command of Captain Roberts. He was married to an Ottawa woman, who bore him two daughters and two sons, Charles and Louis de Langlade.

Louis was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812 promoted for distinguished service. It is this family of Charles de Langlade senior which transmits his name to posterity. A number of their descendants remain in Wisconsin, some of them re siding in Langlade County." ^[1]

Historical Information Abstract

" Charles Langlade Jr. was the son of Charles Langlade Sr. and an Ottawa woman, being born before the latter's marriage in 1754.

This half-breed, (Métis) was educated in Montreal, and became an Indian trader and interpreter. He was first employed in the latter capacity in 1782; and having been made ensign in the British Indian department, migrated to St. Joseph's Island with the garrison in 1796.

There he was chosen in 1799 as official interpreter, to succeed Lamothe. He aided in the re-capture of Mackinac by the British in 1812, and in the repulse of the Americans in 1814.

After the war he retired to Drummond Island, and probably died there. His descendants were recently living in Canada; see Ontario Hist. Soc. Records, iii, pp. 147-149.

Angelique Langlade, with whom an interview is there given, was probably the granddaughter (not the daughter) of Charles Langlade Jr., and either she or her interviewer has confused the facts in the life of her grandfather and great-grandfather, making them appear as one." ^[2]

Research Notes:

Note: Genealogy information for Charles Langlade lists Angelique as a spouse and that they may have had three sons and three daughters. ^[3]

Note " In late June 1782 Lieutenants Charles Langlade Jr. (son of Chales Langlade and now in the British service) and Antoine Ignace accompanied a Nissowaquet and Kewishishgum 's Odawa war party from Mackinac Island to Detroit to defend against a possible attack by American George Rogers Clark. " ^[4]

Note: Charles Langlade Jr. was in residence at Mackinac Island. (1793) ^[5]

Note: "Langlade's (Senior) son and grandson served with the British Army as officers and interpreters among other positions. " ^[6]

Sources

• Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814 edited by David Curtis Skaggs, Larry L. Nelson page 84

1. ↑ [(Bravest of the Brave: Captain Charles de Langlade By Publius Virgilius Lawson pages 253-254)]
2. ↑ [( The French Regime in Wisconsin 1634-1760: 1748-1760 By Reuben Gold Thwaites page 495])]
3. ↑ [(Moving Subjects: Gender, Mobility, and Intimacy in an Age of Global Empire edited by Tony Ballantyne, Antoinette M. Burton page 159)]
4. ↑ [( "Masters of Empire Great Lakes Indians and The Making of America" by Michael A. McDonnell page 308)]
5. ↑ [( "Masters of Empire Great Lakes Indians and The Making of America" by Michael A. McDonnell page 315)]
6. ↑ [( "Masters of Empire Great Lakes Indians and The Making of America" by Michael A. McDonnell page 319)]