First Known Newspaper Ad Re Freemasons in New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND HERALD AND AUCKLAND GAZETTE, VOLUME I, ISSUE 2, 17 JULY 1841.
Jean François Langlois was born on 26 June 1808 in La Luzerne, near St Lô, Manche, France, the son of Jean François Langlois and his wife, Anne Mauroird (also spelt Maurouard). In his teens Langlois registered as a sailor in the port of Cherbourg. From 1826 he served on whaling ships out of Le Havre, becoming a captain in 1833.
On 4 July 1833 at Le Havre he married Zélie Alphonsine Mélanie Sebire. In 1837 he was captain of the Cachalot.
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2021 - Early Freemasonry in Small Town New Zealand - Bro John MacDonald.
