Jean BERTRAND

Born

abt. 1692 , Acadia, Canada

Died

20 December 1757 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Claude BERTRAND Catherine PITRE

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Jean BERTRAND was born abt. 1692 in Acadia, Canada

Jean BERTRAND was the child of Claude BERTRAND and Catherine PITRE

and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean Beneque PITRE and Marie PESSELEY (PESSELET)

Jean was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Jean married Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE abt. 1722 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE was born 14 October 1706 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Françoise was the child of Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Madeleine TRAHAN.

Jean BERTRAND died 20 December 1757 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean BERTRAND married

Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE-- Date: abt. 1722 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE was the child of Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Madeleine TRAHAN

Children of Jean BERTRAND and Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE

Marguerite BERTRAND (b.abt. 1732, , Acadia, Canada d. 14 September 1798, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )
m. Claude Paul BRAZEAU 22 August 1746 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1746 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BERTRAND married 22 August 1746, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Claude Paul BRAZEAU

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)