Jean BERTRAND

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abt. 1658 , France

Died

16 February 1709 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1658 in France

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1685.

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Jean married Marguerite TESSIER 10 September 1685 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite TESSIER was born 2 March 1669 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite was the child of Marc TESSIER and Jacquette LEDOUX.

Jean married (2) Jeanne (Anne) LAVALLÉE 5 July 1696 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . Jeanne (Anne) LAVALLÉE was born abt. 1671 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jeanne (Anne) died 3 March 1715 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Jeanne (Anne) was the child of Jean ("Petit Jean") LAVALLÉE and Marguerite DUSSON.

Jean BERTRAND died 16 February 1709 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Jean Bertrand and Renee Boucherot

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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

Marguerite TESSIER
Marriage date: 10 September 1685
Marriage place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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Marguerite TESSIER was the child of Marc TESSIER and Jacquette LEDOUX

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Name: Jean Bertrand

Birth Date: 1658

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Age: 27

Spouse's Name: Marguerite Tessier

Spouse's Birth Date: 1669

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Spouse's Age: 16

Event Date: 10 Sep 1685

Event Place: Saint-Charles-De-Charlesbourg, Charlesbourg, Québec, Quebec

Father's Name: Jean Bertrand

Mother's Name: Renee Boucher

Spouse's Father's Name: Marc Tessier

Spouse's Mother's Name: Jacquette Ledoux

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04036-0

System Origin: Canada-EASy

GS Film number: 1290316

Reference ID: 8

"Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 21 April 2015), Jean Bertrand and Marguerite Tessier, 10 Sep 1685; citing Saint-Charles-De-Charlesbourg, Charlesbourg, Québec, Quebec, reference 8; FHL microfilm 1,290,316.

Children of Jean BERTRAND and Marguerite TESSIER

Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND

Born: abt. 1687, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 17 August 1687, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Francois BERTRAND

Born: 15 March 1689, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 2 August 1736, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Madeleine MEUNIER 4 October 1719 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Jean BERTRAND married

Jeanne (Anne) LAVALLÉE
Marriage date: 5 July 1696
Marriage place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jeanne (Anne) LAVALLÉE was the child of Jean ("Petit Jean") LAVALLÉE and Marguerite DUSSON

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groom's name: Jean Bertrand

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bride's name: Jeanne Vale

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marriage date: 05 Jul 1696

marriage place: Saint-Charles-De-Charlesbourg, Charlesbourg, Québec, Quebec

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bride's father's name: Jean Vale

bride's mother's name: Margueritte Dusson

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indexing project (batch) number: I04036-0

system origin: Canada-EASy

source film number: 1290316

reference number: 64

"Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 06 Jan 2013), Jean Bertrand and Jeanne Vale, 05 Jul 1696; citing reference 64, FHL microfilm 1290316.

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BERTRAND – Comes from the Germanic name Berhthramn, of which the term “berht” means brilliant, or illustrious, and the term “hramn” means raven.

Jean Bertrand was born around 1653 in Matha, Saintes en Saintonge, France. Son of Jean and Renée Boucherot, he married Marguerite Tessier, daughter of Marc and Jacqueline Ledoux, in 1685 in Charlesbourg. From this union were born 2 children. After the death of his wife, he married a second time with Jeanne Lavallée, daughter of Jean and Marguerite Dusson, in Charlesbourg in 1696. From their union was born 1 child. Arrived in the country in 1683 as a ploughman, he settled in Charlesbourg. In 1687, he undertook to go to war in place of Étienne Bédard and returned safe and sound. He died in March 1709 at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.
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