Descendants of Jean Bertrand
Generation
No. 1
1. JEAN1 BERTRAND He married RENEE BOUCHEROT.
Child of JEAN BERTRAND and RENEE BOUCHEROT is:
2. i. JEAN2 BERTRAND, b. Abt.
1651, Matha, France(?); d. 16 February 1708/09, Hotel-Dieu, Quebec City,
Province Quebec, Canada.
Generation
No. 2
2. JEAN2 BERTRAND (JEAN1) was born Abt. 1651 in Matha, France(?), and died 16
February 1708/09 in Hotel-Dieu, Quebec City, Province Quebec, Canada. He married (1) MARGUERITE MARIE TESSIER 10
September 1685 in Charlesbourg, Province Quebec, Canada, daughter of MARC TESSIER and JACQUELINE LEDOUX. She died Bef. 1696. He married (2) JEANNE LAVALLEE 25 July
1696 in Charlesbourg, Province Quebec, Canada.
Notes for JEAN BERTRAND:
He was a "laboureur
and charretier" - a laborer who drove a cart.
Children of JEAN BERTRAND and MARGUERITE TESSIER are:
3. i. JEAN-FRANCOIS3 BERTRAND, b. 15
March 1688/89, St-Romain, Province Quebec, Canada.
ii. JEAN-BAPTISTE BERTRAND, b. 13 August 1687, Petite Auvergne; d. 17 August
1687.
Child of JEAN BERTRAND and JEANNE LAVALLEE is:
iii. FELICITE3 BERTRAND, b.
December 1696, St-Augustin; d. 24 February 1696/97, St-Augustin.
Generation
No. 3
3. JEAN-FRANCOIS3 BERTRAND (JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
15 March 1688/89 in St-Romain, Province Quebec, Canada. He married MARIE-MADELEINE MONIER/MEUNIER 4 October
1719 in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Province Quebec, Canada, daughter of MATHURIN MONIER/MEUNIER and MARIE-MADELEINE CHATEAUNEUF.
Children of JEAN-FRANCOIS BERTRAND and MARIE-MADELEINE MONIER/MEUNIER are:
4. i. JEAN FRANCOIS4 BERTRAND, b. 23
September 1720, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Province Quebec, Canada.
ii. IGNACE BERTRAND, b. 28 May 1724, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Province Quebec,
Canada; m. MARIE-JEANNE LAROCHE, 14 August 1752, Quebec City, Province Quebec, Canada.
iii. MARIE-AGATHE BERTRAND, b. 29 March 1726, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Province
Quebec, Canada; m. JEAN BAPTISTE DROLET, 4 April 1747, Quebec City, Province Quebec, Canada.
iv. JOSEPH-MARIE BERTRAND, b. 13 March 1727/28, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Province
Quebec, Canada; m. MARIE CLAUDE VERRET DIT LAVERDURE, 17 November 1750.
v. JEAN-BAPTISTE BERTRAND, b. 16 July 1729, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Province Quebec,
Canada; m. MARIE-MADELEINE MARTIN DIT ST. JEAN, 16 August 1758.
vi. MARIE-MADELEINE BERTRAND, b. 12 January 1721/22, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Province
Quebec, Canada.
vii. MARIE-MARGUERITE BERTRAND, b. 11 October 1730, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Province
Quebec, Canada.
Generation
No. 4
4. JEAN FRANCOIS4 BERTRAND (JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 23 September 1720 in L'Ancienne-Lorette,
Province Quebec, Canada. He married (1)
MARIE-URSULE MIGNEAULT Aft.
1748. He married (2) MARIE LOUISE MORINIE/MOREGNIER 23 April
1748 in Charlesbourg, Province Quebec, Canada, daughter of PHILIBERT MORIGNIER and MARIE-ANGELIQUE DUBREUIL.
Children of JEAN BERTRAND and MARIE MORINIE/MOREGNIER are:
5. i. FRANCOIS5 BERTRAND.
ii. JOACHIM BERTRAND, m. MARIE JOSEPHE MORIN, 20 January 1786, St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, Province
Quebec, Canada.
iii. FRANCOISE-MARIE BERTRAND, m. ETIENNE ALLAIRE, 7 February 1780, L'Assomption, Province Quebec,
Canada.
iv. MARIE BERTRAND, m. JOACHIM TELLIER LAFORTUNE, 3 January 1777.
Generation
No. 5
5. FRANCOIS5 BERTRAND (JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) He married MARIE ANNE LISSOT 12 August
1771 in L'Assomption, Province Quebec, Canada, daughter of NICOLAS LISSOT and MARIE LABRIE.
Children of FRANCOIS BERTRAND and MARIE LISSOT are:
6. i. JOSEPH-MARIE6 BERTRAND, b. 23 May
1772, L'Assomption, Province Quebec, Canada.
ii. FRANCOIS BERTRAND, m. MARIE-MADELEINE MARGUERITE BAUDOUIN, 15 February 1794, L'Assomption, Province Quebec,
Canada.
iii. MARGUERITE BERTRAND, m. ALEXIS FRANCOIS PHOCAS RAYMOND, 21 October 1799, L'Assomption, Province Quebec,
Canada.
iv. ANGELIQUE BERTRAND, m. CHARLES RIVET, 28 February 1791, L'Assomption, Province Quebec,
Canada.
Generation
No. 6
6. JOSEPH-MARIE6 BERTRAND (FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 23 May 1772 in L'Assomption, Province
Quebec, Canada. He married MARIE-JUDITH CHAPUT 30 June
1794 in St-Roch de L'Achigan, Province Quebec, Canada, daughter of PIERRE CHAPUT and CATHERINE MARTEL.
Child of JOSEPH-MARIE BERTRAND and MARIE-JUDITH CHAPUT is:
7. i. JEAN-BAPTISTE7 BERTRAND, b. 8
August 1798, St-Roch-de- L'Achigan, Province Quebec, Canada.
Generation
No. 7
7. JEAN-BAPTISTE7 BERTRAND (JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 8
August 1798 in St-Roch-de- L'Achigan, Province Quebec, Canada. He married MARIE-MARGUERITE JETTE 29 October
1822 in St-Jacques, Comte Montcalm, Province Quebec, Canada, daughter of PAUL JETTE and MARIE-LOUISE ROBILLARD.
Children of JEAN-BAPTISTE BERTRAND and MARIE-MARGUERITE JETTE are:
8. i. LEON8 BERTRAND, b. 4
August 1824, Ste-Julienne, Province Quebec, Canada; d. 15 August 1893, Kankakee
County, Illinois.
ii. EUSEBE BERTRAND.
iii. ELOISE BERTRAND.
iv. MELANIE BERTRAND.
v. LOUIS BERTRAND.
vi. ADELINE BERTRAND.
vii. ELISABETH BERTRAND.
viii. DENYS BERTRAND.
ix. LIBON BERTRAND.
x. CELESTINE BERTRAND.
Generation
No. 8
8. LEON8 BERTRAND (JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 4 August 1824 in Ste-Julienne, Province
Quebec, Canada, and died 15 August 1893 in Kankakee County, Illinois. He married (1) MARIE-AGLAE PERREAULT 23 July
1844 in St-Jacques, Comte Montcalm, Province Quebec, Canada, daughter of BASILE PERREAULT and MARCELLINE JETTE. She was born 11 July 1824 in Ontario,
Canada, and died 25 June 1876 in Kankakee County, Illinois. He married (2) CELINE CHAPUT February
1883 in St-Alexis, Comte Montcalm, Province Quebec, Canada.
Notes for LEON BERTRAND:
Parish History, Kankakee
County, Illinois, by Father Joseph Meyer, in the chapter titled St. James
Pioneer and Subsequent Settlers, French Canadian Colony, gives the following
biography of Leon Bertrand:
"Leon Bertrand - Born,
as near as could be ascertained, at Ste. Julienne, Canada, on August 18, 1824.
Came with one of his brothers and another companion to America 1853. His wife
arrived several months after with their six children. He stayed five or six
years where he had settled at first and where he had built a loghouse
afterwards used as a milk, meat and storehouse. Married on July 24, 1844, to
Aglae Perrault, who was born in Ontario on July 11, 1824. Children: Aziline,
Simeon, Joseph, Aglae, Exirine, Louis, Donalda, Honore, Napoleon, Eliza,
Philibert, Moise, Domitille, Julia, Adeline, Eva, Orenie. After the death of
his first wife on June 25, 1877, Mr. Bertrand married Celine Chaput in February
1883. Bought 80 acres from railroad company at $8 per acre on ten years' time.
Owing to an error he built his log house on some one else's land and had to
move, after occupying same five years. Died on August 15, 1893, and is buried
in St. Rose cemetery, Kankakee. Leon Bertrand came to Illinois by way of the
lakes. From Chicago he was taken with a team of oxen to Bourbonnais. In his
early farming days he worked for fifty cents a day of 15 hours labor, walking
every day six miles to Pilot Grove during threshing and harvesting season.
Threshing in those days was done with a flail and the oats and wheat separated
from the chaff with a fan. He drove many a hundred hogs to Chicago, the nearest
market, where a year's household supplies were bought. He owned the first team
of horses in this district. This same team was traded to Joseph Goudreau for 80
acres. The latter, who moved near Lincoln, Nebraska, traded the same team for a
ranch with all the cattle theron in the 1850's. Leon Bertrand was one of these
pioneers who accomplished things. At one time he had to borrow money at 40 per
cent interest. His brother Eusebe Bertrand came to Pilot Twp. in 1852. When the
Illinois Central railroad was constructed in 1854 he built a shanty in the
woods of Kankakee, now Court street, keeping a hotel for the workingmen."
Baptisms of "Henri and Moise" are found in Registers of Maternity BVM
Catholic Church, Bourbonnais, Illinois. Leon and Marie-Aglae are buried at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois. Much is written about Leon,
Marie-Aglae and their descendants in Kankakee County, Illinois History, Vol.
II, pub. 1906. (Research by Norma Meier 1998)
Children of LEON BERTRAND and MARIE-AGLAE PERREAULT are:
i. AZILINE9 BERTRAND, b. 17
April 1845, Canada; m. JOSEPH ARNOIS, 19 February 1860.
ii. SIMEON BERTRAND, b. 17 March 1846, Canada.
9. iii. JOSEPH ADOLPH BERTRAND, b. 23 March 1847; d. 8 February 1928, Clyde, Cloud
County, Kansas.
10. iv. MARIE-AGLAE BERTRAND, b. 23 August 1848, Canada; d. 27 October 1908.
11. v. EXIRINE BERTRAND, b. 1 November 1849, Canada.
12. vi. LOUIS BERTRAND, b. 26 October 1850, Canada; d. 2 July 1916, Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
vii. DONALDA BERTRAND, b. 6 October 1851, Canada.
13. viii. HONORE "HENRY" BERTRAND, b. 29 October 1852, Illinois; d. 9 March 1894.
14. ix. NAPOLEON L. BERTRAND, b. 10 August 1854, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 23
November 1926, Kankakee County, Illinois.
15. x. ELIZABETH/ELIZA BERTRAND, b. 26 December 1855, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 2
December 1888, Hill City, Kansas.
16. xi. PHILIBERT/ALBERT P. BERTRAND, b. 3 June 1857, Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois;
d. 24 February 1903, Jasper County, Indiana.
17. xii. MOSES BERTRAND, b. 15 November 1858, Pilot Township, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 9 April 1941, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
xiii. DOMITILLE BERTRAND, b. 1 April 1860, Pilot Township, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 19 August 1925, Limestone Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.
xiv. JULIA BERTRAND, b. 3 May 1861, Pilot Township, Kankakee County,
Illinois; m. (1) ALEXIS GIRARD, 14 January 1878; m. (2) LOUIS R. JORAN, 20 September
1900.
xv. EVA BERTRAND, b. 15 February 1862, Illinois.
xvi. ADELINE BERTRAND, b. 15 May 1863, Illinois; d. 28 May 1896; m. GEORGE W. BATES.
xvii. AURELIA BERTRAND, b. 1 August 1866, Illinois.
Generation
No. 9
9. JOSEPH ADOLPH9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
23 March 1847, and died 8 February 1928 in Clyde, Cloud County, Kansas. He married LIA-MARIE MENARD 21 January
1867 in Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois, daughter of BENONIE MENARD and MELANIE BOUTEILLER. She was born 1849, and died 1931.
Notes for JOSEPH ADOLPH BERTRAND:
1870 Illinois Census,
Kankakee County, Otto Township records this family. Joseph, Lia-Marie and
daughter Mary Louise are buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Clyde, Cloud County,
Kansas.
Children of JOSEPH BERTRAND and LIA-MARIE MENARD are:
i. LEON10 BERTRAND, b. 1868.
ii. MARY LOUISE BERTRAND, b. 25 November 1885; d. 10 November 1909.
iii. CLARA B. BERTRAND, b. 1880, Illinois; m. MOSES DEMARS, 9 January
1900, St Joseph, Cloud County, Kansas; b. 1878, Aurora, Cloud County, Kansas.
18. iv. JULIEN BERTRAND, b. 1869, Illinois.
10. MARIE-AGLAE9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
23 August 1848 in Canada, and died 27 October 1908. She married VINCENT FRANK BONER 26 April 1865.
He was born 1837, and died 29 November 1922.
Notes for MARIE-AGLAE BERTRAND:
Vincent married second to
Philomene, widow of Philibert Bertrand. He bought 116 acres at $7.75 per acre
in Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, then sold it, less 20 acres, to
Leon Bertrand and kept a blacksmith shop in Section 3, according to Parish
History, Kankakee County, Illinois by Father Joseph Meyer.
Children of MARIE-AGLAE BERTRAND and VINCENT BONER are:
i. FRANK10 BONER.
ii. LIBBY BONER.
iii. HATTIE BONER.
iv. ______ BONER.
11. EXIRINE9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 1
November 1849 in Canada. She married HUBERT GERVAIS, son of FRANCOIS GERVAIS and GENEVIEVE GREGORIE. He was born 1842, and died 1917.
Notes for EXIRINE BERTRAND:
Hubert served in the Civil
War and is buried at St. Rose Cemetery, Kankakee, Illinois, but there is no
marker.
Children of EXIRINE BERTRAND and HUBERT GERVAIS are:
i. ROSE10 GERVAIS.
ii. JOSEPHINE GERVAIS, m. JOHN SENESAC, 13 October 1896.
iii. FRED GERVAIS.
iv. ADELINE GERVAIS, m. FRED SENESAC.
v. WILLIAM GERVAIS.
12. LOUIS9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
26 October 1850 in Canada, and died 2 July 1916 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He married DELENA ADELINE MAYETTE 6 January
1873, daughter of CHARLES MAYETTE and SOPHIA FORTEARK. She was born
26 October 1855 in Louiseville, Province Quebec, Canada.
Notes for LOUIS BERTRAND:
Kankakee County, Illinois,
History, Vol. II, pub. 1906 says about Louis Bertrand, "From an humble
position in life, without means or special incnetive, louis Bertrand has arisen
to an influential place in the agricultural worl of Pilot township, becoming
one of the best informed and most successful of the many sons of that honored
pioneer, Leon Bertand. Mr. Bertrand was one of the six children who accompanied
their parents from Ontario, Canada, where he was born October 4, 1850, being
ayear old at the time of the removal. His native land, therefore, has no place
in his memory, and to Pilot township he owes his education, agricultural
training, and subsequent control of his spendlidly equipped farm of two hundred
and eighty acres on section 14. . ." 1900 Illinois Census, Kankakee
County, Pilot Township, Vol. 103 ED51, Sheet 5, Line 74 records the family;
living in the household then was his stepmother Celine and his sister
Matilda/Domitille. Son Jule left three sons and three daughters; he is buried
in Detroit.
Children of LOUIS BERTRAND and DELENA MAYETTE are:
i. LILLIE10 BERTRAND.
ii. HENRY BERTRAND, b. December 1874.
iii. JULIUS/JULE BERTRAND, b. 1875, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 27 November
1954, Detroit, Michigan.
iv. ALBERT/ ELBRO BERTRAND, b. October 1877.
19. v. DAVID BERTRAND, b. October 1877; d. 21 December 1966.
vi. HERMITAGE BERTRAND, b. 1879.
vii. MEDOS L. BERTRAND, b. September 1879, Illinois.
20. viii. HARRY BERTRAND, b. 10 June 1883; d. 17 December 1951.
21. ix. FREDERICK H. BERTRAND, b. April 1885; d. 1966.
x. GEORGE G. BERTRAND, b. April 1889, Illinois.
xi. LAURA H. BERTRAND, b. February 1893, Illinois; d. 22 September 1960; m. ______ LEDUKE.
xii. ROBBIE J. BERTRAND, b. March 1895, Illinois.
xiii. LOUIS J. BERTRAND, b. August 1898, Illinois.
13. HONORE "HENRY"9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
29 October 1852 in Illinois, and died 9 March 1894. He married JULIA PROVOST 1 January 1874.
She was born 17 January 1849 in Canada.
Notes for HONORE "HENRY" BERTRAND:
The family is detailed in
History of Kankakee County, Illinois, Vol. II, pub. 1906.
1900 Illinois Census,
Kankakee County, Pilot Township, Vol. 103, ED51, Sheet 4, Line 39 shows the
family. Honore's was baptized 2 November 1852 at Maternity BVM Catholic Church,
Bourbonnais, Illinois. Julie married second to Louis Joron.
Children of HONORE BERTRAND and JULIA PROVOST are:
22. i. ALFRED L.10 BERTRAND, b. 6
September 1875, Illinois; d. 30 March 1947.
23. ii. ARTHUR J. BERTRAND, b. 18 February 1877, Illinois; d. 26 March 1949.
24. iii. HOMER BERTRAND, b. May 1879, Illinois.
iv. LEONTINE BERTRAND.
v. ANTOINETTE BERTRAND, b. July 1884, Illinois; m. PETER KNITTLE.
25. vi. HENRY G. BERTRAND, b. September 1893.
14. NAPOLEON L.9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
10 August 1854 in Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 23 November 1926 in
Kankakee County, Illinois. He married MARY ELLEN MERILLAT 15
February 1876 in Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois, daughter of PIERRE MERILLAT and CELESTINE GIRARD. She was born 8 December 1863 in Pilot
Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 27 July 1928 in Kankakee County,
Illinois.
Notes for NAPOLEON L. BERTRAND:
1880 Kansas Census, Cloud
County, Aurora Township #65-65 records this family; birthplaces of Mary's
parents is given as: mother born Canada, father born Switzerland. 1900 Illinois
Census, Kankakee County, 365 5th Avenue, Kankakee City, Vol. 103 ED41 Sheet 12
Line 2 gives this family; Napoleon's birth is given as August 1851and Mary
Ellen's as December 1861. Her father, Peter Merillat, age 63, is shown with the
family in 1900. Is son Eddie the Edward who married Belzemere Beland?
Children of NAPOLEON BERTRAND and MARY MERILLAT are:
26. i. JOSEPH N.10 BERTRAND, b. 16
November 1877, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 31 January 1931,
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
ii. ROSE C. BERTRAND, b. 1879, Illinois.
iii. EDDIE BERTRAND, b. February 1882, Illinois.
iv. GEORGANNA BERTRAND, b. December 1887, Illinois.
v. MINNIE BERTRAND, b. December 1889, Illinois.
vi. LILLIE BERTRAND, b. December 1891, Illinois.
vii. IDA MAY BERTRAND, b. April 1893, Illinois.
viii. PEARL BERTRAND, b. July 1895, Illinois.
ix. ADLORD BERTRAND, b. 30 August 1896, Illinois; d. 21 June 1949.
x. MARY E. BERTRAND, b. December 1899, Illinois.
27. xi. HECTOR ABEL BERTRAND, b. 10 February 1905, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 26 September 1939, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
15. ELIZABETH/ELIZA9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
26 December 1855 in Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 2 December 1888 in Hill
City, Kansas. She married DAVID GERVAIS June 1873
in Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois, son of FRANCOIS GERVAIS and GENEVIEVE GREGORIE. He was born 25 September 1840 in St-Cyprien,
Province Quebec, Canada, and died 10 May 1922 in Vermillion, South Dakota.
Children of ELIZABETH/ELIZA BERTRAND and DAVID GERVAIS are:
i. LEON10 GERVAIS, b. 1874,
Illinois.
ii. ROMAIN GERVAIS, b. 1875, Illinois.
iii. JEREMIAH GERVAIS, b. 1877, Illinois.
iv. GEORGE HENRY GERVAIS, b. 1878, Illinois.
v. ARSELIE JULIA GERVAIS, b. 1879, Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois; d.
1930; m. MICHAEL "MAX" TOUNE, 12 June 1901, Iroquois County, Illinois; b. 1876; d.
1951.
vi. ELIZABETH GERVAIS, b. 30 August 1880.
vii. IDA GERVAIS.
viii. NOAH LEWIS GERVAIS, b. Kankakee County, Illinois.
ix. ROUMIA/ROVEN GERVAIS, b. Kankakee County, Illinois.
x. ARTHUR GERVAIS, b. 8 August 1887, Hill City, Kansas.
16. PHILIBERT/ALBERT P.9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 3
June 1857 in Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 24 February
1903 in Jasper County, Indiana. He
married (1) ELISABETH EVA DUQUETTE 9 February 1880.
He married (2) PHILOMENE LAROCHE 12 October 1894.
She was born April 1860 in Canada.
Notes for PHILIBERT/ALBERT P. BERTRAND:
1900 Illinois Census,
Kankakee County, Pilot Township: Vol. 103 ED 51, Sheet 4, Line 14 records the
family.
Children of PHILIBERT/ALBERT BERTRAND and ELISABETH DUQUETTE are:
i. CORA10 BERTRAND, b.
January 1884.
28. ii. PERMELIA BERTRAND, b. December 1885.
17. MOSES9 BERTRAND (LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
15 November 1858 in Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 9 April
1941 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
He married CORDELIA MAYETTE 1 January 1878, daughter of CHARLES MAYETTE and SOPHIA FORTEARK. She was born 1 January 1857 in Louiseville,
Province Quebec, Canada.
Notes for MOSES BERTRAND:
1917 Prairie Farmer
Directory, Kankakee County, Illinois, shows this family in Pilot Township,
Section 14, where Mose owned 320 acres. 1900 Illinois Census, Kankakee County,
Pilot Township, Vol. 103 ED51 Sheet 5,
Line 84 shows the family. Maternity BVM Catholic Church Registers, Bourbonnais,
Illinois show Moise Bertrand was born December 1858 and baptized 5 January
1859.
Children of MOSES BERTRAND and CORDELIA MAYETTE are:
29. i. WILLIAM10 BERTRAND, b. 20
January 1880, Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 3 March 1946, Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
30. ii. VICTOR BERTRAND, b. 15 August 1888, Herscher, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 23 February 1975.
iii. ALDIMORE BERTRAND, b. 10 October 1892, Illinois; d. 1977; m. ELIZABETH GIRARD, 1920; b. 5
January 1892, Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 1 February 1992, Bradley,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
iv. AUGUST BERTRAND, b. 5 January 1894, Illinois; d. 28 January 1975; m. MABEL MARCOTTE; b. 1892;
d. 2 June 1976.
Notes for AUGUST BERTRAND:
Their death records are
found in Maternity BVM Catholic Church, Bourbonnais, Illinois.
v. MARIE LOUISE BERTRAND, b. 13 January 1898, Illinois; d. 13 May 1991,
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; m. JOSEPH DENAULT, 11 January 1916.
vi. LELA/DELIA BERTRAND, b. 1 June 1891.
vii. ALEXANDER BERTRAND, b. 10 October 1882; d. 1885.
viii. GEORGE BERTRAND, b. 15 October 1884; d. in infancy.
ix. LILLIE BERTRAND.
x. SOPHIA BERTRAND, b. 7 January 1885; d. 7 January 1886.
31. xi. EDWARD G. BERTRAND, b. 5 October 1886; d. 29 June 1963.
Generation
No. 10
18. JULIEN10 BERTRAND (JOSEPH ADOLPH9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 1869 in Illinois. He married MEDERICE TRAHAN 13 September 1892 in St Joseph, Cloud County,
Kansas. She was born 1870 in Canada.
Notes for JULIEN BERTRAND:
They lived in Clay County,
Kansas.]
Child of JULIEN BERTRAND and MEDERICE TRAHAN is:
i. MELANICE11 BERTRAND, b.
January 1902; d. 18 November 1903.
19. DAVID10 BERTRAND (LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born October 1877, and died 21 December
1966. He married FLORENCE BIGGS. She was born 1880, and died 31 January 1960.
Notes for DAVID BERTRAND:
1917 Prairie Farmer
Directory, Kankakee County, Illinois shows they farmed in Pilot Township,
Section 14, tenants on Henry G. Bertrand farm.
Children of DAVID BERTRAND and FLORENCE BIGGS are:
i. ______11 BERTRAND.
ii. DAVID BERTRAND.
iii. DONALD BERTRAND.
32. iv. HELEN BERTRAND, b. 16 April 1921, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 29 April 1994, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
v. LUCILLE BERTRAND, m. ______ BRUNER.
vi. RUSSELL BERTRAND.
33. vii. WILBERT "BERT" CAVE BERTRAND, b. 8 January 1903, Goodrich, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 23 July 1995, Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois.
34. viii. DORIS BERTRAND, b. 11 April 1904; d. 31 March 1986, Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
35. ix. VIRGIL V. "JOE" BERTRAND, b. 5 April 1920, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 3
January 1984, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
20. HARRY10 BERTRAND (LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 10 June 1883, and died 17 December
1951. He married MARY C. DUCHENE. She was born 8 May 1888, and died 7 December
1970.
Notes for HARRY BERTRAND:
They are buried at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Kankakee, Illinois.
Children of HARRY BERTRAND and MARY DUCHENE are:
i. LORENE11 BERTRAND, m. ______ GUSTIN.
ii. MABEL BERTRAND, m. (1) ______ FRISCH; m. (2) ______ SAYERS.
iii. LEON A. BERTRAND, b. 30 June 1903; d. 7 August 1978.
36. iv. LYLE J. BERTRAND, b. 31 May 1906; d. 15 July 1978.
37. v. FRANCIS "BUCK" BERTRAND, b. 16 June 1917, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 9 May
1993, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
vi. VERNON BERTRAND, b. 9 September 1921; d. 30 September 1944.
21. FREDERICK H.10 BERTRAND (LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born April 1885, and died 1966. He married EVELYN DARCHE 2 October
1911, daughter of WILLIE DARCHE. She was born
16 January 1893 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 1949.
Notes for FREDERICK H. BERTRAND:
1917 Prairie Farmer
Directory, Kankakee County, Illinois shows they farmed in Limestone Township,
Section 15, owning 80 acres. Evelyn was baptized at Maternity BVM Catholic
Church, Bourbonnais, Illinois. Records on this family were compiled by Mailloux
family genealogist Sister Ignatius (Irene Mae Darche).
Children of FREDERICK BERTRAND and EVELYN DARCHE are:
38. i. EDMUND SIMON11 BERTRAND, b. 16
July 1912, Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 25 March 1998, Safford, Arizona.
39. ii. IDA MAE BERTRAND, b. 20 May 1914, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 10
April 1986, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
iii. WILFRED L. BERTRAND, b. 11 November 1915, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 23
June 1982, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
iv. LEODORE BERTRAND, b. 25 June 1917, Kankakee County, Illinois; m. ANNE ______.
v. IRENE M. BERTRAND, b. 21 November 1919, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 19 February 2001, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; m. ACE BURSCH, 10 February
1951, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 21 July 1989.
vi. DOLORES BERTRAND, b. 14 June 1921, Kankakee County, Illinois; m. KEITH KENNEDY, 25
December 1947, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
vii. PEARL BERTRAND, b. 15 October 1923, Kankakee County, Illinois; m. (1)
WILLIE
WILLWERT, 20 October 1942; m. (2) ______ STROTZ, Aft. 1951.
40. viii. ROBERT F. "BERT" BERTRAND,SR., b. 25 September 1927, Kankakee County, Illinois; d.
29 June 1994, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
22. ALFRED L.10 BERTRAND (HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 6 September 1875 in Illinois, and died 30
March 1947. He married KATHERINE A. WALTER 24 January
1900 in Kankakee County, Illinois, daughter of GEORGE WALTER and URSULA ERZINGER. She was born 11 May 1876 in Illinois.
Notes for ALFRED L. BERTRAND:
Alfred and Katherine are
shown on 1900 Illinois Census, Kankakee County, Pilot township; Vol. 103 ED 51
Sheet 4 Line 39. The family is detailed in History of Kankakee County,
Illinois, Vol. II, pub. 1906.
Child of ALFRED BERTRAND and KATHERINE WALTER is:
41. i. LEROY A.11 BERTRAND, b. 13
June 1901; d. 24 January 1941.
23. ARTHUR J.10 BERTRAND (HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 18 February 1877 in Illinois, and died 26
March 1949. He married LOLA CARON 19 April
1900, daughter of JOSEPH CARON and MALVINA PARE. She was born
24 April 1884 in Illinois, and died 26 September 1977.
Notes for ARTHUR J. BERTRAND:
1900 Illinois Census,
Kankakee County shows the young couple in Pilot Township (Vol. 103 ED51 Sheet
4, Line 9) 1917 Prairie Farmer Directory, Kankakee County, Illinois shows they
farmed in Pilot Township, Sections 11-13, owned 246 acres. History of Kankakee
County, Illinois, Vol. II, pub. 1906 also tells of the family.
Children of ARTHUR BERTRAND and LOLA CARON are:
42. i. HARVEY J.11 BERTRAND, b. 13
January 1902, Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 15 March 1961,
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
ii. AMBROSE BERTRAND, b. 29 September 1908, Kankakee County, Illinois; d.
23 October 1986, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; m. LILLIAN C. FLAGEOLE, 9 April
1931, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; b. 27 February 1909, Kankakee
County, Illinois; d. 15 April 2000, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
iii. MELVINA BERTRAND, m. ______ LAROCQUE.
24. HOMER10 BERTRAND (HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born May 1879 in Illinois. He married ALICE S. CARON 25 June
1903, daughter of JOSEPH CARON and MELVINA PARE. She was born
24 January 1886 in Kankakee County, Illinois.
Notes for HOMER BERTRAND:
The family is detailed in
History of Kankakee County, Illinois, Vol. II, pub. 1906.
Child of HOMER BERTRAND and ALICE CARON is:
i. HONORE11 BERTRAND, b. 15
April 1902; d. 24 February 1913.
25. HENRY G.10 BERTRAND (HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born September 1893. He married OLIVE M. FELLER. She was born
1894, and died 21 September 1962.
Notes for HENRY G. BERTRAND:
1917 Prairie Farmer
Directory, Kankakee County, Illinois shows this family in Pilot Township,
Section 11, owning 160 acres.
Children of HENRY BERTRAND and OLIVE FELLER are:
43. i. BERYL G.11 BERTRAND, b. 13
December 1924, Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 28 October 1999, Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
ii. DOROTHY BERTRAND, m. ORVILLE GRANGER.
44. iii. HAROLD C. BERTRAND, b. 18 June 1930, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
45. iv. HENRY J. "HANK" BERTRAND, b. 3 January 1927, Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois;
d. 29 March 1997, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
v. MARJORIE BERTRAND, m. PATRICK O'CONNOR.
46. vi. ROMAN BERTRAND, b. 8 January 1916, Benton Harbor, Michigan; d. 25
August 1990, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
47. vii. VIOLA J. BERTRAND, b. 16 October 1922, Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois;
d. 17 April 2000, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
48. viii. LEONARD N. BERTRAND, b. 27 April 1914, Benton Harbor, Michigan; d. 12 October
1995, Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois.
ix. RAYNOLD J. BERTRAND, b. 23 May 1918, Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois;
d. 7 May 1981, Cahokia, Illinois.
26. JOSEPH N.10 BERTRAND (NAPOLEON L.9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 16 November 1877 in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Illinois, and died 31 January 1931 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He married ALDEA ______. She was born 1882, and died 1962.
Notes for JOSEPH N. BERTRAND:
He was associated with A.
H. Lecuyer in a meat market in Kankakee, Illinois. Later he established a
grocery store of his own. They are buried in St. Rose Cemetery, Kankakee.
Children of JOSEPH BERTRAND and ALDEA ______ are:
i. CLARENCE "COONEY"11 BERTRAND.
ii. HOWARD BERTRAND.
iii. LEO BERTRAND.
iv. WALTER BERTRAND.
v. WILLIAM BERTRAND.
vi. BERNICE BERTRAND.
27. HECTOR ABEL10 BERTRAND (NAPOLEON L.9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 10 February 1905 in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Illinois, and died 26 September 1939 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He married ROSE ELLEN BLESSING 10 June
1927 in Joliet, Will County, Illinois, daughter of LESTER BLESSING and MARY BALL. She was born 22 May 1910 in Bloomington,
McLean County, Illinois, and died 12 November 1978 in San Diego, San Diego
County, California.
Child of HECTOR BERTRAND and ROSE BLESSING is:
i. ARTHUR PAUL11 BERTRAND, b. 3 July
1932.
28. PERMELIA10 BERTRAND (PHILIBERT/ALBERT P.9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born December 1885. She married EDWARD DUMAS.
Children of PERMELIA BERTRAND and EDWARD DUMAS are:
49. i. IRENE L.11 DUMAS, b. 16
October 1911, Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 24 October 2002,
Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois.
ii. PAUL DUMAS.
iii. EDMUND DUMAS.
29. WILLIAM10 BERTRAND (MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 20 January 1880 in Goodrich, Kankakee
County, Illinois, and died 3 March 1946 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He married CARRIE ______.
Notes for WILLIAM BERTRAND:
They farmed in Pilot
Township, Kankakee County, Illinois until 1939 when they moved to Kankakee were
he was a janitor at St. Rose Catholic Church. He is buried in Mt. Calvary
cemetery, Kankakee.
Children of WILLIAM BERTRAND and CARRIE ______ are:
50. i. AGNES11 BERTRAND.
ii. ______ BERTRAND, m. JOE JACOBS.
30. VICTOR10 BERTRAND (MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 15 August 1888 in Herscher, Kankakee County,
Illinois, and died 23 February 1975. He
married MARIE J. ODETTE 12 January 1915 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois, daughter of GEORGE ODETTE and ISABELLA LAMBERT. She was born
1893 in Clyde, Cloud County, Kansas.
Notes for VICTOR BERTRAND:
1917 Prairie Farmer
Directory, Kankakee County, Illinois shows this family farming in Pilot
Township, Section 10 where Victor owned 80 acres.
Children of VICTOR BERTRAND and MARIE ODETTE are:
i. MARCELLA11 BERTRAND, m. ______ STEVENS.
51. ii. ROBERT P. BERTRAND, b. 7 October 1915, Pilot Township, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 18 November 1990, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
31. EDWARD G.10 BERTRAND (MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 5 October 1886, and died 29 June 1963. He married ALMA DENAULT, daughter
of FRED
DENAULT
and CELIA LEVASSEUR. She was born
1893, and died 28 June 1957.
Notes for EDWARD G. BERTRAND:
1917 Prairie Farmer
Directory, Kankakee County, Illinois shows they farmed in Pilot Township,
Section 14, owning 80 acres. Edward and Alma are buried at Mt. Calvary
Cemetery, Kankakee, Illinois.
Children of EDWARD BERTRAND and ALMA DENAULT are:
52. i. GENEVIEVE11 BERTRAND.
ii. LAVERNE BERTRAND.
iii. MARYROSE BERTRAND, m. ______ BOUDREAU.
iv. ROLAND BERTRAND.
53. v. ISADORE BERTRAND, b. 1917; d. 28 March 1973.
vi. RAOUL BERTRAND, b. 1919; d. 19 May 1949.
54. vii. ANITA G. BERTRAND, b. 16 July 1923, Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois;
d. 25 February 1996, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
55. viii. CECELIA T. BERTRAND, b. 29 September 1926, Goodrich, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 6 January 1998, Maywood, Illinois.
Generation
No. 11
32. HELEN11 BERTRAND (DAVID10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
16 April 1921 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 29 April 1994 in
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
She married (1) ______ NARTEN Bef. 1980.
She married (2) CLAUDE DRAZY 13 August 1980.
He died 13 April 1991.
Children of HELEN BERTRAND and ______ NARTEN are:
i. DAVID12 NARTEN.
ii. KAREN NARTEN, m. ______ DUCHENE.
33. WILBERT "BERT" CAVE11 BERTRAND (DAVID10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 8
January 1903 in Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 23 July 1995 in
Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois. He
married CAMILLA MAE "MINA" DRAZY 3 December 1930 in Bradley, Kankakee County,
Illinois, daughter of HASWELL DRAZY and DELLA SEARLES. She was born
6 June 1913 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 6 January 1991 in
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
Notes for WILBERT "BERT" CAVE BERTRAND:
She operated the B & B
Lunch in Kankakee, Illinois for 25 years.
He owned and operated Berts Enco and B&B Implement. They are buried
at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kankakee.
Children of WILBERT BERTRAND and CAMILLA DRAZY are:
56. i. PATRICIA JEAN12 BERTRAND.
ii. SHARON BERTRAND, m. ______ KOHL.
57. iii. SHIRLEY MAY BERTRAND, b. 26 November 1934, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 12 January 1991, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
iv. MELBA JOYCE BERTRAND, m. (1) ______ SENESAC; m. (2) CHUCK SEAGO.
v. WILBERT L. BERTRAND, m. DEANNA ______.
vi. GARY WAYNE BERTRAND, m. MARSHA M. KLEINERT, 24 October 1970, St. Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois.
vii. LAWRENCE BERTRAND, m. CAROL L. COTTEN, 31 January 1970, St. Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois.
34. DORIS11 BERTRAND (DAVID10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
11 April 1904, and died 31 March 1986 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. She married (1) HARRY NICHOLS 2 November
1924. He died 1938. She married (2) CLYDE O'NEAL 22 June
1940. He died 1952.
Children of DORIS BERTRAND and HARRY NICHOLS are:
i. TESSA12 NICHOLS, m. HARLEY DAVIDSON.
ii. ELLA NICHOLS, m. JOE TOMAS.
iii. BONNIE NICHOLS, m. ______ ARBOUR.
iv. REBECCA NICHOLS, m. ______ JONES.
35. VIRGIL V. "JOE"11 BERTRAND (DAVID10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 5
April 1920 in Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 3 January 1984 in Green Bay,
Wisconsin. He married ALICE BERNDT JOHNSON 22
December 1967 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
Child of VIRGIL BERTRAND and ALICE JOHNSON is:
i. DAWN12 BERTRAND.
36. LYLE J.11 BERTRAND (HARRY10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
31 May 1906, and died 15 July 1978. He
married AUDRA M. WRIGHT 11 January 1925 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. She was born 12 December 1900
in Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 16 September 1992 in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Illinois.
Children of LYLE BERTRAND and AUDRA WRIGHT are:
58. i. NORMA JEAN12 BERTRAND.
ii. GERALD BERTRAND.
37. FRANCIS "BUCK"11 BERTRAND (HARRY10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
16 June 1917 in Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 9 May 1993 in Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois. He married LELA E. BUHRMESTER 9
January 1937. She was born 24 February
1910, and died 13 June 1987 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Notes for FRANCIS "BUCK" BERTRAND:
They owned and operated the
Bradley Tap, Bradley, Illinois. He was also an employee of Rudolf Express and
had farmed.
Children of FRANCIS BERTRAND and LELA BUHRMESTER are:
i. CAROLINE12 BERTRAND, m. JAMES L'ECUYER.
ii. DARYL BERTRAND, m. BARBARA ______.
38. EDMUND SIMON11 BERTRAND (FREDERICK H.10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
16 July 1912 in Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 25 March 1998 in
Safford, Arizona. He married MARJORIE N. BARTHLOMEW 27
April 1937.
Notes for EDMUND SIMON BERTRAND:
He joined the Navy in 1941
serving as an anti-aircraft gunner in the Atlantic. He became a landscaper for
Memorial Park and worked for Florence Stove Company, Kankakee, Illinois. In
1951 the family moved to Tucson, Arizona where he worked for Couger's Sheet
Metal. Moving to California he worked for Douglas Aircraft. He worked for
Garden Grove Unified School District before retiring in 1974 and moving to
Missouri; later moving to Arizona.
Children of EDMUND BERTRAND and MARJORIE BARTHLOMEW are:
i. JUDY12 BERTRAND, m. ______ COX.
ii. KERRY SUE BERTRAND, m. ______ WILLIAMSON.
iii. MICHAEL BERTRAND.
39. IDA MAE11 BERTRAND (FREDERICK H.10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
20 May 1914 in Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 10 April 1986 in Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois. She married
(1) FRANK EMMERSON HESS 4 July 1935.
He died 1952. She married (2) DONALD SKINNER 15
September 1956.
Children of IDA BERTRAND and FRANK HESS are:
i. MARLENE12 HESS.
ii. DOROTHY HESS, m. ______ KARNES.
40. ROBERT F. "BERT"11 BERTRAND,SR. (FREDERICK H.10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
25 September 1927 in Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 29 June 1994 in
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois. He
married (1) ALICE SCARO 3 June 1950.
He married (2) LORRAINE GUINEY OSENGA 24 May 1980 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. She was born 2 October 1929
in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 18 April 1998 in Bradley,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
Notes for ROBERT F. "BERT" BERTRAND,SR.:
He served in the Navy in
WWII and later worked for the Henkel Corporation. He is entombed in Mound Grove
Mausoleum, Kankakee, Illinois.
Children of ROBERT BERTRAND and ALICE SCARO are:
i. ROBERT F.12 BERTRAND,JR..
ii. DAVID BERTRAND.
iii. EVELYN BERTRAND, m. ______ POLIZZI.
59. iv. CATHERINE BERTRAND.
41. LEROY A.11 BERTRAND (ALFRED L.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
13 June 1901, and died 24 January 1941.
He married RHEA I. MARTIN 9 September 1922 in Goodrich, Kankakee County,
Illinois, daughter of FRED MARTIN and MARY LECUYER. She was born
4 January 1901 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 28 December
1993 in Wichita, Kansas.
Notes for LEROY A. BERTRAND:
They are buried at Mt.
Calvary Cemetery, Kankakee, Illinois.
Children of LEROY BERTRAND and RHEA MARTIN are:
i. VERNON12 BERTRAND, m. ELIZABETH ______.
ii. VIRGIL BERTRAND, m. SHIRLEY ______.
iii. JOAN BERTRAND.
iv. CARMEN BERTRAND, m. ROY SNODGRASS.
v. MERYL BERTRAND.
42. HARVEY J.11 BERTRAND (ARTHUR J.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
13 January 1902 in Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 15 March
1961 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
He married MARY SCHMIDT 11 January 1922 in Goodrich, Kankakee County,
Illinois, daughter of EUGENE SCHMIDT and CATHERINE FRUEH. She was born
12 October 1902 in Bonfield, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 21 February
1999 in Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois.
Notes for HARVEY J. BERTRAND:
They are buried in Mount
Calvary Cemetery, Kankakee, Illinois. Mary Schmidt Bertrand was survived
by 5 children, 22 grandchildren, 48
great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.
Children of HARVEY BERTRAND and MARY SCHMIDT are:
60. i. DUANE A.12 BERTRAND.
61. ii. EUGENE BERTRAND.
62. iii. ELMERE C. BERTRAND, b. 23 June 1925, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois;
d. 11 August 2000, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
iv. LINDA BERTRAND, m. KENNETH REGNIER.
v. JOANN BERTRAND, m. (1) TERRY PIATT, Bef. 1961; m. (2) ______ BOSMAN, Aft. 1961.
vi. DONNA BERTRAND, m. ROBERT MCGREGOR.
43. BERYL G.11 BERTRAND (HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
13 December 1924 in Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 28 October 1999
in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
She married JOHN P. SCHMIDT 22 November 1945 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He died 14 January 1999.
Notes for BERYL G. BERTRAND:
They are buried in Mount
Calvary Mausoleum, Kankakee, Illinois. Beryl was survived by 18 grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
Children of BERYL BERTRAND and JOHN SCHMIDT are:
i. DENNIS12 SCHMIDT, m. MARGARET ______.
ii. STEPHEN SCHMIDT, m. CASSANDRA ______.
iii. DAVID SCHMIDT, m. JEANNE ______.
iv. RANDY SCHMIDT, m. JANE ______.
v. JUDY SCHMIDT, m. ______ PONTON.
vi. JANET SCHMIDT, m. ______ HANSON.
vii. SUE SCHMIDT, m. RON HARPIN.
viii. DONNA SCHMIDT, m. BRENT EARNHART.
ix. MARY SCHMIDT, m. BRIAN PRAIRIE.
x. CATHY SCHMIDT, m. SCOTT BETOURNE.
44. HAROLD C.11 BERTRAND (HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
18 June 1930 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois. He married MARILYN JEAN MATHY 27 February 1954 in Clifton, Iroquois County,
Illinois, daughter of EDWARD MATHY and MARY RIORDAN. She was born
15 June 1934 in Clifton, Iroquois County, Illinois.
Children of HAROLD BERTRAND and MARILYN MATHY are:
i. DEBRA12 BERTRAND, b. 7
March 1955, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 7 March 1955.
ii. DANNY BERTRAND, b. 9 April 1956, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
63. iii. BARBARA BERTRAND, b. 6 January 1958, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
iv. BRIAN BERTRAND, b. 15 January 1961, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
64. v. JEFFERY BERTRAND, b. 8 January 1962, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
vi. TOM BERTRAND, b. 21 October 1963, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois; m. MICHELLE KREMER, 26 July 1986.
vii. MARY E. BERTRAND, b. 1 November 1964, Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois; d. 1 November 1964, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
45. HENRY J. "HANK"11 BERTRAND (HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 3
January 1927 in Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 29 March 1997 in
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois. He
married MARYELLEN PERZEE 4 June 1949 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
Notes for HENRY J. "HANK" BERTRAND:
He was an auctioneer in
Kankakee area for 41 years and was co-owner of Bertrand Horse Ranch and Petting
Zoo north of Watseka, Illinois. He raised and showed miniature horses. He was a
veteran of the Army. He is buried in Memorial Gardens, Kankakee, Illinois.
Children of HENRY BERTRAND and MARYELLEN PERZEE are:
i. HENRY M.12 BERTRAND, m. CINDY ______.
ii. LENNIE BERTRAND, m. SONDRA ______.
iii. PAULA BERTRAND.
65. iv. NANCY BERTRAND.
66. v. CHERYL BERTRAND.
46. ROMAN11 BERTRAND (HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 8
January 1916 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and died 25 August 1990 in Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois. He married CECILE BENOIT 4 February
1939 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois. She died 25 December 1974.
Children of ROMAN BERTRAND and CECILE BENOIT are:
i. JERRY12 BERTRAND.
ii. DIANNE BERTRAND, m. JACK LAFOND.
47. VIOLA J.11 BERTRAND (HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
16 October 1922 in Irwin, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 17 April 2000 in
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
She married DONALD PROVOST 26 December 1942 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
Notes for VIOLA J. BERTRAND:
She was named Woman of the
Year for the Diocese of Joliet. Viola is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery,
Kankakee, Illinois.
Children of VIOLA BERTRAND and DONALD PROVOST are:
i. GARY12 PROVOST, m. CAROL ______.
ii. DARWIN PROVOST, m. CAROL ______.
iii. WESLEY PROVOST, m. JUDITH ______.
iv. WENDELL PROVOST, m. DEBBIE ______.
v. WARREN PROVOST, m. MARY ______.
vi. KARL PROVOST, m. BETH ______.
67. vii. BRENDA PROVOST, d. Bef. 2000.
48. LEONARD N.11 BERTRAND (HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
27 April 1914 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and died 12 October 1995 in Bradley,
Kankakee County, Illinois. He married
(1) LUCILLE SIPPEL Bef. 1944.
She was born 6 May 1915 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died
13 February 1984 in Hinsdale, Illinois.
He married (2) LILLIE S. JANCZAK 15 July 1944 in Valparaiso, Indiana, daughter of STANLEY JANCZAK. She was born 18 August 1910 in Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 27 May 2001 in Bradley, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
Notes for LEONARD N. BERTRAND:
She is buried in Memorial
Gardens, Kankakee, Illinois.
Children of LEONARD BERTRAND and LUCILLE SIPPEL are:
i. NORMA JEAN12 BERTRAND, m. RONALD HOMBERG.
ii. EDWIN BERTRAND.
Child of LEONARD BERTRAND and LILLIE JANCZAK is:
iii. NORMA JEAN12 BERTRAND, m. RONALD HOMBERG.
49. IRENE L.11 DUMAS (PERMELIA10 BERTRAND, PHILIBERT/ALBERT P.9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
16 October 1911 in Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 24 October
2002 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois. She married JAMES EVANS 26 September 1931 in Goodrich, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He died 27 December 1997.
Notes for IRENE L. DUMAS:
She is buried in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery, Wilmington, Illinois.
Children of IRENE DUMAS and JAMES EVANS are:
i. EVERETT12 EVANS.
ii. JOHN EVANS.
50. AGNES11 BERTRAND (WILLIAM10, MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) She married EDGAR MARTIN.
Children of AGNES BERTRAND and EDGAR MARTIN are:
68. i. GERALDINE THERESA12 MARTIN, b. 20
February 1927; d. 13 February 2003, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
ii. CLAYTON MARTIN.
iii. JUANITA MARTIN.
iv. LAWRENCE MARTIN, m. KATHLEEN ______.
51. ROBERT P.11 BERTRAND (VICTOR10, MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 7
October 1915 in Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 18 November
1990 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
He married RUBY P. HUBERT 28 July 1937 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois,
daughter of JOHN HUBERT and HORTENSE BELAND. She was born
23 July 1915 in Martinton, Iroquois County, Illinois, and died 31 December 1986
in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
Notes for ROBERT P. BERTRAND:
He was with Roper Corp.,
Kankakee, Illinois for 43 years and a member of Kankakee Knights of Columbus,
both third and fourth degrees. He was also a member of the Kankakee Mosse
Lodge. Robert and Ruby are buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kankakee.
Children of ROBERT BERTRAND and RUBY HUBERT are:
i. DENNIS P.12 BERTRAND, m. ANN ______.
ii. ROSS BERTRAND, m. DEANNA ______.
iii. GREG BERTRAND, m. PAM ______.
52. GENEVIEVE11 BERTRAND (EDWARD G.10, MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) She married PAUL FRECHETTE 29
August 1955 in Las Vegas, Nevada, son of EDWARD FRECHETTE and MARY WELING. He was born
2 July 1923 in Minnesota, and died 26 July 1997 in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Children of GENEVIEVE BERTRAND and PAUL FRECHETTE are:
i. SANDRA12 FRECHETTE, m. DAVID MILLER.
ii. DENNIS FRECHETTE.
iii. RODNEY FRECHETTE.
53. ISADORE11 BERTRAND (EDWARD G.10, MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
1917, and died 28 March 1973. He
married NORA MAE SWANSON 3 December 1936 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, daughter of SERENE SWANSON and NELLIE O'CONNOR. She was born 17 April 1921 in Irwin,
Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 25 February 1997 in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Illinois.
Notes for ISADORE BERTRAND:
They moved from
Goodrich/Irwin area in 1941 to a dairy and grain farm on the north edge of
Manteno, Illinois. After farming many years Isadore ran a grind and mix feed
truck for a local implement dealer and later drove a gravel truck.
Children of ISADORE BERTRAND and NORA SWANSON are:
i. VIRGIL12 BERTRAND, b. 15 May
1937; m. DONNA ______.
ii. PATRICIA BERTRAND, b. 20 May 1939; m. ______ SALRIN.
69. iii. KENNETH BERTRAND, b. 19 September 1941, Irwin, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
iv. DARRELL BERTRAND, b. 17 May 1947; m. KAY ______.
v. MARY LOU BERTRAND, b. 25 January 1949; m. ______ PAUQUETTE.
vi. RAYMOND BERTRAND, b. 10 May 1950; m. KAREN ______.
vii. LINDA BERTRAND, b. 28 October 1955; m. RAY BLANCHETTE.
viii. DENISE BERTRAND, b. 16 August 1964.
54. ANITA G.11 BERTRAND (EDWARD G.10, MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
16 July 1923 in Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 25 February 1996
in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
She married AARON POSING 28 June 1941 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
Children of ANITA BERTRAND and AARON POSING are:
i. LAVERN12 POSING.
ii. JUDY POSING, m. SAM CULPEPPER.
55. CECELIA T.11 BERTRAND (EDWARD G.10, MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
29 September 1926 in Goodrich, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 6 January
1998 in Maywood, Illinois. She married
HUBERT
G. MAYES 31 March
1946 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
Notes for HUBERT G. MAYES:
She is buried at Memorial
Gardens, Kankakee, Illinois.
Children of CECELIA BERTRAND and HUBERT MAYES are:
i. LORETTA12 MAYES.
ii. SUSAN MAYES, m. THOMAS RANDALL.
iii. CHRISTINE MAYES, m. RICHARD WENSITS.
Generation
No. 12
56. PATRICIA JEAN12 BERTRAND (WILBERT "BERT"
CAVE11, DAVID10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) She married DALE WILLIAMS 23 August
1951 in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Children of PATRICIA BERTRAND and DALE WILLIAMS are:
i. ED13 WILLIAMS, m. MARY ______.
ii. ROBERT WILLIAMS, m. DONNA ______.
iii. JIM WILLIAMS, m. NANCY ______.
iv. PATTY WILLIAMS, m. MIKE BAUER.
v. ANDY WILLIAMS, m. KELLY ______.
57. SHIRLEY MAY12 BERTRAND (WILBERT "BERT"
CAVE11, DAVID10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
26 November 1934 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 12 January
1991 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
She married PAUL A. SURPRENANT 22 September 1951 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
Children of SHIRLEY BERTRAND and PAUL SURPRENANT are:
i. MARK13 SURPRENANT.
ii. STEVE SURPRENANT, m. JUDY ______.
iii. RANDY SURPRENANT, m. BRENDA ______.
iv. JOHN SURPRENANT.
v. PAULA SURPRENANT, m. TOM SPARENBERG.
vi. BONITA SURPRENANT, m. LESTER NORVELL.
vii. TERESA SURPRENANT, m. KEITH ST. JOHN.
viii. CAROL SURPRENANT, m. CHARLES COVEY.
ix. MARTINA SURPRENANT, m. STEVEN FELDERMAN.
58. NORMA JEAN12 BERTRAND (LYLE J.11, HARRY10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) She married LYLE NAESE.
Children of NORMA BERTRAND and LYLE NAESE are:
70. i. PAMELA13 NAESE, b. 18 June
1956, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois; d. 21 September 1988, Kankakee,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
ii. LINDA NAESE.
iii. CAROLYN NAESE.
iv. JERRY NAESE.
59. CATHERINE12 BERTRAND (ROBERT F. "BERT"11, FREDERICK H.10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) She married ______ LALUMENDIER.
Children of CATHERINE BERTRAND and ______ LALUMENDIER are:
i. ROBERT13 LALUMENDIER.
ii. ALISHA LALUMENDIER.
60. DUANE A.12 BERTRAND (HARVEY J.11, ARTHUR J.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) He married JUNETTA ______.
Notes for DUANE A. BERTRAND:
In 1985 Duane was president
of Irwin Grain Company, president of the Fox Valley Production Credit
Association, Kankakee Chapter and Vice President of Lions of Illinois
Foundation.
Children of DUANE BERTRAND and JUNETTA ______ are:
i. GERRY13 BERTRAND, m. RHONDA HAAG, 12 May,
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
ii. JEANNIE BERTRAND, m. JAMES H. GRAHAM.
iii. LEANNE BERTRAND.
iv. JANETTE BERTRAND, m. ______ FERRIS.
61. EUGENE12 BERTRAND (HARVEY J.11, ARTHUR J.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) He married DARLENE HARVEY, daughter
of W.
HARVEY
and ANNA JENKINS.
Child of EUGENE BERTRAND and DARLENE HARVEY is:
71. i. MICHELLE13 BERTRAND.
62. ELMERE C.12 BERTRAND (HARVEY J.11, ARTHUR J.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 23 June 1925 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois, and died 11 August 2000 in Joliet, Will County, Illinois. She married GEORGE DUCHENE.
Children of ELMERE BERTRAND and GEORGE DUCHENE are:
i. MARY ANGELA13 DUCHENE, d. Bef.
2000.
ii. SHARON DUCHENE.
iii. PAMA DUCHENE, m. BILL WEBB.
iv. DENNIS DUCHENE, m. SUSAN ______.
v. MICHAEL DUCHENE, m. JULIE ______.
vi. STEVEN DUCHENE.
vii. DOUGLAS DUCHENE, m. LISA ______.
63. BARBARA12 BERTRAND (HAROLD C.11, HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 6 January 1958 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. She married FERDINAND NIEMAN II.
Children of BARBARA BERTRAND and FERDINAND NIEMAN are:
i. KEILEE MARIE13 NIEMAN, b. 1983.
ii. FERDINAND NIEMAN III, b. 1984.
iii. BLAKE BERTRAND NIEMAN, b. 14 August 1986.
iv. BRETT BERTRAND NIEMAN, b. 14 August 1986.
64. JEFFERY12 BERTRAND (HAROLD C.11, HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 8 January 1962 in Kankakee, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He married LYNN PARKER, daughter
of JAMES PARKER.
Children of JEFFERY BERTRAND and LYNN PARKER are:
i. MITCHELL JOHN13 BERTRAND, b. 12
June 1996, Peoria, Illinois.
ii. SHANNON ROSE BERTRAND, b. 12 June 1996, Peoria, Illinois.
iii. PARKER JAMES BERTRAND, b. 12 June 1996, Peoria, Illinois.
iv. MORGAN BERTRAND.
65. NANCY12 BERTRAND (HENRY J. "HANK"11, HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) She married HOWARD MOSELEY.
Children of NANCY BERTRAND and HOWARD MOSELEY are:
i. BRANDON13 MOSELEY.
ii. TRENTON MOSELEY.
iii. JUSTIN MOSELEY.
iv. CLAYTON MOSELEY.
66. CHERYL12 BERTRAND (HENRY J. "HANK"11, HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) She married DAVID ELLIOT.
Children of CHERYL BERTRAND and DAVID ELLIOT are:
i. BRAD13 ELLIOT.
ii. BRIAN ELLIOT.
67. BRENDA12 PROVOST (VIOLA J.11 BERTRAND, HENRY G.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) died Bef. 2000.
She married DENNY ALLEN.
Children of BRENDA PROVOST and DENNY ALLEN are:
i. JEFF13 ALLEN.
ii. JODI ALLEN.
iii. CASEY ALLEN.
iv. JASON ALLEN.
68. GERALDINE THERESA12 MARTIN (AGNES11 BERTRAND, WILLIAM10, MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 20 February 1927, and died 13 February 2003
in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
She married LEANDRE "LEON" BENOIT 10 January 1948 in St. George, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He died 9 December 1996.
Notes for GERALDINE THERESA MARTIN:
They are buried in St.
George Cemetery, St. George, Illinois.
Children of GERALDINE MARTIN and LEANDRE BENOIT are:
i. MICHAEL S.13 BENOIT, m. LINDA ______.
ii. MARK A. BENOIT, m. BRENDA ______.
iii. MERLE M. BENOIT, m. KAREN ______.
69. KENNETH12 BERTRAND (ISADORE11, EDWARD G.10, MOSES9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born 19 September 1941 in Irwin, Kankakee County,
Illinois. He married ELOISE GORDON 25 November
1961 in Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois, daughter of VIRGIL GORDON and LILLIAN REARDANZ. She was born 1941 in Rockville Township,
Kankakee County, Illinois.
Children of KENNETH BERTRAND and ELOISE GORDON are:
i. STEVEN13 BERTRAND, b. 1963.
ii. SCOTT BERTRAND, b. 1968.
Generation
No. 13
70. PAMELA13 NAESE (NORMA JEAN12 BERTRAND, LYLE J.11, HARRY10, LOUIS9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) was born
18 June 1956 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, and died 21 September 1988
in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois.
She married PAUL R. GRZELAK 25 September 1976 in Bourbonnais, Kankakee County,
Illinois.
Children of PAMELA NAESE and PAUL GRZELAK are:
i. JOSEPH14 GRZELAK.
ii. LARISSA GRZELAK.
71. MICHELLE13 BERTRAND (EUGENE12, HARVEY J.11, ARTHUR J.10, HONORE "HENRY"9, LEON8, JEAN-BAPTISTE7, JOSEPH-MARIE6, FRANCOIS5, JEAN FRANCOIS4, JEAN-FRANCOIS3, JEAN2, JEAN1) She married DANIEL MEYER, son of VERNON MEYER and JUDY TASCHER.
Child of MICHELLE BERTRAND and DANIEL MEYER is:
i. BRANDON ARTHUR14 MEYER, b. 4 June
1984, Charleston, South Carolina.