Amable Bertrand (1739 - 1802)

Born 10 Apr 1739 in Longueil, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Anastasie Aucoin — married 26 Dec 1789 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1802 at age 63 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Amable married Anastasie Guenard on 9 Feb 1766 in Opelousas, Louisiana.^[1]

After the death of his first wife, Amable married Anastasie Aucoin on 26 Dec 1789. ^[2]

Death and Burial

He died on 27 Sep 1802 and was buried in the St Landry Church Cemetery in Opelousas, Louisiana. ^[3]

Census Data

1777 Census of Opelousas Post^[4], Family 36

Amable Bertrand, age 38; 20 cattle, 6 horses, 10 hogs, 0 sheep

Anastasie Guinard, wife, 24

1. Amabe, son, 10
2. Pierre, son, 8
3. Cloris, daughter, 6

Sources

1. ↑ Hebert, Rev. Donald J., "Southwest Louisiana Records (1750 - 1900)". Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 1999-2000. CD 101.
   BERTRAND, Amable (Giles & Therese LA JEUNESSE) m. 9 Feb. 1766 Stasie [Anastasie] GUENARD (LSAR: Opel.: 1766-3)
2. ↑ Hebert, Rev. Donald J., "Southwest Louisiana Records (1750 - 1900)". Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 1999-2000. CD 101.
   
   BERTRAND, Amable widr. of Anastasie GUENARD with 3 children: Anastasie m. Louis LALENDE; Amable & Joseph. (dec. Pierre Giles & Therese LAJEUNESSE of Bouchaeville, Canada) marriage contract: 19 Dec. 1789 Anastasie AUCOIN (LSAR: Opel.: 1789)
   
   BERTRAND, Amable - widower of Anastasie GUENARD m. 26 Dec. 1789 Anastasie AUCOIN Wits: Louis CARTIER, Glod. OCOIN. Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.27)
   
   AUCOIN, Anastasie m. 26 Dec. 1789 Amable BERTRAND - widower of Anastasie GUENARD Wits: Louis CARTIER, Glod. OCOIN. Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.27)
3. ↑ Find A Grave, (database and images: accessed 27 April 2019), memorial page for Amable Bertrand (10 Apr 1739–27 Sep 1802), Find A Grave: Memorial #65254239, citing Saint Landry Church Cemetery, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Gwen Bergeron McMillin (contributor 47268013) .
4. ↑ Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts (Ville Platte, Louisiana, 1987) citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300

• Baptism "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," FamilySearch (database with images: accessed 22 February 2016), Longueuil > Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1731-1767 > image 75 of 352; nos paroisses de Église Catholique, Quebec (Catholic Church parishes, Quebec).
• Daily World, Opelousas, Louisiana, 5 May 2017, online , "Bertrand Estate Sale Draws Major Attention"
  
  Amable Bertrand Sr., the family progenitor, was born in Canada on April 19, 1739. He came to Louisiana as a young man, first going to the Point Coupee area where he married Anastasie Guenard on Feb. 9, 1766. The couple had several children.
  
  Following the death of his wife in 1791, Amable moved to the Opelousas Poste and married Anastasie Aucoin. The couple settled on the Prairie Ronde in what would later become part of St. Landry Parish. That union produced another five children.
  
  Amable died on Sept. 27,1802, leaving behind a large clan of Bertrands. Many of his descendants live in that same area today.

Notes

Note: Revolutinary War Veteran ancestry.com link

Note: Opelousas Census ancestry.com link

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Bertrand-170 was created through the import of the Rider_Deshotel Family 040809.ged on July 21, 2011 by Nadine Rider. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Nadine and others.

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