Re: Joseph Armas Bertrand

Hi. I'm not related to this family. There is a tree on Ancestry that traces this family.Here is an naturalization record for Joseph A. Bertrand:

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) about Joseph A Bertrand
Name:        Joseph A Bertrand
Residence: 15 Broad St., Marlborough, Mass.
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1868
Birth Place: Canada
Age at event:        34
Court District: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont
Date of Action: 18 Oct 1902

Here is a baptism for him from the Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967:

Joseph Armas Bertrand, b. 10 Aug, bap 11 Aug 1868 St-Esprit, Montcalm County, Quebec, son of Edouard Bertrand & Celina ?Mirino.

Here is a marriage for his parents.Unfortunately, their parents were not listed in the marriage record:

Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928 about Edward Bertrand
Name:        Edward Bertrand
Birth Place:        Quebec
Residence: Ottawa
Age:        24
Estimated Birth Year:        abt 1840
Spouse Name:        Celine Marmeau or Marinault or Marineau
Spouse's Age:        16
Spouse Birth Year: abt 1848
Spouse Residence: Ottawa
Marriage Date:        5 Sep 1864
Marriage Location:        Ottawa
Marriage County or District:        Carleton

It looks like by 1875 the family eventually moved to Marlborough, Mass and Edouard & Celina (Marineau) had the following children:

Edouard Bertrand, b. 1866 Canada, m. 21 Apr 1907 to Agnes Falcon
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4DR-PG4

Josephine Bertrand, b. 24 Dec 1873 Southboro, Mass
m. Adelard Caron
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX4Q-HVJ
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N484-HDB

Marie L or S Bertrand, b. 1875 Southboro, m. 1901 Marlboro to Jean L. Laverille or Levielle
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N432-T5H
She died 27 Jul 1912 Worcester, Mass
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N472-M87

Odella Bertrand, b. 1879 Marlboro, m. 7 Oct 1901 Marlboro to Louis Gauthier
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N432-TZQ

Here is a marriage for your g-grandparents:

Joseph Armese Bertrand, Barber, of Marlborough, b. Canada (Edward & Celina Merino)
m. 1 Jun 1891 Marlborough
Marie P. Gaudett, Dry Goods Clerk, of Marlborough, b. New Brunswick (Jude & Isabelle Gaudette)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N446-YP1

Marie Emma Bertrand, b. 28 Juan 1883 Marlborough, Mass
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXDC-QGZ
--Mother listed as Celina Asline on birth record
m. 19 Aug 1912 to Arthur Boisvert
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4XT-MQZ

Here is the family in 1880:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH6B-9BQ


1880 United States Federal Census about Edward Bartram
Name:        Edward Bartram
Age:        41
Birth Year:        abt 1839
Birthplace:        Canada
Home in 1880:        Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Race:        White
Gender:        Male
Relation to Head of House:        Self (Head)
Marital Status:        Married
Spouse's Name:        Selena Bartram
Father's Birthplace:        Canada
Mother's Birthplace:        Canada
Occupation:        Shoemaker
Household Members:        
Name        Age
Edward Bertram        41b. 1839 Canada, parents b. Canada; Shoe Maker
Selena Bertram        34 -wife- b. 1846 Canada, par b. Canada
Edward Bertram        14 -son- b. 1866 Canada; Shoe Maker
Harmus Bertram        13 -son- b. 1867 Canada; Shoe Maker **
John Bertram        10 -son- b. 1870 Mass; Shoe Maker
Rosa Bertram        8-dau- b. 1872 Mass
Josephine Bertram 6 -dau- b. 1874 Mass
Louisa Bertram        5 -dau- b. 1875 Mass
Melisa Bertram        3 -dau- b. 1877 Mass
Odelia Bertram        1 -dau- b. 1879 Mass
       
Here is a baptism for son, Edward:

Edouard Bertrand, b. 1 Jul, bap 2 Jul 1866 St-Eustache, Deux Montagnes County, Quebec, son of Edouard Bertrand & Celina Asseline dit Marineau.

It looks like Celina is a widow in 1900:

1900 United States Federal Census about Celina Bertrand
Name:        Celina Bertrand
Age:        53
Birth Date:        Oct 1846
Birthplace:        Canada
[Canada French]
Home in 1900:        Marlboro Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Race:        White
Gender:        Female
Immigration Year:        1868
Relation to Head of House:        Head
Marital Status:        Widowed
Father's Birthplace:        Canada, French
Mother's Birthplace:        Canada, French
Mother: number of living children:        8
Mother: How many children:        11
Household Members:        
Name        Age
Celina Bertrand        53 -widow- b. Oct 1846 Can-Fr, parents b. Can-Fr; 11 children/8 surviving; imm 1868
John B Bertrand        30 -son- b. Feb 1870 Mass; Barber
Josephine Bertrand        26 -dau- b. Dec 1873 Mass; Shoe-Stitcher
Marie Bertrand        24 -dau- b. Aug 1875 Mass; Shoe-Stitcher
Delia O Bertrand        20 -dau- b. Aug 1879 Mass; Shoe-Stitcher
Anna Bertrand        16 -dau- b. Jun 1883 Mass; Shoe Shop Day Work

This might be a death record for Edward Bertrand, Sr. It lists his parents as Peter & Margaret:

"Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," Edward Bertrand, 1883

name:        Edward Bertrand
titles & terms:        
event:        Death
event date:        27 Mar 1883
event place:        North Brookfield, Wocester, Massachusetts
residence:        North Brookfield
street address:        
gender:        Male
age:        45
marital status:        Married
occupation:        Shoemaker
birth date:        
birthplace:        Canada
estimated birth year:        1838
burial date:        
burial place:        
cemetery:        
father:        Peter
father's titles & terms:        
father's birthplace:        Canada
mother:        Margarett
mother's titles & terms:        
mother's birthplace:        
additional relatives:        
spouse:        
volume/page/certificate number:        v 348 p 437
film number:        960225
frame number:        
digital folder number:        4223249
image number:        473
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7GR-92Z

This might be a baptism for Edward:

Edouard Bertrand, b. 23 Oct, bap 23 Oct 1837 St-Esprit, Montcalm County, Quebec, son of Agapit Bertrand & Marguerite Chaput.

Hope this helps.Annie