Individual Details
Romain BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS
(9 Aug 1812 - 13 Jul 1879)
Info on children, unless otherwise noted, is from church records of Ste-Anne-de-Varennes (FHL #1288713-15).
Godfather of Wilfrid Vincent (grandson). This baptismal record indicates that he and Zoé were then members of the parish of St-Jacques le Mineur, Montreal.
According to the baptismal record of his grandaughter, Graziella Bertrand, in 1874, Romain was illiterate -- he could not sign his name.
Leg #V6
Witnesses at baptism were François BERTRAND (uncle) and Appoline FONTAINE-BIENVENU.
1851 Census for Varennes (AGLL microfilm # C-1148): Dist. 2, no. 21, p. 41. 1861 Census of Varennes (AGLL #C-1329): Dist. 8, 15th folio, stamp #200. 1871 Census of Varennes (AGLL #C-10061): Dist.119, , p. 12.
Direct ancestor
Events
| Birth | 9 Aug 1812 | Boucherville, Chambly, Québec, Canada |  | ||
| Christen | 9 Aug 1812 | Boucherville, Chambly, Québec, Canada |  | | |
| Marriage | 5 Oct 1841 | Varennes, Verchères, Québec, Canada - Zoé JODOIN | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1851 | Varennes, Verchères, Québec, Canada - Zoé JODOIN | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1861 | Verchères, Verchères, Québec, Canada - Zoé JODOIN | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1871 | Varennes, Verchères, Québec, Canada - Zoé JODOIN | | | |
| Occupation | 1871 | Cultivateur (farmer) - Varennes, Verchères, Québec, Canada | | ||
| Occupation | 1875 | Grocer - 43 Labelle, Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1876 - 1879 | 43 Labelle, Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada - Zoé JODOIN | | | |
| Occupation | 1876 | Grocer - Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | | | |
| Death | 13 Jul 1879 | Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | | ||
| Burial | 15 Jul 1879 | Basilique Notre-Dame, Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | | | |
| Alt name | Romain BERTRAND | ||||
| Alt name | Romain DESROCHERS | ||||
| Reference No | BR1-2 |
Families
| Spouse | Zoé JODOIN (1817 - 1904) |
| Child | Zoé BERTRAND (1842 - 1869) |
| Child | Théophane BERTRAND (1844 - 1921) |
| Child | Marie Eloise BERTRAND (1846 - 1912) |
| Child | Louis BERTRAND (1848 - 1850) |
| Child | Pierre BERTRAND (1851 - 1900) |
| Child | Joseph BERTRAND (1853 - 1854) |
| Child | Rose Delima BERTRAND (1855 - 1928) |
| Child | Rose de Lima BERTRAND (1857 - 1858) |
| Child | Marie Louise BERTRAND (1863 - ) |
| Father | Louis BERTRAND (1781 - 1859) |
| Mother | Angélique Judith FAVREAU (1788 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Louis BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS (1807 - 1881) |
| Sibling | François BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS (1815 - ) |
| Sibling | Marie Zoué DESROCHERS (1817 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Julie BERTRAND (1818 - ) |
| Sibling | Louise BERTRAND (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Michel BERTRAND (1822 - ) |
Notes
Christen
Called "Romain Desrochers" on his baptismal certificate.Marriage
In the presence of: Louis Bertrand, brother of the groom, Francois Bertrand, uncle of the groom, and Francois Xavier Messier, friend of the groom.Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family are Romain Bertrand, a farmer, age 41; Zoé Jeaudouin, age 36; Z. Bertrand, age 10; Théop. Bertrand, age 8; El. Bertrand, age 6; and P. Bertrand, age 1. They lived in a one-storey house made of wood.Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family were Romain Bertrand, a farmer, age 50; Zoé Jodoin, age 45; Zoé Bertrand, age 19; Théophile Bertrand, a student, age 17; Eloise Bertrand, age 15; Pierre Bertrand, age 10; and Delima, age 6. Théophile is mistakenly marked as a female.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1570/4108856_00006?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1570%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4108856_00441
Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family are Romain Bertrand, a farmer, age 58; Pierre Bertrand, age 19; Delima Bertrand, age 16; Marie Louise Bertrand, age 7; and Zoé Jodoin, age 55.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1578/4395546_00483?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1578%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4395546_00489
Residence (family)
The 1878 city directory shows that Paul Colette was living with the Bertrands.Occupation
This is the first year that Romain Bertrand is listed in the directory for Montreal.Burial
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27949-4281-54?cc=1321742&wc=MMY5-HPB:n1950022017Endnotes
1. "Parish Registers: Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, Chambly, Québec," digital image, Familysearch.org ( : accessed June 2012), Romain Desrochers; Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979; Baptemes, mariages, sepultures 1805-1827, folio 154, image 162.
2. "Parish Registers: Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville, Chambly, Québec," digital image, Familysearch.org ( : accessed ), Romain Desrochers; Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979; Baptemes, mariages, sepultures 1805-1827, folio 154, image 162.
3. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Verchères, Quebec, 1834-1844, images 222-223, feuillet 223, Mariage 20 -- Romain Bertrand et Zoe Jodoin; digital images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 12 September 2012).
4. Parish Registers: Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes (Varennes, Verchères, Québec), 1827-1848, image 515, marriage of Romain Bertrand and Zoé Jodoin; digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 13 October 2013).
5. 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Ancestry.com, Canada East, Verchères County, parish of Ste-Anne-de-Varennes, image 41, lines 10-15: Romain Bertrand and family.
6. Census Returns for 1861, Canada East, population, Verchères, page 206, image 209, lines 31-37, Romain Bertrand and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 August 2013); Library and Archives Canada.
7. 1871 Census of Canada, Québec, population, Dist. 119 Verchères, Varennes, p. 12, image 7, dwelling 37, family 48, Romain Bertrand and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www. ancestry.com : accessed ); The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Library and Archives Canada.
8. 1871 Census of Canada, Québec, population, Quebec, Vercheres, Varennes (District 119 Vercheres), p. 12, dwelling 37, family 49, Romain Bertrand, line 4 ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www. ancestry.com : viewed 21 September 2012); The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Library and Archives Canada.
9. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906," online digital images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 19 September 2012), Bertrand Romain, grocer; originally compiled by Canadiana.org; Lovell's Montreal Directory, 1875 -- p. 285.
10. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906," online digital images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 19 September 2012), Bertrand Romain, grocer; originally compiled by Canadiana.org; Lovell's Montreal Directory, 1876 -- p. 314 (image 174).
11. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906," online digital images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 19 September 2012), Bertrand Romain, grocer; originally compiled by Canadiana.org; Lovell's Montreal Directory, 1877 -- p. 296 (image 149).
12. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., "Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906," online digital images, Ancestry.com ( : viewed 19 September 2012), Bertrand Romain, grocer; originally compiled by Canadiana.org; Lovell's Montreal Directory, 1876 -- p. 314 (image 174).
13. Nôtre-Dame-de-Montréal (Montréal, Montréal, Québec), Sépultures, 1878-1879, image 885, Romain Bertrand; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed 13 October 2013).
14. Nôtre-Dame-de-Montréal (Montréal, Montréal, Québec), Sépultures, 1878-1879, image 885, Romain Bertrand; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed 13 October 2013).