1839 Parish Records for French Canadians in US

Missionary Baptisms Extracted from Church Registers in Quebec

May 20, 2009 Rosemary E. Bachelor

This continues a list of missionary baptisms for French Canadian families in nearby Vermont and New York. Genealogists use such records to trace family history.

These records are from St-Jean-Chrysostome Parish in Chateauguay County, Quebec. For background information, see the introduction to this series. Family history researchers will find the first part of the list here.

Baptisms from St-Jean-Chrysostome Parish Records

The following entries give the mother’s maiden name instead of her husband’s surname. Names in parentheses are the Godparents.

May 6, 1839, bpt Charles, age 2 months, son of Charles Daviau, farm laborer in Vermont, and Elizabeth Papineau. (Antoine Rousselle, Sophie Rousselle)

May 6, 1839, bpt Esther, age 3 months, daughter of Magloire Larrivee, farm laborer in Vermont, and Esther Larocque. (Joseph Domingue, Justine Jarie)

May 6, 1839, bpt Rosalie, 6 days old, daughter of Augustin Trudeau, farm laborer in Vermont, and Josephte Viau. (Antoine Trudeau, Rosalie Rousselle)

May 26, 1839, bpt Marianne, age 3 months, daughter of Louis Noel, farm laborer in Vermont, and Sophie Gendreau. (Leon Leboeuf, Adelaide Gendreau)

June 23, 1839, bpt twins Jean-Baptiste and Henri, age 3 months, sons of Jean-Baptiste Lamontagne, farm laborer in New York, and Emelie Lecompte. (Francois Beaudreau, Adelaide Lucere; Germain Prejean, Antoinette Laberge)

June 23, 1839, bpt Michel, age 5 months, son of Michel Campbell, tailor in New York, and Marie-Hermine Robert. (Charles Sir, Therese Hogue)

Sept. 22, 1839, the following children of Jean-Baptiste Deranleau, farm laborer, and Theotisse Cote of Vermont were baptized: Zoe, 10 (Francois Deranleau, Josphte Fontaine), Louis, 8 (Daniel Gallagher, Margaret O’Neil), Joseph, 5 (Augustin Deranleau, Henrietta Marotte dit Labonte), Marie, 3 (Jean Marie Labonte, Marie-Anne Decoteau), and Rosalie, 6 months (Louis Lacroix, Rosalie Quirouette)

Sept. 22, 1839, bpt Sara, age 6 months, daughter of Leandre Daneau, farm laborer, and Josephte Dumas of Vermont.

Sept. 23, 1839, bpt. Marie-Louise, age 2 years, 9 months, and Marguerite, age 2 months, daughters of Francois Xavier Latouche, farm laborer, and Angelique Raymond, both of Vermont. (Joseph Raymond, Apolline Guay; Francois Dupont, Sophie Champron)

Sept. 23, 1839, bpt Marie-Archange, 8 months old, and Thomas, 2 years, 9 months, children of Thomas Raymond, farm laborer, and Monique Charbonneau of Vermont. (Louis Denys, Archange Beaudrie; Antoine Cahier, Genevieve Quenette)

Sept. 23, 1839, bpt. Marcelline, 3, and Marguerite, 8 months, children of Louis Denys, farm laborer, and Genevieve Quenette of Vermont. (Moyse Boucher, Adelaide Cahier; Edouard Masse, Angelique Raymond)

Sept. 24, 1839, bpt Michel, 4 months, son of Michel Gosselin, farmer, and Marie Desrochers of Vermont. (Abraham Precourt, Marie Lemire)

Sept. 24, 1839, bpt. Henry, age 1 year, 9 months, son of Thomas Kelly, farmer, and Catherine Hanlyde of Vermont. (Francois Lavoie, Angelique Gauthier)

Sept. 26, 1839, bpt Francois, 1 year, 6 months, son of Charles Benoit, farm laborer, of Derby, VT, and Josephte Chamberlain. (Louis Lacroix, Rosalie Quirouet)

Sept. 26, 1839, bpt Emilie,2, and Harriet, 4 months, daughters of Michel Moisan, farm laborer of Derby, VT, and Charlotte Menard. (Antoine Cahier, Angelique Gauthier; Moyse Boucher, Adelaide Cahier)

Nov. 1, 1839, bpt Gedeon (sic), age 2 months, son of Joseph Beaudin, farmer, and Angelique Gagnon of New York. (Augustin Lefebvre, Marguerite Breaux)

Nov. 5, 1839, bpt. Marcelline, age 11 weeks, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Landre of New York and Catherine Baigne. (James Donnelly, Angelique Lussert)

(The next list begins with Feb 13, 1840 entries)

Source:

Lost in Canada (Vol. 14, No. 3, August, 1988)

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