1840 Baptisms for French Canadians in US

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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 should also see the first and second part of this list.

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.

Feb. 13, 1840, bpt Louis, age 1, son of Joseph Bruneau, farm laborer in Franklin Twp., VT, and Marguerite Menard. (John Meloney, Marie Bernard)

Feb. 13, 1840, bpt Pierre, age 4 months, son of Marcelle Rousselle, farm laborer, Franklin Twp., VT, and Sophie Desautels. (Bernardin Tetreau, Francoise Rousseau)

Feb. 13, 1840, bpt Marguerite, age 6 weeks, daughter of Joseph Lavallie, farmer in Franklin Twp., VT, and Emelie Berard/Bernard/Bedard. (Francois Rousselle, Marie Tetreau)

Feb. 14, 1840, bpt Apolline, 1, daughter of Pierre Phaneuf, farm laborer in Vermont, and Esther Paquet. (Olivier Benoit, Marie Mongeau)

March 2, 1840, bpt Esdras, age 11 days, son of Michel Dumas, farm laborer in Vermont, and Christine Berrube. (Leon Danneau, Josephte Dumas)

April 12, 1840, bpt Felicite, age 2 months, daughter of Antoine Lasure, farmer in New York, and Catherine Primeau. (Jacques Mire, Marie Boudreau)

April 12, 1840, bpt Marguerite, age 6 months, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Pin, farm laborer in New York, and Tarsille Sauvageau. (Charles Gagne, Felicite Salois)

April 16, 1840, bpt Aurelia, daughter of Pierre Lacroix, cabinetmaker in New York, and Louise Berger. (Toussaint Meunier, Elizabeth Filie)

July 5, 1840, bpt Joseph Napoleon, age 15 days, son of Theodore Beaulieu, hatmaker, and Catherine Ayotte,, living in Derby Twp., VT. (Michel Gosselin, Adelle Berrube)

July 5, 1840, bpt. Jean, age 3 months, and Julienne, age 1 year, 6 months, children of Abraham Nisotte and Adelaide Beaudouin of Salem Twp., VT. (Olivier Beaudouin, Julie Sabourin; Francois Beaudouin, Catherine Picard)

July 6, 1840, bpt Elizabeth Cynthia Culver, 22, wife of John Bishop (in French, this is Jean Leveque) , farmer in Vermont, and George, their son, age two and a half months. (Daniel Gallagher, Margaret O’Neil; Francois Xavier Savoie, Adelle Berrube.

July 6, 1840, bpt Jane, age 12 weeks, daughter of Thomas Kelly, farm laborer in Vermont, and Catherine Hanly. (Michel Dumas, Adelphie Savoie)

July 6, 1840, bpt Marguerite, age 6 weeks, daughter of Alexis Sabourin, farm laborer in Salem Twp., VT, and Marguerite Beaudouin. (Norbert Provencher , Julie Sabourin)

Aug. 12, 1840, bpt Philomene, age 2 months, born to George Audet, farm laborer in New York, and Julie Prejean. (Francois Boudreau, Adelaide Lucer.)

Aug. 13, 1840, bpt Susanna, age 2 weeks, daughter of Philippe Rock, farm laborer in New York, and Bridgit Connell. (Patrick Reilly Jr., Ellen Martin)

Aug. 15, 1840, bpt Cyprien, age 6 months, son of Pierre Lapointe, farmer in New York, and Emelie Breard. (Edward Cody, Elmire Lapointe). A notation says the father was absent.

Aug. 15, 1840, bpt Patrick, age 2 months, son of Jean-Baptiste Dessan, farm laborer in New York, and Jospehte Borqueaume. (Patrick Leary, Esther Desjean)

Aug. 15, 1840, bpt. Philomene, age 2 months, daughter of Antoine Odon, farmer in New York, and Louise Barqueaume (spelled as given). (Daniel McLaughlin, Salome Desjean)

Aug. 15, 1840, bpt Marie-Lina, age 4 months, and Edouard, 3, children of Antoine Defoy, farmer in New York, and Catherine Robidou. (Pierre Verdon, Louise Gauthier; Jean-Baptiste Dessan, Marie-Anne Lavoie)

This list concludes with the rest of the 1840 baptisms.

Source:

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

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