Francois BERTRAND
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C.W. Soldiers

Belgian Civil War soldiers in wisconsin

 


U.S./C.S.

François BERTRAND

Biography

Wisconsin

Comp. x, 34th Wisconsin Volunteers Infantry

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Enlisted

November 29, 1862

Discharged

September 8, 1863

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Born

Born June 1, 1840, Tongrinne, Brabant, Belgium

Parents

Father: Etienne (Stephen) Gillain Bertrand
Mother: Marie (Marie Frances or Franceska) Lanoit/Lannoy/Lannoye

Married

 Lucia Joseph Baye in 1877 in Champion Wisconsin

Death

April 13, 1920

Children

 Clemence, F, b. 1866
Mariam, F, b. 1868
Emil, M, b. 1870
Peter, M, b. 1872
Gustave, M, b. 1873
Edmund, M, b. 1874
Henry, M, b. 1878
Josephine, F, b. 1880
Charles, M, b. 1882

Occupation

Farmer

Biography :

Francois/Francis Bertrand, Came to US with parents at age 13

Sources :
J. H. Mertens : "The Second Battle"
Heidi Arno from "The Belgian Researchers"