Brief Life History of Thomas Jefferson
When Thomas Jefferson Bertrand was born on 28 July 1844, in Scioto, Ohio, United States, his father, John Baptiste Bertrand, was 40 and his mother, Mary Hard, was 33. He married Sarah Winnifred Colley on 29 December 1864, in Scioto, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ninnescah Township, Reno, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 27 August 1923, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Thomas J. Batrand, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Jefferson Bertrand - Published information: birth-name: Thomas Jefferson Bertrand
- Thomas A. Bertrand, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Marcel, Andre, Armand, Monique, Francois, Gilles, Raoul, Emile, Herve, Jacques, Jean-Marie, Odette.
French, Walloon, and West Indian (mainly Haiti): from the French personal name Bertrand, a variant of Bertram , coined by folk etymology under the influence of the present participle endings -and, -ant.
History: This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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