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VIVE LE QUÉBEC SUR AVRE!
In 2011, there will be 350 years that Paul Bertrand dit Saint-Arnaud was born in Verneuil. His baptismal record was read from the registry of the Church of the Madeleine 'November 1661. The 27th day was called by us the undersigned Vicar, John Paul Bertrand and son of Jean Marie Nelz, raised by a noble lord of Paul Beurier Cougnay assisted by Marc Anne godparents. "The previous year, his parents bought the Hotel du Pot d'Etain. His future seemed all mapped out. One day he would operate the facility, then become Chariton and one of 24 middle-class voters the mayor of the city ...
A LOVE STORY IN LONG COURSE
He went otherwise. In 1687 or 1693, Paul Bertrand decided to follow in the footsteps of Francois de Laval, de Montigny party, became the bishop of Quebec. He joined one of the regiments of Vaudreuil to fight the Iroquois and the English in New France, now Canada. Then, his time of service ended in 1697, he married and settled in Batiscan, a village named after a tributary of the St. Lawrence River. There is cultivated land and started a family. But Paul Bertrand had a nickname: St. Arnaud, that most of his descendants adopted. They are now more than twenty-five thousand in North America and have not forgotten the country of their ancestor. This is to revive them has been based association Adbstar France, and in their honor has been launched this great festival franco-québécois. To relive the 2010, click http://vacheetcaribou.blogspot.com . And for info about Paul Bertrand or our association, click http://adbstar-france.blogspot.com .
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