Jean François Leon Pontbriand (1847 - 1931)

Born 27 Feb 1847 in Berthierville, D'Autray, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Flavie (LaBoissiere) Pontbriand — married 31 Aug 1869 in Vergennes, Addision, Vermont, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1931 at age 84 in Lyndonville, Caledonia, Vermont, USA

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Biography

Birth
27 Feb 1847
Berthierville, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada^[1]

Leon Pontbriand served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA

Baptism
27 Feb 1847
Berthierville, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada^[1]

From, The Lake Champlain and Lake George Valleys by Wallace E. Lamb

[He] was born at Berthierville, Province of Quebec, Canada, and in 1869 married Flavie Laboissiere. He followed the trade of a millwright and later owned the Central Hotel. He served as a soldier in the Civil War, the military records of which erred as listing his name as “Pomeroy.” He enlisted as a private in Company G, 3rd New York Calvary, on April 10, 1865, and was discharged in November of the same year at City Point, Virginia. In 1928 at their home in Highgate, Vermont Mr. and Mrs. Pontbriand celebrated their fifty-ninth wedding anniversary and at that time he was eighty-one years of age, and his wife, seventy-nine.

Children

1. Rev. Charles Leo Pontbriand
2. Henry Joseph Pontbriand
3. Ida Flavia Pontbriand
4. Louis Francis Pontbriand

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Berthierville (Berthier-en-Haut) (Berthierville, D'Autray, Quebec, Canada, baptism of Jean Francois Pontbriand; Généalogie Québec, Institut généalogique Drouin.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKN-BTT7 : 30 May 2020), John Francis Leon Pontbriand, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #42034473
• Lamb, Wallace E. The Lake Champlain and Lake George Valleys. New York:The American historical company, inc., 1940:226
• Rosters Of The New York Cavalry Regiments During The Civil War—3rd New York Calvary
• "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQG-5KXG : 3 March 2021), Leo N Pontteriand in entry for Lewis F Pontbriand and Pheobe Lambert, 15 May 1900; citing Marriage, Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005488045.
• "Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8R4-6H7 : 28 January 2020), Leon Pontbriand in entry for Monsignor Charles L. Pontbriand, 1950.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VQP-FCL : 19 February 2021), Leon N Pontbriand, 1931.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V3H-YYX : 19 February 2021), Leon Pontbriand in entry for Charles L Pontbriand, 1950.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNSD-TVF : 6 December 2014), Leon N Pontbriand, Death, 16 Mar 1931, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFR6-QX3 : 6 December 2014), Napoleon Pontbriand in entry for Louis Pontbriand, Death, 14 Jun 1953, St Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2V3H-YY8 : 19 February 2021), Napoleon Pontbriand in entry for Louis Pontbriand, 1953.
• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFR6-Q6D : 6 December 2014), Leach Pontbriand in entry for Merenguer Charles L Pontbriand, Death, 19 Nov 1950, Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMGY-K4P : accessed 23 November 2021), Leon W Pontbriand, Lyndon town, east side Lyndonville village, Caledonia, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet 8A, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,690.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFV-BQY : accessed 23 November 2021), Louis C Pontbriand, Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 6B, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1613; FHL microfilm 1,375,626.