Joseph Étienne (Birtz) Desmarteau (1873 - 1905)

Born 4 Feb 1873 in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Died 29 Oct 1905 at age 32 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Étienne (Birtz) Desmarteau is Notable.

Étienne Desmarteau was an Olympic athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, in the United States. He won a gold medal in weight throwing.

Joseph Étienne Birtz, son of Étienne Birtz and Caroline Dubuc, was born 4 February 1873, in Boucherville, Québec. He was a weight thrower.

In the 1881 census Étienne Birtz (age 8) was in Quebec.^[1]

In the 1891 census Étienne Birtz (age 17) was the single fils (son) of Caroline Birtz in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec.^[2]

In the 1901 census Étienne Birtz (age 28), Police, was a single fils (son) in Canada, Quebec.^[3]

Étienne died on 29 October 1905, in Montréal, Québec and was buried on 31 October 1905 in Boucherville, Québec.^[4][5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1881; Census Place: Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec; Roll: C_13205; Page: 14; Family No: 60
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1577 #1573427 (accessed 23 July 2023)
   Etienne Birtz (8) in Quebec. Born in Quebec.
2. ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1891; Census Place: Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada; Roll: T-6389; Family No: 157; Page number: 39
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1274 #4477998 (accessed 23 July 2023)
   Etienne Birtz (17), single fils (son), in household of Caroline Birtz (42) in Boucherville, Chambly, Quebec, Canada. Born in Quebec.
3. ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 Census of Canada"
   Year: 1901; Census Place: Montréal (City/Cité) Hochelaga (Ward/Quartier), Maisonneuve, Quebec; Page: 11; Family No: 81
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8826 #12526823 (accessed 23 July 2023)
   Aienne Birtz (28), single fils (son), Police, in household of Caroline Birtz (51) in Canada, Quebec. Born in Québec.
4. ↑ Burial: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp.
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1091 #10702750 (accessed 23 July 2023)
   Etienne Birtz Desmarteau burial (died on 31 Oct 1905) on 31 Oct 1905 in Boucherville, Québec (Quebec), Canada.
5. ↑ Newspaper: "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930"
   Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 50015 #699711 (accessed 23 July 2023)
   Name: Etienne Desmorteau; Event: Death; Death Date: 29 Oct 1905; Newspaper: Boston Transcript; Publication Date: 30 Oct 1905; Publication Place: Massachusetts, USA; Call Number: 486701.
6. ↑ Sanfaçon, Gaétan (2000). "DESMARTEAU, ÉTIENNE". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. University of Toronto/Université Laval

• "Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s"
  Original data: Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry
  Ancestry Record 7920 #1757063 (accessed 23 July 2023)
  Name: Pvt. Etienne Birtz Dit Desmarteau; Event: Living; Year: 1875; Place: Montreal City, QC; Province: Ontario; Source: Eric Jonasson, Canadian Veterans of the War of 1812, Wheatfield Press, Winnipeg, 1981.; Volume/Page: 20
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #41625952 (accessed 23 July 2023)
  Memorial page for Etienne Desmarteau (4 Feb 1873-30 Nov 1905), citing Sainte-Famille Parish Cemetery, Boucherville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Kris 'Peterborough K' Peterson (contributor 46537737).
• Wikidata: Item Q289605, en:Wikipedia