The Bertins of Bathurst | New Brunswick
The first Bertin to settle in Canada was the Frenchman Joseph-Gabriel Bertin. He was a sergeant with Montcalm’s troops (Languedoc regiment). On November 10th, 1760 he married Marie-Josephe Lefebvre in Cap-Sante, Quebec. It is their eldest son Dr. Jean-Joseph Bertin and his second wife Marguerite Pitre who would found the first New Brunswick line of Bertins. Continue reading