An American Family History

Emma Bertrand Smith was born in 1890 in Iowa. Her father's family were recent immigrants from Belgium. Her mother's family can be traced back to before the American Revolution in the United States.

Her grandparents, Catherine and Francois Bertrand, immigrated from Belgium in 1870. They lived briefly in Illinois where they died. Their three sons moved to Iowa. Emma's father, Joseph Bertrand, was a plumber.

Emma's mother's grandfather, Thomas Long, was a Union soldier in the Civil War. Thomas was born in Ohio, moved to Illinois where he married and then moved his family to Iowa. They finally homesteaded in North Dakota. Thomas Long married Louisa Taylor who descended from a long line of German Lutherans.

William Long, Sr.

New Jersey
Barree/West/Logan Township, Huntington County, Pennsylvania

• William Long, Jr.
• Thomas Long
• Joseph Long
• John Long
• Robert Long
• Mary Long Ricketts

The William Long, Jr. Family

New Jersey
Barree/West/Logan Township, Huntington County, PennsylvaniaAmanda Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

• James Long
• John Long
• Esther Long Miller
• Margaret Long Cole
• William Long
• Thomas Long

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• John H. Long

John Long and Mary LeFevre

• Thomas Long
• Elizabeth J. Long
• Rebecca M. Long Richards
• John H. Long
• Margaret Long
  

John Long and Sarah A.

Lancaster, Wells County, Indiana

• Jerome Chancey Long
• Wesley Long
• Jacob Long

John Long and Sarah E. Freestone Brinson 1866

Sarah E. Freestone Brinson Long

Winterset, Union, Madison County, Iowa
Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska

• Mary Ann Brinson Marshall Spafford
• George Long
• Harry Hurburt Long
• Rosa May Long Myers
• Horace Mickel Long
• David Alvin Long
  
  
  

• Francois Bertrand
• Catherine Josephine Hocquette Bertrand

• Henri Joseph Bertrand
• Samuel Francis Bertrand
• Gilles Joseph Bertrand

Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois
Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa
Pilot Mound, Boone County, Iowa
Warren County, Iowa
Dayton Township,Webster County, Iowa
Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota
Tell, Emmons County, North Dakota

• Viola Belle Long Bertrand O'Dea DNA match
  
• Franklin Monroe Long
  
• Lura Alzada Long Shafer
  
• Emma Eldora Long Vie
  
• Clara May Long Lane Posekany

• Marie Louisa Bertrand Shimp
• Emma Ethel Bertrand Smith DNA match
  • Emma's Postcard Collection
• Blanch Pauline Bertrand Higgins
• Frances M. Bertrand Metela Johnson
• Lura Bertrand Bechtel Jones
• Franklin Merl Bertrand
• Izetta Fern Bertrand (died young)