Wilfred Bockus (abt. 1878 - 1977)

Born about 1878 in Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Died 1977 at about age 99 in Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Wilfred Bockus was born about 1878 in Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada, son of Merritt Bockus (1843–1907) and Julia Harley (~1843–~1893)

Wilfred married Blanche Bockus on December 9, 1896 in Franklin, Vermont ^[1].

Wilfred died in 1977 in Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada and was buried in Mystic Cemetery, Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada^[2].

Residence

• 1891 Canada Census
• 1901 Canada Census - Brome, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada
• 1911 Canada Census - St Ignace de Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada
• 1921 Canada Census - Bedford, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada

Census Records

• 1891 Canada Census - https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148205-00721, Bedford, Missisquio, Quebec, Canada, page 54, line 19

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH56-W5B : 23 February 2021), Wilfrid Bockus, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 8, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• 1911 Canada Census - https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=img&id=e002067543, Line 22

• 1921 Canada Census - https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e003088977, Line 15

Occupation

• 1921 Canada Census - butcher

Research Notes

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• Census records list his birth year as 1872 or 1878. What is his correct birth year?

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWM-TM1 : 19 February 2021), Wilford Bockus and Blanche Bockus, 1896.
2. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244898271/wilfrid-a-bockus: accessed 16 November 2023), memorial page for Wilfrid A Bockus (1878–1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 244898271, citing Mystic Cemetery, Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Lloyd Harvey (contributor 49405556).

See also:

• Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GM2M-G98

• Rhicard, F. P. (2009). The Bockus Book - Bockus Genealogy - Compiled 1989. Missisquio Historical Society. (Original work published 1989), page 10

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWM-R5J : 19 February 2021), Wilford Bockus and Blanche Bockus, 1896.