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Alice Marie Blanche (Quesnel) West (1893 - 1976)

Alice Marie Blanche "Bella" West formerly Quesnel aka Pew
Born in Moose Creek, Roxborough, Stormont, Ontario, Canadamap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 20 Oct 1914 [location unknown]
Wife of — married 5 Nov 1920 in Lloydminister, Alberta, Canadamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canadamap
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Biography

Alice was the daughter of David Quesnel and Nathalio Richards.[1]

First, she married Norman Wesley Pew.

Children:

  1. Walter David
  2. Ruth Ella
  3. Allan Wesley Elmer
  4. Norman Wesley

The family was found in the 1916 Canada Census for the Prairie Provinces in Alberta. [2]The household was enumerated as follows:

  • Norman, Head, 23, Ontario, Scotch
  • Alice, Wife, 22, Ontario, French
  • Walter, Son, 4/12, Alberta,

Secondly, she married Frederick Benjamin West.

Children:

  1. Mae

Some of her children while born with surname Pew, took on the name West after she married Frederick Benjamin West, but without adoption or name change. Mae was only true "West" child.

Alice passed away in 1976 [3]and was interred in the Valley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada[4]

Sources

  1. "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLRF-CXS : 13 February 2020), Marie Blanche Alice Quesnel, 1893.
  2. http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/006003/t-21947/jpg/31228_4363976-00424.jpg 1916 Canada Collections for prairie provinces Alberta.
  3. "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBB-CQ7 : 8 November 2017), Marie Blanche Alice West, 1976.
  4. Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #151272278 : accessed 05 January 2020), memorial page for Alice M.B. West (1894–10 May 1976), citing Valley View Memorial Gardens, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Herbert Rickards (contributor 10274696) .




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