Felicite (Bondy) Bézaire (1818 - 1900)

Born 27 Jul 1818 in Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas (Bezer dit Leveille) Bézaire — married 14 Feb 1838 in Assumption, Sandwich, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1900 at age 82 in Sandwich West, Essex, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Fille de Gabriel Bondy et Archange Chaput.

Daughter of Gabriel Bondy and Archange Chaput, born 27 July 1818, baptized on 28 July 1818 by Fr. Marchand at Assumption.

She married Thomas Bezaire on Valentine's day 14 Feb. 1838 at Assumption church, Sandwich.

She died of old age at 84 years, on 7 Sep 1900 in Sandwich West, and was buried in the old cemetery next to St. Joseph Church in Riviere aux Canards. Husband Thomas dies 4 months later on 31 Dec. 1900 and was also buried there.

Sources

• U.S., French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1695-1954; Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Filmstrip image 403 of 411. https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1111/images/d13p_32151453?pId=141455 Registre Paroisse L'Assomption de Sandwich de Windsor (1820-1838), Sandwich, Essex, Ontario. Citant: Mariage 14 Fev 1838, entre Thomas Bésaire, fils de Jacques Bésaire et de Josette Gazette (sic), et Félicie Bandy, fille de Gabriel Bandy et de Archange Chapput.

• Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1948 (MS 935, reels 1-694,Collection: MS935; Reel: 96), Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Statistics Records, 1858-1930. MS 940, reels 5-10, 16, 21, 26-27. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Filmstrip image 85 of 110. Essex, Sandwich West Deaths 1900; Pg 365-367; Line 8; https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/8946/images/ONMS935_96-0320?pId=1609356 Citing: Mrs Thomas Bezaire, Died 7 Sept 1900, 84 yrs old, 1st Concession; Cause of death: Old Age. Registration number 009174.

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103826938/bezaire-felicite-phyllis-84yrs-wife/ Obituary - Phyllis Bazaire - The Evening Record, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 08 Sep 1900, Sat, Page 8

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234382582/felicite-bezaire : accessed 15 June 2022), memorial page for Felicite Bondy Bezaire (27 Jul 1818–7 Sep 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234382582, citing St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Rivière-aux-Canards, Essex County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Norm Talbot (contributor 47992153) .

• Christian Denissen, Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region, 1701-1936. Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1987 (rev. ed.).