Philomène Bézaire (1845 - 1920)

Born 26 Dec 1845 in Sandwich West Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 15 Oct 1920 at age 74 in Riviere aux Canards, Essex, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Philomène was born in 1845. She was the daughter of Olivier Bézaire and Emilie Lafferty.

She passed away in 1920.

According to her death certificate, was unmarried her entire life [1] . The census of 1900 shows her at age 55 as single and living with her father, Olivier Bezaire (who was 90 at the time) - her mother Emilie had passed in 1887.[2]

Sources

• Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923; Diocese of London Archives, London, Middlesex, Ontario. Filmstrip image 428 of 656. https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/61505/images/FS_005107215_00444?pId=825593 Registre Paroisse St-Jean Baptiste 1802-56. Amherstburg, Essex, Ontario. Citant: Marie Philomène Bezaire, baptisée 28 Dec 1845, née 26 Dec. Parents: Olivier Bezaire et Emilie Laferty.

• Census of Canada, 1871. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d.. RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: C-9888 to C-9975, C-9977 to C-10097, C-10344 to C-10388, C-10390 to C-10395, to C-10540 to C-10570. Year: 1871; Census Place: Sandwich West, Essex, Ontario; District number 01; subdistrict h; Roll: C-9889; Family No: 97. https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1578/images/4396600_00195?pId=2926654 Page 29; Lines 18-20, and https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1578/images/4396600_00196?pId=2926654 Page 30, Line 1. Listing: Olivier Bézaire, Wife: Emelie, children: Philomene, Noé.

• http://ink.scholarsportal.info/viewer/cecil/focus/ink/newspapers/echo/01_1919/004010-x0-y0-z1-r0-0-0 Obituary - The Amherstburg Echo, Amherstburg, Essex, Ontario. Friday 22 Oct 1920, pg 3. Citing: Miss Philomene Bézaire, daughter of the late Oliver Bézaire died Friday 15 Oct. 76 yrs,

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234382627/philomene-bezaire : accessed 11 April 2022), memorial page for Philomene Bezaire (1845–16 Oct 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234382627, citing St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Rivière-aux-Canards, Essex County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Norm Talbot (contributor 47992153) .

• A Pilgrimage of Love through the generations of the Bezaire Family¸; Compiled by Sr. Antoinette Bezaire, s.g.m. & Sr. Yvonne Bezaire, s.g.m.