Olivier Bézaire (1811 - 1903)

Born 15 Mar 1811 in Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada

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Died 6 Oct 1903 at age 92 in Riviere aux Canards, Essex, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Name on the baptism registry was Bézaire.

Olivier was born in 1811. He was the son of Jacques Bézaire and Josephte Gignac.

He passed away in 1903.

Name variation: Bézer, Bézère, Bézaire.

Sources

• Early 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 47 of 186; https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1111/images/d13p_32150911?pId=139999 Registre Paroisse L`Assomption de Sandwich de Windsor 1808-1820; Sandwich, Essex, Ontario. Citant: Olivier Bézaire, baptisé 16 Mar 1811, né 15 Mar. Parents: Jacques Bézaire dit Leveillé et de Josephte Gignac.

• Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923; Diocese of London Archives, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Filmstrip image 309 of 656. https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/61505/images/FS_005107215_00322?pId=824360 Registre Paroisse St-Jean Baptiste (1802-56), Amherstburg, Essex, Ontario, Canada. Citant: Mariage 18 Jan 1836, entre Olivier Bezer, fils de Jacques Bezer et Josephte Geniac, et Emilie Vézier dit Lafferté, fille de Alexis Vézier dit Lafferté et Marie Louise Pajeot.

• 1861 Census of Canada; All Places (Agricultural census), Essex, Canada West. Citing: Oliver Bezire, pg 22, Line 18

• 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.

• Census of Canada, 1881. Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.Year: 1881; Census Place: Sandwich West, Essex, Ontario; District number 181; District Essex; Sub-District number J. Subdistrict Sandwich West. Division 1; Roll: C_13281; Family No: 42; Filmstrip image 5 of 59; https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1577/images/31229_C_13281-00037?pId=711525 Page: 9; Lines-2-5; Listing: Olivier Bézaire, Wife: Emilie, Children: Philomene, Hélène.

• Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427. Year: 1891; Census Place: Sandwich West, Essex North, Ontario, Canada; Enumeration Disctict 62; Division number 2; Roll: T-6335; Family No: 6. Filmstrip image 36 of 55. https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1274/images/30953_148137-00035?pId=2130869 Page 2, lines 5-7. Listing: Olivier Bezaire, widower, and daughters Philomene & Helene.

• Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2004. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6428 to T-6556. Year: 1901; Census Place: Sandwich (West/Ouest), Essex (North/Nord), Ontario; District number 59; Sub-District Sandwcih (West/Ouest), Sub-district Number 2; Family No: 39. Filmstrip image 16 of 71; https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/8826/images/z000060418?pId=10304200 Page: 5; Lines 32-33. Listing: Olivier Bézaire, widowed and daughter Philomene.

• Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1948 (MS 935, reels 1-694, Collection: MS935; Reel: 110), 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 73 of 106. https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/8946/images/ONMS935_110-0220?pId=2015447 Essex, Sandwich Deaths 1903. Pg 356-357; Line 8, Registration 003409. Citing: Olivier Bezaire, date of death 6 Oct 1903, 92 yrs, Cause of death: Old Age. Physician: Dr. Casgrain, Informant: Maxime Bézaire.

• Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1747-1967; Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1109/images/d13p_32210439?pId=592812 Filmstrip image 17 of 49; Registre Paroisse St-Joseph 1899-1910, Riviere aux Canards, Essex, Ontario. Citing: Citant: Ollivier Bezaire, sepulture le 7 8bre, 96 ans. (8bre - latin abbreviation for October - 8th month, because the old roman calendar began in March.) Father Marseille who kept awful and sloppy ledgers, wrote something, then scribbled it and wrote 7 8bre).

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99541666/bezaire-oliver-96yrs-on-oct-6-1903/ - Death notice - The Evening Record, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, 08 Oct 1903, Thu, Page 5. Citing: Oliver Bizarre, who died on Tuesday (6 Oct).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234382585/olivier-bezaire : accessed 10 April 2022), memorial page for Olivier Bezaire (15 Mar 1806–6 Oct 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234382585, citing St. Joseph Church Cemetery, Rivière-aux-Canards, Essex County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Norm Talbot (contributor 47992153) .

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6QJ-BMJ Profile on Familysearch.org's One World Tree. Various Contributors.

• A Pilgrimage of Love through the generations of the Bezaire Family; Compiled by Sr. Antoinette Bezaire & Sr. Yvonne Bezaire