flag male ancestor  Pierre  BEDARD

  (b. 30 November 1823 Deschaillons, Lower Canada   d. 26 April 1886 Laurierville, Québec, Canada )  

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Pierre BEDARD was born 30 November 1823 in Deschaillons, Lower Canada

Pierre BEDARD was the child of François-Xavier BEDARD   and   Julie JUNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Charles-Joseph BÉDARD and Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth FLUET (maternal)  Augustin-Bernard JUNEAU and Marguerite DROLET

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Pierre  married  Marie-Reine LAFOND 11 January 1848 in Deschaillons, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Reine LAFOND  was born 10 October 1823 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis).  Marie-Reine died 16 October 1905 in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Canada.  Marie-Reine was the child of Pierre LAFOND and Elisabeth BOURBEAU.

Pierre BEDARD died 26 April 1886 in Laurierville, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Pierre BEDARD

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Pierre BEDARD married flag female ancestor Marie-Reine LAFOND-- Date: 11 January 1848 Place: Deschaillons, Canada East
Marie-Reine LAFOND was the child of Pierre LAFOND and Elisabeth BOURBEAU




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Children of Pierre BEDARD and Marie-Reine LAFOND:

flag male ancestor Leon BEDARD (b.4 March 1856, Deschaillons, Canada East   d. 10 June 1931, St-Philias, Villeroy, Canada)
m. Julie COTE 2 July 1877



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birth1823 Birth
30 November 1823
Deschaillons, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1848 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BEDARD and Marie-Reine LAFOND 11 January 1848, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

He was 24 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1856 Birth of Child
Leon BEDARD was born 4 March 1856, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Pierre was 32 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
death1886 Death
26 April 1886
Laurierville, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 62.
Added: 11/16/2021 1:18:57 PM - Updated: 3/14/2025 6:23:28 PM

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