Son of David Bezanson & Laura Ellen Nichols

Custom Yacht Builder.
Son of a boat builder.

At the turn of the century Walter and his brothers, Afton Fenton Bezanson & Ralph Bezanson, worked together in the boat building firm of Bezanson Brothers at Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Tragic Loss of Brothers
In August 1902, Walter & Afton were involved in the search for their 20-year-old brother Ralph Bezanson, a skillful sailor, when his twenty-two-foot sailboat went missing in a sudden squall off of Little Haste island at the entrance to Salem Harbor, Massachusetts. Ralph's boat capsized; he was presumed drowned. Walter & Afton moved to California where Afton was killed in Long Beach on November 9, 1906 in the sudden collapse of 5 stories in the central wing of the Bixby Hotel under construction on beach sands facing the ocean (vintage news articles).

Recently Advertised
Long Beach, California- Classic Yacht- She's a 44' express cruiser, a beautiful custom-build by Walter Bezanson in 1936 at the West Basin of San Pedro Harbor, California. Yacht name: The "Joan M Henderson"

California Death Records
Name: Walter G Bezanson
Birth: 03 Mar 1872 at Canada
Death: 04 Nov 1961 at Los Angeles Co.
Mother Maiden: Barrow
Age: 89 yrs
Burial: 8 Nov 1961, per cemetery

Census
1891 Census, Burlington, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
-David Bezanson, head, 46, b. Nova Scotia, boat builder
-Laurie Bezanson, wife, 30, b. Nova Scotia
-Afton Bezanson 20, b. Nova Scotia, boat builder
-Walter* Bezanson, son, 19, b. Nova Scotia
-Flora Bezanson, dau, 17, b. Nova Scotia
-Austin Bezanson, son, 14, b. Nova Scotia
-Ralph Bezanson, son, 9, b. Nova Scotia
-Harold Bezanson, son, 6, b. Nova Scotia
-Laurance Bezanson, son, 2, b. Nova Scotia
-Lillian Bezanson, dau, 1, b. Nova Scotia
Religion: Methodist
Neighbor: James B (57)& Margaret (54) Nichols (likely mother's parents)

Brother, James Harold Bezanson, also laid to rest at Green Hills Memorial Park