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Dr Prudent Bédard

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Dr Prudent Bédard

Birth
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada
Death
28 Aug 1916 (aged 63)
Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA
Burial
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2, Lot 89
Memorial ID
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Prudent Bédard, son of Pierre Nazaire Bédard and Flore Monpas, was born and baptized on 25 Jul 1853 at Saint Jean Baptiste, Deschaillons, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. He married Arthémise Charest, daughter of Joseph Charest and Généviève Liberge, at Saints Anges, Ham Nord, Wolfe, Québec on 7 Jul 1879. A physician, Prudent immigrated to the United States with his family before the turn of the century and settled in Maine. He was widowed in 1909. On 17 Feb 1910, he married 15 year old Marguerite Belle Billings, daughter of Merrill Billings and Hattie Rowe, in Norway, Oxford, Maine. (His bride was younger than most of his children.) Prudent died at age 63 and was interred in Saint Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine.

Children:
Exelia, b Oct 1880.
Arthémise, b May 1882.
Rosa, b Feb 1886.
Leda, b May 1888.
Anna, Jul 1890.
Flora, b Dec 1892.
Prudent, b Jul 1895.
Delia, b Sep 1896.
Nazaire, b Sep 1899.

Sources include the Drouin Collection (Québec vital and church records), census records (1861 Deschaillons, 1881 Garthby, 1900 Norway, 1910 Norway), Maine marriage and death records, and cemetery records.
Prudent Bédard, son of Pierre Nazaire Bédard and Flore Monpas, was born and baptized on 25 Jul 1853 at Saint Jean Baptiste, Deschaillons, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. He married Arthémise Charest, daughter of Joseph Charest and Généviève Liberge, at Saints Anges, Ham Nord, Wolfe, Québec on 7 Jul 1879. A physician, Prudent immigrated to the United States with his family before the turn of the century and settled in Maine. He was widowed in 1909. On 17 Feb 1910, he married 15 year old Marguerite Belle Billings, daughter of Merrill Billings and Hattie Rowe, in Norway, Oxford, Maine. (His bride was younger than most of his children.) Prudent died at age 63 and was interred in Saint Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine.

Children:
Exelia, b Oct 1880.
Arthémise, b May 1882.
Rosa, b Feb 1886.
Leda, b May 1888.
Anna, Jul 1890.
Flora, b Dec 1892.
Prudent, b Jul 1895.
Delia, b Sep 1896.
Nazaire, b Sep 1899.

Sources include the Drouin Collection (Québec vital and church records), census records (1861 Deschaillons, 1881 Garthby, 1900 Norway, 1910 Norway), Maine marriage and death records, and cemetery records.


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