Constance Pauline White1

F, #31270
Father*Everett William White1 b. 1902, d. 1982
Mother*Winnifred Elfleda Bezanson1 b. 26 Jun 1909, d. 18 Aug 1999
Relationship5th great-granddaughter of Jean George Bezanson
Last Edited23 Jan 2024

Citations

  1. [S2] Winnifred Elfleda White Death Notice, The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia), 20 August 1999, p. C8.

Wayne Robillard Bezanson1

M, #31272, b. 26 December 1951, d. 13 June 1954
Father*James Robilliard Bezanson1 b. c 1913, d. 12 Mar 1998
Mother*Elizabeth Inez Vernon1
Relationship5th great-grandson of Jean George Bezanson
     Wayne Robillard Bezanson was born on 26 December 1951.1 He died on 13 June 1954 at Fisherman's Cove, West Vancouver, British Columbia, at age 2.1 The cause of death was Wayne Robillard drowned after falling off his father's yacht.1

     Wayne Robillard Bezanson was mentioned in an article that appeared in The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia) on 16 June 1954:
Tot's Death 'Accident'

WEST VANCOUVER, June 16 -- Testimony at the coroner's inquest into drowning of two-year-old Wayne Bezanson showed the child was wearing a life-preserver minutes before he fell from the stern of his father's yacht at Fisherman's Cove, Sunday.

The father, James Bezanson, of 1353 Clyde, told the jury in a broken voice that he and his wife were preparing to go home after Bezanson had been working on the boat, Mara Tea, and had removed the child's life jacket.

"I was just changing my pants and shirt and I saw his little brown face go by me in the cabin," the father said.

"Then, the next thing I knew, my wife said, 'Where's Wayne?'

"We ran to the deck and he was gone."

The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.2
Last Edited27 Jan 2024

Citations

  1. [S1106] Unknown compiler, "BC Archives", Death; Person: Wayne Robillard Bezanson; Date: 13 June 1954; Place: West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Age at Death: 2.
  2. [S898] News Item, "Tot's Death 'Accident'", The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia), 16 June 1954, p. 27.