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     Frances Card was born on 14 November 1838 at Summerville, Nova Scotia.^2,1,3 She married Otis Bezanson on 17 November 1864 at Newport, Nova Scotia. She was 26. He was 27.^4,5,6 Frances Card died on 14 March 1912 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia, at age 73.^7,1,3 She was buried in Mount Denson Cemetery, Mount Denson, Nova Scotia.⁸

     Lena Bezanson was born on 8 July 1865 at Hantsport, Nova Scotia.^1,2 She died on 13 October 1891 at Mt. Denson at age 26.^2,3 She was buried in Mount Denson Cemetery, Mount Denson, Nova Scotia.⁴

     Captain Peleoman Bezanson was born on 19 November 1867 at Falmouth, Nova Scotia.^4,5,6 He was a mariner. He received a gold medal from the president of the United States for "heroic services in helping save the crew of the sinking schooner J. B. Jones off Cape Cod in March last" on 4 February 1896.⁷ He married Janet Maud O'Brien on 11 March 1896. He was 28.¹ Captain Peleoman Bezanson became a naturalized U.S. citizen on 8 June 1900 at U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.⁸ He moved to Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1920, made his home there for the rest of his life, and was considered a prominent citizen of the city.⁹ Captain Peleoman Bezanson applied for a U.S. passport on 8 August 1921 and it was issued on 19 August 1921.² He died on 23 January 1945 at Newport, Rhode Island, at age 77.^10,3 He was buried in Jordan Cemetery, Waterford, Connecticut.¹¹ His obituary appeared in The Newport Mercury and Weekly News (Newport, Rhode Island), 26 January 1945.¹²
     Captain Peleoman Bezanson was the master of the Aloha and Aloha II, large yachts owned by Arthur Curtiss James (1867–1941), an industrialist, railroad magnate, and yachtsman. Bezanson designed the Aloha II for James, and she was built at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1910. She was a "barque rigged 218 foot, 659 ton, sail and steam yacht". The U.S. Navy acquired Aloha II under a free lease for use as a patrol boat during World War 1. She was commissioned as USS Aloha (SP-317) on 22 April 1917 and decommissioned 29 January 1919 to resume her role as the private yacht of James. Captain Peleoman Bezanson was first mate—and evidently, the true captain—of Aloha II and he was aboard for trips to England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Panama, Egypt, the Mediterranean, and other ports. According to Wikipedia, she was "Famous in her time and the only bark-rigged yacht of her size afloat." Aloha was scrapped in 1938.
     Captain Peleoman Bezanson and Clifford E. Bezanson were both aboard the yacht Aloha I when it sailed through a hurricane in October 1905. On the night of October 14th, a large wave knocked Andrew Anderson overboard. Clifford E. Bezanson commanded the dinghy that rescued Anderson.¹³ Captain Peleoman Bezanson was mentioned in an article that appeared in The Day (New London, Connecticut) on 6 January 1909.

     Janet Maud O'Brien was born circa 1874 at Canada.¹ She married Captain Peleoman Bezanson on 11 March 1896. He was 28.² Janet Maud O'Brien died on 15 December 1948 at Middletown, Rhode Island.³ She was buried in Jordan Cemetery, Waterford, Connecticut.⁴

     Obituary from The Newport Mercury and Weekly News (Newport, Rhode Island), 17 December 1948:

     Mary Ethelind Bezanson was born on 12 March 1870 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia.^1,2 She married Edmund Jackson on 24 December 1890 at St. Croix, Nova Scotia. She was 20. He was 35.^3,4 Lena Jackson was "taken in by Edmund Jackson and Mary Ethelind Bezanson in 1892/1893 (1893 school records of Mt. Denson has Lena Jackson with Edmund as guardian). Lena is not with the Jacksons in the 1891 census, but is in the 1901 census, it has Lena as a Jackson."⁴ Mary Ethelind Bezanson died on 19 December 1959 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia, at age 89.^3,4

     Edmund Jackson was born on 28 March 1855 at Nova Scotia.^1,2 He married Mary Ethelind Bezanson on 24 December 1890 at St. Croix, Nova Scotia. He was 35. She was 20.^3,4 Lena Jackson was "taken in by Edmund Jackson and Mary Ethelind Bezanson in 1892/1893 (1893 school records of Mt. Denson has Lena Jackson with Edmund as guardian). Lena is not with the Jacksons in the 1891 census, but is in the 1901 census, it has Lena as a Jackson."⁴ Edmund Jackson died in 1943.³

     Alice Bezanson was born on 5 May 1872 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia.^1,2,3 She married Norman MacDonald.² Alice Bezanson became a widow upon the death of her husband Norman MacDonald before June 1911.⁴ Alice Bezanson married Thomas Andrew Trefry on 7 September 1921 at Hantsport, Nova Scotia. She was 49.^5,2 Alice Bezanson became a widow at age 69 upon the death of her husband Thomas Andrew Trefry on 3 October 1941 at Main Street, Hants Border, Nova Scotia.⁶ Alice Bezanson died on 3 January 1946 at Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, at age 73.^7,2

     Clifford E. Bezanson was also known as Enos C. Bezanson.¹ He was also known as Ernest Clifford Bezanson.² He was born on 1 January 1874 at Falmouth, Nova Scotia.^1,3,4 He married Martha Jane Marsters between 1917 and 1922.⁵ Clifford E. Bezanson married Annie (?).⁶
     Clifford E. Bezanson and Captain Peleoman Bezanson were both aboard the yacht Aloha I when it sailed through a hurricane in October 1905. On the night of October 14th, a large wave knocked Andrew Anderson overboard. Clifford E. Bezanson commanded the dinghy that rescued Anderson.⁷

     Captain Wellington Bezanson was born on 13 November 1875 at Falmouth, Nova Scotia.^2,3,4 He married Lena Jackson on 7 January 1902 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia. He was 26. She was 15.^3,4 Captain Wellington Bezanson was injured in a dockyard accident on 7 August 1903 at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.^5,4 He died on 6 May 1904 at Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, at age 28 as a result of the injuries sustained in the accident.^6,4 He was buried in Mt. Denson Cemetery with his parents.⁴

     Lena Jackson was born on 19 March 1886 at Hants County, Nova Scotia.^2,3 She was "taken in by Edmund Jackson and Mary Ethelind Bezanson in 1892/1893 (1893 school records of Mt. Denson has Lena Jackson with Edmund as guardian). Lena is not with the Jacksons in the 1891 census, but is in the 1901 census, it has Lena as a Jackson."¹ She appeared on the census of 1901 at Falmouth, Nova Scotia, in the household of Edmund Jackson and Mary Ethelind Bezanson.² Lena Jackson married Captain Wellington Bezanson on 7 January 1902 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia. She was 15. He was 26.^4,1 Lena Jackson became a widow at age 18 upon the death of her husband Captain Wellington Bezanson on 6 May 1904 at Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia.^5,1 Lena Jackson married Edmund Chisholm.³ Lena Jackson died in February 1983 at South Hamilton, Massachusetts, at age 96.¹

     Elizabeth Bezanson died in 1887.¹ She was born in 1887.¹ She was buried in Mount Denson Cemetery, Mount Denson, Nova Scotia.²

     Lillian Edith Bezanson was also known as Lillian Bezanson.² She was born on 7 February 1879 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia.^1,3,2 She married Oliphant O'Brien on 29 October 1901 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia. She was 22. He was 29.^4,5 Lillian Edith Bezanson died in 1965.⁵

     Oliphant O'Brien was born in September 1872 at Nova Scotia.¹ He married Lillian Edith Bezanson on 29 October 1901 at Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia. He was 29. She was 22.^2,3

     Eudora May O'Brien was born in February 1903 at Nova Scotia.^1,2,3 She married John A. Lawrence.^2,4 Eudora May O'Brien died on 5 April 1990 at age 87.^2,5 She was buried in Oak Island Cemetery, Maitland, Nova Scotia.³

     Frances Allen O'Brien was born in January 1907 at Nova Scotia.¹ She married Anthony (?).²

     Mary Ann Bezanson was born in 1840.¹ She married Isaac Newton Franklin.