Pearl Mary Jane Bezanson1

F, #22127, b. 11 January 1909, d. 1920
Father*James Edward Bezanson1 b. 23 Nov 1881, d. 26 Nov 1952
Mother*Amy Tresilla Keddy1 b. 21 Jan 1882, d. 28 Apr 1920
Relationship4th great-granddaughter of Jean George Bezanson
     Pearl Mary Jane Bezanson was born on 11 January 1909 at Lake Ramsay, Nova Scotia.2,1 She appeared on the census of 1911 at Fraxville, Nova Scotia, in the household of James Edward Bezanson and Amy Tresilla Keddy with Ralph Edwin Bezanson.3 Pearl Mary Jane Bezanson died in 1920.4

Census Summary

1900
Birth
1909
1910
Census
1911
1920
Death
1920
Last Edited2 Apr 2014

Citations

  1. [S1] Dorothy Evans, Bezansons from Nova Scotia, 160.
  2. [S12] Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM), "Birth Registrations", Bezanson, Jean Pearl; Registration Year: 1909; Page: 54500322; Number: 54500324.
  3. [S5] 1911 Canadian Census; New Ross, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia; Family: 87; Page: 10; Lines: 36-39.
  4. [S356] Bryan Keddy, "Keddy's of Nova Scotia."

Ralph Edwin Bezanson1

M, #22128, b. 19 January 1910, d. 31 March 1988
Reference: Bezansons from Nova Scotia ID # 427.1
Father*James Edward Bezanson1 b. 23 Nov 1881, d. 26 Nov 1952
Mother*Amy Tresilla Keddy1 b. 21 Jan 1882, d. 28 Apr 1920

Family

Alma Blanche Veinott b. 1918, d. 24 Apr 2004
Children
Relationship4th great-grandson of Jean George Bezanson
     Ralph Edwin Bezanson was born on 19 January 1910 at Forties Settlement, Nova Scotia.2,3,1,4 He married Alma Blanche Veinott on 10 March 1938. He was 28.4,5,6 Ralph Edwin Bezanson died on 31 March 1988 at Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Middleton, Nova Scotia, at age 78.7,8,1,4 He was buried in North Kingston Cemetery, North Kingston, Nova Scotia.8,9

     Obituary from The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia), 1 April 1988:
BEZANSON, Ralph Edwin — 78, Kingston died Thursday in Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Middleton. Born in Lake Ramsey, he was a son of the late Edward and Amy (Keddy) Bezanson.

He is survived by his wife, the former Alma Veinotte; three daughters, Doris (Mrs. David Arenburg), Kingston; Amy (Mrs. Paul Ewing), Greenwood; Pearl, Kingston; five sons, Lawson, Sackville; Alfred, Coldbrook; Vance, Joseph, Harold, all of Kingston; a sister, Sarah (Mrs. James Bond), Kelowna, B. C; two half-sisters, Elizabeth (Mrs. Clayton Joudrey), Lake Paul; Beatrice (Mrs. Howard Arenburg), Waterville; a brother, Edgar, New Ross; two half-brothers, Albert, East Dalhousie; Jim, Morristown; 23 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by two sisters, Pearl, Violet; two half-sisters, Etta, Elsie; two brothers, William, Harold; a half-brother, Nelson; a grandson, Tommie.

The body is in Warren T. Roop Funeral Home, Middleton. Funeral will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, All Saint's Anglican Church, Kingston, Rev. Kenneth Vaughan officiating. Burial in North Kingston Cemetery.7

Census Summary

1910
Birth
1910
Census
1911
1920
Census
1921
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
Death
1988

Census, Residence

Census1911Ralph Edwin Bezanson appeared on the census of 1911 at Fraxville, Nova Scotia, in the household of James Edward Bezanson and Amy Tresilla Keddy with Pearl Mary Jane Bezanson.10
Census1921Ralph Edwin Bezanson appeared on the census of 1921 at New Ross, Nova Scotia, in the household of James Alfred Keddy and Martha Emeline Veinot.11
Last Edited5 Sep 2019

Citations

  1. [S1] Dorothy Evans, Bezansons from Nova Scotia, 160.
  2. [S12] Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM), "Birth Registrations", Bezanson, Ralph Edwin; Registration Year: 1909; Page: 54600099; Number: 54600099.
  3. [S12] Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management (NSARM), "Birth Registrations", Bezanson, Ralph Edwin; Registration Year: 1910; Page: 54600312; Number: 54600314; marked as a duplicate, with a different date (24 March 1910) and place of birth (Fraxville).
  4. [S351] Family History Committee, Cemetery Records of Kings County, Section 5, Stone 509, "Ralph Edwin Bezanson, 1910-1988, his wife, Alma Blanche, 1918-."
  5. [S356] Bryan Keddy, "Keddy's of Nova Scotia."
  6. [S1] Dorothy Evans, Bezansons from Nova Scotia, 160, where the marriage date is "1938."
  7. [S2] Ralph Edwin Bezanson Death Notice, The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia), 1 April 1988, p. 8.
  8. [S836] Various Contributors, "Find A Grave", Ralph Edwin Bezanson; North Kingston Cemetery, North Kingston, Nova Scotia; Memorial Number: 172836860.
  9. [S351] Family History Committee, Cemetery Records of Kings County, North Kingston Cemetery, North Kingston, Section 5, Stone 509, "Ralph Edwin Bezanson, 1910-1988, his wife, Alma Blanche, 1918-."
  10. [S5] 1911 Canadian Census; New Ross, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia; Family: 87; Page: 10; Lines: 36-39.
  11. [S5] 1921 Canadian Census; New Ross West, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 46; Page: 2; Lines: 11-16.
  12. [S1] Dorothy Evans, Bezansons from Nova Scotia, 227.

Shirley Bezanson1

F, #22129, b. circa 1931, d. 30 January 2005
Father*Ralph Edwin Bezanson1 b. 7 Jun 1909, d. b 22 Jun 1999
Mother*Jenny O'Handley2 b. c 1910, d. 22 Jun 1999

Family

(?) Campbell
Relationship4th great-granddaughter of Jean George Bezanson
     Shirley Bezanson was born circa 1931 at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.3 She married (?) Campbell.2 Shirley Bezanson lived in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, in June 1999.2 She died on 30 January 2005 at Glace Bay Health Care Complex, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.3 She was buried on 2 February 2005 in Forest Haven Memorial Garden, Sydney, Nova Scotia.3

     Obituary from The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia), 31 January 2005:
CAMPBELL, Shirley - 74, Glace Bay, died January 30, 2005, in Glace Bay Health Care Complex.

Born in Glace Bay, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Jennie (O'Handley) Bezanson.

Surviving are sister, Norma; nieces, Brenda Lee and Shirley; nephews, Craig and Ralph; aunt, Georgie.

Visitation will be Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. in V.J. McGillivray Funeral Home, Glace Bay. Members of Rebekah Lodge are asked to assemble Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the funeral home for services. Funeral service Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment in Forest Haven Memorial Gardens, Sydney.3
Last Edited26 Apr 2014

Citations

  1. [S1] Dorothy Evans, Bezansons from Nova Scotia, 107.
  2. [S6] Jenny Bezanson Obituary, The Cape Breton Post (Sydney, Nova Scotia), 23 June 1999.
  3. [S2] Shirley Campbell Death Notice, The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia), 31 January 2005.