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Mervin Bezeau

Male 1908 - Yes, date unknown


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  1. 1.  Mervin Bezeau was born 1908, , Ontario, Canada (son of Mayor Charles Mortimer "Mortimer" Bezeau and Edith Clara Manning); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-319697
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1921, 12 Ellen St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mayor Charles Mortimer "Mortimer" Bezeau was born 16 Jan 1871, Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; died 1964; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Charles Mortimer "Mortimer" Bezzo
    • Name: Mortimer Bezzo
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-22841P
    • Residence: 1901, Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Auto Mechanic, Auto ?
    • Residence: 1921, 12 Ellen St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Elected Office: 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor and mayor
    • Business: 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mansfield Shirt Company

    Notes:

    Mackenzie King preferred the name Berlin, and other finds in Laurier's new online collection

    WATERLOO REGION - One interesting fact gleaned from Laurier University's new digitized collection of William Lyon Mackenzie King's correspondence with a Kitchener mayor is the prime minister really liked russet pears.

    Or, at the very least Charles Mortimer Bezeau, Kitchener's mayor from 1931-32, liked sending them to him.

    "If King didn't like pears, he didn't let on," said Julia Hendry, head of archives and special collections at Laurier University......

    Booth, L. (2017). Mackenzie King preferred the name Berlin, and other finds in Laurier's new online collection | TheRecord.com. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7634775-mackenzie-king-preferred-the-name-berlin-and-other-finds-in-laurier-s-new-online-collection/

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    WON PRIZES

    Mr. C. M. Bezzo, the well-known florist, received word a few days ago that he had been successful in winning two second prizes in the fourth grade for asters of the great horticultural, exhibition in Syracuse, N.Y., in September. It is one of the largest exhibitions of its kind on the continent and Mr. Bezzo is to be congratulated upon his success.

    The Chronicle Telegraph, 21 Dec 1911, p. 3

    Elected Office:
    1925-26, 1928, 1931-32 (Mayor)

    Business:
    The Mansfield Shirt Company is a vigorous company that was founded in 1931. Ex-Mayor C. Mortimer Bezeau is President and his son, H. Mortimer Bezeau, Manager of the company. Their productions are a good advertisement for the city.

    A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937

    Charles — Edith Clara Manning. Edith was born Dec 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Edith Clara Manning was born Dec 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Edith Clara Bezeau
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25657
    • Residence: 1901, Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Residence: 1921, 12 Clarence Place, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Children:
    1. Harold Mortimer "Mortimer" Bezeau was born 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died 1972; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Emily Izetta "Izetta" Bezeau was born 5 Apr 1903, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Apr 1929, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. Lawrence Bezeau was born 1904, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Clarence Bezeau was born 1905, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 1. Mervin Bezeau was born 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Charles Mortimer Bezeau was born 14 Nov 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1984, Kelowna, , British Columbia, Canada.
    7. Louis Manning Bezeau was born 14 Nov 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jan 1984, Kelowna, , British Columbia, Canada.
    8. Mildred Bezeau was born 1913, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Izecta Bezeau was born 1921, , Ontario, Canada.


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