Emily Izetta "Izetta" Bezeau

Other Events:

• Name: Emily Izetta "Izetta" Hodgins
• Name: Isetta Bezzo
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33124
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1926; School Teacher

Emily married Cecil Charles Hodgins 10 Apr 1926, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Cecil (son of Alonzo John Hodgins and Annie Pratt) was born 1897, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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, Colborne Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; died 11 Nov 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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
• Residence: 1949, 12 Ellen St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Mrs. C. Mortimer Bezeau

After an illness of 13 years, during which time she was confined to either her bed or wheelchair, Edith Clara Manning, wife of C. Mortimer Bezeau, died early today at her home, 12 Ellen St. East.


Born in Colborne Township, Huron County, she was the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Manning. Early in life she moved with her parents to Clinton where she met and married her surviving husband. A few years later they moved to Goderich, coming to Kitchener 42 years ago.


Prior to her illness, Mrs. Bezeau was active in church work, and was a life member of the Women's Missionary Society of Trinity United Church. For several years she was corresponding secretary for the Mothers Class of Trinity United Sunday School.

Surviving, besides her husband, are four sons, H. Mortimer, Lawrence C., and Mervin O., all of Kitchener; Louis M., Lethbridge, Alta.; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Mildred) McCullough, Holmesville, Ont.; one brother, James Manning, Ernfold, Sask.; one sister, Mrs. Isaac Fisher, Leamington. There are 15 grandchildren. A daughter, Izetta, predeceased her.

The body will be at the Gruhn Funeral Home until Monday noon when removal will be made to Trinity United Church Chapel for funeral service at 2 p.m. Rev. O. P. Hossie will officiate. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. Friends are asked to pay their respects prior to the service.

Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Sat, Nov 12, 1949 Page 7