Roger Fernand Bechard b. 26 Sep 1923 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA d. 27 Dec 1998 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA: Our Family History

Roger Fernand Bechard

1923 - 1998 (75 years)

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Name	Roger Fernand Bechard [2, 3]
Birth	26 Sep 1923	Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [2]
Gender	Male
Death	27 Dec 1998	Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [2]
Burial	Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [2]
Person ID	I292400671582	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Albert Bechard, b. 16 Jun 1897, Van Burean, Maine d. 12 Mar 1978, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 80 years)
Mother	Laura Dion, b. 24 May 1898, Easton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA d. 24 Apr 1986, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 87 years)
Marriage	13 Sep 1920	Maine, USA
Family ID	F2696	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Blanche Theresa Bechard, b. 2 Feb 1926, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, USA d. 22 Nov 2010, Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 84 years)

Marriage 2 Jul 1946 Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Children

	1. Living
	2. Lisa Ann Bechard

Family ID F4939 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

Sources
[S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.