Albert Bechard b. 16 Jun 1897 Van Burean, Maine d. 12 Mar 1978 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA: Our Family History

1897 - 1978 (80 years)

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Name	Albert Bechard [2, 3]
Birth	16 Jun 1897	Van Burean, Maine [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Residence	1900	Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, USA [3]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence	1930	Lewiston, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Yardman
Death	12 Mar 1978	Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA
Person ID	I292400674063	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Alphonse Bechard, b. 15 Jun 1860, Riviere du Loup, Quebec, Canada d. 20 Aug 1939, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 79 years)
Mother	Clarisse Guimond, b. 22 May 1859, Frenchville, Aroostook, Maine, USA d. 28 Sep 1944, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 85 years)
Marriage	1881 [3]
Family ID	F3228	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 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

Children

1. Roger Fernand Bechard, b. 26 Sep 1923, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA

d. 27 Dec 1998, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA

(Age 75 years)

Family ID F2696 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

[S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.
[S965666717] Year: 1930; Census Place: Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 2340563.
[S965667050] Year: 1900; Census Place: Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine; Roll: 588; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0014.

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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.