When Joseph Bédard was born from about 1759 to 1760, his father, François Bédard, was 46 and his mother, Marie Jeanne Savard, was 45. He married Marie Francoise Pageot on 31 January 1785, in Charlesbourg, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters.
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Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Marcel, Normand, Andre, Emile, Lucien, Adelard, Pierre, Raoul, Yvon, Antoine, Camille.
French (Bédard): nickname from a derivative of bedaine ‘paunch, potbelly’, applied to a pudgy individual, or from a derivative of Old French bedier ‘ignorant, stupid’. Compare Badore , Badour 1, Bedeau 1, and Bedore .
History: A Calvinist family called Bedard from La Rochelle is documented in Charlesbourg, QC, in 1666.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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