When Alphonse Bedard was born on 11 April 1887, in Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester, Chester-Est, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada, his father, Ambroise Bédard, was 32 and his mother, Marie Odile Corriveau, was 24. He married Marie Alice Moreau on 5 September 1927, in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 and Willimansett, Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1928. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 25 November 1963, in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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.
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