ANGÈLIQUE BÉDARD (1801-1860)

           ​​Angèlique Bedard, daughter of Jean-Baptiste and Elizabeth (Auclair), was born November 22, 1801 in Saint-Antoine. We should note that Angèlique’s older sister Louise Angèle (1794-1816) married François’ older brother François-Xavier (1793-1859). This has caused much confusion in this area of the family. Several key factors to deciphering the puzzle are that Louise “Angèle” died in 1816 and François-Xavier remarried Rosalie “Rose” Marion. Also, François often referred to as François-Xavier in the Baptismal entries in the Drouin transcriptions. Always keep in mind the mother’s name for those baptisms after 1816. If it is Angélique, then the father should be François (not François-Xavier), as often entered.

         ​​Another confusion is the number of François-Xavier and François Côtés there were and also other repetitions of names. Stay focused on the village of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, as both brothers lived there and remained in the county of Lotbinière their whole life.

         As the area populated other villages popped up such as St-Flavien, (records stared in 1857), and St-Apollinaire, (records stared in 1856/7), and — if you cannot find your ancestors in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly or Ste-Croix, check out the other towns in the county of Lotbinière that emerged as the population grew.

         ​​Angèlique and François married Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lotbinière, on the 14 Feb 1820, he at nineteen and she eighteen, considered minors, so they needed the consent of their parents.

           ​​Angèlique died February 24, 1860, almost two years from the death of François, leaving her youngest children orphaned. Odile would have only been fifteen. She and possibly Philomène would have taken shelter with one of their older siblings (room and board for labour).