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Canadian Besner Family of French
Origins
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The
250 th anniversary's celebrations
at
VAUDREUIL, PQ
on september
1st 2002
The
Memorial's Inauguration
Following the mass, everyone was
invited to make their way to the Musée de Vaudreuil and from there follow 12 soldiers from the
Compagnie Franche de la
Marine to the unveiling of the new
Besner park. You should have heard all the noise in the village as
these people, turned out in their Sunday best, paraded to the rhythm
of the drums and music!
Despite the heat, approximately 400
people made their way to the site of the inauguration of the linear
park developed on land cleared by my grandfather Joseph Besner (fifth
generation Michel), where my father, along with his brothers and
sisters, toiled long and hard to plough, fertilize and cultivate this
land that I had the pleasure of discovering during my
youth.
The mayor of Vaudreuil-Dorion,
Réjean Boyer, who is also a member of our Association (seventh
generation of Michel) and son of Rose-Aline Besner and René
Boyer, unveiled the sign to inaugurate the park that bears our
name.
After short speeches by the Mayor and
our President, Elliott, a commemorative plaque was unveiled to
celebrate the 250th anniversary of the arrival of our ancestor Jean
in this country. For this unveiling event, a representative of the
different Besner lines were invited to participate : Elliott Besner
for the Benjamins, Guy Besner for the Potaboires, Roméo Besner
for the Paulais, Jeanne Besner-Cloutier for the Pascals, Germain
Besner for the Michels, Corinne Bisnaire-Rocheleau for the Bisnaires
and finally, Marie-Renée Colin, nee Bézanère,
represented our French cousins. A Poem honouring
our ancestor was proclaimed by his
author All this took place under the surveillance of the
Compagnie Franche de la
Marine who then made a lot of
noise demonstrating shooting in the park. This was a very special way
to mark our presence in the land of our ancestor.
To close this ceremony, an oak tree was
planted to remind our descendants that on the first of September, in
the year 2002, the huge extended Besner family had assembled in this
park to celebrate the BESNER name. We must thank the City of
Vaudreuil-Dorion personnel for their cooperation in the planning of
the opening of this park and the installation of the commemorative
stele.
On this very special day,
the Musée régional de
Vaudreuil held a free open house;
I was told that approximately 150 people visited the
museum.
Text by Nicole
Besner, Pierreville, Qué.
translation by
Madeeine Besner-Low, from Ottawa, On.
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