Seventh Generation (Continued)
Edgar Elias Bezanson (Elijah6, Nancy Ann Hiltz5, Johannes Benjamin4, Rebecca Magdalena Lantz3, Johann Heinrich2, Michael1).
Born on 23 Mar 1908 in Aaldersville, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia.10,13 Edgar Elias was baptized in New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, on 21 Jun 1908.13 Edgar Elias died in Kentville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, on 18 Feb 2006; he was 97.33 Buried on 22 Feb 2006 in Steam Mill Village, Kings Co., Nova Scotia.33
At a very young age, Edgar Bezanson started working in his father's cooper shop, making barrels which were than taken to Chester or Kentville, Nova Scotia by oxen to be sold. He held a variety of jobs including Acadia University, Wolfville, where he worked in the greenhouses. For many years, he worked in the woods and did trucking for various people throughout the area and for a brief time he was employed with the Ross Farm Museum in New Ross, Nova Scotia. After retiring, he enjoyed his gardens, yard sales, and making wooden handles and spoons.33
On 29 Dec 1930 Edgar Elias married
Wilhelmina Annie Thelma Hiltz (2531) , daughter of
James Levi Hiltz (1069) & Sarah Alma Daniels, in New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia.
13 Born on 21 Apr 1913 in Forties Settlement, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia. Wilhelmina Annie Thelma died in Aaldersville, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, on 24 Jan 1998; she was 84.33 Buried on 28 Jan 1998 in Steam Mill Village, Kings Co., Nova Scotia.33