Bernice DEMERCHANT

1912 - 1999  (86 years)

• Name	Bernice DEMERCHANT  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	1 Jun 1912	Piercemont, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2, 4, 6, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	1999	Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2, 6]
  Death	26 Feb 1999	Carleton, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada   [1, 2, 6]
  Person ID	I15635	Carleton

  
  

  Father	Herman DEMERCHANT           b. 30 Sep 1890, Piercemont, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 15 Sep 1927, Piercemont, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Effie KINNEY           b. 1 Apr 1893, Mineral, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 19 Feb 1948, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 Mar 1912	Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
  Family ID	F9091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leigh BROAD           b. 18 Mar 1906, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 1985 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1930	Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
  Children	1. Verdaline Joyce BROAD           b. 25 Mar 1931, Piercemont, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 14 Aug 2021, Lapeer, Michigan, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Oral Leon BROAD           b. 2 Dec 1935, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 22 Aug 2019, Hotel Dieu St. Joseph Hospita, Perth-Andover, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Kevin Roy BROAD           b. 26 Apr 1938, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 18 Jan 2024, Juniper, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Keith Leoma BROAD           b. 14 Nov 1942, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 22 Dec 2022, Riverview Manor, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Jun 1912 - Piercemont, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Burial - 1999 - Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Holmesville, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		d_DeMerchant.Bernice_Birth_1912
  		d_Broad.Leigh_DeMerchant.Bernice_Marriage_1930

  
  

  Headstones

  Broad.Leigh_DeMerchant.Bernice Photo copyright Norman DeMerchant

  
  

• Sources

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