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Leah Bebeau

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Leah Bebeau

Birth
Canada
Death
10 Mar 1922 (aged 84–85)
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
14-2
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LEAH BEBEAU
(1836 - 1922)

TWO RIVERS PIONEER DIES AT AGE OF 86
Mrs. Leah Bebeau Dies At Home of Daughter Here


Mrs. Leah Bebeau, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Eller, North Fifth street, yesterday afternoon after and illness which has confined her to her bed for some weeks. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Luke's Catholic church at Two Rivers, the Rev. Father Hugo officiating and burial will be at the Two Rivers cemetery.

Two Rivers Pioneer
Mrs. Bebeau was born in Canada April 26, 1836 and next month would have celebrated her eighty-sixth birthday anniversary. She came to Two Rivers with her parents at the age of 12 years and is one of that city's pioneers. April 5, 1864 she was married to M.J. Bebeau and the couple made their home at Two Rivers until twelve years ago when they came to this city to live. Mr. Bebeau died suddenly at Kewaunee in 1915.

Mrs. Bebeau is survived by five children, Mrs. Keller, with whom she made her home; Mrs. A.B. Leyse of Kewaunee, Mrs. P.J. Diehl of Los Angeles, Calif., Miss Mayo Bebeau of Sturgeon and Edmund of Sawyer.

Manitowoc Herald News, Wis., Saturday, March 11, 1922 P. 1

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OLDEST SETTLER OF TWO RIVERS CALLED
Mrs. Leah Bebeau Who Died at Manitowoc Came Here in 1848


Mrs. Leah Bebeau who came to Two Rivers in 1848 and who settled here before anyone else now living, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Keller, Manitowoc last Friday at the age of eighty-six years.

Deceased was born in Canada in 1836, came to Two Rivers in 1848 with her parents. The few who were then here have passed away and now she too has answered the final summons. Mrs. Bebeau was married to M.J. Bebeau in 1864 and the couple made their home here, raising a family of five children. In 1910 they moved to Manitowoc to make their home there and five years later, Mr. Bebeau died suddenly while visiting with his daughter at Kewaunee.

Mrs. Beabau is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Keller of Manitowoc, Mrs. A.B. Leyse of Kewaunee, Mrs. P. Diehl of California and by two sons, Edmund of Bay View and Mayo of Sturgeon Bay.

The body was brought to this city for burial and the funeral took place Monday morning at 9:00 from St. Luke's Church.

Two Rivers Reporter, Manitowoc, Wis., Thurs., Mar. 16, 1922

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LEAH BEBEAU
(1836 - 1922)

TWO RIVERS PIONEER DIES AT AGE OF 86
Mrs. Leah Bebeau Dies At Home of Daughter Here


Mrs. Leah Bebeau, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Eller, North Fifth street, yesterday afternoon after and illness which has confined her to her bed for some weeks. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Luke's Catholic church at Two Rivers, the Rev. Father Hugo officiating and burial will be at the Two Rivers cemetery.

Two Rivers Pioneer
Mrs. Bebeau was born in Canada April 26, 1836 and next month would have celebrated her eighty-sixth birthday anniversary. She came to Two Rivers with her parents at the age of 12 years and is one of that city's pioneers. April 5, 1864 she was married to M.J. Bebeau and the couple made their home at Two Rivers until twelve years ago when they came to this city to live. Mr. Bebeau died suddenly at Kewaunee in 1915.

Mrs. Bebeau is survived by five children, Mrs. Keller, with whom she made her home; Mrs. A.B. Leyse of Kewaunee, Mrs. P.J. Diehl of Los Angeles, Calif., Miss Mayo Bebeau of Sturgeon and Edmund of Sawyer.

Manitowoc Herald News, Wis., Saturday, March 11, 1922 P. 1

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OLDEST SETTLER OF TWO RIVERS CALLED
Mrs. Leah Bebeau Who Died at Manitowoc Came Here in 1848


Mrs. Leah Bebeau who came to Two Rivers in 1848 and who settled here before anyone else now living, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Keller, Manitowoc last Friday at the age of eighty-six years.

Deceased was born in Canada in 1836, came to Two Rivers in 1848 with her parents. The few who were then here have passed away and now she too has answered the final summons. Mrs. Bebeau was married to M.J. Bebeau in 1864 and the couple made their home here, raising a family of five children. In 1910 they moved to Manitowoc to make their home there and five years later, Mr. Bebeau died suddenly while visiting with his daughter at Kewaunee.

Mrs. Beabau is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Keller of Manitowoc, Mrs. A.B. Leyse of Kewaunee, Mrs. P. Diehl of California and by two sons, Edmund of Bay View and Mayo of Sturgeon Bay.

The body was brought to this city for burial and the funeral took place Monday morning at 9:00 from St. Luke's Church.

Two Rivers Reporter, Manitowoc, Wis., Thurs., Mar. 16, 1922

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