Commonly went by the name Philip or Phil. Though his marriage records indicates born in St Sebastian, Quebec, Canada, later records indicate Massachusetts. His early records show born in Canada where he was living with his parents, however they were living in New Bedford, MS in the 1900 census. Wrong birth year on headstone.

British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932
Name: Filias Bedard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 16 Nov 1906
Event Place: Greenwood, British Columbia, Canada
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Birthplace: St Sebastian, Quebec
Marital Status: Bachelor
Father's Name: Joseph Bedard
Mother's Name: Marie Duval
Spouse's Name: Lena Wilcox
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1888
Spouse's Birthplace: Bonaparte Mountain, Washington
Spouse's Marital Status: Spinster
Spouse's Father's Name: Harvy Wilcox
Spouse's Mother's Name: Marguerite Mcdougal

children: Albert Alvin Bedard b: 9 Apr 1907 d: 13 Dec 1964, Mary Elizabeth Bedard b: 19 Jul 1908 d: bef 1920, Estelle "Essie" Louise Bedard Prigmore b: 12 Nov 1913 d: 7 Jul 2004, Halley E Bedard Cameron Hatch b: 10 Nov 1915 d: 17 Dec 2005

Estelle Bedard Prigmore
Estelle Bedard Prigmore, 89, Grants Pass, Ore., died July 7, 2004.
She was born in Okanogan as one of Joseph Filias Bedard and Lena Wilcox's six children. Her mother was a great-granddaughter of Okanogan Chief Aeneas.

m: Elva Young 2 Aug 1919 in Okanogan Co, WA

children: Basil Bedard b: 1921 d: ?, Walter Neil Bedard b: 27 May 1926 d: 27 Apr 2006

Washington Death Certificate
Name Phil Bedard
Death date 04 Apr 1946
Death place Omak, Okanogan, Washington
Gender Male
Age at death 68 years 7 months 15 days
Estimated birth year 1878
Marital status Widowed
Spouse name Elva
Father name Bedard
Burial date 08 Apr 1946
Film number 2032511
Digital GS number 4223019
Image number 1892
Reference number State File No. 38