Harold Vincent BOUDREAU^[1]

1907 - 1976  (69 years)

• Name	Harold Vincent BOUDREAU
  Birth	1907	Little Dover, Guysborough, NS   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Apr 1976	Purcell's Cove, Halifax, NS   [4, 5]
  Burial	Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lower Sackville, NS
  Person ID	I291627	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	John BOUDREAU
  Mother	Margaret RHYNOLD,   b. Aug 1885, Halifax County, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F118233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Florence Margaret RICHARD,   b. 1907, Little Dover, Guysborough, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 Feb 1928	Little Dover, Guysborough, NS   [2]
  Children	1. Dorothy BOUDREAU   2. Harold BOUDREAU   d. Bef 1971   3. Muriel BOUDREAU   4. Ernest BOUDREAU,   b. 1939, Little Dover, Guysborough, NS d. 17 Jun 2013, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F118234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Madge Leona DANIELS,   b. 1921, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, NS d. 22 Dec 1992, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. David BOUDREAU   2. Diane Marie BOUDREAU,   b. 1949, Halifax, Halifax, NS d. 2 Aug 2009, Dartmouth, Halifax, NS (Age 60 years)   3. Donna Elizabeth BOUDREAU,   b. 18 May 1952, Halifax, Halifax, NS d. 6 Feb 2009, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 56 years)   4. Donald Leo BOUDREAU,   b. 19 Oct 1953, Spryfield, Halifax, NS d. 25 Oct 1953, Halifax, Halifax, NS (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F118177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  We know from his death record that son Donald belongs to Harold and Madge (DANIELS) BOUDREAU. The big problem with Harold's obit is that it doesn't discriminate between half-siblings, step-siblings, full siblings and so on.  But if you stare at all the "family" obits long enough, what seems to emerge is that Dianne, Donna, and David belong to Harold and Madge as well.   Interestingly, if this is correct, the names of Roy and Madge's child all begin with the letter J, while Harold and Madge's children's names all begin with the letter D. According to son Ernest's obit, he belongs to Harold and Margaret (EHLER) BOUDREAU. But his obit also tells us that he was born in 1938/39. Because Donald BOUDREAU is proven by his death record to be a s/o Harold and Madge who was born in 1953, Ernest must be a son of Harold by a previous marriage, and we know that he previously marries Florence Margaret RICHARD in 1928.  So either Florence Margaret has a second husband named EHLER, or Ernest is the product of extra-curricular hanky-panky; and since the simplest explanation is the former, I choose to use Occam's Razor and go with that [for the moment]. Also, because they are mentioned in Harold's obit but not any other, it would seem that children Harold, Muriel, and Dorothy belong to Harold and Florence Margaret as well if the rationale for Donald is correct. We know from his death record that son Donald belongs to Harold and Madge (DANIELS) BOUDREAU. The big problem with Harold's obit is that it doesn't discriminate between half-siblings, step-siblings, full siblings and so on.  But if you stare at all the "family" obits long enough, what seems to emerge is that Dianne, Donna, and David belong to Harold and Madge as well.   Interestingly, if this is correct, the names of Roy and Madge's child all begin with the letter J, while Harold and Madge's children's names all begin with the letter D. According to son Ernest's obit, he belongs to Harold and Margaret (EHLER) BOUDREAU. But his obit also tells us that he was born in 1938/39. Because Donald BOUDREAU is proven by his death record to be a s/o Harold and Madge who was born in 1953, Ernest must be a son of Harold by a previous marriage, and we know that he previously marries Florence Margaret RICHARD in 1928.  So either Florence Margaret has a second husband named EHLER, or Ernest is the product of extra-curricular hanky-panky; and since the simplest explanation is the former, I choose to use Occam's Razor and go with that [for the moment]. Also, because they are mentioned in Harold's obit but not any other, it would seem that children Harold, Muriel, and Dorothy belong to Harold and Florence Margaret as well if the rationale for Donald is correct.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12213] #Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Obituary Notice for James E. Daniels; 25 September 1967. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, Year: 1928 - Book: 51 - Page: 467. [S13500] 1921 Census of *NS*, Giysborough County, ED 49 (Dover), family #151 . [S521] Cemetery Records, Gate of Heaven Cemetery--Lower Sackville. [S1252] #Halifax Chronicle-Herald Obits Index.