Métis leader.
Born at St. Boniface on 3 November 1838, son of Benjamin Beauchemin (c1804-1870) and Marie Parenteau (c1815-?), nephew of Andre Beauchemin, around 1859 he married Marguerite McMillan (1839-1926) at the Red River Settlement and they settled in the Charleswood area. They had four children: William “Bill” Beauchemin (1859-1946), Patrice Beauchemin (1871-1941), Fred Beauchemin (?-?), and Virginie Beauchemin (?-?, wife of A. Hogue). In 1869, he was a member of the December Convention, and subsequently was a French representative of St. Charles in the Convention of Forty formed by Louis Riel’s Provisional Government in January 1870. He died at St. Charles on 2 December 1900 and was buried in the St. Charles Roman Catholic Cemetery. He and his family is commemorated by Beauchemin Park in Winnipeg.
Beauchemin, Baptiste, Dictionnaire historique des Canadiens et des Métis français de l’Ouest by A. G. Morice, Québec: J. P. Garneau, 1908), page 13.
Death registrations [Margaret Beauchemin, Patrice Beauchemin, William Beauchemin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Scott hanging witness dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 April 1946, page 9.
Photos & Fragments of Charleswood History: A Collection of Historic Photographs of Our Community and the Stories They Tell by Len Van Roon and Verna Van Roon, pages 26-27.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Brian Cyr and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 February 2024
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