Businessman.
Born in France in 1880, he came to Winnipeg in 1909 where, in 1912, he founded and was President of Gaspard and Sons. He retired from the business in 1960.
On 10 February 1912, he married Hadwig Marie Miller (1890-1970) and they had ten children: Alfred Herbert Gaspard (1912-1912), Mariette Gaspard (1913-?, wife of Kenneth Armstrong Lemon), Robert Arthur Edward Gaspard (1915-?), Helen Wagdalen May Gaspard (1919-?, wife of J. Porter), Yvonne Ann Margaret Gaspard (1919-?, wife of H. Paul), Marguerite Mary Gaspard (1921-2015), Joseph Gaspard (?-?), Frederic Theodor Gaspard, Edith Gaspard (?-?, wife of R. Cherniack), and Rita Gaspard (?-?, wife of G. Richcreek).
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 16 February 1965 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Marriage registration [Fred Gaspard, Hadwig Muller], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Herbert Gaspard, Mariette Gaspard, Robert Arthur Edward Gaspard, Helen Wagdalen May Gaspard, Yvonne Ann Margaret Gaspard, Margaret Mary Gaspard], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Alfred Herbert Gaspard], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Marriage registration [Mariette Gaspard, Kenneth Armstrong Lemon], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 18 February 1965.
Obituary [Hadwig Marie Gaspard], Winnipeg Free Press, 18 April 1970, page 43.
Obituary [Marguerite Mary Gaspard], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 June 2015.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 April 2022
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