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From the first recorded birth in 1854 to the 2009 reunion, with the wider history that shaped the journey and the first published records that name the Redu settlers.

1850s
9 July 1854Emile Joseph Bauche is born family source
Lesse Redu, Belgium. Son of Amand Joseph Bauche and Marie Jeanne Clarinval.
Sources: [S2] [S3]
1860s
8 April 1863Marie Felicie Copet is born family source
Lesse Redu, Belgium. Daughter of Victor Joseph Copet and Eugenie Josephine Perpete. The family database gives 8 April; the original “Descendants” page says 18 April.
Sources: [S2] [S3]
1880s
1 June 1888Emile Joseph Bauche marries Marie Felicie Copet family source
Both were born at Lesse Redu, in the Province of Luxembourg, Belgium. Their seven children were all born there.
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1888Father Jean Gaire settles at Grande Clairière, Manitoba background
Gaire, a young priest who had left France, arrived at Oak Lake parish on 10 July 1888, found a large clearing and settled there. Wikipedia dates the community’s founding to 1890, when French and Belgian settlers arrived.
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April 1889The first families from Redu reach Grande Clairière research finding verified
The Manitoba Historical Society’s history of the district says that in April 1889 settlers began to arrive from Redu, among them the Delaite, Stringer and Copet families. Printed rosters of 1891 and 1892 list Edmond Delaitte, Alphonse Copper (or Coppet) and Cyrille Libert as coming from Redu. The Bauche family were still in Belgium: Emile Joseph had married Marie Felicie Copet the year before.
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9 May 1889René Bauche is born family source
Lesse Redu, Belgium
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1890s
23 March 1890French and Belgian immigrants reach Grande Clairière background
Forty French and Belgian immigrants arrived. The previous winter Gaire had spent a month in France as an immigration agent for the Canadian government.
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6 July 1890Louis Bauche is born family source
Lesse Redu, Belgium
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1891Men from Redu take the first homesteads at Bellegarde research finding verified
At the Fourth Coulee, where Bellegarde (Saskatchewan) now stands, the first homesteaders were Alphonse Copet, Cyrille Delaite, Joseph Delaite and Cyrille Libert. A parish history says of them: “Tout ce monde nous vient du village de Redu” (all these people came to us from the village of Redu). Another book (Jaenen, 2011) gives 1898 instead of 1891.
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22 December 1892Emile Bauche is born family source
Lesse Redu, Belgium
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14 February 1895Henri Bauche is born family source
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1896A new wave of Belgian immigration to Canada begins background
The Canadian Encyclopedia dates the start of this “second wave” to 1896.
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9 October 1896Paul Bauche is born family source
Lesse Redu, Belgium
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17 April 1899Julia Bauche is born family source
Lesse Redu, Belgium
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1900s
4 February 1901Seraphine Bauche is born family source
Lesse Redu, Belgium
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1903Direct steamship link between Antwerp and Canada background
A direct steamship connection to Antwerp makes the Atlantic crossing easier for Belgian emigrants.
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1905René Bauche is the first of the family to cross to Canada family source
René, the eldest son (born 1889), came to Canada in 1905.
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1906Railway, growth and new Belgian legislation background
The Canadian Northern line from Hartney to Virden passes through Grande Clairière, which grows into a village with stores, garages and a bank. New 1906 legislation encourages Belgians to establish dairy farms.
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1908Louis Bauche follows family source
Louis (born 1890) came to Canada in 1908.
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June 1909The rest of the family comes to Canada family source
Emile Joseph, Marie Felicie and their remaining children — Emile, Henri, Paul, Julia and Seraphine — came to Canada in June 1909. This is the “1909” of the original site’s title, “1909 Bauche Family 2009”.
Sources: [S2] [S1]
21 June 1909A family of seven, indexed as “Banche”, lands at Quebec on the Mount Temple research finding probable
A free index of Quebec passenger lists has seven Belgian passengers named Banche, aged 55, 47, 15, 13, 11, 9 and 7, on the same page of the Mount Temple’s list for 21 June 1909. The names and ages match Emile Joseph, Marie Felicie, Emile, Henri, Paul, Julia and Seraphine, give or take a year. The page image has not been read yet.
Sources: [S17] [S18]
1910s
1915Louis Bauche marries Louisa Mahin family source
Mahin is the surname of a family from Redu settled at Bellegarde; the bride was probably the daughter of Léandre Mahin (see The First Settlers).
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16 June 1917Emile Bauche marries Alice Charles family source
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1920s
1921René Bauche marries Marie Boulanger family source
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27 February 1924Henri Bauche marries Odile Mathilde Marie Mahin family source
Bellegarde, Saskatchewan. Mahin is the surname of a family from Redu settled at Bellegarde; the bride was probably the daughter of Léandre Mahin (see The First Settlers).
Sources: [S3] [S9] [S13]
1930s
12 April 1932Julia Bauche marries Vital Bertholet family source
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13 August 1936Emile Bauche dies family source
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13 November 1938Léandre Mahin, born at Redu, dies at Bellegarde research finding verified
His obituary says he was born at Redu on 25 February 1869 and that his wife, née Marie Alphonsine Copet, had died ten years earlier; both lie in St. Maurice cemetery, Bellegarde. Two of Emile Joseph’s sons married Mahin women (Louis in 1915, Henri in 1924). That those women were his daughters is probable, not yet proven.
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1940s
12 October 1942Emile Joseph Bauche dies family source
He died aged 88 and was buried at Grande Clairière, Manitoba. His obituary appeared in the newspaper La Liberté et le Patriote on 28 October 1942.
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14 January 1943Marie Felicie Copet dies family source
She died aged 79 and was buried, like her husband, at Grande Clairière, Manitoba.
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1950s
20 April 1956René Bauche dies family source
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1960s
1966Louis Bauche dies family source
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1980s
1980Paul Bauche dies family source
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1981Seraphine Bauche dies family source
The newspaper La Liberté (20 May 1982) places her death on Saturday 8 May 1982, aged 81; 8 May 1981 was a Friday, so the database year may be a slip.
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1985Henri Bauche dies family source
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1990s
1996Julia Bauche dies family source
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2000s
2005Family reunion in Belgium family source
Descendants gather in Belgium; other photographs record a visit to the ancestral home and to the monument at Redu.
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2008Group portrait of the descendants of Gilbert and Georgette Bauche family source
A photograph of several generations of their descendants is dated 2008. Nothing else is recorded about the occasion.
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6–9 August 2009100 Years in Canada: the 2009 reunion family source
From Thursday to Sunday, the family gathered at the Mother Theresa Centre at Kenosee Lake, Saskatchewan, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bauche family in Canada. The original site reports: “The Reunion was a big success.”
Sources: [S1]
2010s
18 May 2013The family database pages are generated family source
Web pages dated 18 May 2013 present a database of 1,980 individuals and 630 families, compiled by a family member. When they were first published is not recorded.
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How to read the colours. Green-edged entries are family sources. Gold-edged entries are research findings: published records that name the Redu settlers or the family, each marked verified, probable or speculative. Blue entries are historical background from outside sources, not about the Bauche family itself.