Joyeux anniversaire, Bruce Boudreau !

L'ex-entraîneur des Capitals de Washington, qui pilote Ducks d'Anaheim depuis le 30 novembre 2010, a 57 ans aujourd'hui.

Le grand-père de Bruce Boudreau, Herbert Boudreau, né le 25 novembre 1899 à Campbellton, au Nouveau-Brunswick, arrive à Montréal vers 1936-37. Il occupe un emploi à la Northern Electric. Une recherche dans le Lowell Directory révèle qu’il demeurait au 3772 boulevard LaSalle à Verdun. En 1946, la famille Boudreau habite au 5105 rue Bannantyne. On perd sa trace par la suite. Il semble que la famille Boudreau soit retournée à Bathurst. Ce qui est corroboré par les propos de Bruce Boudreau dans sa biographie, Gabby, Confession of a Hockey Lifer :

« I was born on January 9, 1955 in Toronto. Everytime my dad asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said a hockey player. It never varied. I never wanted to work for the fire departement or to be a policeman, any of the jobs that kids like.

Norman Boudreau, my father, was only five foot two. He was born in Montreal and grew up a Canadiens fan. His office was right accross the street from Maple Leaf Garden. He was a very loyal guy who worked for Dun & Bradstreet for thirty five years.

My mother, Theresa, was a bank teller for thirty-something years. We lived with my grandparents, Herb and Mary Boudreau.

My dad’s parents were killed in a car crash and Herb and Mary Boudreauadopted him, though I wouldn’t know that until I was twenty. They moved from Montreal to Bathurst in New Brunswick, and then my dad moved to Toronto in 1952 to find work. My mom who was from Bathurst, just followed, and they ended up getting married.

I don’t speak french. I’m sketchy on why. We’re not sure how old my father was when his biological parents died. We can’t find any records of their names or anything. We think they were English from England, but we’re not positive.

My dad spoke broken french. My mom is French and grew up speaking an Acadian dialect. Her maiden name was Roy, like Patrick Roy, the hall-of-fame goalie. »

(source : Gabby, Confession of a Hockey Lifer, Barnes & Noble, 2009.)

Pour sa bio, suivez le lien vers sa page Wikipedia:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Boudreau

LIGNÉE ANCESTRALE :

BOUDREAU, Bruce

m. 25 juin 1977, Ramsay, MN : Linda Kay PAULSON (trois enfants : Kasey, Ben, Andy)

2^ème m. 1995 Fort Wayne TX : Crystal FREY (un enfant : Brady, né 1999)

BOUDREAU, Norman né vers 1930, Montréal, décédé en 2003, adopté

ROY, Theresa (Edmond & Catherine Bertin)

m. 1953, Toronto, Ont.

BOUDREAU, Herbert

1^er m. : 26 jan. 1921 Bathurst (Sacred Heart) : Kathleen PITRE

MELANÇON, Mary Ethel (Joseph & Hélène Hachey)

m. 14 février 1934, Bathurst, N.B.

BOUDREAU, Charles

YOUNG, Jane Theresa (Abraham & Elizabeth Watson)

m. 22 novembre 1896, Bathurst, N.B.

BOUDREAU, Louis

VIENNEAU, Marcelline (Hubert & Marguerite Watson)

m. 13 février 1866, Petit-Rocher, N.B.

BOUDREAU, Romain

DOUCET, Rebecca (Raymond & Marguerite Boudreau)

m. 9 juin 1838, Petit-Rocher, N. B.

réhabilitation, 6 février 1870, Bathurst, N.B.

BOUDREAU, Jean

LEBLANC, Marguerite (Joseph & Modeste Doucet)

m. 4 Mai 1802, Bathurst, N.B.

BOUDREAU, Joseph

HACHEY, Jeanne (Jacques & Marguerite Boudreau)

m. 7 janvier 1761, Restigouche

BOUDROT, Anselme

GAUDET, Marguerite (Claude & Marguerite Blou)

m. vers 1726, Beaubassin, Acadie

BOUDROT, Michel

CORMIER, M-Madeleine (Thomas & Madeleine Girouard)

m. vers 1689, Port Royal, Acadie

BOUDROT, Olivier

AUCOIN, Michelle (Martin & Barbe Minguet)

m. vers 1641, Cougnes, Aunis

Retracée par : Dominique Ritchot Date : octobre  2011

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