The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 773 

VANACE BEAUDRY.

Vanace Beaudry, who has resided in the Moxee valley since 1900, was born in
Douglas, Massachusetts, May 24, 1864, a son of John T. and Philomena (Benoit)
Beaudry, both of whom were natives of Quebec, Canada, to which country they
returned in 1864 after living for a time in Massachusetts. At a subsequent
date. however, they again came to the United States, settling in Crookston,
Minnesota, in 1874, after which the father devoted his attention to farming in
that locality. In 1900 he arrived in Yakima county and made his home with a son
in the city of Yakima until his death, which occurred in 1910. For more than a
decade he had survived his wife, who passed away in 1899.

Vanace Beaudry was reared under the parental roof and his youthful experiences
were those which usually fall to the lot of the farmbred boy. After reaching
man's estate he began farming on his own account in Minnesota, where he owned a
tract of land which he continued to further develop and improve until 1900, when
the opportunities of the northwest attracted him and he made his way to the
Moxee valley. Here he purchased thirty acres of wild land, on which he built a
good residence, substantial barns and other buildings. He afterward sold ten
acres of this place.

In 1890 Mr. Beaudry was united in marriage to Miss Leo Caddie Champaux, who
passed away in 1902. On the 29th of October, 1907, he was again married, his
second union being with Marie F. Carpenter, of Crookston, Minnesota. The
children of his first marriage are: Herbane, deceased; Regine, a Sister of a
Catholic order; Rose Alma, who has also taken vows in a Catholic sisterhood;
Corinne, a Sister in the Catholic church; Oliver, at home; Romaine, who is
residing with an uncle in Portland, Oregon; and two others who have passed away.
The family are all members of the Holy Rosary Catholic church of Moxee City.
Mrs. Beaudry's father, Michael Carpenter, removed from Quebec. Canada, to
Crookston, Minnesota. About 1904 the family came to Yakima county, where the
father purchased farm land in the Moxee valley and he was also the owner of a
farm in Fruitvale. He passed away in 1914 but his widow survives and is now
living in Moxee.

In his political views Mr. Beaudry is a democrat, having supported the party
since becoming an American citizen. He is ever loyal to any cause which he
espouses and true to any principle that he adopts. In business he is determined
and energetic, carefully planning his interests and carrying out his plans with
resolution and determination. The success which he has won has come to him as
the reward of persistent, earnest labor, and his life illustrates what can be
accomplished through individual effort, combined with persistency of purpose.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.