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Édouard Beaupré, (January 9, 1881 – July 3, 1904) better known by his nickname "The Willow Bunch Giant" was a Canadian circus and freak show giant, professional wrestler, strongman, and star of Barnum and Bailey's circus.
History of Willow Bunch: Edouard Beaupré – The Willow Bunch Giant. By: Ovila Lespérance. Joseph Edouard Beaupré, born January 9, 1881, in Willow Bunch was the eldest son of Gaspard Beaupré and Florestine Piché. His father measured 5′ 8″ and his mother 5′ 4″.
Sep 10, 2023 · Canadian Édouard Beaupré, who was 8 feet 3 inches tall (252 cm), was born on January 9, 1881, in Willow Bunch (previously Talle-de-Saules) in Saskatchewan and died on July 3, 1904, at the age of 23 in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. Edouard Beaupre was referred to as the Giant Beaupré.
Edouard Beaupré (born 9 January 1881) was the eldest of 20 children born to Gaspard and Florestine (née Piché) Beaupré in the newly-founded parish of Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan, Canada, and was the first child to be baptized in the parish. Edouard Beaupré did not appear abnormally large at birth, and for the first three years of his life ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Jessie Short is making a documentary on her great Uncle Édouard Beaupré, pictured standing behind another man of more normal height. Beaupré was a Canadian wrestler, strongman and circus star.
Source: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. BEAUPRÉ, ÉDOUARD, known as Beaupré the giant, a strong man and legendary figure; b. 9 Jan. 1881 in Willow Bunch (Sask.), eldest of the 20 children of Gaspard Beaupré, a native of L’Assomption, Que., and Florestine Piché, a Métis woman who with some 60 families from the Red River settlement (Man ...
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Mar 16, 2022 · Edouard Beaupré: Géant du Willow Bunch. He was known as the tallest man in Canadian history. Before that, however , he was multilingual Fransaskois from a tiny town in Southern Saskatchewan,...
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