SummaryFarmer at Te Puna. Born there in 1856, son of Louis Antoine Bidois and Irihāpeti Kaumoana. Educated at Bishop Pompallier’s school at Takapuna and the Catholic mission school at Rangiaowhia before returning to Te Puna in 1866. Married Pauline (Pōrina) Faulkner, granddaughter of Tauranga trader John Lees Faulkner and Ruawahine of Ngāi Tūkairangi, Ngāi Te Rangi. Their children included policeman Louis Hekenui Bidois. Died at his Te Puna residence on 14 January 1932.SourcesObituary: Bay of Plenty Times, 15 January 1932, Page 2Bidois Family notes from the former New Zealand Room's Vertical FilesWikitree: Charles Haare Bidois (1856 - 1932)Geni: Charles Louis Bidois (1856 - 1932)"Poututerangi’ na Haare Bidois": (Maketū and Tauranga folders: (Box 363) in Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Ams 209 (Alister Hugh Matheson papers)
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