Joseph Napoleon RAPANAULT

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10 August 1884 , Sutton, Massachusetts, USA

Died

6 February 1933 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Leon A RAPANAULT Ozina (Rosana) DESMARAIS

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Born: 10 August 1884 in Sutton, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Leon A RAPANAULT

Mother: Ozina (Rosana) DESMARAIS

Paternal grandparents: Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) , Flavie MORIN

Maternal grandparents: Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS , Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU

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Joseph Napoleon married Elizabeth Marie RENAUD 30 September 1907 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Elizabeth Marie RENAUD was born 18 August 1887 in Grafton, Massachusetts, USA . Elizabeth Marie died 9 August 1985 in West Haven, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth Marie was the child of Edouard RENAUD dit LOCAS and Parmelia (Adelina) MARTIN.

Joseph Napoleon RAPANAULT died 6 February 1933 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Elizabeth Marie RENAUD
Marriage date: 30 September 1907
Marriage place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
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Elizabeth Marie RENAUD was the child of Edouard RENAUD dit LOCAS and Parmelia (Adelina) MARTIN

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Married at Notre Dame Church. He was 23. She was 20. He was a weaver born in Wilkinsonville- son of Leon Rapanault and Ozina Desmarais. She was an operative born in Millbury - daughter of Edward Renaud and Emelie Martin.

Groom's name: Joseph Rapanault

Groom's age: 23 years

Groom's estimated birth year: 1884

Groom's birthplace: Wilkinsonville, ,

Bride's name: Elizabeth Renauld

Bride's age: 20 years

Bride's estimated birth year: 1887

Bride's birthplace: Millbury, ,

Marriage date (original): 30 Sep 1907

Marriage date: 30 Sep 1907

Marriage place: Southbridge, , Massachusetts

Groom's father's name: Leon Rapanault

Groom's mother's name: Ozina Demarais

Father of bride's name: Edward Renauld

Mother of bride's name: Melie Martin

Film number: 2315300

Digital GS number: 4329358

Image number: 868

Number of images: 1

Reference number: p 421 no 85

Marriage registration place: Southbridge, , Massachusetts

Marriage registration year: 1907

Collection: Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1842-1915

Children of Joseph Napoleon RAPANAULT and Elizabeth Marie RENAUD

Leo Paul RAPANAULT

Born: 24 August 1908, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 13 September 1908, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Lionel Romeo RAPANAULT

Born: 27 September 1912, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 11 May 2008, West Haven, Connecticut, USA

Married: Rachel Gabrielle PARISEAU 27 July 1942 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Irene Josephine RAPANAULT

Born: 24 November 1915, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 14 December 2000, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Raymond Ernest DUMAS 5 May 1942 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Kenneth Orville MORRISON 1982

Therese Emma Mathilda RAPANAULT

Born: 9 December 1916, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 7 September 2009, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Rachel Elizabeth RAPANAULT

Born: 19 February 1919, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 13 April 2008, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Leonard Arthur BLAIR 1943 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Muriel Irene Clara RAPANAULT

Born: 9 May 1927, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 22 July 2017, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Edmond Norman Lloyd GARCEAU 1953 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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1884 Birth

Robineau (male)

son of Louis and Eliza Dem..., both from Canada

born 10 August 1884 in Sutton, Massachusetts

Massachusetts, Town Clerk... Towns Records, 1579-2001 Worcester Sutton Births, marriages, deaths 1855-1905

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1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Warwick, Rhode Island

Leon Rapanault is age 40 (born Dec 1859 in Canada), living in Warwick, Kent, RI. His year of immigration was 1864. He is a farm laborer. Living with him is his wife, Ozina, age 35 (born June 1864 in Canada). Her year of immigration is 1881. It is listed that they had 11 children and only 2 of them are living. Hmm… Perhaps they interpreted this to mean the number living with them as opposed to the number still alive. Living with them are: son, Joseph, age 15, born Aug 1884 in MA and son, Romeo, age 9, born Aug 1890 in MA. Joseph is a weaver in a cotton mill. Romeo goes to school.

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Napoleon RAPANAULT and Elizabeth Marie RENAUD 30 September 1907, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 23 years old.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1908 Birth of Child
Leo Paul RAPANAULT was born 24 August 1908, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Joseph Napoleon was 24 years old.

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Southbridge, Massachusetts

Joseph Rapanault is age 25 living in Southbridge, MA on Sayles St. His wife, Elizabeth, lives with him at the age of 22. They have been married for 3 years and had 1 child (no longer living). Joseph was born in RI and is a weaver in a woolen mill. Elizabeth was born in Massachusetts. Living with them is Joseph's
Brother: Romeo age 19, born in RI. He is a laborer in a spec shop.

Leon Rapanault (spelled Rappenoult - not sure if this is the correct person) appears in the 1910 US Census living in Sterling, MA. He is a boarder in the home of Angeline Parker. He is 46 years old, possibly widowed (can't quite read it), born in Canada. His year of immigration is 1865. He is a weaver in a cotton mill.

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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1912 Birth of Child
Lionel Romeo RAPANAULT was born 27 September 1912, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Joseph Napoleon was 28 years old.

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1915 Birth of Child
Irene Josephine RAPANAULT was born 24 November 1915, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Joseph Napoleon was 31 years old.

1916 Birth of Child
Therese Emma Mathilda RAPANAULT was born 9 December 1916, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Joseph Napoleon was 32 years old.

1917 World War I Draft Registration

Name: Joseph Napoleon Rapanault
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Southbridge City no 10, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1884
BirthPlace: , , United States
Nationality: United States
Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
GS Film Number: 1684524
Digital Folder Number: 005216153
Image Number: 02829

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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

Massachusetts City Directories > Southbridge > 1919 - Ancestry.com

Rapanault Joseph (Elizabeth) emp H W Co h 12 Sayles
Rapanault Romeo A (Eva) weaver H W Co h 53 Cross

1919 Birth of Child
Rachel Elizabeth RAPANAULT was born 19 February 1919, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Joseph Napoleon was 34 years old.

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Southbridge, Massachusetts

The Renaud’s are living on Sayles St. in Southbridge. Edward is 68. Emily is 71. Edward works as a weaver in a woolen mill. The year of immigration for both is listed as 1886. They were both born in Canada. Their parents were born in Canada. Edward and Emily are boarders of George Cournoyer (age 32, weaver in woolen mill) and his wife (their daughter), Mathilda (age 34, sewer in a woolen mill). Also living with them is Edward's and Emily's daugher Valida Reno (age 40, operator in a knife shop)

Other family members live nearby. They include: Joseph Rapanault, age 35, electrician at a woolen mill wife Elizabeth (Renaud) age 32 son Lionel age 7 daughter Irene age 4 daughter Teresa age 3 daughter Rachel age 10 mos. Reuben and Clarinda Baker and family also live nearby.

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1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1927 Birth of Child
Muriel Irene Clara RAPANAULT was born 9 May 1927, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Joseph Napoleon was 42 years old.

Massachusetts City Directories > Southbridge > 1928 - Ancestry.com

Rapanault Eva (Mrs Romeo), emp H W Co, r 25 River
Rapanault Joseph N. (Elizabeth), generator attendant, h 42 Sayles
Rapanault Romeo (Eva), emp H W Co, r 25 River

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

Massachusetts City Directories > Southbridge > 1929 - Ancestry.com

Rapanault Eva (Mrs Romeo), emp H W Co, r 25 River
Rapanault Joseph N. (Elizabeth), generator attendant, h 42 Sayles
Rapanault Leonel, clk 286 Hamliton, r 42 Sayles
Rapanault Romeo (Eva), emp H W Co, r 25 River

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 Sayles St., Southbridge, MA

Joseph Rapanault, age 45, b. MA, electrician at a woolen mill
Elizabeth Rapanault, wife, age 42, b. MA
Lionel Rapanault, son, age 17, b. MA, clerk at drug store
Irene Rapanault, daughter, age 14, b. MA
Theresa Rapanault, daughter, age 13, b. MA
Rachel Rapanault, daughter, age 11, b. MA
Muriel Rapanault, daughter, age 3 1/ 12, b. MA

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1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

Massachusetts City Directories > Southbridge > 1931 - Ancestry.com

Rapanault Eva (Mrs Romeo), emp H W Co, r 25 River
Rapanault Joseph N. (Elizabeth), generator attendant, h 42 Sayles
Rapanault Leonel, r 42 Sayles
Rapanault Romeo (Eva), emp H W Co, r 25 River

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

Joseph Napoleon RAPANAULT - Gravestone located at St. George’s cemetery on Paige Hill in Southbridge. Joseph N. Rapanault was Elizabeths husband. Leon A. Rapanault was Josephs

Gravestone located at St. George’s cemetery on Paige Hill in Southbridge. Joseph N. Rapanault was Elizabeth's husband. Leon A. Rapanault was Joseph's father. Irene Dumas Morrison was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth. Raymond Dumas was Irene's 1st husband.

St. George’s Cemetery
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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