Charles PROVOST

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October 1850 , Vermont, USA

Died

1 August 1921 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: October 1850 in Vermont, USA

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Charles was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Charles married Marie Philomene TREMBLAY abt. 1879 . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie Philomene TREMBLAY was born 11 May 1854 in Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington). Marie Philomene died 15 September 1926 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Marie Philomene was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie BOYER.

Charles PROVOST died 1 August 1921 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Marie Philomene TREMBLAY
Marriage date: abt. 1879
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Marie Philomene TREMBLAY was the child of Augustin TREMBLAY and Marie BOYER

Children of Charles PROVOST and Marie Philomene TREMBLAY

Maxime PROVOST

Born: 4 March 1881, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1935, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie (Mary) Octavie CHAMPAGNE 15 May 1905 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Marie Agnes PROVOST

Born: 13 May 1882, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1937, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Theodore CORMIER 13 May 1901 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Joseph-Guillaume-"William" PROVOST

Born: 8 April 1885, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Florina TETREAULT 14 November 1904 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Married: Bernadette RICHARD 25 June 1924 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Marie Eva PROVOST

Born: 5 August 1890, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1940,

Married: Victor TAVERNIER 12 February 1912 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Wilfred Joseph PROVOST

Born: 23 November 1892, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1942, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Blanche G BERTRAND 1920

Florina PROVOST

Born: 19 January 1895, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1951, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Alfred Raymond BOUCHER

Rose O PROVOST

Born: 30 August 1897, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1899, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1850
October 1850
Vermont, USA

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 Birth of Child
Maxime PROVOST was born 4 March 1881, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Charles was 30 years old.

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1882 Birth of Child
Marie Agnes PROVOST was born 13 May 1882, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)

Charles was 31 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1885 Birth of Child
Joseph-Guillaume-"William" PROVOST was born 8 April 1885, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)

Charles was 34 years old.

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

1890 Birth of Child
Marie Eva PROVOST was born 5 August 1890, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Charles was 39 years old.

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

1892 Birth of Child
Wilfred Joseph PROVOST was born 23 November 1892, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Charles was 42 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1895 Birth of Child
Florina PROVOST was born 19 January 1895, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Charles was 44 years old.

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1897 Birth of Child
Rose O PROVOST was born 30 August 1897, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Charles was 46 years old.

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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Living on Crystal St. in Southbridge, MA -- Charles Provost, age 49, b. Oct 1850 in VT, parents born in Canada, married 27 years, occupation: Day Watchman
Philomene Provost, wife, age 46, born May 1854 in Canada, married 27 years, 10 children, 6 living, year of immigration 1871, 29 years in the U.S.
Agnes Provost, daughter, age 18, b. May 1882 in Canada, father b. Vermont, mother b. Canada, year of immigration 1888, 12 years in U.S., glass examiner
William Provost, son, age 16, b. Apr 1884 in Canada, year of immigration 1888, 12 years in U.S., packer in print works
Eva Provost, daughter, age 9, b. July 1890 in MA
Wilfred Provost, son, age 7, b. Sept 1892 in MA
Florina Provost, daughter, age 4, b. June 1895 in MA.
Nora Peck, boarder, age 16, b. Nov 1883 in MA, spectacle maker

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 Marriage of Child
Marie Agnes PROVOST married 13 May 1901, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Theodore CORMIER

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.

1904 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Guillaume-"William" PROVOST married 14 November 1904, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Marie Florina TETREAULT

1905 Marriage of Child
Maxime PROVOST married 15 May 1905, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Marie (Mary) Octavie CHAMPAGNE

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.

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

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 Marriage of Child
Marie Eva PROVOST married 12 February 1912, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Victor TAVERNIER

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

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

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

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, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Charles Provost
Age: 73
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1920: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Feamone Provost
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Home Owned: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Provost 73
Feamone Provost 65
Wilfred Provost 27
Florina Provost 23
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

Death
Name: Charles Provost
Death Date: 1921
Death Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 67
Page Number: 359
Index Volume Number: 79
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.79

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Name: Charles Provost
Death Date: 1 Aug 1921
Cemetery: St George Cemetery
Cemetery Location: South Bridge, Massachusetts

Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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Charles PROVOST - Application for Headstone U.S. War Department

Application for Headstone
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Official Death Certificate

Charles PROVOST - Grave of Charles Provost - St. Georges Cemetery, Paige Hill, Southbridge, Massachusetts

Grave of Charles Provost - St. George's Cemetery, Paige Hill, Southbridge, Massachusetts

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

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