Wilfred Roland TREMBLAY

Born

14 December 1907 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died

16 January 1921 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 13
Cause of Death: Meningitis

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William TREMBLAY Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA

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Born: 14 December 1907 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Father: William TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Josephine-Eglentine CAYA

Paternal grandparents: Augustin TREMBLAY , Marie-Anastasie BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste (John) CAYA , Adelaide BOURDELAIS

Wilfred Roland TREMBLAY died 16 January 1921 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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1907

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Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1925
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Birth — 1907
14 December 1907
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

ftp.us-census.org/ pub/ usgenweb/ census/ ma/ worcester/ 1910/ ed1953-pg030a.txt shows the Tremblay family living at 6A Cohassee Street:

TREMBLEY William Head M W 31 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts . . ENG d?ye maker optical works
TREMBLEY Josephine Wife F W 32 Can/ French Can/ French Can/ French 1879 . ENG none .
TREMBLEY Lucie Daughter F W 10 Massachusetts Massachusetts Can/ French . . ENG none .
TREMBLEY Elzear Son M W 9 Massachusetts Massachusetts Can/ French . . . none .
TREMBLEY Nelida Daughter F W 7 Massachusetts Massachusetts Can/ French . . . none .
TREMBLEY Lionel Son M W 6 Massachusetts Massachusetts Can/ French . . . none .
TREMBLEY Rodolphe Son M W 4 Massachusetts Massachusetts Can/ French . . . none .
TREMBLEY Roland Son M W 2 Massachusetts Massachusetts Can/ French . . . None

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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 Harrington Street, Southbridge, Massachusetts

Tremblay, William, head, age 41, b. MA, parents b. Canada, dye maker at optical company
Tremblay, Josephine E., wife, age 41, b. Canada, year of immigration 1878, naturalized, parents b. Canada
Tremblay, Exena L., daughter, age 19, b. MA, inspecting at optical company
Tremblay, Elzear G., son, age 18, b. MA, machinist at machine shop
Tremblay, Nelida E., daughter, age 17, b. MA, clerical work at optical company
Tremblay, Lionel W., son, age 16, b. MA
Tremblay, Rodolphe A., son, age 14, b. MA
Tremblay, Roland W., son, age 12, b. MA
Tremblay, Eugene G., son, age 9, b. MA
Tremblay, Edgar A., son, age 8, b. MA
Tremblay, Laureine A., daughter, age 6, b. MA
Tremblay, Raymond A., son, age 5, b. MA
Maynard, Albert, father-in-law, age 66, b. Canada, year of immigration 1869, naturalized in 1890, parents b. Canada, painter in carriage shop

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Wilfred Roland TREMBLAY - Tremblay family in 1920 (28 Apr 1920) Front (L to R): Edgar, Josephine, Louise (baby), Lorraine, William, Raymond and Eugene Back (L to R): Nelida,

Tremblay family in 1920 (28 Apr 1920)
Front (L to R): Edgar, Josephine, Louise (baby), Lorraine, William, Raymond and Eugene
Back (L to R): Nelida, Lionel, Exena, Rudolph, George (in photo)
Center: Roland

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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

Wilfred Roland TREMBLAY - This gravestone shows William Tremblay and Josephine Maynard. This stone is located in St. George’s cemetery on Paige Hill in Southbridge. Roland was

This gravestone shows William Tremblay and Josephine Maynard. This stone is located in St. George’s cemetery on Paige Hill in Southbridge. Roland was their son. Louis P. Metras was the husband of their daughter, Lucy Exena (we called her, Aunt Exena). Albert Maynard was the man who adopted Josephine Caya.

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Death — 1921
16 January 1921
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 13.

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From Southbridge Herald, Jan 20, 1921

Roland Trembley, aged 13 years, 1 month and 3 days, died Sunday morning at his home on Fairlawn avenue after a week's illness from meningitis. He was born in Southbridge, son of William and Josephine (Menard) Trembley. His father died a year ago. He leave his mother, who is seriously ill, and six
Brother: s and four
Sister: s. The funeral was Tuesday morning from Sacred Heart church at 8 o'clock. Burial was in St. George cemetery in charge of Phillippe Dagenais, undertaker.

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