Died On This Day
May 31



1777
flag female ancestor  Agathe RATTÉ (RATE) (b. 7 September 1716, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada  d. 31 May 1777, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)

1779
Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Germain Jacques GIROUARD (b. 1711, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)  d. 31 May 1779, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur))

1783
flag male ancestor  Jacques BEAUDET (b. 1727, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)  d. 31 May 1783, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons))

flag female ancestor  Marie-Catherine BROUILLET (b. 2 November 1717, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)  d. 31 May 1783, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada)

flag female ancestor  Catherine BROUILLET (b. 1720, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)  d. 31 May 1783, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada)

1784
flag male ancestor  Pierre-Prisque LECLERC (b. 20 October 1709, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*  d. 31 May 1784, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie))

1786
flag female ancestor  Amie (Ame) FELLOWS (b. 27 September 1712, New London, Connecticut, USA  d. 31 May 1786, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck))

1788
flag male ancestor  Augustin LARUE (b. 22 November 1719, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)  d. 31 May 1788, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales))

1789
flag female ancestor  Marie-Anne ROY (b. 1697, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)  d. 31 May 1789, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont))

flag male ancestor  Samuel GOODRICH (b. 23 April 1720, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA  d. 31 May 1789, Berlin, Vermont, USA (Berlin Corners) (Montpelier Junction) (West Berlin))

1790
 male ancestor  Peter GRANT (b. 1737,   d. 31 May 1790, Branford, Connecticut, USA)

1791
flag female ancestor  Louise TURGEON (b. 15 May 1706, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)  d. 31 May 1791, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont))

1792
flag male ancestor  Joseph-Louis TREMBLAY (b. 28 June 1706, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)  d. 31 May 1792, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements))

1793
flag female ancestor  Madeleine HERPIN (ARPIN) (b. 1713, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)  d. 31 May 1793, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes))

1797
flag female ancestor  Claire ROUSSEAU (b. 1715, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)  d. 31 May 1797, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud))

flag male ancestor  Jean-Alexis DOYON (b. 11 January 1748, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada  d. 31 May 1797, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada)

1800
 male ancestor  Daniel SMITH (b. 1716,   d. 31 May 1800, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA)

flag female ancestor  Geneviève BONNERON dite DUMAINE (b. 21 June 1727, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)  d. 31 May 1800, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil))

1801
flag female ancestor  Marie-Angélique HOUDE (b. 24 October 1734, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada  d. 31 May 1801, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur))

1802
flag male ancestor  Pierre PHANEUF (b. 23 March 1729, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*  d. 31 May 1802, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)

immigrant flag male ancestor  Antoine-Joseph AUBREY (b. 2 February 1756, Forges de Saint-Maurice, France  d. 31 May 1802, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche))

1807
Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag female ancestor  Marie BERNARD (b. 1720, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)  d. 31 May 1807, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)

1810
flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste VALIN (b. 12 February 1741, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)  d. 31 May 1810, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur))

1813
flag female ancestor  Mary MOSHER (b. 14 March 1748, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)  d. 31 May 1813, Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA)

1818
flag female ancestor  Marie-Elisabeth OUELLET (b. 7 February 1753 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)  d. 31 May 1818, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre))

1819
Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Pierre THIBODEAU (b. 25 December 1745, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)  d. 31 May 1819, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada)

1822
flag female ancestor  Marie-Anne ROY (b. 29 July 1738, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada  d. 31 May 1822, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais))

1823
flag male ancestor  Charles SAVARD (b. 4 September 1729, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)  d. 31 May 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements))

flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste-Barthelemy DAUPHIN (b. 21 August 1750, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)  d. 31 May 1823, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport))

1824
flag male ancestor  Augustin-Francois COTE (b. 20 April 1757, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada  d. 31 May 1824, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur))

1827
 male ancestor  Thomas FAY (b. 1752,   d. 31 May 1827, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))

1830
flag female ancestor  Lydia WENTWORTH (b. 19 September 1760, Berwick, Maine, USA  d. 31 May 1830, Berlin, Vermont, USA (Berlin Corners) (Montpelier Junction) (West Berlin))

1831
flag male ancestor  Pierre PELLETIER (b. 22 September 1749, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)   d. 31 May 1831, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) )

1832
flag female ancestor  Amable GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN (b. 10 April 1759, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)  d. 31 May 1832, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard))

1834
flag male ancestor  Louis SURPRENANT (b. 14 August 1789, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada  d. 31 May 1834, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury))

 male ancestor  John WHITTIER (b. 1765,   d. 31 May 1834, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam))

1836
flag baby girl ancestor  Julia BUTLER (b. 26 September 1835, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA  d. 31 May 1836, , Indiana, USA)

1837
 male ancestor  John PERRY (b. 1764,   d. 31 May 1837, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam))

1839
American Revolutionary War Soldier flag male ancestor  Nathan WOOD (b. 16 September 1761, Sharon, Connecticut, USA  d. 31 May 1839 , Camillus, Onondaga, New York, USA)

1843
flag male ancestor  Jonathan BLANCHARD (b. 21 April 1776, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA  d. 31 May 1843, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada)

flag male ancestor  François LAMOUREUX (b. 27 June 1758, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)  d. 31 May 1843, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur))

1847
flag male ancestor  Ebenezer MOULTON (b. 29 April 1772, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1847, Salem, Massachusetts, USA)

1850
immigrant flag male ancestor  Nathaniel STEVENSON (b. 1817, , Scotland (United Kingdom)  d. 31 May 1850, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls))

1851
flag female ancestor  Abigail MOULTON (b. 4 August 1795, Parsonsfield, Maine, USA (Kezar Falls)  d. 31 May 1851, )

1852
 female ancestor  Elizabeth DUNHAM (b. 1825,   d. 31 May 1852, Blackstone, Massachusetts, USA)

flag male ancestor  Merrel O. SMITH (b. 1773, New Milford, Connecticut, USA  d. 31 May 1852, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)

1853
 male ancestor  Thomas W. PEIRCE (b. 1798,   d. 31 May 1853, Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown))

flag male ancestor  Alvan BURT (b. 1780, , Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1853, Warren, Rhode Island, USA)

flag male ancestor  Amos COOK (b. 10 October 1776, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)  d. 31 May 1853, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill))

1854
flag male ancestor  François BOURQUE (BOURG) (b. 23 March 1786, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)   d. 31 May 1854, Saint-Célestin, Québec, Canada )

1855
 female ancestor  Naomi C. CONGDON (b. 1835,   d. 31 May 1855, Blackstone, Massachusetts, USA)

1856
flag male ancestor  Jeremiah MOULTON (b. 17 March 1776, Kensington, New Hampshire, USA  d. 31 May 1856, )

1857
 male ancestor  Ray GREEN (b. 1830,   d. 31 May 1857, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA)

 male ancestor  Joseph H. LUTHER (b. 1801,   d. 31 May 1857, Warren, Rhode Island, USA)

1860
flag girl ancestor  Louisa TIMM (b. 1856, , Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1860, Hancock, Massachusetts, USA)

1862
flag female ancestor  Marguerite PATENAUDE (b. 7 July 1777, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)  d. 31 May 1862, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly))

1863
flag female ancestor  Julia Ann BURNHAM (b. 20 March 1784, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center)  d. 31 May 1863, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA)

flag male ancestor  John F. HOVEY (b. 1829, Enfield, Connecticut, USA (Thompsonville) (Hazardville)  d. 31 May 1863, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (North Amherst) (South Amherst))

flag female ancestor  Mary CONWAY (b. 1773, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)  d. 31 May 1863, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))

1865
flag male ancestor  Amos WHITFORD (b. 28 February 1784 , Exeter, Rhode Island, USA  d. 31 May 1865, Exeter, Rhode Island, USA)

1866
 male ancestor  Abraham BUNN (b. 1789,   d. 31 May 1866, Newport, Rhode Island, USA)

1867
 male ancestor  Edmund H. STEERE (b. 1844,   d. 31 May 1867, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater))

 male ancestor  Robert G. ROUNSVILLE (b. 1802,   d. 31 May 1867, Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown))

1868
flag male ancestor  Roswell B. RYDER (b. 1825, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1868, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))

flag female ancestor  Diana Mary BIDWELL (b. 6 July 1809, Orleans County, New York, USA  d. 31 May 1868, French Creek, Chautauqua, New York, USA)

1869
flag male ancestor  Daniel C MOWRY (b. 1807, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (Attleborough) (South Attleboro)  d. 31 May 1869, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill))

1870
 male ancestor  James JACKSON (b. 1795,   d. 31 May 1870, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris))

flag male ancestor  Michel DESAUTELS (b. 1821, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)  d. 31 May 1870, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec))

flag female ancestor  Sophia M. MOONS (b. 1812, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1870, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA)

1872
 male ancestor  Michael LETENDRE (b. 1806,   d. 31 May 1872, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA)

1873
immigrant flag female ancestor  Ann GRAY (b. 1821, , Ireland  d. 31 May 1873, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield))

1874
flag male ancestor  Wright BRIDGMAN (b. 23 July 1805, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1874, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA)

flag male ancestor  George W. THAYER (b. 28 October 1804, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1874, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA)

1875
immigrant flag male ancestor  Michael ROURKE (b. 1820, , Ireland  d. 31 May 1875, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA (Aldenville) (Chicopee Falls))

flag female ancestor  Elizabeth DOTY (b. 1794, Milan, New York, USA  d. 31 May 1875, Egremont, Massachusetts, USA)

 male ancestor  Albert James ROSS (b. 1848,   d. 31 May 1875, East Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Watchemoket) (Rumford))

1877
flag female ancestor  Marcetta ORCUTT (b. 1822, Montague, Massachusetts, USA (Millers Falls) (Turners Falls)  d. 31 May 1877, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))

 male ancestor  John TOWNSEND (b. 1803,   d. 31 May 1877, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA (Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn) (Lonsdale) (Saylesville))

 male ancestor  Thomas CAMPBELL (b. 1821,   d. 31 May 1877, Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA (Albion) (Manville) (Fairlawn) (Lonsdale) (Saylesville))

1878
flag male ancestor  Miles MOULTON (b. 14 December 1825, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)  d. 31 May 1878, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard))

1880
 female ancestor  Florence MCQUARIE (b. 1834,   d. 31 May 1880, East Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Watchemoket) (Rumford))

1882
flag male ancestor  Gideon Gifford DURFEE (b. 28 December 1800, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)  d. 31 May 1882, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts))

1887
flag male ancestor  Nicolas LARRIVÉE (b. 25 December 1808, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)  d. 31 May 1887, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic))

1898
immigrant flag male ancestor  John BAKER (b. 1830, , Ireland  d. 31 May 1898, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket))

1910
flag male ancestor  Freeborn P IRISH (b. July 1843, Stowe, Vermont, USA (Mansfield)  d. 31 May 1910, Waterbury, Vermont, USA)

1920
immigrant flag female ancestor  Anna GEFFELER (b. 21 February 1846, Berne, Switzerland  d. 31 May 1920, Berne, Adams, Indiana, USA)

1921
flag male ancestor  Paul PELOQUIN (b. 8 September 1832, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)  d. 31 May 1921, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)

1932
flag female ancestor  Annie KIDD (b. 2 October 1870, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA  d. 31 May 1932, Lubbock, Texas, USA)

1935
flag photo of Harold Orcutt WOLSCHENDORF (WALDORF)   Harold Orcutt WOLSCHENDORF (WALDORF) (b. 6 November 1906, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1935, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)

1937
flag male ancestor  Ross Elisha WATSON (b. 10 July 1875, Plattsburgh, New York, USA  d. 31 May 1937, Sarasota, Florida, USA)

1949
immigrant flag photo of Ellen Elizabeth HOGARTH   Ellen Elizabeth HOGARTH (b. 15 October 1867, Bradford, Yorkshire, Ripleyville, England  d. 31 May 1949, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)

flag photo of Arthur Leo BROWE (BREAULT)   Arthur Leo BROWE (BREAULT) (b. 7 June 1892, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA  d. 31 May 1949, Newport, Rhode Island, USA)

1950
immigrant - Canada to US  photo of Adelard Ovila LACHAPELLE   Adelard Ovila LACHAPELLE (b. 7 December 1875, Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Alphonse-de-Thetford) (Kingsville)  d. 31 May 1950, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville))

1953
World War II Soldier flag photo of Alan Douglas HEY   Alan Douglas HEY (b. 27 October 1917, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)  d. 31 May 1953, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach))

flag girl ancestor  Meredith HEY (b. 1949, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)  d. 31 May 1953, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach))

1957
World War I Soldier flag male ancestor  Joseph Noel PELOQUIN (b. 7 March 1895, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)  d. 31 May 1957, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville))

1987
flag photo of Grace Pauline GERRY   Grace Pauline GERRY (b. 8 November 1901, Greeley, Colorado, USA  d. 31 May 1987, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)

1988
flag male ancestor  Elmer Carl HOPFNER (b. 26 November 1904, Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)  d. 31 May 1988, Sarasota, Florida, USA)

1989
flag female ancestor  June CARD (b. 24 June 1919, , Colorado, USA  d. 31 May 1989, Long Beach, California, USA)

1998
flag male ancestor  Raymond Francis COSTELLO (b. 05/25/1915, Proviso, Cook, Illinois, USA  d. 31 May 1998, Bal Harbour, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA)