Josephine B (Bernard) Roy (1878 - abt. 1962)

Born 17 Jul 1878 in Quebec, Quebec, Quebec,Canada

Wife of Avila Joseph Roy — married 12 Jul 1897 in Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 1962 at about age 83 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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Biography

Josephine Bernard was born in July 1879 in French Canada and immigrated to the United States in 1893. ^[1] She married Avila Roy in Rhode Island on July 12, 1897 (becoming Josephine Roy).^[2] She died in 1962 and was interred at Saint Ann Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island.^[3]

Known Places of Residence

• 1900: 53 Capron Street, Providence, Rhode Island^[1]
• 1903: Providence, Rhode Island (as noted on birth record for daughter, Alice Roy)^[4]
• 1920: 248 Huntington Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island^[5]

Record Errors & Quirks

• The transcribed data from Josephine's marriage record states the groom's name with name incorrectly spelt as "Avila Roi".^[2] It's not clear if this mistake is found in the digital record or if it was simply a transcription error.
• In the 1900 US Census, Josephine's husband's name is incorrectly spelt "Oliver Roy".

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97B-LV2 : accessed 26 April 2016), Jane Roy in household of Honore Roy, District 1 Providence city Ward 10, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing sheet 4B, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,509.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Marriages, 1851-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
3. ↑ Josephine Bernard Roy (1878 - 1962) - Find A Grave Memorialhttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12451148&ref=acom
4. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F839-T4M : accessed 26 April 2016), Marie Anne Leda Alice Roy, 03 Nov 1903; citing Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, reference p 488; FHL microfilm 2,208,954.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJVL-B8X : accessed 26 April 2016), Alice Roy in household of Barnard M Joyce, Providence Ward 8, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,679.
   • "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM8W-SJN : accessed 26 April 2016), Avila Roy, 1930.

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