Thomas Charette (1843 - 1929)

Born 17 Sep 1843 in St Francois, Madawaska Settlement, Colony of New Brunswick

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia (Gagnon) Charette — married 8 Apr 1866 in St. Bruno, Van Buren, Maine

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1929 at age 85 in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Thomas Charette was born on September 17, 1843 in the village of Saint Francois immediately north of the Maine border in New Brunswick (it was the Madawaska settlement in Acadia at the time). He was the second of eight children of Louis Charest and Delina Dumont.

He married Sophia Gagnon^[1][2] on April 8, 1866 in St. Bruno, Van Buren, Maine.

He had the following children:

1. Thomas Charette b. 1866, d. 1884
2. Amanda Charette b. 1868
3. Sophia Charette b. 1870
4. Mary Ann Charette b. 1872
5. Octave Charette b. 1873
6. Delphina Charette b. 1875
7. George Charette b. 1877
8. Pheobe Charette b. 1879
9. Charles Charette b. 1881
10. Abel Louis Charette b. 1882
11. Leonard Charette b. 1884
12. Napoleon Charette b. 1886
13. Arthur Charette b. 1887
14. Jean Baptiste Charette b. 1888
15. Louise Charette b. 1889

Sometime between 1884 and 1886 the whole family started moving south. Thomas would work on farms along the way for money. His goal was to move to Swansea, Massachusetts to live with relatives. But by the time he and his family reached the area, the harvest was over. So he got work in a textile mill. They had several more children in Fall River.

He died on April 25, 1929, in Fall River, Massachusetts. He was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery in Fall River.

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• George Charette at Find A Grave
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Sources

1. ↑ #S01 Marriage record of George Charette and Elizabeth O'Donnell (9 November 2001)
2. ↑ #S02 Certified copy of marriage record of George Charette and Elizabeth O'Donnell, Document number M006181 (10 December 2001)

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JK-7QM : 12 April 2016), Thomas Shaurett in household of Lewis Shaurett, Hancock, Aroostook, Maine, United States; citing family 30, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130980691/thomas-charette
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 November 2020), memorial page for Thomas Charette (17 Sep 1843–25 Apr 1929), Find a Grave Memorial no. 130980691, citing Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by B. Charette (contributor 48266135) .

Bibliography

• S01 #R01 Assistant Pastor JMS, Saint Patrick Church, 1598 South Main Street, Fall River, MA 02724-1596
• S02 #R01 Galvin, William Francis; Secretary of State, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Secretary of State, Archives Division, Original record volume 478, page 156, number 106 (4 April 1898)

Repositories

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