Pierre (Peter) PLANTE

(b. 2 April 1853 , North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA d. 1 June 1911 , Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA )

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Pierre (Peter) PLANTE was born 2 April 1853 in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA

Pierre (Peter) PLANTE was the child of Louis PLANTE and Lucie LALUE dite LAMONTAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PLANTE and Marie-Suzanne JUMELEAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LALUE dit LAMONTAGNE and Catherine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre (Peter) married Melanise BOULAY (BOULEY) abt. 1875 in North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Melanise BOULAY (BOULEY) was born 20 November 1853 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Melanise died 19 June 1936 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater). Melanise was the child of Antoine BOULAY and Florence BRUN.

Pierre (Peter) PLANTE died 1 June 1911 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA .
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Pierre (Peter) PLANTE married

Melanise BOULAY (BOULEY)-- Date: abt. 1875 Place: North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA
Melanise BOULAY (BOULEY) was the child of Antoine BOULAY and Florence BRUN

Children of Pierre (Peter) PLANTE and Melanise BOULAY (BOULEY):

Emily PLANTE (b.February 1877, , Rhode Island, USA d. , )

Emory J PLANTE (b.16 February 1877, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA d. 27 January 1956, )
m. Malina STONE 24 October 1898 in Warren, Rhode Island, USA

George Joseph PLANTE (b.1 January 1879, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA d. 30 July 1961, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Susan Jane "Jennie" BAKER 21 February 1903 in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket)

Joseph Odilon PLANTE (b.27 July 1882, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA d. 15 December 1950, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Eva E FORTIN 14 September 1903 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater)

Rosanna (Rosa) PLANTE (b.27 July 1882, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA d. , )

Albert Joseph PLANTE (b.22 July 1884, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA d. abt. 1961, )
m. Mary Elizabeth MCDONALD 7 September 1910 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater)

Eva Marion PLANTE (b.10 May 1886, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA d. 7 January 1943, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA )

Dora Josephine PLANTE (b.17 February 1889, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA d. 3 May 1974, )
m. Joseph Theodore HOULE 1918

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1853 Birth
2 April 1853
North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA

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 Birth of Child
Emily PLANTE was born February 1877, , Rhode Island, USA

Pierre (Peter) was 23 years old.

1877 Birth of Child
Emory J PLANTE was born 16 February 1877, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Forestdale) (Slatersville)

Pierre (Peter) was 23 years old.

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)

1879 Birth of Child
George Joseph PLANTE was born 1 January 1879, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Forestdale) (Slatersville)

Pierre (Peter) was 25 years old.

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

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

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
Joseph Odilon PLANTE was born 27 July 1882, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater)

Pierre (Peter) was 29 years old.

1882 Birth of Child
Rosanna (Rosa) PLANTE was born 27 July 1882, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater)

Pierre (Peter) was 29 years old.

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

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

1884 Birth of Child
Albert Joseph PLANTE was born 22 July 1884, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater)

Pierre (Peter) was 31 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 Birth of Child
Eva Marion PLANTE was born 10 May 1886, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Forestdale) (Slatersville)

Pierre (Peter) was 33 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Birth of Child
Dora Josephine PLANTE was born 17 February 1889, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater)

Pierre (Peter) was 35 years old.

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

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

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 Marriage of Child
Emory J PLANTE married 24 October 1898, Warren, Rhode Island, USA to Malina STONE

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 - Smithfield, Rhode Island
Name: Peter Plant
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Smithfield town, east side, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
District: 167
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married: 25
Birth Date: Jun 1853
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1875
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Canada Fr
Mother's Birthplace: Canada Fr
Mother of how many children:
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Household ID: 101
Line Number: 76
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1241512
Digital Folder Number: 004120528
Image Number: 00234

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Peter Plant Head M 47 Rhode Island
Mary L Plant Wife F 46 Canada Fr
Emily Plant Daughter F 23 Rhode...Read MORE...

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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 - 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)

1903 Marriage of Child
George Joseph PLANTE married 21 February 1903, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket) to Susan Jane "Jennie" BAKER

1903 Marriage of Child
Joseph Odilon PLANTE married 14 September 1903, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater) to Eva E FORTIN

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1905 - Smithfield, Rhode Island
Name: Peter Plant
Event Place: Smithfield, E.D. 0187, Providence, Rhode Island
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 02 Apr 1853
Birthplace: North Smithfield Rhode Island
Father's Birthplace: North Smithfield Rhode Island
Mother's Birthplace: Burrillville Rhode Island
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Entry Number: 5
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Peter Plant Head Male North Smithfield Rhode Island
George Plant Male Slatersville North Smithfield
Albert Plant Son Male Slatersville North Smithfield
1905 Rhode Island State Census
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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

1910 - Smithfield, Rhode Island
Name: Peter Plante
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
District: ED 276
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 2
Sheet Number and Letter: 2A
Household ID: 18
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Film Number: 1438
GS Film Number: 1375451
Digital Folder Number: 004973815
Image Number: 01074

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Peter Plante Head M 56 Rhode Island
Milinese Plante Wife F 56 Canada
Albert J Plante Son M 25 Rhode Island
Eva H Plante Daughter F 23 Rhode Island
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1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1910 Marriage of Child
Albert Joseph PLANTE married 7 September 1910, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater) to Mary Elizabeth MCDONALD