flag male ancestor  Peter  PROVOST

  (b. abt. 1846 ,  Westford, Vermont, USA   d. 28 July 1882 ,  Roxbury, Vermont, USA )  

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Peter PROVOST was born abt. 1846 in Westford, Vermont, USA

Peter PROVOST was the child of ?   and   ?

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Peter  married  Louisa MITCHELL 1 January 1866 in Milton, Vermont, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louisa MITCHELL  was born 12 March 1847 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire).  Louisa died 18 March 1918 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). 

Peter PROVOST died 28 July 1882 in Roxbury, Vermont, USA.
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Peter PROVOST married flag female ancestor Louisa MITCHELL-- Date: 1 January 1866 Place: Milton, Vermont, USA


Children of Peter PROVOST and Louisa MITCHELL:

flag female ancestor Josephine Virginia PROVOST (b.11 April 1880, Roxbury, Vermont, USA  d. abt. 1949, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Felix Charles ETHIER (AKEY) 3 April 1913 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)



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Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
marriage1866 Marriage / Partner
Peter PROVOST and Louisa MITCHELL 1 January 1866, Milton, Vermont, USA
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
1880 Birth of Child
Josephine Virginia PROVOST was born 11 April 1880, Roxbury, Vermont, USA
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - 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.
death1882 Death
28 July 1882
Roxbury, Vermont, USA
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