Joseph COLLETTE

(b. March 1855 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 October 1900 , Ware, Massachusetts, USA )

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Joseph COLLETTE was born March 1855 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph COLLETTE was the child of Joseph COLLETTE and Marie (Mary) LARRIVEE

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

Joseph married Josephine RANO 21 June 1874 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Josephine RANO was born abt. 1840 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephine died abt. 1878 in Massachusetts, USA.

Joseph married (2) Rosalie LUC 24 June 1878 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Rosalie LUC was born 17 February 1859 in Swanton, Vermont, USA. Rosalie died 30 November 1889 in Spencer, Massachusetts, USA. Rosalie was the child of Joseph LUC (LUKE) and Rose BOUCHER.

Joseph married (3) Hermina LAPORTE 27 July 1890 in Ware, Massachusetts, USA . Hermina LAPORTE was born December 1865 in Ware, Massachusetts, USA.

Joseph COLLETTE died 19 October 1900 in Ware, Massachusetts, USA.
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Joseph COLLETTE married

Josephine RANO-- Date: 21 June 1874 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Name: Joseph Jr. Collett
Birth Date: 1854
Age: 20
Spouse's Name: Josephine Rano
Spouse's Birth Date: 1840
Spouse's Age: 34
Event Date: 21 Jun 1874
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Father's Name: Joseph Collett
Mother's Name: Mary
Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph Rano
Spouse's Mother's Name: Laura

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01160-9
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2047599
Reference ID: 73

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch.org : 9 February 2018), Mary in entry for Joseph Jr. Collett and Josephine Rano, 21 Jun 1874; citing reference 73; FHL microfilm 2,047,599.

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Joseph COLLETTE married

Rosalie LUC-- Date: 24 June 1878 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Rosalie LUC was the child of Joseph LUC (LUKE) and Rose BOUCHER

Name: Joseph Collette
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Jun 1878
Event Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 23
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Father's Name: Joseph
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Mother's Name: Mary Collette
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Spouse's Name: Rosalie Luc
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Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph Luc
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Spouse's Mother's Name: Rosalie Boucher
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Certificate Number: 371
GS Film number: 1433039
Digital Folder Number: 4279606
Image Number: 00729
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"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 03 Apr 2013), Joseph Collette and Rosalie Luc, 1878.

Rosalie Luc married Joseph Collette June 24, 1878 in Southbridge, Massachusetts - Massachusetts Vital Records Vol: 300 ; Page: 255

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Joseph COLLETTE married

Hermina LAPORTE-- Date: 27 July 1890 Place: Ware, Massachusetts, USA
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Name: Joseph Collette
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1856
Birth Place: Southbridge
Marriage Date: 27 Jul 1890
Marriage Place: Ware, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Joseph Collette
Mother: Mary Collette
Spouse: Hermina Laporte

Name: Hermina Laporte
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1867
Birth Place: Ware
Marriage Date: 27 Jul 1890
Marriage Place: Ware, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Edward Laporte
Mother: Sophie Laporte
Spouse: Joseph Collette

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1855 Birth
March 1855
Southbridge, Massachusetts, 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 - Spencer, Massachusetts - Is this him?
Name: Joseph Collett
Age in 1870: 18
Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Canada
Dwelling Number: 5
Home in 1870: Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Boot Bottomer
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Cannot Read: Y
Cannot Write: Y
Inferred Father: Joseph Collett
Inferred Mother: Louise Collett
Household Members:
Name Age
Louise Collett 40
Joseph Collett 18
Rosanna Collett 9
Mary Collett 7
William Collett 5
Joseph Collett 44
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1874 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COLLETTE and Josephine RANO 21 June 1874, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 19 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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.

1878 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COLLETTE and Rosalie LUC 24 June 1878, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 23 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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.

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

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

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

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

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1889 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rosalie LUC died 30 November 1889, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA

1890 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COLLETTE and Hermina LAPORTE 27 July 1890, Ware, Massachusetts, USA

He was 35 years old.

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

Death
Name: Joseph Collette
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Birth Date: abt 1854
Birth Place: Canada
Death Date: 19 Oct 1900
Death Place: Ware, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Joseph Collette
Mother: Mary Larivee
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