Mathilde RENAUD

(b. 14 March 1883 , Thompson, Connecticut, USA d. 7 August 1969 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Mathilde RENAUD was born 14 March 1883 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA

Mathilde RENAUD was the child of Edouard RENAUD dit LOCAS and Parmelia (Adelina) MARTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste RENAUD dit LOCAS and Angeline (Angel) THIBAULT (THIBEAU) (maternal) Pierre MARTIN and Marie-Vitaline DESMARAIS

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Mathilde married George Alfred COURNOYER 19 June 1911 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . George Alfred COURNOYER was born 11 April 1879 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). George Alfred died 27 July 1950 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). George Alfred was the child of Paul COURNOYER and Elmire LAFOREST.

Mathilde RENAUD died 7 August 1969 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Mathilde RENAUD married

George Alfred COURNOYER-- Date: 19 June 1911 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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George Alfred COURNOYER was the child of Paul COURNOYER and Elmire LAFOREST

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Groom's name: George Caurnoyer
Groom's age: 30 years
Groom's estimated birth year: 1881
Groom's birthplace: Southbridge, , Massachusetts
Bride's name: Matilda Renaud
Bride's age: 28 years
Bride's estimated birth year: 1883
Bride's birthplace: Southbridge, , Massachusetts
Marriage date (original): 19 Jun 1911
Marriage date: 19 Jun 1911
Marriage place: Southbridge, , Massachusetts
Groom's father's name: Paul Caurnoyer
Groom's mother's name: Elmire Laforrest
Father of bride's name: Edward Renaud
Mother of bride's name: Parmelia Martin
Film number: 2409942
Digital GS number: 4329367
Image number: 171
Number of images: 1
Reference number: p 428 no 60
Marriage registration place: Southbridge, , Massachusetts
Marriage registration year: 1911
Collection: Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1842-1915

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1883 Birth
14 March 1883
Thompson, Connecticut, USA

1883
Renaud, Mathilde, 14 Mar 1883, Edouard and Amelie Martin
18 Mar 1883, Gilbert Jeannotte and Aurelie Prevost
m. George Cournoyer 19 June 1911, Notre Dame, Southbridge, MA
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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

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

Mathilde RENAUD - Translation: Mathilde Renaud made her 1st communion in the church of the Assumption on August 15, 1893… J. A. Charland Eastern Assumption Pari

Translation: Mathilde Renaud made her 1st communion in the church of the Assumption on August 15, 1893… J. A. Charland Eastern
Assumption Parish, Millbury, Massachusetts

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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.

1900 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Edward (spelled Reno) living in Brick Row in Southbridge, Massachusetts. He is living near the Baker family. He is listed as born in 1852 in Canada. His parents were born in Canada. His year of immigration is 1853. He is 48 years old and a Print Worker. He is married to Emily, age 50, born in 1849 in Canada. Her parents were also born in Canada. The year of her immigration was 1870. Living with them are: daughter Emilia (27), daughter Vildia (21), daughter Matilda (17), daughter Emma (15), daughter Elizabeth (12) and daughter Clara (10). Emily has had 9 children. 8 are living. NOTE: There is a Joseph Martin and family living nearby. Joseph was born in Canada in Nov. 1835. Is he Emily's brother?

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

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

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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
The Renaud family is living on Sayles St. in Southbridge. Edward is 59, laborer at Print Works. His wife is listed as Milda, age 60. She has had 9 children. 8 are living. Her year of immigration was 1870. His year of immigration was 1866. He is an alien. Both were born in Canada. Their parents were born in Canada. The children are: Milda (Parmelia) 37, Valida 31, Matilda 27, Emma 25 and Clara 20. The children were all born in Massachusetts.

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1911 Marriage / Partner
Mathilde RENAUD and George Alfred COURNOYER 19 June 1911, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

She was 28 years old.

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Sayles St., Southbridge, MA
The Renaud’s are living on Sayles St. in Southbridge. Edward is 68. Emily is 71. Edward works as a weaver in a woolen mill. The year of immigration for both is listed as 1886. They were both born in Canada. Their parents were born in Canada. Edward and Emily are boarders of George Cournoyer (age 32, weaver in woolen mill) and his wife (their daughter), Mathilda (age 34, sewer in a woolen mill). Also living with them is Edward's and Emily's daugher Valida Reno (age 40, operator in a knife shop)
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

Mathilde RENAUD - 1925 Renaud Family - L to R - Elizabeth Renaud Rapanault, Parmelia Martin Renaud, Sister Marie Renaud, Matilda Renaud Cournoyer, Clara Renaud Trahan

1925 Renaud Family - L to R - Elizabeth Renaud Rapanault, Parmelia Martin Renaud, Sister Marie Renaud, Matilda Renaud Cournoyer, Clara Renaud Trahan

Thanks to Lionel Rapanault and family

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928
Cournoyer, George A. (Matlida), emp H W Co, h 48 Sayles
1928 Massachusetts City Directory - Southbridge and Sturbridge

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Sayles St., Southbridge, MA
George Cournoyer, age 50, laborer for town, b. Canada
Mathilda Cournoyer, wife, age 47, b. CT
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Mathilda Donenoyer
[Mathilda Renaud]
Respondent: Yes
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Street: Sayles
House Number: 48
Inferred Residence in 1935: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 12A
Household Members:
Name Age
George Donenoyer 60
Mathilda Donenoyer 57
Edward Renaud 88
Parmelia Renaud 91
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1949
Cournoyer George A (Matilda) emp HWCo h 48 Sayles
1949 Manning's Southbridge Directory
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1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1950 Death of Spouse/Partner
George Alfred COURNOYER died 27 July 1950, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1965
Cournoyer Mathilda M (wid Geo) retd h 42 Sayles
Polk's Southbridge (Worcester County, Mass.) City Directory 1965
Southbridge (MA)

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

Mathilde RENAUD - This gravestone shows Edward Renaud and Parmelia (Emily) Martin. It also shows Mathilda Renaud, her husband, George Cournoyer, and Valida Renaud Phan

This gravestone shows Edward Renaud and Parmelia (Emily) Martin.
It also shows Mathilda Renaud, her husband, George Cournoyer, and Valida Renaud Phaneuf. Mathilda and Valida were my grandfather, Leo Baker’s aunts.
This stone is located in St. George’s cemetery on Paige Hill in Southbridge.

Photo taken by us

1969 Death
7 August 1969
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

She died at the age of 86.

Obituary
Mrs. M. Cournoyer, In Southbridge

SOUTHBRIDGE - Mrs. Mathilda (Renaud) Cournoyer, 86 of 42 Sayles St. died Thurdsay in the Southbridge Nursing Home. She was the widow of George Cournoyer.

She was born in Millbury, daughter of Edward and Parmelia (Martin) Renaud.

She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Rapanault and Mrs. Corrinda Baker, both of Southbridge, and Mrs. Clara Trahan of Sudbury, Ont., Canada.

The funeral will be helad at 8 a.m. Monday from the F.A. Sansoucy and Son Funeral Home, with a High Mass at 9 in Notre Dame Church. Burial will be in St. George Cemetery.

Calling hours at the funeral home are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.

Worcester Daily Telegram
Worcester, Massachusetts
August 9, 1969

Mathilde RENAUD - Lionel R. Rapanault, administrator of the estate of Mathilda R. Cournoyer 10 Dec 1970 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Lionel R. Rapanault, administrator of the estate of Mathilda R. Cournoyer
10 Dec 1970
Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester County (MA) Registry of Deeds