Malvina M Gagnon Charette (1858-1951)

Malvina M Gagnon Charette

Birth

6 Sep 1858

Saint-Eugène, Chaudiere-Appalaches Region, Quebec, Canada

Death

3 Apr 1951 (aged 92)

Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

Burial

Saint Rose Cemetery

South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 3

Memorial ID

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Springfield Union, Wed April 4, 1951 on p 9
MRS. MELVINA CHARETTE
Northampton, April 3 - Mrs. Melvina (Gagnon) Charette, 92, widow of George Charette, died last night in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank LaPrise, in Winchendon. Born in Canada, she resided in Northampton many years before going to live with her daughter eight years ago.

She leaves four daughters, Mrs. LaPrise, Mrs. Arthur Pichette of Northampton, Mrs. Mederic Vigneault of Springfield and Mrs. Eva Cote of Gardner and six sons, Edmund and Louis of Northampton, Edward of South Hadley Falls, Albert of Holyoke and George and Alfred in Canada. The funeral will be at the A. J. Brunelle funeral home in Holyoke at 8:15 Thursday, with a solemn high mass of requiem in St. Patrick's Church, South Hadley Falls, at 9. Burial will be in St. Rose's Cemetery, South Hadley. END.

Malvina Gagnon m. 5 May 1879, Manchester, NH, Georges Charette (1851-1936).

1881 Canadian Census H St. Andre d'Acton, Dist. 58 Bagot, Que.: Charrette, George 29 b Que., Melvina 22 b Que., George 10/12 b US.

In 1930, the living children on the census were: George 1880, Malvina 1882, Alfred 1885, Mary B 1888, Laura 1889, Cordelia 1890, Eva 1891, Arthur 1894, Albert J 1895, Edmond 1896, Edouard 1899, Louis 1900.

According to her son's obituary in 1955, Malvina had three sons living: Albert of Northampton, Edward of South Hadley Falls, and Edmund of Bay State (a section of Northampton); she had three married daughters living in 1955, namely: Mrs. Elvina Pichette of Northampton, Mrs. Laura Laprie of Winchendon, and Mrs. Bedelia Veal of Springfield.