Joseph Theroux (1830 - 1891)

Born 28 Aug 1830 in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Son of Theophile Theroux and Julie Bernier

Husband of Alide (Labé) Theroux — married 25 Jan 1853 in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska, Bas-Canada

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1891 at age 61 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born on 28 August 1830, and was baptized the same day in Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska. He was the son of Theophile Teroux and Julie Bernier. His godparents were Joseph Bernier and Catherine Labé.^[1]

In the 1870 US census Joseph was in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.^[2][3]

Joseph's card in the US Naturalization Petitions states that he was born in Canada 26 November 1830, he entered the United States in November 1876 at St. Albans, VT, and was naturalized as a citizen of the US at the US Circuit Court at Providence on 8 December 1888.^[4][5]

Pawtucket City Directories

• 1880 - Theroux Joseph, broom maker, house Slater, rear 128 Harrison^[6]
• 1883 - Theroux Joseph, broom manufacturer, 130 Pleasant, also saloon, 117 Harrison, house do.^[7]
• 1885 - Thiroux Joseph, broom manuf., rear 35 Capital, house 35 do.^[8]
• 1887 - Thiroux Joseph, broom manuf., 33 Capital, house 33 do.^[9]
• 1888 - Thériault Joseph, broom manuf., rear 33 Capital, house 33 do.^[10]
• 1890 - Thériault Joseph, broom manuf., rear 33 Capital, house 962 Main.^[11]
• 1891 - Thériault Joseph, broom manuf., 962 Main, house do.^[12]

Newspaper Gleanings

• April 1881 - "The increase of drunkenness on Sundays of late led Chief of Police Rice to suspect that certain dispensers of the ardent were violating their licenses, and accordingly on Sunday last he made a tour of inspection and found his suspicions verified. The result was .... the last two were discharge, but the other paid five dollars and costs each for violating the law. On Tuesday Joseph Theroux of 117 Harrison street, for the same offence, was fined in like manner."^[13]
• May 1881 - Joseph Goyette requested that his license No. 117 Harrison be transferred to Joseph Theroux It was transferred later the same month.^[14]
• Summer 1883 - Joseph's petitioned for a license to keep a victualling house was received and transferred to the Committee on Police. The committee reported unfavorably and Joseph was given leave to withdraw his petition.^[15][16]
• Nov. 1883 - "Officers Haberlin and Parker yesterday noon searched the place kept ... by Joseph Theroux, on Harrison street, and found and brought away two barrels of ale. The suspected owners of aforesaid contraband goods have been notified to appear..."^[17]
• Aug 1888 - Joseph entered his horse Wonder into the Oat Race at Pawtucket Driving Park. The race was for local horses with the purse being thirty bushels of oats.^[18]

In August 1889 the Probate Court approved the bond of Joseph Theroux as guardian of his minor children.^[19][20]

Death Joseph died on 7 October 1891 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.^[21]

Died from Injuries Received "Joseph Theroux, who was injured by falling through a trap in the floor of the store of N. C. Jenks last Saturday, died at his residence, No. 962 Main street, late Wednesday evening of injuries received."^[22]

"The funeral of Joseph Theroux, who was fatally injured by falling down cellar in Central Falls last week, took place on Sunday at his late residence, 962 Main street. He was a member of the St. Jean Baptiste Union and of the Lafayette Guards, and the two organizations attended the funeral in a body. The remains were buried at Mr. St, Mary's Cemetery. The bearers were the four sons of the deceased. The service at St. John's Church was attended by hundreds, and many were unable to gain admission. It was by far the largest funeral that ever took place among the French people in this city. There were 43 carriages in the procession." ^[23]

Sources

1. ↑ Registres paroissiaux: "Registres paroissiaux"
   Catalog: Registres paroissiaux Registres, 3 août 1829 - 1844
   Film number: 005469551 > image 48 of 702
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 3 November 2021)
2. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; Roll: M593_1471; Page: 240A
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #9780539 (accessed 4 November 2021)
   Joseph Teroux, Laborer, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. Born in Canada E.
3. ↑ Rhode Island, 1870 federal census : population schedulesRhode Island, 1870 federal census : population schedulesPopulation schedules of the ninth census of the United States, 1870Population schedules of the ninth census of the United States, 1870: "Rhode Island, 1870 federal census : population schedulesRhode Island, 1870 federal census : population schedulesPopulation schedules of the ninth census of the United States, 1870Population schedules of the ninth census of the United States, 1870"
   Catalog: Rhode Island, 1870 federal census : population schedulesRhode Island, 1870 federal census : population schedulesPopulation schedules of the ninth census of the United States, 1870Population schedules of the ninth census of the United States, 1870 Rhode Island: Bristol and Kent Counties (another filming, 1973)
   Film number: 008920306 > image 346 of 603
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
4. ↑ Index to Naturalization Petitions: "United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906"
   Citing , NARA microfilm publication M1299 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 46; FHL microfilm 1,429,716.
   FamilySearch (accessed 3 November 2021)
   Joseph Theroux, 1888
5. ↑ United States, New England...Naturalization, 1787-1906: "United States, New England...Naturalization, 1787-1906"
   Catalog: Rhode Island, Providence County, Circuit Court, petitions for naturalizations Petitions for naturalization, v. 8, no. 1-309B, 1888-1889
   Image path: United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906 > Rhode Island > US Circuit Courts > US Circuit Court > Petitions for naturalization, 1888-1889, vol 8 no 1-309B > image 122 of 673; Citing NARA NAID 4752894, National Archives at Boston, Waltham, Massachusetts.
   FamilySearch Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
6. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories: "Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories"
   Pawtucket and Central Falls > 1880 > T
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
7. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories: "Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories"
   Pawtucket and Central Falls > 1883 > T
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
8. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories: "Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories"
   Pawtucket and Central Falls > 1885 > T
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
9. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories: "Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories"
   Pawtucket and Central Falls > 1887 > T
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
10. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories: "Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories"
    Pawtucket and Central Falls > 1888 > T
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
11. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories: "Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories"
    Pawtucket and Central Falls > 1890 > T
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
12. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories: "Rhode Island, U.S., City Directories"
    Pawtucket and Central Falls > 1891 > T
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 4 November 2021)
13. ↑ Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle, 15 Apr 1881, p.2, col. 6.
14. ↑ Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle, 6 May 1881, p.3, col. 2. and 27 May 1881, p. 2, col. 7.
15. ↑ The [Providence] Evening Bulletin, 7 May 1881, p. 5, col. 2.
16. ↑ [Providence] Evening Bulletin, 21 July 1883, p. 6, col. 1.
17. ↑ The Evening Bulletin, 30 Nov 1883, p. 3, col. 4.
18. ↑ The Evening Bulletin, 14 Aug 1888, p. 8, col. 8.
19. ↑ Notice: "Probate Court," Pawtucket Evening Times, 29 August 1889, p. 1, col. 5.
20. ↑ Probate docket 1896-1926 and probate records 1877-1916 (Pawtucket, Rhode Island): "Probate docket 1896-1926 and probate records 1877-1916 (Pawtucket, Rhode Island)"
    Catalog: Probate docket 1896-1926 and probate records 1877-1916 (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) Vol. 6 27 Jun 1883-01 Jul 1885 Vol. 7 09 Sep 1885-02 Nov 1887 Vol. 8 02 Nov 1887-18 Dec 1889
    Film number: 007650284 > image 853 of 889
    FamilySearch Image (accessed 5 November 2021)
21. ↑ Death Registration: "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"
    Citing Death, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 2,047,843.
    FamilySearch (accessed 4 November 2021)
    FamilySearch Image Image number 00356
    Joseph Theroup, 7 Oct 1891
22. ↑ Death Notice: [Providence, RI] Evening Bulletin, 8 October 1891, p. 6, col. 4.
23. ↑ Funeral: Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle, 16 October 1891, p. 4, col. 5.

See also:

• https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Theroux_Joseph&pid=725672
• https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/4795769
• Paternal relationship is confirmed, [Thériot-100|Jeanne Thériot aka Theriault] is a common ancestor, by a triangulated group consisting of Kevin Paul Morales GEDmatch M579136, Barbara Ann Mageau GEDmatch A713327and Kevin Charles Lajiness GEDmatch M658673 sharing segment on chromosome 20 from 12930672 - 34674266 (19.5089 cM) Overlap with previous match 16540474 - 34674266