Misc. Notes
Baptism recorded 22 October 1882 at St-David, Québec. Godfather Basile Lauzon, Godmother Armine Messier. L. A. Hebert, Priest Microfilm attached.
A portrait photograph shows her with a Victorian-looking long black dress with a closed neck and long sleeves. There is a handwritten date on the back of June 20, 1915. Her husband Joseph is also in the picture.
Bristol Phoenix, October 1, 1915. Advertisement for Nu-Bone Corsets on 11 Washington St. This ad ran for the month of October. Also ran in February and March of 1917.
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1935 RI Census: Mary was a Homemaker living at 725 Hope St. a naturalized citizen, born in Canada Oct 21, 1853 (1883), could read/write English, had ever had Measles and was not working or seeking work.
Driver of the car that killed her was John McKenna, 21 of Thames St. Friday July 24 article in Bristol Phoenix:
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Continuation of article appeared next to her obituary on p2.
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She was killed by an automobile when crossing Hope St. in Bristol while walking from her son’s house to hers. Obituary gave her name as Maria Antoinette, her gravestone, which she shares with her father, Jean-Baptiste, was marked Mary Pivin.
Her obituary states that she lived in Bristol for 52 years. This means that she moved there at the time of her marriage. This probably took place in Warren, where her parents likely lived as they were buried there.