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Generation No. 1
1. JEAN1 PROU was born 1641 in Poitier, France, and died December 09, 1703 in Point-aux-Trembles, Quebec, Canada. He married CATHERINE PINEL 1676 in Quebec, daughter of GILES PINEL and ANNE LEODOT
Notes for JEAN PROU:
THE PROULX, PIONEERS OF MONTMAGNY,
NEUVILLE AND POINTE-CLAIRE
It is of Poitou and Anjou which originate the most prolific ancestors of our Proulx families. In XVIIe century, the patronym was written Prou and, says one, constituted an alternative of preu, word which, in former French, meant at the same time valiant (adjective) and much (adverb); the expression more or less figure always with the dictionary. The three pioneers of which we will evoke the memory were Prou.
Our Jean Prou, originating in the parish of Saint-Jean-of-Moutierneuf, at Poitiers, arrives in New-France towards 1671. He leaves behind him a wife and two children, whom he probably proposes to make come in the colony once well-established. In 1674, undoubtedly envisaging to fix itself the following year in the seigniory of Dombourg, which will take later the name of Neuville, it entrusts to a certain Gilles Galipau letters intended for his wife, because this one must pass by Poitiers.
In 1675, indeed, Jean is established in the seigniory, a neighbor of the Pinel couple. Alas, Galipau brings to him the sad news of the death of the wife. The Pinel family have a girl, Catherine, who, at the 18 years age, is already widowed. She will become, into 1676, the second wife of Jean and will give him thirteen children. For enthralling details on the existence of this household, to see two signed texts Jean-Pierre Proulx in numbers 180 and 185 of the Memories of the genealogical Company Canadian-Frenchwoman.
The Prou/Pinel couple had thirteen children all born in Neuville. Of six sons born of this union, five founded hearths and were all prolific. Jean-Baptiste married (1713) Marie-Genevieve Harbour (14 children including 5 sons); Fran�ois (1713), Marie-Th�r�se Faucher (12 children including 5 sons); Claude (1716) Marie-Anne Bibeau (a girl), then (1717) Isabelle Robidas (12 children including 6 sons); Fran�ois (1724), Francoise Robidas, sister of the preceding one (12 children including 6 sons); Joseph (1726), Th�r�se Assistance-Cr�qui (13 children including 5 sons). A score of the grandsons of the Prou/Pinel couple founded in their turn of the hearths. Jean died in Neuville on December 9, 1703; his widow survived to him until June 13, 1723.
Whereas the two first were pioneers of Montmagny and Neuville, the Prou third of which we will evoke the memory is established with Point-Claire, in the island of Montreal.
~Extract of: Portraits of pionni�res families of Robert Pr�vost
Notes for CATHERINE PINEL:
Catherine Pinel was born on April 6 1658, in the seigniory of Sillery, of the marriage of Gilles Pinel and Anne L�odet. Officially Gilles is the father of Catherine but one is less sure than he is the biological father.
Catherine receives like godfather, Guillaume Audouart, first public notary of the colony and secretary of the first Council of News-France and like godmother, Catherine Legardeur de Repentigny, the wife of Charles Ailleboust of Muceaux, soldier and temporary governor of Montreal, member of the community of the inhabitants. The godfather and the godmother belonged respectively to the bourgoisy and the nobility.
At theSaint-Ignace Coast, parish of St-Michel de Sillery, Catherine Marie first once on October 17 1671 in Denis Masse who is then 26 years old. Catherine for its part has only 13 years and half. The witnesses with this marriage contract in front of the Becquet notary are for the groom, his father, Pierre Masse, Guillaume Constantin, sior of the Valley and Jeanne Masse, her wife and sister of the groom, Michel Desorcis and his wife, Pierre Morel and his wife.
As regards bride, the witnesses are Gilles Pinel and his wife Anne Ledet, father and mother of the future bride, Pierre Pinel , uncle de Catherine, Nicolas Sylvestre, husband of Nepveu Barb which is the half-sister of the bride. Are also present Jean Christmas and his femme.De this union will be born Denis on April 24 1673. Denis Mass� dies some share between April 1673 and autumn 1676. Widow at 15 years, Catherine goes remari� to Jean Prou on November 2 1676 in Dombourg.Le couple immediately has a ground in the south-west of that of Gilles Pinel the father of Catherine. Jean Much and Catherine Pinel will have 13 children who all are born in Neuville. To the census of 1681, it is indicated that it lives the seigniory of Dombour Neuville and that Jean Proust at 40 years, Catherine Pinelle, his wife, 24 years and his/her children are; Denis 9 years, Rene 4 years, Marie 3 years and Jean �ns. The family have 3 animals with horns and 10 arpents in value. She dies on June 16, 1723 in Neuville.
Children of JEAN PROU and CATHERINE PINEL are:
2. i. CLAUDE2 PROU, b. September 17, 1692.
ii. MARIE CATHERINE PROU, b. October 31, 1678; m. JEAN BAPTISTE HARBOUR, April 19, 1700.
iii. RENE PROU, b. August 09, 1677.
iv. JEAN-BAPTISTE PROU, b. December 24, 1679; d. September 19, 1760; m. MARIE-GENEVIEVE ARBOUR.
v. LOUISE PROU, b. March 16, 1680/81; d. March 19, 1680/81.
vi. ELIZABETH-URSULE PROU, b. April 29, 1682; m. JEAN BOSSU, May 25, 1705.
vii. ANNE PROU, b. September 03, 1684.
viii. FRANCOIS PROU, b. March 25, 1686; d. December 03, 1749; m. THERESE FAUCHER, February 20, 1730/31.
ix. MADELEINE PROU, b. August 23, 1688; m. AUGUSTIN ARBOUR, May 04, 1711.
x. MARIE-THERESE PROU, b. August 17, 1690; m. ANDRE DAIGLE, November 09, 1711.
xi. ALEXIS PROU, b. October 28, 1694; m. JEANNE ROBITAILLE, February 16, 1723/24.
xii. JOSEPH PROU, b. March 05, 1696/97; d. November 18, 1756; m. THERESE AIDE-CREQUY, March 25, 1726.
xiii. MARIE-FELICITE PROU, b. March 01, 1698/99; d. March 25, 1759, St. Augustine; m. JEAN-BAPTISTE BROUSSEAU, February 10, 1717/18.
xiv. MARIE ANNE PROU, b. September 03, 1684; d. December 16, 1737.
http://www.winternet.com/~jea/Web_Cards/WC01/WC01_434.HTM
Generation No. 2
2. CLAUDE2 PROU (JEAN1) was born September 17, 1692. He married ISABELLE ROBIDAS-MANSEAU November 05, 1717 in Le Baie du Febvre.
Children of CLAUDE PROU and ISABELLE ROBIDAS-MANSEAU are:
3. i. JEAN-BAPTISTE3 PROULX, b. 1721.
ii. MARIE-JOSEPH PROULX, b. September 18, 1718; d. September 23, 1718.
iii. MARIE-FRANCOIS PROULX, b. 1722; d. December 21, 1779, Trois-Riviers; m. JEAN-BAPTISTE VACHER.
iv. LOUIS PROULX, b. May 30, 1723; m. MARIE-JOSEPH LEFEBVRE, February 05, 1753.
v. FRANCOIS-JOSEPH PROULX, b. August 19, 1724; m. MARIE-ANGELIQUE ALARD, February 22, 1750/51.
vi. GABRIEL PROULX, b. December 27, 1725; m. MARGUERITE LANGLOIS, February 22, 1750/51.
vii. MARIE-ANTOINETTE PROULX, b. August 03, 1727; m. GABRIEL ALARD, February 12, 1747/48.
viii. MARIE-ELISABETH PROULX, b. January 22, 1729/30.
ix. MARIE-LOUISE PROULX, b. September 10, 1731.
x. JEAN-BAPTISTE AMABLE PROULX, b. October 26, 1732; m. (1) GENEVIEVE LANGLOIS, September 26, 1757; m. (2) CATHERINE JOYELLE, November 12, 1760.
xi. CATHERINE JOYELLE PROULX.
xii. MARIE-THERESE PROULX, b. July 14, 1734; m. PIERRE JANELLE, February 11, 1754.
Generation No. 3
3. JEAN-BAPTISTE3 PROULX (CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) was born 1721. He married CATHERINE SENNEZILLE 1747.
Notes for JEAN-BAPTISTE
PROULX:
Re: Proulx crest/coat of arms Posted by: Jocelyne Date: November 30, 2000 at
17:25:54 In Reply to: Re: Proulx crest/coat of arms by Peter Proulx of 369
"Hi Peter,I have an interesting tidbit on how the Proulx (Prou/Pru) name got
changed when they came to Quebec. My cousins did much research on this and from
the information they received this is how the name got changed.
As they could not read or write, a witness would print out their name, put a line and the person would mark an X. Then the witness would sign as to say they seen him make their X. With time it was misconstrued as the name and voila this is how PROULX came to be spelt this way. EX: Andreano Prou /x "
Child of JEAN-BAPTISTE PROULX and CATHERINE SENNEZILLE is:
4. i. JEAN-BAPTISTE4 PROULX, b. 1751.
Generation No. 4
4. JEAN-BAPTISTE4 PROULX (JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) was born 1751. He married THERESA PERRON.
Child of JEAN-BAPTISTE PROULX and THERESA PERRON is:
5. i. MICHAEL5 PROULX.
Generation No. 5
5. MICHAEL5 PROULX (JEAN-BAPTISTE4, JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1). He married JULIETTE HEBERT 1830.
Child of MICHAEL PROULX and JULIETTE HEBERT is:
6. i. CHARLES6 PRUE, d. Bef. 1909.
Generation No. 6
6. CHARLES6 PRUE (MICHAEL5 PROULX, JEAN-BAPTISTE4, JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) died Bef. 1909. He married KATE LAPINE 1853, daughter of FRANK LAPENE and ANGELINE LAFOE.
Notes for CHARLES PRUE:
14 kids - 4 children died of smallpox, and 1 child died of cholera
Notes for KATE
LAPINE:
"Mrs. Chas. Prue, a widow 76 years of age,
living on Main St., passed away last Tuesday after a short illness. She leaves
five sons and three daughters to mourn her loss. Funeral services were held on
Thursday the 16th with interment in the Catholic cemetery." ~Newport Daily
Express & Standard
Newport records list her as Catharine Lapine, Kate Lapine, Kate Lapeau, and Kate Lepen.
Children of CHARLES PRUE and KATE LAPINE are:
7. i. DAVID E7 PRUE, SR., b. July 17, 1860; d. October 13, 1940, Newport, Vermont.
ii. MARY E PRUE, b. March 02, 1870.
iii. CLARA PRUE, b. August 13, 1867.
iv. JULIA PRUE, b. December 11, 1874; d. 1964; m. Ormand or Howard (??) Turcotte
v. MARY PRUE, b. June 30, 1872.
8. vi. LOUIS DANIEL PRUE, b. 1877.
vii. JOHN PRUE, b. 1881.
viii. CHARLES PRUE, b. 1885.
9. ix. FRANK EDWARD PRUE, b. 1879.
Generation No. 7
7. DAVID E7 PRUE, SR. (CHARLES6, MICHAEL5 PROULX, JEAN-BAPTISTE4, JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) was born July 17, 1860, and died October 13, 1940 in Newport, Vermont. He married AGNES PELKY (1861-1949) on July 18, 1879, daughter of LOUIS PELKY and LOUISE GARAND {possibly}. The name Pelkey is sometimes spelled Pelky, and is a variation of "Pelletier".
Notes for DAVID E PRUE, SR.:
Children of DAVID PRUE and AGNES PELKY are:
10. i. DAVID E8 PRUE, b. May 14, 1889; d. 1964.
ii. MARY LUNA PRUE, b. September 30, 1884; d. 1958; m. LEON GAY STRATTON.
iii. JEFFREY PRUE, b. January 02, 1886, Newport, Vermont; d. January 25, 1887, Derby.
iv. DELENA JERMAINE PRUE, b. December 14, 1887.
v. MARY AGNES PRUE, b. July 14, 1892, Derby; m. WILFRED LOUIS BOURASSA, 1910.
11. vi. Frederick Adalbert Prue, b. July 18, 1893; d. December 03, 1945, Newport, Vermont.
A stillborn girl was born on April 23, 1882 and another stillborn child, sex unknown, was born on February 19, 1905. -Ed Prew
8. LOUIS DANIEL7 PRUE (CHARLES6, MICHAEL5 PROULX, JEAN-BAPTISTE4, JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) was born 1877. He married CELIA CHALK.
Children of LOUIS PRUE and CELIA CHALK are:
12. i. HARRY WENDELL8 PRUE, b. October 12, 1907, Pawtucket, RI.
ii. HENRY FRANCIS PRUE, b. January 31, 1905, Pawtucket, RI; d. April 17, 1956, Pawtucket, RI.
iii. MAE HAZEL PRUE, b. October 31, 1906, Pawtucket, RI; d. September 12, 1974, North Smithfield, RI.
iv. CATHERINE GARNET PRUE, b. July 11, 1908, Pawtucket, RI; d. April 23, 1955, Woodland, CA; m. RAYMOND AKIN.
9. FRANK EDWARD7 PRUE (CHARLES6, MICHAEL5 PROULX, JEAN-BAPTISTE4, JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) was born 1879. He married MARY ELIZABETH BURNS April 01, 1907 in Pawtucket, RI.
Notes for FRANK EDWARD PRUE:
(The name change from) Prue to Prew is something to behold. The story I got was this: When the first child, Norman, was christened, the attending priest transferred the surname from the birth certificate to the christening certificate. The child's name was written in longhand on the birth certificate and the surname looked to the priest as if it were spelled Prew (when it actually was spelled Prue). Frank Prue didn't seem to mind because he was probably drunk at the time and my grandmother did not have much input. Prew it became. -Ed Prew
Children of FRANK PRUE and MARY BURNS are:
13. i. MERRILL EDWARD8 PREW, b. February 27, 1912, Seekonk, MA; d. March 22, 1983, Providence, RI.
ii. NORMAN FRANCIS PREW, b. April 05, 1910, Seekonk, MA.
iii. DOROTHY GERTRUDE PREW, b. April 22, 1915, Valley Falls, RI; d. June 30, 1919, Valley Falls, RI.
Notes for DOROTHY
GERTRUDE
PREW:
Playing with matches, her clothes caught fire and
she burned to death. -Ed Prew
iv. RITA MARY PREW, b. June 17, 1917; m. JOHN SYDNEY BESTWICK, June 26, 1937, Moore Park, CA.
v. GLENN DANA PREW, b. June 18, 1919, Valley Falls, RI; d. December 24, 1944, Riverside, RI.
Notes for GLENN
DANA
PREW:
Glenn suffered from Cerebral Palsy, lived with my
aunt Rita and uncle Syd in Riverside, RI and died on Christmas Eve, 1944. -Ed
Prew
vi. JUNIOR FRANCIS PREW, b. July 03, 1924, Riverside, RI.
Generation No. 8
10.
DAVID
E8 PRUE,
a.k.a. "Bonhomme"
(DAVID
E7,
CHARLES6,
MICHAEL5
PROULX,
JEAN-BAPTISTE4,
JEAN-BAPTISTE3,
CLAUDE2
PROU,
JEAN1)
was born May 14, 1889, and died 1964. He married IDEA
ROSE
LANDRY
June 15, 1909 in Catholic Church (on Pleasant Street), Newport, VT, daughter of
ODILON
LANDRY
and OLIVINE
BARBIN.
For Idea Landry's Genealogy, see
http://prue.hypermart.net/FAMILY.htm
More About DAVID
E PRUE:
Occupation: Railroad Conductor, Boston & Maine
and Canadian Pacific Rail
Residence: Newport, Vermont
Retirement: 1956
Children of DAVID PRUE and IDEA LANDRY are:
i. DAVID J9 PRUE, b. August 28, 1925, Newport, Vermont; d. September 13, 2001, Newport, Vermont; m. SYLVIA BOND (see her GENEALOGY HERE)
Notes for DAVID
J PRUE:
Before going to war, Grampy played A LOT of
baseball. Grammy was a cheerleader for his team in high school, but they didn�t
really know each other. Grampy showed us many pictures of different teams,
including one Major League team they played against during the major-leaguers�
off-season.
When he went to war he left New York City at
night on a boat that was alone. When he woke up and looked out, there were
boats all around, probably 100 of them. There were submarines escorting them
also. They landed in Newport, England, (possibly D-Day +6) and from there went
to France. Grampy�s brother Timan would be drafted into the Navy later. He was
drafted later because he was already married with a pregnant wife. At one point
his squad cut off Normandy to trap the Germans there. His squad also had to
save Remagen Bridge, a famous bridge crossing the Rhine. All other bridges in
the area had already been blown up. While on the bridge, a German plane came
over a cliff, dropping a bomb as it did so. The bomb just barely missed the
bridge, exploding in the water and soaking the entire crew. Soon after Grampy
was on the other side, Remagen Bridge was destroyed and the Army engineers put
in a floating bridge. There was even a movie about this bridge! There are many
Internet links:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/rhine.htm
http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/htmlinks/HISTORY/rhine_river_crossing.htm
http://www.usace.army.mil/usace-docs/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-25/toc.htm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/092952179X/ref%3Dsim%5Fbooks/104-8568807-0866365
The rations that they ate gave Grampy an allergic
reaction. His face, back, and neck broke out in boils. His eye swelled up so
much he couldn�t see out of it, he could no longer shoot a gun. He went to a
hospital for treatment and when he came out and rejoined his squad it was almost
an entirely new group of men. Eight men out of forty-eight knew Grampy.
About thirty days before the end of the war,
Grampy was wounded, along with five other men, by an anti-tank grenade. He
ended up with shrapnel in his leg and arm, and was in the hospital until the end
of the war. When first arriving there he was given a new, experimental medicine
that put him out for two days. They woke him up by slapping his face and
forcing coffee into him. The government considered him 10% disabled, because of
the injuries he sustained and the shrapnel that stayed in his leg.
The ship Grampy was on when returning from
Europe, Athos II (http://www.es-conseil.fr/pramona/athos2.htm) , was condemned when
they stopped in the Azores, so he returned on an aircraft carrier, the USS
Enterprise http://www.cv6.org/1945/1945.htm (look towards the bottom...). The
trip was memorable, since they went through a hurricane. They were going
sideways along the waves, instead of up or down them, and at one point they were
tipped 45 degrees. The ship was only supposed to be able to tip 42 degrees
before capsizing. Most men had to be down in the hold, for ballast, but Grampy
wanted to see what was going on. He sat out on the deck holding on to the ropes
and getting completely drenched.
After returning from the war and getting married,
Grampy and Grammy bought their house on Orchard St for $7200. When they sold it
to move to the Bluff Road they sold it for around $12000. Before they could
build their house on the Bluff Road, however, they had to move the camp that was
there. Grammy showed us pictures of the camp being trucked across Scott�s
Field. The camp is still in use, and just had a foundation put under it. I had
seen the building many times and never realized it had been theirs. At the end
of the Bluff Road you turn left, and it�s the 2nd building on the right, with
that same dark stain. It sits in front of Joe Coutu�s house.
-as told by himself, 2000
More About DAVID
J PRUE:
Occupation: Postman
Military Service: 1943-1946, Army Company C 39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Division, WWII
ii. AGNES O. PRUE, b. 1932; d. 2000.
More About AGNES
O. PRUE:
Occupation: Commercial Artist
iii. IRENE PRUE, b. December 18, 1918; d. 2000.
More About IRENE
PRUE:
Occupation: Phone Operator Supervisor
iv. FEDORA PRUE, b. 1913; d. 1993.
More About FEDORA
PRUE:
Occupation: Bookkeeper
v. YVONNE PRUE, b. October 16, 1922; d. 1993.
More About YVONNE
PRUE:
Occupation: Accountant
vi. WILBROD PRUE (aka "TIMAN"), b. November 07, 1911; d. October 01, 1974; m. CORA NAURIE.
Notes for WILBROD
PRUE:
"After Bill & I first returned to Vermont, I met
Uncle Timan. He took me aside and said in a quiet voice, "They're going to tell
you I'm loud, but don't you believe a word of it." The rest of the family was
in the background, laughing loudly!"
-as told by Jeanne Prue
More About WILBROD
PRUE:
Occupation: Railroad
Military Service: Navy, WWII
vii. DONIA (Sister Mary David) PRUE, b. 1910.
Notes for Donia Prue
Grampy�s oldest sister Donia (Sister Mary
David) was so shy she would cross the street to avoid talking to anyone. She
had worked at Woolworth's as a young lady.
viii. BLANCHE PRUE, b. 1917; m. HARRY FRENCH, b. January 17, 1917.
ix. CLAIRE PRUE, b. 1929; m. ROBERT RIEL.
x. UNKNOWN (stillborn) PRUE, b. August 25, 1915.
11. FREDERICK ADALBERT8 PRUE (DAVID E7, CHARLES6, MICHAEL5 PROULX, JEAN-BAPTISTE4, JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) was born July 18, 1893, and died December 03, 1945 in Newport, Vermont. He married OLIVE PELKEY.
Children of FREDERICK PRUE and OLIVE PELKEY are:
ii. FRED A. PRUE JR., b. 1918; m. MARJORIE J. ROWLAND.
12. HARRY WENDELL8 PRUE (LOUIS DANIEL7, CHARLES6, MICHAEL5 PROULX, JEAN-BAPTISTE4, JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) was born October 12, 1907 in Pawtucket, RI. He married MARGARET (MULLEN) GRACIA August 08, 1943.
Children of HARRY PRUE and MARGARET GRACIA are:
i. MARYANN ELIZABETH9 PRUE, b. April 30, 1944, Pawtucket, RI; m. DONALD LEE ROY, November 23, 1963.
ii. LYNN MARGARET PRUE, b. September 14, 1964, Providence, RI.
iii. JASON JOSEPH PRUE, b. May 26, 1971, Providence, RI.
iv. MICHELLE MARIA PRUE, b. January 13, 1967, Providence, RI.
13. MERRILL EDWARD8 PREW (FRANK EDWARD7 PRUE, CHARLES6, MICHAEL5 PROULX, JEAN-BAPTISTE4, JEAN-BAPTISTE3, CLAUDE2 PROU, JEAN1) was born February 27, 1912 in Seekonk, MA, and died March 22, 1983 in Providence, RI. He married GLADYS ETHEL KNIGHT February 27, 1939 in Seekonk, MA.
Children of MERRILL PREW and GLADYS KNIGHT are:
i. EDWARD MERRILL9 PREW, b. February 26, 1940, Providence, RI; m. JOAN CECILIA HISTEN, October 14, 1961, Braintree, MA.
ii. RICHARD ALDEN PREW, b. January 19, 1943.
iii. MARY ELIZABETH PREW, b. September 22, 1949; m. ROBERT MARTIN.
iv. MARTHA JEAN PREW, b. July 07, 1953; m. ROBERT BOURASSA.
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