Joseph Wenceslas Charest, son of Adolphe Charest and Marguerite Bélanger, was born on 11 Nov 1873 and baptized the following day at Sainte Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. The family lived in Ireland, Mégantic, Québec. Wenceslas married Sophronie Beaudoin on 16 Oct 1906 at Saint Antoine, Pontbriand, Mégantic, Québec. The couple settled in the parish of Saint Maurice at Thetford Mines, Mégantic, Québec, where they lived with their children and Wenceslas' mother Marguerite. The family immigrated to the United States in May 1920 and settled in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine. Wenceslas was widowed in 1935. He died at the age of 66 and was interred in Saint Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston.
Sources include the Drouin Collection (Québec vital and church records), census records (1881, 1901 Ireland Q; 1911 St Maurice Q; 1930 Lewiston ME), immigration records, the Lewiston Evening Journal 9 Mar 1940, and cemetery records.
Sources include the Drouin Collection (Québec vital and church records), census records (1881, 1901 Ireland Q; 1911 St Maurice Q; 1930 Lewiston ME), immigration records, the Lewiston Evening Journal 9 Mar 1940, and cemetery records.
Joseph Wenceslas Charest, son of Adolphe Charest and Marguerite Bélanger, was born on 11 Nov 1873 and baptized the following day at Sainte Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. The family lived in Ireland, Mégantic, Québec. Wenceslas married Sophronie Beaudoin on 16 Oct 1906 at Saint Antoine, Pontbriand, Mégantic, Québec. The couple settled in the parish of Saint Maurice at Thetford Mines, Mégantic, Québec, where they lived with their children and Wenceslas' mother Marguerite. The family immigrated to the United States in May 1920 and settled in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine. Wenceslas was widowed in 1935. He died at the age of 66 and was interred in Saint Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston.
Sources include the Drouin Collection (Québec vital and church records), census records (1881, 1901 Ireland Q; 1911 St Maurice Q; 1930 Lewiston ME), immigration records, the Lewiston Evening Journal 9 Mar 1940, and cemetery records.
Sources include the Drouin Collection (Québec vital and church records), census records (1881, 1901 Ireland Q; 1911 St Maurice Q; 1930 Lewiston ME), immigration records, the Lewiston Evening Journal 9 Mar 1940, and cemetery records.
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