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Author: cyoung42553
Surnames: Charette, Charrette, Chauret, Charest, Choret
Classification: queries
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Message Board Post:
Holly Charette who was killed in Iraq is the niece of a friend of mine, Rene Charette, and is somehow related to my fiance (Thomas Charette) as well. Holly Ann was born to Raymond Anthony Charette and his wife Regina. Raymond's father is Henry Joseph Charette, and his mother is Jackie (Gore). Henry Joseph has a brother Lawrence, a sister Gloria and another sibling that I've yet to find out their name. From what I understand Henry Joseph Charette's father was Henry Alex Charette 1911-2004 married to Margaret Beatrice Denton 1915-1987.Henry Alex had a brother Joseph (nickname Buster) and a sister Ida Marie (or maybe Mae). There may well have been more siblings. Henry Alex Charette's father, Camille Charette 1880-1971 was married to a Josephine Biron (Beron)1884-1965. From what I've gleaned from Henry Joseph who is still living, Camille's father's name was Louis, but he couldn't remember his wife's name. Other names Henry was able to tell me, though he wasn't sure of the relati!
onship were Ferdina (Fardina) Charette married to a Mathilde Gignac (or perhaps Gagnon), a Jephir? Charette married to Irene, Moises Charette d.1953(possibly a brother to Camille who also had a twin brother who died at around age 21 (he couldn't remember his name). He also mentioned a Lorette or Loretta and Paulette and Florence Charette as well, whether Charette was their maiden or married names I'm not sure as Henry is is close to 80 and his memory is not the best. Henry also mentioned that some family still lives near Drummondville, Que. He also said that some of the family listed their names as Charet, Charest, Choret, Charrette, Charette, Carrette and even Carter.
Somehow this branch of the Charettes is connected to my fiance's branch though we have yet to discover how. We are very sure of it because Holly is a near spitting image to my fiance's sister and niece, and Holly's brother looks like a younger version of my fiance's younger brother. Both branches of the tree share the same high cheekbones (an indian in there somewhere), the same nose, and the very wide toothy smile. We call them the Charette nose and smile. Though hair and eye color vary, nearly every Charette in both branches have that Charette smile. Both branches are liberally sprinkled with twins. The names, Joseph, Anthony, Louis, are common to both branches, but Henry seems to be exclusive to Rene's branch and Thomas and Leonard are common in Tom's branch. I've been working on both of their trees, hoping to discover the connection, and all I can say is that the Charettes are quite prolific. Tom's father's name is Leonard Robert, his grandfather was Leonard E, his great!
grandfather's name was Leonard Leo, his gr.gr. grandfather was Thomas married to Sophia Gagno, and Thomas's father's name was Louis, but I don't think the two ancestors named Louis are the same as they don't share similar siblings' names. The ancestor Thomas Charette was quite prolific as I've seen 15 children attributed to him, whether by one wife or more than one, I don't know. Tres Rivieres (Three Rivers) was mentioned as the area that Tom's ancestors originally came from in Canada, then moving into Maine (Aroostook County), then his branch traveled by horse and cart working farms along the way into Swansea and Fall River MA, and then on to Rhode Island. I'd really like to know of any siblings to Thomas Charette (1843) and or his father Louis. I've seen the last names listed as Charette, Chauret, Charett, Charatte, and Choret in censuses etc. If anyone can fill in any blanks, I'd sure appreciate it.
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