Charles Kimball Worcester FRENCH

1898 - 1967  (69 years)

• Name	Charles Kimball Worcester FRENCH
  Born	14 Feb 1898	Columbia, ME
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Nov 1967	Lakeville, CT
  Buried	South Buxton, ME
  	Address: South Buxton Cemetery
  Person ID	I23810	Puffers
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Kimball WORCESTER,   b. 2 Dec 1875, Columbia, ME ,   d. 10 Oct 1960, Columbia, ME  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Pendlegras FRENCH,   b. 6 Oct 1871, Columbia, ME ,   d. 16 Nov 1931, Buxton, ME  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F10845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Alma SMITH,   b. 24 Jan 1901, Columbia, ME ,   d. 18 May 1979, Canaan, CT  (Age 78 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1917	Columbia, ME
  Children	1. Stanley Nelson FRENCH, Sr.,   b. 15 Jan 1918, Columbia, ME ,   d. 18 Nov 1983, Waynesboro, VA  (Age 65 years)   2. Owen Forrester FRENCH,   b. 6 Dec 1922, Buxton, ME ,   d. 9 Apr 2010, Ocala, FL  (Age 87 years)   3. Mary Edith FRENCH,   b. 30 Dec 1924, Providence, RI ,   d. 30 Mar 2005, Providence, RI  (Age 80 years)   4. Norma Imogene FRENCH,   b. 25 Feb 1925, Bar Mills, ME ,   d. 21 Jun 1990, Torrington, CT  (Age 65 years)   5. Carol Westford FRENCH,   b. 14 Nov 1926, Columbia, ME ,   d. 20 Apr 1996, Providence, RI  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	9 May 2021
  Family ID	F10872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  He is named after his biological father, Charles Kimball Worcester and was given his mother's maiden name. According to the 1900 Federal Census he was living with his grandfather, Talbot and mother, Mary Pendlegras French, in Columbia, Maine. According to the 1910 Federal Census he was living with his stepfather, Harvey Holly Smith and mother, Mary Pendlegras French Smith, in Columbia, Maine. According to the 1930 census he was living on Branch Avenue in Providence, RI, with his wife, oldest son, and youngest son and daughter. According to his WWI Draft Registration Card, 1917-1918, he was a laborer for the Northern Maine Packing Company, Corinna, ME. Lived at 14 Winchester Street, Providence, RI in 1940s. He was known as "Charlie K. Smith" as a boy as his step-father was a Smith (according to Charles Drisko, local Columbia, ME historian who knew him as young man). In an interview with his daughter, Mary Edith French on July 18, 1999 she said "Grampa's mother and step-father were strict Baptists. They made him stay dressed on Sunday and walk around outside reading the Bible". He worked at the Steere textile mill off Veazie Street in Providence, RI as a boilerman. He was burned on his arm, head and chest. He lost all his hair in the incident. He then went to the Wanscutt mill on Branch Ave, Providence, RI as a boilerman and watchman. He also worked at Brown University as a watchman. He became sick for several years and his wife had to go to work in the mills. He was an excellent housekeeper, cook, baker and he sewed. He was also an excellent carpenter and cabinet maker. He was strict with his children teaching them to share. The family considered themselves "poor". Two of their children (Norma and Carol) were sent to live with his half sister Hazel because of their poverty. They lived in several "row" houses owned by the mills and he ultimately purchased the duplex house he lived in on Winchester Street when the mill closed.