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BOOROM, Charles Henry[1]

Male 1923 - 1978  (55 years)


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  • Name BOOROM, Charles Henry 
    Nickname Buddy 
    Birth 26 Jul 1923  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
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    Residence 1925  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1930  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1935  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1940  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Milit-Beg 1 Feb 1943  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Social Security Number 035-12-2543 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 10 Dec 1978  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial Pawtucket, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Saint Francis Cemetery 
    Person ID I9146  Puffers
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2023 

    Father BOOROM, George William Jr.,   b. 19 Mar 1888, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1953, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother MULVEY, Margaret Ellen,   b. 12 Sep 1888, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1965, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Residence 1950  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Address:
    Winchester Street 
    Family ID F4220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family FRENCH, Mary Edith,   b. 30 Dec 1927, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 2005, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 20 Sep 1947  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1950  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1957  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. BOOROM, Sharon Joan,   b. 1 Sep 1948, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 2005, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     2. Living
    Family ID F5264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • Buddy, as he was known, was hanging around with Norma and Owen French. Mary French was dating someone else at the time. WWII came along and Buddy went MIA. He came home and had wounds and malaria. Mary got a "dear john " letter from her sweetheart (Ralph DiSimone), they had planned on getting married. Buddy was there to console her. He called her up to go roller skating and said that he and Joe Pino will pick her up (from Winchester Street). So they went roller skating in E. Providence. She made it miserable for him. Left him at the gate to the house. Sometime later he called her and took her to the movies (Saratoga Trunk starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman) at the Majestic in downtown Providence. He called her more and more; they saw more movies; and he visited frequently at the French house. They courted over a year. Her father and mother didn't like his drinking and they told Mary to tell him they couldn't get married if he didn't stop. They sent her to visit her brother Stanley in Norfolk, VA for the summer. If Buddy didn't have a job by the end of the summer there would be no marriage. He got a job at American Screw near R.I. Hospital.

      Buddy and Mary purchased the house on Vandewater Street (ca 1952) and his in-laws sold the house on Winchester and moved in to the downstairs apt. (As related to D.M. Caranci by Iola French, his aunt, in 2009)

      -- MERGED NOTE ------------

      "Buddy, as he was known, was hanging around with Norma and Owen French. Mary French was dating someone else at the time. WWII came along and Buddy went MIA. He came home and had wounds and malaria. Mary got a "dear john " letter from her sweetheart (Ralph DiSimone), they had planned on getting married. Buddy was there to console her. He called her up to go roller skating and said that he and Joe Pino will pick her up (from Winchester Street). So they went roller skating in E. Providence. She made it miserable for him. Left him at the gate to the house. Sometime later he called her and took her to the movies (Saratoga Trunk starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman) at the Majestic in downtown Providence. He called her more and more; they saw more movies; and he visited frequently at the French house. They courted over a year. Her father and mother didn't like his drinking and they told Mary to tell him they couldn't get married if he didn't stop. They sent her to visit her brother Stanley in Norfolk, VA for the summer. If Buddy didn't have a job by the end of the summer there would be no marriage. He got a job at American Screw near R.I. Hospital.

      Buddy and Mary purchased the house on Vandewater Street (ca 1952) and his in-laws sold the house on Winchester and moved in to the downstairs apt." (As related to D.M. Caranci by Iola French, his aunt, in 2009)
      The "house on Winchester" St. was one of a row of duplex houses built for workers at the Wanskuck Woolen Mill across the street. It was purchased by Charles C. K. French after the mill closed.

  • Sources 
    1. [S149] Interviews with family members conducted by David M. Caranci.

    2. [S1084] WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.

    3. [S163] SSDI.

    4. [S375] _US City Directories, 1821-1995.

    5. [S382] _1930 United States Federal Census.

    6. [S554] Rhode Island State Censuses, 1865-1935.

    7. [S437] _1940 United States Federal Census.

    8. [S303] WWII Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.

    9. [S1403] _1950 United States Federal Census.


 

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