BOOROM, Charles Henry^[1]

1923 - 1978  (55 years)

• Name	BOOROM, Charles Henry
  Nickname	Buddy
  Birth	26 Jul 1923	Providence, RI   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	Address: 71994793
  	FindAGrave Memorial 71994793 sect. 54 #39
  Residence	1925	Providence, RI   [4]
  Residence	1930	Providence, RI   [5]
  Residence	1935	Providence, RI   [6]
  Residence	1940	Providence, RI   [7]
  Milit-Beg	1 Feb 1943	Providence, RI   [8]
  Social Security Number	035-12-2543
  _AMTID	132444291436:1030:186780125
  _COLOR	11
  _UID	A8EAE40A615E4566B281A4C3AA6936A976C4
  Death	10 Dec 1978	Providence, RI   [3]
  Burial	Pawtucket, RI
  	Address: Saint Francis Cemetery
  Person ID	I9216	Puffers
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	BOOROM, George William Jr.,   b. 19 Mar 1888, Providence, RI d. 3 Aug 1953, RI (Age 65 years)
  Mother	MULVEY, Margaret Ellen,   b. 12 Sep 1888, Providence, RI d. 13 Feb 1965, RI (Age 76 years)
  Residence	1950	Providence, RI   [9]
  	Address: Winchester Street
  Family ID	F4247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FRENCH, Mary Edith,   b. 30 Dec 1924, Providence, RI d. 30 Mar 2005, Providence, RI (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1947	Providence, RI
  Residence	1950	Providence, RI   [9]
  Residence	1957	Providence, RI   [4]
  Children	1. BOOROM, Sharon Joan,   b. 1 Sep 1948, Providence, RI d. 30 Aug 2005, Providence, RI (Age 56 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F5294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2023

  
  

• Photos

  charles henry boorom wed.jpeg

  
  

• 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) 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

  [S149] Interviews with family members conducted by David M. Caranci. [S1093] WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. [S164] SSDI. [S378] _US City Directories, 1821-1995. [S385] _1930 United States Federal Census. [S559] Rhode Island State Censuses, 1865-1935. [S440] _1940 United States Federal Census. [S306] WWII Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. [S1414] _1950 United States Federal Census.