Individual Details

Oliver DESMARAIS

(17 Oct 1893 - 20 Nov 1962)

Olive and Oliver are a source of some confusion, and are mixed up in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses. In the 1900 Census, we find Olive, a daughter, age 6, born in Oct 1893, followed by Olivia (sic), a son, age 5, born May 1895. In the 1910 Census, they are reversed, with Oliver, a son, age 17, working as a doffer in a cotton mill; followed by Olive, a daughter, age 14. The 1930 Census reports Oliver to be 34, which seems to support the 1900 Census in showing him, the son, to be the youngest. However, the 1910 Census, which shows the older of the two to be the son, working in the cotton mill is also persuasive. Looking for more clarification.

Events

Birth17 Oct 1893Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
OccupationApr 1910Doffer in a cotton mill - Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Residence5 Jun 1917Anthony, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Military191817th Company, 152nd Depot Brigade, World War I
Census1925Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage1927Edna PELTIER
OccupationApr 1930Manager of a Retail Grocery - Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Census (family)1 Apr 1930Park Avenue (RFD), Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States - Edna PELTIER
Census (family)1 Apr 1940118 Boston Street, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States - Edna PELTIER
Residence1942Anthony, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Death20 Nov 1962
BurialSaint Joseph Cemetery, West Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Families

SpouseEdna PELTIER (1901 - 1985)
ChildWilfred Oliver DESMARAIS (1928 - 1998)
ChildClaire Lucille DESMARAIS ( - 2016)
ChildRobert F. DESMARAIS (1931 - 2011)
ChildLiving
ChildRaymond Aime DESMARAIS (1933 - 2002)
ChildLiving
ChildPaul Emile DESMARAIS (1937 - 2005)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherPaul V. DESMARAIS (1857 - 1930)
MotherZoé JARET dit VINCENT (1853 - 1905)
SiblingDorilla DESMARAIS (1883 - 1954)
SiblingMarie Roselva DESMARAIS (1884 - )
SiblingMarie Rosena DESMARAIS (1884 - )
SiblingVictor DESMARAIS (1888 - 1931)
SiblingAnna Celeste DESMARAIS (1890 - )
SiblingHenry Joseph DESMARAIS (1892 - 1972)
SiblingOlive DESMARAIS (1895 - 1978)

Notes

Military

Enlisted 4 Sep 1918; honorably discharged 3 Dec 1918.

Marriage

Date from grandson, Bruce Phillips.

Census (family)

Rented space with his father. Enumerated with this family were Oliver Desmarais, age 34, the manager of a retail grocery; his wife, Edna, age 27; and children: Wilfred O., age 1 year and 8 months; and Claire L., age 9 months.

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Census (family)

Enumerated with this family were Oliver Desmarais, age 46, a clerk in a grocery store; his wife, Edna, age 37; and children: Wilfred, age 12; Claire, age 10; Robert, age 9; Gerard, age 8; Raymond, age 6; Pauline, age 5; Paul, age 3; and Oliver Jr, age 1. Also his widowed (step)mother, Emly, age 79, born in Fr. Canada.

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Endnotes

1. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, enumeration district (ED) 192, sheet 9A, image 14, dwelling 143, family 156, lines 19-26, Paul Desmarais and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 19 May 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.

2. "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2441 : accessed 14 June 2016), Oliver Desmarais.

3. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, ED 9, sheet 12A, dwelling 190, family 235, lines 32-37.

4. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, enumeration district (ED) 2-3, sheet 33B, image 66, dwelling 680, family 730, lines 88-91, Oliver Desmarais and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 19 May 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.

5. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, enumeration district (ED) 2-4, sheet 2B, image 4, household 30, lines 64-74, Oliver Desmarais and children; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed 1 June 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.

6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 14 June 2016), Oliver Desmarais; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1962-1963; Danahay, Daniel M - Diedrich, Lawrence J; image 3758.

7. Social Security Death Index, Oliver Desmarais.

8. "United States, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," online images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 14 June 2016), Rhode Island, Burrillville City, A-O, image 1695: Oliver Desmarais.

9. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942," online images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 14 June 2016), digital folder 4133545, image 3341: Oliver Desmarais.

10. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2016), Olivier Desmarais; memorial #158195543.

11. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, ED 9, sheet 12A, dwelling 190, family 235, lines 32-37.

12. "United States, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," online images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 14 June 2016), Rhode Island, Burrillville City, A-O, image 1695: Oliver Desmarais.

13. "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2441 : accessed 14 June 2016), Oliver Desmarais.

14. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 14 June 2016), Oliver Desmarais; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1962-1963; Danahay, Daniel M - Diedrich, Lawrence J; image 3758.

15. "Rhode Island, State Censuses, 1865-1935," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 1 June 2016), Paul Desmarais and family; New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts; 1925, Kent, Coventry (pg. 54, E.D. 17), image 74, lines 31-33.

16. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, enumeration district (ED) 2-3, sheet 33B, image 66, dwelling 680, family 730, lines 88-91, Oliver Desmarais and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 19 May 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.

17. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, enumeration district (ED) 2-3, sheet 33B, image 66, dwelling 680, family 730, lines 88-91, Oliver Desmarais and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 19 May 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.

18. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, enumeration district (ED) 2-3, sheet 33B, image 66, dwelling 680, family 730, lines 88-91, Oliver Desmarais and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 19 May 2014); National Archives and Records Administration.

19. 1940 U.S. Federal Census, , population schedule, Rhode Island, Kent, Coventry, enumeration district (ED) 2-4, sheet 2B, image 4, household 30, lines 64-74, Oliver Desmarais and children; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/1940census : accessed 1 June 2016); National Archives and Records Administration.

20. "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942," online images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 14 June 2016), digital folder 4133545, image 3341: Oliver Desmarais.

21. "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2441 : accessed 14 June 2016), Oliver Desmarais.

22. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, "U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 14 June 2016), Oliver Desmarais; National Archives and Records Administrations; 1962-1963; Danahay, Daniel M - Diedrich, Lawrence J; image 3758.

23. Social Security Death Index, Oliver Desmarais.

24. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2016), Olivier Desmarais; memorial #158195543.

25. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2016), Olivier Desmarais; memorial #158195543.