Provost/Byrne Tree

Provost/Byrne Tree

to Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

This line immigrated from Canada and Europe to Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.  The Provost's and Dufresne's were from the Montérégie region of Québec, Canada, and immigrated to New York a little more slowly, stopping in Cohoes, in Albany County, first.  The Byrne's were from Ireland and the Schrepfer's were from Baden-Wüerttemburg, Germany.


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PROVOST, David Edward

b: 1919 NY
m: 20 Jun 1942 Troy, Rensselaer, NY

PROVOST, Francis Bernard

b: 22 Nov 1878 Cohoes, Albany, NY
m: 9 Jul 1902 Troy, Rensselaer, NY
d: 1 Aug 1943 Bronx, Bronx, NY

PROVOST, Joseph

b: 1839 Québec, Canada
m: 7 Mar 1859 St-Édouard, Napierville, Québec, Canada
d:  NY

ROUGEAU, Marie

b: 1840 Québec, Canada
~ eight children
d:  NY

DUFRESNE, Jeannette Angeline

b: 11 Jan 1880 Cohoes, Albany, NY
three children
d: 1959 Troy, Rensselaer, NY

DUFRESNE, Emélien D.

b: Nov 1853 Québec, Canada
m: 24 Feb 1873 St-Dominique, Bagot, Québec, Canada
d: Aft 1905 NY

HUBERT, Appoline

b: Sep 1853 Québec, Canada
six children
d: Aft 1905 NY

BYRNE, Anna Katherine

b: 13 Sep 1920 Troy, Rensselaer, NY
four children
d: 24 Nov 1989 Troy, Rensselaer, NY

 

BYRNE, Thomas Joseph

b: 1886 Troy, Rensselaer, NY
m: 30 Oct 1914 Colonie, Albany, NY
d: 26 Dec 1958 Troy, Rensselaer, NY

BYRNE, Thomas Joseph

b: Nov 1861 Ireland
m:  NY
d: 15 Jul 1933 Troy, Rensselaer, NY

McDONNELL, Mary Elizabeth

b: 21 Oct 1860 Ireland
five children
d: 1 Dec 1946 Troy, Rensselaer, NY

SCHREFFER, Anna Katherine

b: 1894 NY
five children
d: 1971 Troy, Rensselaer, NY

SCHREPFER, Johan Georg

b: Schönwald, Germany
m: 3 Mar 1882 Albany, NY
d:  NY

EMMERICH, Anna Maria

b: 1861 Watervliet, NY
? children
d:  NY


David & Anna Provost's Children

David Edward Provost married Anna Katherine Byrne and they had four children.  They all lived in Troy, New York.
 

  • David Edward Provost:  born 1946; married Kathleen Louise Lockwood 9 Sep 1967 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY, and had two daughters:  Dana Quinn and Darcy Byrne.
  • Marianne Katherine Provost:  born 1947; married Gerald Jay Feldman 10 Jun 1967 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY, and had three sons:  Marc Jay (infant death), Jonathan David, and Jason Samuel; divorced.
  • Janet Marie Provost:  born 1952; married Louis Anthony III 5 Sep 1980 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY, and had two children:  Louis & Leanna.
  • Bernard Thomas Provost:  born 17 Aug 1955 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married Debra Ann Mashuta 23 Sep 1977 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY, and had two children:  Kerstin Anne and Bernard Alexander. Bernie died from a car crash on 17 Mar 1979 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY when hit by a drunk driver  His wife was unknowingly pregnant with his child at the time.


  • Frank & Jeannette Provo's Children

    Francis Bernard Provost changed his name to Frank Bernard Provo, and he married Jeannette Angeline Dufresne.  She also went by various names, all variants of Jeannette and Angeline.  Frank's sister, Anne, died and her daughter, Mabel Spotten, was raised by Frank and Jeannette.  She is listed with the family in the 1920 census.  Frank was a paper maker at a box and paper manufacturing company.  Frank died in the Veteran's Administration in the Bronx (there from 6-15-43 to 8-1-43) at the age of 64 of hypertensive and coronary arteriosclerotic heart disease with cardiac enlargement, myocardial damage and myocardial insufficiency; contributory causes were chronic bronchitis and general arteriosclerosis.  He was a veteran of the Spanish American War and he was buried on 4 Aug 1943 at St. Mary's Cemetery in Troy, NY.  Birth and death dates were taken from his death certificate and the earlier information was taken from Frank's own records at the hospital.
     

  • Pauline Frances Provost:  born 18 Jul 1906 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married Joseph P. Huskie, no children; died 6 Dec 1996 in California.
  • Mildred Gladys Provost:  born 3 Apr 1908 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married 24 Nov 1926 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY and had four children; died 13 Feb 1972 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY.
  • David Edward Provost:  born 1919 New York.

  • Thomas & Anna Byrne's Children


    Thomas Joseph Byrne and Anna Katherine Schreffer were married and had five children.  Their marriage certificate lists Anna's last name as:  Scheffler, Scheffer, Schreffer.   All on one piece of paper of an official document!  Schreffer is most prevalent.  Thomas' parents were listed as Thomas J. Byrne Sr. & Mary McDonald (it's McDonnell) and Anna's were listed as John G. Scheffer and Maria Emerick.  Thomas was a collar cutter and 24, residing in North Troy and born there.  Anna was a collar worker and 20, residing in Latham in Colonie and born in the U.S.  Witnesses were John (C? not G, looks like the C in "Cutter") Schreffer and Marie E. Byrne.
     

  • Thomas Joseph Byrne:  born 29 Jun 1915 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; christened 12 Jul 1915 at St. Augustine, Troy, Rensselaer, NY; never married; died 1968.
  • Eleanor Marie Byrne:  born 8 Jun 1917 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; christened 24 Jun 1917 at St. Augustine, Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married Stephen Stack 22 Jul 1940, and had three children:  Stephen, Kathy, and LuAnn; died 10 Dec 1998 in Betheseda, Maryland.
  • Mary Rita Byrne:  born 14 Apr 1919 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; christened 4 May 1919 at St. Augustine, Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married Lawrence T. Brennan 30 May 1941, and had six children:  Larry T., Mary Byrne, Thomas, Linda, Patricia, and Denise; died 6 Jan 1995  in Rensselaer, NY.
  • Anna Katherine Byrne:  born 13 Sep 1920 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; christened 3 Oct 1920 at St. Augustine, Troy, Rensselaer, NY.
  • James F. Byrne:  born 4 Jun 1921 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married Joan Quinlan 30 May 1947; died 6 Aug 1998 in Cohoes, Albany, New York.

  • Thomas & Mary Byrne's Children


    Thomas Joseph Byrne was born in Ireland in November 1861 to Patrick and Bridget Ford Byrne.  He immigrated to the United States in 1885 or 1883.  He was an engineer at a collar factory for 45 years.  He married Mary Elizabeth McDonnell.  She was born in Ireland , on 21 October 1860, to Mark and Bridget Mulroy McDonnell.  She immigrated to the United States in 1883 or 1888.  They were married and they had five children in Troy, Rensselaer, NY.  Birth and death dates are from their death certificates.  Both were buried in St. John's Cemetery.
     

  • Thomas Joseph Byrne:  born 1886/9/90 in Troy, Rensselaer.
  • Marie E. Byrne:  born in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married Frank Noonan, and had two daughters:  Mary and Marge.
  • James F. Byrne:  born 1895/6 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married Helen Singleton; died 15 Mar 1923 New York City.
  • John Aloysius Byrne:  born 2 Jun 1898 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; married Frances Xavier Fennelly 2 Mar 1927 in New York City, and had two sons:  John Frances and Walter Edward; died 9 Apr 1976 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY.
  • Joseph Thomas Byrne:  born 1900/1 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY; never married; died 12 Feb 1954 in Troy, Rensselaer, NY.

  • Georg & Anna Schrepfer's Children


    Johann Georg Schrepfer immigrated to the United States and married Anna Maria Emmerich in Albany, New York.  The last name has been spelled many ways.  He could not be found in the census, and it's unclear how many children they had, but John was a witness at Anna's marriage.  George was found in the census in Colonie.  Anna was not to be found for a birth in 1895.  Her mother, Anna Maria Emmerich had four brothers:  Jacob 1859, Cristan 1863, Philip 1865, and George 1868.  Her parents were George and Catherine from Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, they must have immigrated before 1859.
     

  • George Shreffer:  born 1881 in New York.
  • John Shreffer:  born in New York.
  • Anna Katherine Shreffer:  born 1894 in New York.