Firearms Several people with the surname of Provost were either killed by firearms or involved in events where firearms killed others. Stanislas Provost (1838 to 1870) Three newspapers carried the story of the shootings that killed Stanislas Provost and his brother-in-law Felix Tremble in August 1870.[1] Stanislas is my maternal grandfather’s second cousin once removed. Their…
Month: July 2026
The Tragedies of the Louisiana Provost Families – Introduction
Chronicled in Newspapers.com between 1854 and 1910 Children hear stories about their families and carry those stories with them throughout their lives. In time, they may retell those stories to their children which get passed down through the generations. Sometimes, the stories get distorted; sometimes a story is told verbatim. One day a story that was…