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The 1900 Census shows that Emma had given birth to a child but none were still living. The 1910 Census shows that Emma had givenbirth to 3 children but only Everett was still living. Very little is known about these other two children.
Also living with Joseph and Emma in 1900 were Joseph's brothers Adelardand Julius.
By the 1920s and in the 1930 Census, Joseph, Emma, son Everett, and Everett's family all lived in one house. Both Joseph and Everett were recorded as owning a house worth $25,000, but it is unclear exactly which one of them owned the house at 121 Maple Street.
According to his WWI Draft Registration,Joseph was of medium height with medium build; he had brown eyes and black hair. He was already self-employed by this time, which was Sep 1918. It also showed his birth dateas 11 Feb 1874.
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Meriden Record (CT) -- 24 Jun 1925
SPEEDING TRUCKS STOPPED BY POLICE -- THREE DRIVERS ARRESTED ON COOK AVENUE LAST NIGHT
Complaints that truck drivers were speeding on Cook Avenue late last night led to the arrest of three drivers on charges o recklessdriving. Detective Sergeant Carroll, Detective Sergeant Schuerer, and Officer Hendrickson laid in wait along the thoroughfare about 11 o'clock and when three New Britain trucks, one following the other, drove up at a rate ofspeed said to have been abovethe legal limit, the officers gave chase and stopped them. All three trucks were owned by Joseph Arbour & Son of New Britain and, heavily loaded, were New York bound. Mr. Arbour, informed of the arrest of his drivers, hastened to this city; posted bonds, and the three trucks resumed their trip within a half and hour after being stopped. The drivers gave their names as Albert Ziembko, 21, 14 Lawler St; Frank Makoski, 21, 1 Concord St; and Walter Gwiazda, 23, 121 Farmington Ave, all of New Britain.
Hartford Courant(CT) -- 23Jun 1936
CONSOLIDATED MOTOR LINES WILL EXPAND
Joseph Arbour, President of the Consolidated Motor Lines, Inc., of Hartford already the East's largest motor transport service, announced a further program of expansion of the Company's own facilities and operationg territory as well as a closer co-ordination with existing . . . [incomplete]
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According to the 1940 Census, Joseph had completed the7th grade.
In 1940, Joseph reported that he had earned $5,000 in 1939.
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Hartford Courant (CT) -- 13 Jun 1941
ARBOUR ANNOUNCES EASTERN SEABOARD TRUCKING MERGER
A merger of seven large motor truck transportation companies of the Atlantic Seaboard into Associated TransportInc., was announced Thursday byJoseph Arbour . . . [incomplete]
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From "Centennial Souvenier Album of St-Raphael 1852-1952" by CentennialCelebration Committee of Saint-Raphael-de-Bellechasse; Published: Saint-Raphael, QC (1952):
A SON OF ST RAPHAEL, JOSEPH ARBOUR, DIED IN HARTFORD, USA
Mr. Arbour, decided to leave St-Raphael at age 19, in about 1895, to goto Lawrence and then to NewBritain. He was a machinist. In 1904, he returned to Canada, got married, and hada son, Everett. He returned to the US in 1907, bought a horse and a cart, and set out to provide transportation. He bought in 1911, in 1914, in 1930, and in1935, several hauling companies, and at his death, which occurred on 13 May 1944, he was considered by the experts to be the wealthiest owner in the hauling business, having a fleet of over 700 trucks. The company, "Associated Transport," was thelargest in all eastern America. He left his wife, Emma Blouin; his son, Everett, Vice-President of the company; and five brothers: Alector, Adelard, John, William,of the US, and Theophile, of St-Raphael; he also left two sisters: Mrs. DeliaLanglois of New Britain, and Mrs. Pierre Arbour of Quebec.
New York Times (NY) -- 15 May 1944
JOSEPH ARBOUR, 68, TRUCK LINE PIONEER
Retired President of Associated Transport, 36 Years in Field
Hartford, CT, 14 May -- Joseph Arbour of New Britain, who expanded a business started with one horseand a former fire department vehicle into one of the biggest trucking concerns in the East, died here last night in St Francis Hospital, where he had been a patientsince Thursday. His age was 68. Mr. Arbour was the founder of Consolidated Motor Lines and before his retirement in November was head of Associated Transport Inc of New York. Born in St-Raphael, QC, he entered business in 1907, takinga standin a public park with his horse and old fire department wagon. Ten years later he began using motor trucks. In 1930 Mr. Arbour reorganized the Consolidated Motor Lines, taking in seven concerns besides hisown. Consolidated was called thelargestindependent motor line in the East in 1936 when it took over Simpson Transportation Lines of New York.The merger with Associated Transport camein 1942. Mr. Arbour leaves a widow, the former Emma Beloin; a son Everett Arbour of Scarsdale, NY,Executive Vice President of Associated Transport; two sisters, Mrs. DeliaLanglois of New Britain and Mrs. Pierre Arbour of Quebec; and five brothers, Alector and Adelard Arbour of Hartford, John Arbour of Bridgeport, William Arbourof Lawrence, MA, and Theophile Arbour of St Raphael.
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1876 - 1944 (68 ans)
