Linda was born in Woonsocket, RI and had one brother. Her brother was an electrician and carpenter.
Her parent's moved 25 times when she was growing up. Linda had her first job at 16 and was married at 18. She had 2 children, 10 years apart.
She enjoyed her position at a glass company in Providence. She worked there for 3 years making lenses for microscopes. It was while working there that she met her best friend Clara with whom she is still in touch.
MayMay was born in Lewiston, ME and was an only child. Her family were "circus people" working for the Barnum & Bailey circus. Her grandfather was a clown, her mother a bareback rider and her father ran the ferris wheel. She spent her childhood traveling with the country with the circus. At 15 she left for Bridgeport, CT. By her early twenties she owned a restaurant in Derbt, CT called Mum's Carhop where the waitresses delivered food on rollerskates. She had 2 sons and at age 42 came to Woonsocket and began working in the mills as a sewing machine operator.
Maggie was born in Woonsocket and had one brother. She enjoyed her time working at Woonsocket Rubber and thought it was the best company she worked for even though she only worked there for one year. The year she worked at Woonsocket Rubber was covering for a leave of absence for a woman who had been ill. After leaving Miller Electric she moved to office work and spent 20 years (1969-1989) as the secretary for the district manager for Kings Department store. She was married in 1967 and had one child.
Rita was from a family of 7 children. She had four sisters and two brothers. She was 16 when she took her first job in a mill. She married when she was 25 and had 5 children. She now has 14 grandchildren.
Bess was born on Christmas Day, the fourth of nine children and the first girl. Upon her birth her oldest brother remarked that she was the best Christmas present he could have asked for. Her family owned a farm and she grew up working in the fields, picking potatoes. She did a lot of the cooking as well. Bess married at 17 to a man from Woonsocket but whose parents were Canadian. They met and married in Canada and did not move to Woonsocket until 1948. They had 2 sons. While working at the George E. Mousley's mill she made Christmas decorations, including stockings and tree skirts.
Eugene was born in Woonsocket on November 18, 1932. He is the son of Armand and Marie Louise, nee Tellier, Peloquin. He was the youngest of eight children. The Peloquin's worshipped at St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church right down the street from the family cottage at 205 Gaulin Avenue.
Eugene attended school at St. Ann's, Mount Saint Charles Academy, Our Lady of Providence Seminary, Providence College and Boston University. Eugene also served in the US Navy seeing active duty on destroyers from 1956-1959 and reserve duty from 1959-1981.
Normand was born on June 26, 1926 in Woonsocket. He was the son of Armand and Marie Louise, nee Tellier, Peloquin. He was one of eight children. He attended St. Ann's School and Woonsocket's Junior and Senior high schools.
Raymond was born in Woonsocket on May 13, 1922 son of Armand and Louise, nee Tellier, Peloquin. he was one of eight children. Raymond attended the St. Ann School, Woonsocket Junior High and Woonsocket Senior High.
Marie Louise was born in St. Cuthbert, province of Quebec, Canada on April 18, 1893, the daughter of Joseph and Angelina, nee Durand, Tellier. She was one of nine children. Her siblings in order of birth are: Napoleon, Annette, Philibert, Marie-Ann, Alphonse, Diane, Marie Rose and Alice.
Joseph was born on January 15, 1866 in St. Cuthbert, province of Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Henri and Aurelie, nee Sylvestre, Tellier. he was one of eight children.
In 1884 he married Angelina Durand in their parish Catholic Church. Joseph was a cultivateur (tenant farmer). The couple had a large family of nine children: Napoleon, Annette, Philibert, Marie Ann, Marie Louise, Alphonse, Diana, Marie Rose and Alice.
