Jean quit school at age 16. He was told by his father he needed to find employment and so started at the Glenark Knitting Mill as a bobbin boy.Jean served in the Navy during WWII on the USS Olmstead. Upon his return from the war Jean began working at the Montrose Worsted Mill as a weaver.He had two of  his three daughters while working at Montrose. His last mill job was at  Fairmount Worsted. After leaving Fairmount Jean took up painting houses as a living. While working as a house painter his fourth child, a son was born.

Hilding worked at the Woonsocket Rubber Company for 40 years. He was honored upon his retirement by the mill for his "40 years of Loyal Service". He was married to his wife Louise for more than 40 years. Hilding lived most of his life in the same house in Chestnut Hill, a house which originally belonged to his parents. His granddaughter and her husband live there today.

Steve left high school in his sophomore year in order in order to work and help support his family. He eventually went on to become the Shop Steward for the Printer's Union at Norwood Press. His son, Paul, has memories of his father going over the lists of workers' names on Sundays and other organizing activities for the Union. The union meetings for Norwood Press were held at the Lithuanian Hall in Norwood.

Ray was born on January 3, 1920 to Hypolite Archambault and Mary Louise, nee Raiche Archambault. He was the youngest of four children. The family lived in the mill houses on Lincoln Street in Woonsocket. All of the children were born in this house. Ray served in the Navy during WWII in the South Pacific. He married Frances Nardone in 1947. They had 2 daughters, Paula and Debbie. Ray worked the second shift at the Barnai Worsted Mill in the 1950s using his daytime hours and weekends building a ranch style home on Avenue B for his family.

Alphonse was born in 1896 in St. Cuthbert, Canada. He was one of eleven children of Joseph and Angelina Tellier. The family came to Woonsocket in 1903. Alphonse attended school at St. Ann's school. He was a mule spinner for 39 years at the Lafayette Mill on Hamlet. He was also a gifted cobbler and toy maker.He loved to read and kept abreast of local, state and national news. Alphonse was afflicted with Bronchiectasis and, according to his doctor ,established a national record (at that time) for number of years living with this disease.

In 1960 Come lost an eye. It is unknown if this was the result of a work injury.

George Charles Lessard was born on July 2, 1917, to Eugene and Josephine Elsie, nee Donahoe Lessard. Eugene was the overseer at the Woonsocket Spinning Company on Cass Avenue in Woonsocket, RI. The front lawn of this mill is where the new Woonsocket High School now stands. George was the first-born in the family. He attended St. Louis de Gonzague Elementary School and then attended Mt. St. Charles Academy but left before graduating to work in the mills. He started working at Woonsocket Spinning in 1934 under his father.

Michele worked at Falls Yarn mill till it closed. The mill was owned by the Cavedon family. Michele was offered a job to go to North Carolina as the textile mills were moving there by the early 1950's. He chose not to relocate.