Submitter's First Name
Paul
Submitter's Last Name
Bourget
Relationship to Honoree
Son
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Elphege
Mill Employee Middle Name
Paul
Mill Employee Last Name
Bourget
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
St. Aime, Quebec
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Lafayette Worsted
Job Title 1
Carder
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1932
Mill Employee End Date 1
1936
Mill Employee Workplace 2
Argonne Worsted
Job Title 2
Carder
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1936
Mill Employee End Date 2
1943
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
St. Ann School
Mill Employee House Worship
St. Ann's Parish
Biography Text
Born on July 2, 1911 in St. Aime, Quebec, Elphege and his family immigrated to Woonsocket in 1921. He attended St. Ann's School and graduated from the 8th grade in 1926. He was a communicant of St. Ann's Church. In WWII, he served as a Navy veteran aboard the USS Alaska (1943-1945), assigned to the Pacific Theater. Elphege worked in various mills including the Argonne Worsted as a carder, Getchell & Sons, Inc. and ACS Industries as a sheet metalist.