Lucia Blanche Richer

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 11:49
Submitter's First Name
Paula
Submitter's Last Name
Richer
Relationship to Honoree
Granddaughter
Submitter's Phone Number
310-941-9369
Submitter's Email Address
pjricher@gmail.com
Donation Amount
35.00
Mill Employee First Name
Lucia
Mill Employee Middle Name
Blanche
Mill Employee Last Name
Richer
Mill Employee Maiden Name
Roy
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Woonsocket
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Nyanza Mfg.
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1913
Mill Employee End Date 1
1918
Mill Employee Workplace 2
American Paper Tube
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1918
Mill Employee End Date 2
1920
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
Social Street School
Mill Employee House Worship
Notre Dames des Victoires
Biography Text

Lucia left school after the 4th grade to go to work in the mills. When she was 18 she went to work at American Paper Tube. It is here where she met her future husband, Donat Raoul Richer. They married a year and a half later. They went on to have 8 children.