Submitter's First Name
Claude
Submitter's Last Name
Trottier
Relationship to Honoree
Nephew
Submitter's Phone Number
401-258-7543
Submitter's Email Address
chtjltc@msn.com
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Marie Ange
Mill Employee Last Name
Fontaine
Mill Employee Birthplace
St. Maurice, Quebec, Canada
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Montrose Worsted
Job Title 1
Spooler
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1918
Mill Employee End Date 1
1932
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Biography Text
Marie Ange's mother, Emerance Morvan Fontaine, immigrated to the US in 1916 from Cochrane, Ontario at age 50 shortly after the family home had been destroyed by fire. At this point she was a widow, homeless and penniless with 8 children to care for. At the time of her immigration to the States she did not have the money to bring the whole family at once. Marie Ange's older brothers joined the Canadian Army. The two youngest girls, Marie Ange and Laurence stayed in a boarding school and joined the family at the end of 1916. The family resided at 248 Gaulin Avenue and the whole family worked in the textile mills. Marie Ange worked as a spooler. She never married.