Submitter's First Name
Claude
Submitter's Last Name
Trottier
Relationship to Honoree
Son
Submitter's Phone Number
401-258-7543
Submitter's Email Address
chtjlt@msn.com
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Henri
Mill Employee Middle Name
Eusebe
Mill Employee Last Name
Trottier
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
St Pierre Les Becquets, Quebec
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Woonsocket Falls Mill
Job Title 1
Mule Spinner/Weaver
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1919
Mill Employee End Date 1
1951
Mill Employee Workplace 2
French Worsted Co.
Job Title 2
Mule Spinner/Weaver
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1952
Mill Employee End Date 2
1962
Mill Employee Photo
Biography Text
Alfred Trottier , Henri's father, a farmer in Fortierville, Canada at age 48 took his 7 children in 1917 to Woonsocket, RI. The children ranged in age from 7 to 21. His brother-in-law, Leo Laquarre was his sponsor. Leo resided at 102 Rathbun Street in Woonsocket. The whole family went to work in the textile mills.Alfred Trottier was a spinner in a textile mill. Henri Trottier worked in the mills for over 42 years. Although baptized as Henri, he changed it to Henry on all his official documents. Eventually the whole family ended up residing at 520/522 Rathbun Street.