Submitter's First Name
Claude
Submitter's Last Name
Trottier
Relationship to Honoree
Son
Submitter's Phone Number
4012587543
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Laurence
Mill Employee Middle Name
Yvonne
Mill Employee Last Name
Trottier
Mill Employee Maiden Name
Fontaine
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Schwanigan Falls Quebec, Canada
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Alsace Guerin Mill
Job Title 1
Spooler
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1921
Mill Employee End Date 1
1935
Mill Employee Photo
Biography Text
Laurence'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. Laurence'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. Laurence married Henry Trottier in 1935.