Aurore Victoria Mulcahy

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 10:21
Submitter's First Name
Kerin
Submitter's Last Name
Medeiros
Relationship to Honoree
Granddaughter
Submitter's Phone Number
4019960367
Submitter's Email Address
kerinmed@cox.net
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Aurore
Mill Employee Middle Name
Victoria
Mill Employee Last Name
Mulcahy
Mill Employee Maiden Name
Dubois
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Woonsocket Worsted
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1924
Mill Employee End Date 1
1930
Mill Employee Workplace 2
Jarret Mill
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1930
Mill Employee End Date 2
1831
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Nickname
Ora
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
Holy Family School
Mill Employee House Worship
Holy Family Church
Biography Text

Aurore was the sixteenth child of Hermanie (Brule) Dubois and Dieudonne Dubois, both born in Quebec province. At age fifteen her parents allowed her to leave school to work at the Woonsocket Worsted mill. She met her husband, James A. Mulcahy at a CYO dance. Her parents were not overjoyed that her beau was an Irishman but allowed the courtship due to their common faith. James was more than 13 years older than Aurore and doted upon her. They married on September 8, 1930. He provided for his family as a collector and district representative of the Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Company.They became parents to twin boys, Richard and Robert, on May 23, 1940 James died on march 17, 1973. Aurore remained in Woonsocket until her death ion December 29, 1993.