Submitter's First Name
Linda
Submitter's Last Name
Norton
Relationship to Honoree
daughter
Submitter's Phone Number
570-586-7907
Submitter's Email Address
bandlnorton@aol.com
Donation Amount
0.00
Mill Employee First Name
Yvette
Mill Employee Middle Name
Marcelle
Mill Employee Last Name
Gagnon
Mill Employee Maiden Name
Aucoin
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Blackstone, MA.
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Manville Jenckes
Job Title 1
Battery Filler
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1941
Mill Employee End Date 1
1941
Mill Employee Workplace 2
Blackstone Cotton Mill
Job Title 2
Draw-in Hand
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1941
Mill Employee End Date 2
1947
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
Woonsocket Middle School
Mill Employee House Worship
Our Lady of Victories Church
Biography Text
Yvette was the fourth child born to Arthur and Rose (Choiniere) Aucoin. On her 16th birthday she quit school to help support the large family of seven remaining siblings. When she first started working she was assigned to the night shift working in the weave shop filling the "batteries". After two months she was able to get better working hours at a different mill. She started working in the cotton room as a fabric inspector. Then two years later moved into the drawing room where she worked until she married. She raised three daughters and moved to Scanton, PA. in 1955.