Raymond Jean Archambault

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 12:54
Submitter's First Name
Debra
Submitter's Last Name
Casale
Relationship to Honoree
Daughter
Submitter's Phone Number
401-658-3528
Submitter's Email Address
d.casale@yahoo.com
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Raymond
Mill Employee Middle Name
Jean
Mill Employee Last Name
Archambault
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Woonsocket, RI
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Glenark Knitting
Job Title 1
Loom Fixer
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1945
Mill Employee End Date 1
1948
Mill Employee Workplace 2
Barnai Worsted
Job Title 2
Loom Fixer
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1948
Mill Employee End Date 2
1960
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Nickname
Ray
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
Mount St. Charles Academy
Mill Employee House Worship
Holy Family Church
Biography Text

Ray was born on January 3, 1920 to Hypolite Archambault and Mary Louise, nee Raiche Archambault. He was the youngest of four children. The family lived in the mill houses on Lincoln Street in Woonsocket. All of the children were born in this house. Ray served in the Navy during WWII in the South Pacific. He married Frances Nardone in 1947. They had 2 daughters, Paula and Debbie. Ray worked the second shift at the Barnai Worsted Mill in the 1950s using his daytime hours and weekends building a ranch style home on Avenue B for his family. In the early 1960s, realizing that job opportunities in the textile mill industry were dwindling, Ray found work as an assembler at General Motors. While at GM he received better wages and job security. He retired at 65 and lived out his remaining days at his home in Woonsocket until he passed away in 1994.