Submitter's First Name
Rene
Submitter's Last Name
Tellier
Relationship to Honoree
Son
Submitter's Phone Number
401-766-2416
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Alphonse
Mill Employee Middle Name
Zephirim
Mill Employee Last Name
Tellier
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
St. Cuthbert, Quebec
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Lafayette Worsted
Job Title 1
Mule Spinner
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1909
Mill Employee End Date 1
1940
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Nickname
Ti Phonse
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
St. Ann School
Mill Employee House Worship
St. Ann's Parish
Biography Text
Alphonse was born in 1896 in St. Cuthbert, Canada. He was one of eleven children of Joseph and Angelina Tellier. The family came to Woonsocket in 1903. Alphonse attended school at St. Ann's school. He was a mule spinner for 39 years at the Lafayette Mill on Hamlet. He was also a gifted cobbler and toy maker.He loved to read and kept abreast of local, state and national news. Alphonse was afflicted with Bronchiectasis and, according to his doctor ,established a national record (at that time) for number of years living with this disease. Alphonse credited gardening to his longevity.He died in 1982 and is buried at Precious Blood cemetary in Woonsocket.