Submitter's First Name
Jean
Submitter's Last Name
Riendeau
Submitter's Phone Number
(401)465-4445
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Jean
Mill Employee Middle Name
Leo
Mill Employee Last Name
Riendeau
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Woonsocket, RI
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Glenark Knitting
Job Title 1
Bobbin Boy
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1943
Mill Employee End Date 1
1944
Mill Employee Workplace 2
Montrose Worsted
Job Title 2
Weaver
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1946
Mill Employee End Date 2
1952
Mill Employee Workplace 3
Fairmount Worsted
Job Title 3
Weaver
Mill Employee Start Date 3
1952
Mill Employee End Date 3
1954
Mill Employee Nickname
Leo
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
St. Ann School
Mill Employee House Worship
St. Ann's Parish
Biography Text
Jean quit school at age 16. He was told by his father he needed to find employment and so started at the Glenark Knitting Mill as a bobbin boy.Jean served in the Navy during WWII on the USS Olmstead. Upon his return from the war Jean began working at the Montrose Worsted Mill as a weaver.He had two of his three daughters while working at Montrose. His last mill job was at Fairmount Worsted. After leaving Fairmount Jean took up painting houses as a living. While working as a house painter his fourth child, a son was born.