Submitter's First Name
Patricia
Submitter's Last Name
Benoit
Relationship to Honoree
Daughter
Submitter's Phone Number
401-769-2147
Donation Amount
25.00
Mill Employee First Name
Joseph
Mill Employee Last Name
Savoie
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
St. Gabrielle de Brandon, Quebec, Canada
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Manville Jenckes
Job Title 1
Warper Tender/Mule Spinner
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1920
Mill Employee End Date 1
1935
Mill Employee Workplace 2
Woonsocket Rayon
Job Title 2
Warper Tender/Mule Spinner
Mill Employee Start Date 2
1935
Mill Employee End Date 2
1950
Mill Employee Workplace 3
Miller Electric
Mill Employee Start Date 3
1950
Mill Employee End Date 3
1965
Mill Employee Photo
Biography Text
Like many young people at around this time, Joseph had to leave school at 14 to go and work in the mills to help support his parents and younger siblings.
After serving in the US Army he married Regia Guilbault in October 1924 at St. Ann's Church in Woonsocket. Joseph was always a hard worker and always felt lucky to have a job. He and Regia were parents of four children whom they raised with love, a deep Catholic faith and the values of family and education. They eventually had 14 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren who are honored to cherish their loving memory.