Birth
Francois Xavier St. Laurent was born on November 17, 1884 to Narcisse St. Laurent (age 34) and Nymphodore Dionne (age 39). I don't have any official record of Francois' birth but I have record of his parent's residence in 1881 as Cap Chat, Quebec in the Gaspe Peninsula. Cap Chat is a small town located on the coast of the St. Lawrence River.
Residence
1891 Canadian Cenus - Francois. age 7 and his family is still living in Cap Chat
1900 US Federal Census - Frank, age 17, is now living with his family at 96 Wellington St. in Fall River, Mass. There are also three boarders, Joseph and Angeline Bouley (Joseph is Marie Bouley's older brother) and Frank Dionne. All of the adults are working in the cotton mill.
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Residence
1891 Canadian Cenus - Francois. age 7 and his family is still living in Cap Chat
1900 US Federal Census - Frank, age 17, is now living with his family at 96 Wellington St. in Fall River, Mass. There are also three boarders, Joseph and Angeline Bouley (Joseph is Marie Bouley's older brother) and Frank Dionne. All of the adults are working in the cotton mill.
1910 US Federal Census – Frank St. Lawrence, age 26, is living with his wife Mary Bouley, age 23 and their four
children, Albert, Joseph, Sadie and Emile at 35 Main St., Rockdale, a village in Northbridge,
Mass.. His occupation is listed as spinner.
1950 US Federal Census – Frank, age 66, continues to live at 16 Grovesnor Place in Norwich, with Virginia, age 61, Rita, age 24, and Dorothy, age 20. His occupation is listed as Other, perhaps he has retired from the mill.
Siblings
Francois was the fourth of six children. His siblings were:
Joseph St. Laurent (1878-1956) who married Desneige (Jennie) Ouellet and settled in Winchedon, Mass. He may have worked as a barber according to family memories. They had seven children: Marie Blanche Leopoldine, Irene, Lawrence, Martha, Joseph Frances Roger, Everett and Bernice.
Anna St. Laurent (1879-1922) who married Louis Germain Jean and settled in Winchedon, Mass. They had three children: Marguerite Rita, Irving and Leon.
Alexis Narcisse St. Laurent (1888-1957) who married Marie Paquette and lived in Winchedon and then moved to Norwich CT. In the 1920 census, his address is listed as Grovesnor place and his occupation is listed as Asst. Foreman at the cotton mill. In 1930, he has moved to Yantic St. and is working in building construction. They had four children: Irene, Wilfred, Arthur and Maurice.
Adelaide (Adella) St. Laurent (1891-1979) Adella married Adolphe Gagne and settled in Winchedon, Mass. They had five children: Michel Henry (1915-1915), Joseph Louis Philippe Roland (1917-1917), Loretta, Anita and Francis.
Career
Frank spent most of his life in the United States working in textile mills. First, at age 17 as a spinner in a cotton mill in Fall River, Mass., then in Northbridge, Mass and then moving to Norwich, CT to become a foreman at the Falls Co. Mill. The picture below shows Frank with his co workers at the Northbridge Mill. Frank is the man in the center with the dark sweater vest.
First Marriage and Family
Francois immigrated to the United States around 1893 and eventually became known as Frank St. Lawrence. He initially lived in Fall River, Winchendon and Northbridge, Mass and married Mary Bouley (aka Marie Boulet) on August 28, 1905. She was the daughter of Antoine Bouley and Emily Levesque. Mary and Frank had 3 children:
Albert J. St. Lawrence (1906-1940) Albert never married. According to family memory, he may have been involved in an accident where he fell off the back of a truck and suffered some kind of brain injury. He ended up living as an "inmate" at the Norwich State Hospital and may have died of tuberculosis at age 34 at the State Hospital.
Joseph Amie St. Laurent (1907-1996) Joseph died at age 89. I have no record of his being married. His occupation is listed as a mill worker. He died in New London, CT.
Mary Sadie St. Lawrence (1908-1964) Sadie married Paul D. Mitchell who was a photographer. They had three children, Francis, Pauline (Polly) and Loretta (Sugar).
Anna Emily St. Lawrence (1910 - 2007) Emily married Roy Vernon Floyd in 1934 and they had one child, Loretta Floyd. Roy and Emily were divorced and she then married Joseph DeSantis and they had four children, Bernadette, Lucille, Cecila, and Lawrence. From family memories, Joseph had come to the United States from Italy with sons from a previous marriage. At some point, Joseph left the family and Emily raised the four children.
Marie Bouley died at age 34 in 1921 "following an illness of short duration" according to an article in the Norwich Bulletin. She is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in a family plot in Norwich, CT.
Second Marriage and Family
On June 12, 1923, Frank married Virginia Gagne at St. Joseph's church in New Bedford, Mass. Virginia was the daughter of Belonie (or Benonie) Gagne and Marie Salome St. Laurent.
Here is a picture of Virginia with her sisters:
From left, Virgi, Adelaide, Marion, Anna and Blanche (Aunt Mimi).
Frank and Virginia were first cousins. The Gagne and St. Laurent family must have been very close because there were more than one occurrence of cousins marrying. Adolphe Gagne and Adelaide St. Laurent is another example of this.
Together, Frank and Virgi had three daughters, Mary Doris (1924-2018), Rita Theresa (1925- ), and Dorothy Mary (1929-2016).
Death
Virginia died August 17, 1954 and Frank continued to live at 16 Grovesnor Place with his daughter's until his death on April 10, 1958 at age 74.
1920 US Federal Census - Frank, age 36 is living with his wife Mary, age
33, their four children and brother-in-law, Louis Bouley at 22 Grovesnor Place
in Norwich. His occupation is listed as Foreman at a cotton mill. Louis also worked
at the mill as a fixer.
1930 US Federal Census – Frank St. Lawrence, age 46 is living at 16
Grovesnor Place, with his second wife Virginia Gagne, age 40 and with Sadie,
age 21 and their daughters, Doris, age 6, Rita, age 4, and Dorothy, less than a year old. Frank lists his occupation as Superintendent at
the Cotton Mill.
1950 US Federal Census – Frank, age 66, continues to live at 16 Grovesnor Place in Norwich, with Virginia, age 61, Rita, age 24, and Dorothy, age 20. His occupation is listed as Other, perhaps he has retired from the mill.
Siblings
Francois was the fourth of six children. His siblings were:
Joseph St. Laurent (1878-1956) who married Desneige (Jennie) Ouellet and settled in Winchedon, Mass. He may have worked as a barber according to family memories. They had seven children: Marie Blanche Leopoldine, Irene, Lawrence, Martha, Joseph Frances Roger, Everett and Bernice.
Anna St. Laurent (1879-1922) who married Louis Germain Jean and settled in Winchedon, Mass. They had three children: Marguerite Rita, Irving and Leon.
Alfred (Ulfranc Wilfred) St. Laurent (1885-1916) Alfred served in the Overseas Military Forces of Canada and was killed in action on 3/29/1916. He was buried at Menin Road British Military Cemetery near Ypres, Belgium. In 1917, there is a record of an enterrement for Alfred in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Québec.
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Alexis Narcisse St. Laurent (1888-1957) who married Marie Paquette and lived in Winchedon and then moved to Norwich CT. In the 1920 census, his address is listed as Grovesnor place and his occupation is listed as Asst. Foreman at the cotton mill. In 1930, he has moved to Yantic St. and is working in building construction. They had four children: Irene, Wilfred, Arthur and Maurice.
Adelaide (Adella) St. Laurent (1891-1979) Adella married Adolphe Gagne and settled in Winchedon, Mass. They had five children: Michel Henry (1915-1915), Joseph Louis Philippe Roland (1917-1917), Loretta, Anita and Francis.
Career
Frank spent most of his life in the United States working in textile mills. First, at age 17 as a spinner in a cotton mill in Fall River, Mass., then in Northbridge, Mass and then moving to Norwich, CT to become a foreman at the Falls Co. Mill. The picture below shows Frank with his co workers at the Northbridge Mill. Frank is the man in the center with the dark sweater vest.
First Marriage and Family
Francois immigrated to the United States around 1893 and eventually became known as Frank St. Lawrence. He initially lived in Fall River, Winchendon and Northbridge, Mass and married Mary Bouley (aka Marie Boulet) on August 28, 1905. She was the daughter of Antoine Bouley and Emily Levesque. Mary and Frank had 3 children:
Albert J. St. Lawrence (1906-1940) Albert never married. According to family memory, he may have been involved in an accident where he fell off the back of a truck and suffered some kind of brain injury. He ended up living as an "inmate" at the Norwich State Hospital and may have died of tuberculosis at age 34 at the State Hospital.
Joseph Amie St. Laurent (1907-1996) Joseph died at age 89. I have no record of his being married. His occupation is listed as a mill worker. He died in New London, CT.
Mary Sadie St. Lawrence (1908-1964) Sadie married Paul D. Mitchell who was a photographer. They had three children, Francis, Pauline (Polly) and Loretta (Sugar).
Anna Emily St. Lawrence (1910 - 2007) Emily married Roy Vernon Floyd in 1934 and they had one child, Loretta Floyd. Roy and Emily were divorced and she then married Joseph DeSantis and they had four children, Bernadette, Lucille, Cecila, and Lawrence. From family memories, Joseph had come to the United States from Italy with sons from a previous marriage. At some point, Joseph left the family and Emily raised the four children.
Marie Bouley died at age 34 in 1921 "following an illness of short duration" according to an article in the Norwich Bulletin. She is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in a family plot in Norwich, CT.
Second Marriage and Family
Here is a picture of Virginia with her sisters:
Frank and Virginia were first cousins. The Gagne and St. Laurent family must have been very close because there were more than one occurrence of cousins marrying. Adolphe Gagne and Adelaide St. Laurent is another example of this.
Together, Frank and Virgi had three daughters, Mary Doris (1924-2018), Rita Theresa (1925- ), and Dorothy Mary (1929-2016).
Death
Virginia died August 17, 1954 and Frank continued to live at 16 Grovesnor Place with his daughter's until his death on April 10, 1958 at age 74.
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