Descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, now part of Bristol County, MA

Notes


36105. Marion Scott Carpenter Dr.

NAME:  Went by Scott.

12.  MARION SCOTT32 CARPENTER (MARION ERNEST31, LEWIS CASS30, LUCIEN29,
DANIEL28, ELIJAH27, JOEL26, DANIEL25, BENJAMIN24, BENJAMIN23, JOSEPH22,
WILLIAM21, WILLIAM20, ROBERT19, WILLIAM18, ROBERT17, RICHARD16, WILLIAM15, JOHN
THE YOUNGER14, JOHN THE ELDER13, RICHARD12, JOHN OR JEAN11 CARPENTIER,
MAURICE10, JEAN LE9, SIGER LE8, ELGAN7 CARPENTER, AILRIC6, RALPH5, GODWIN4,
WILLIAM3, WILLIAM "THE CARPENTER" DE2 MELUN, HERVE DE1) was born Abt. 1910, and
died Aft. 1962.
Child of MARION SCOTT CARPENTER is:
i.
MALCOM SCOTT33 CARPENTER, b. 1925, Boulder, CO.

No record in the SSN? Closest matches follow.
SEE: Web page at:
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Name                                      Birth             Death             Last Residence                                 Last Benefit
  SSN Issued
MARION S CARPENTER  01 Jun 1905 14 Mar 1993 18702 (Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, PA) (none specified)    188-32-5671 Pennsylvania
MARION S CARPENTER  23 Nov 1907 18 Jan 1997 (V) 92110 (San Diego, San Diego, CA) (none specified)    545-03-2061 California


Florence Kelso Noxon

Went by "Toye."


36107. Esther Wilhelmina Carpenter

Is this the same person?

Individual Record  FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File
Essie Carpenter    Compact Disc #132     Pin #3216274 Pedigree  Sex:  F
Birth:   14 Mar 1897   ,Pickens ,Sc
Death:   28 Aug 1988   ,Pickens ,Sc
Parents
Marriage(s)
Spouse:  Benson Savaniel Gilstrap     Disc #132     Pin #3216276
Submitter
Marcus D GILSTRAP
Gilstrap Family Association 1921 N Harrison San Angelo, TX 76901-1335


36108. Mary Edna Carpenter

DEATH: Acute Rheumatic Fever.
This Carpenter line was submitted by Ken Roy on 1 August 1999 via E-MAIL.
"safesci" .

Notes for MARY EDNA CARPENTER:
Dudley Mass. Town House book of marriages 1923, page 133.
Mary E. Carpenter married John J. Ring, a chauffeur.
Mary was residing in Dudley Mass. when she married John Ring.

Dudley Town House death book page 141. Mary E. Ring (Carpenter) a
housewife died on 8/28/1924. age 23 years 7 months 5 days, in Dudley Mass.
of Acute Rheumatic Fever. She is buried in Calvery Cemetery in Dudley.
Mary was born in Hardwick Mass. Husband is John J. Ring. Father is George E. Carpenter born in Putnam Conn. Mother is Maryann Murray born in New York N.Y.

Cemetery inscription lists Mary Edna Carpenters birth as 2/23/1902 and her
death as 8/28/1924. Looks like somebody is off by one month and 1 year.

Notes for MARY EDNA CARPENTER:
Mary Edna Carpenter, house worker, age 24, born in Gilbertsville Massachusetts to George Carpenter and Maryann Murray, residing in Dudley Massachusetts, married John J. Ring, age 24, a chauffeur, born in Dudley on December 1, 1898, on April 13, 1923 at St. Louise Church in Dudley by a Priest Rev. G.H. Dolan. Johns father is Michael Ring, a Coachman, born in Connecticut and residing in Dudley Massachusetts with his wife Mary Moore who was born in Connecticut.


John J. (Jack) Ring

Notes for JOHN J. RING:
Dudley Ma. birth book page 34. John J. Ring born December 1, 1898. Father is
Michael Ring, a Coachman, born in Conn. and residing in Dudley. His mother is Mary Moore born in Conn. residing in Dudley.

Dudley Ma. marriage book page 133. John J. Ring married Mary E. Carpenter on April 13, 1923, at St. Louise Church in Dudley Ma. by a Priest, Rev. G. H. Dolan. John J. Ring age 24, a Chauffeur, born in Dudley Mass. to Michael Ring and Mary Moore, resides in Webster Mass. Mary E. Carpenter age 21, a
house worker, born in Gilbertsville Mass. to George Carpenter and Maryann Murray, resides in Dudley Mass. He later married Alice Tatro.

Gail Sangster, Johns granddaughter says,  I believe John Ring died in 1957 and is buried in the Irish Cemetery.( It's located on oxford Avenue. The old road from Dudley that goes into worcester.)


36111. Vernon Archie Carpenter

NAME: Vernon Archie /Carpenter/ SOUR @S09287@ Vol. 7, page 67. Vernon Archie
born 3/22/1918 in Killingly Conn. Father Myron V. of Putnam born in Webster
Mass. Age 37. Mother Florence Cotton born in Putnam Conn. age 27. 3rd child.
Vernon was always called Dicky by his brothers and sisters. Prior to his
death, he had lived in Putnam for 41 years.  For seven years he worked
for the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Putnam as custodian before
retiring in 1984.  Prior to that he worked as a laborer for many years
with C. LaPointe Contractors in Putnam.  He was a World War II Army
veteran having attained the rank of Technician Fifth Grade and served in
the European Theater Campaign where he received the Good Conduct Medal,
the American Theater Campaign Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern
Theater Campaign Ribbon and the Victory Metal.  He was a member of the
Albert J. Breault Post 1523 Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the
Putnam Travelers Group.  At the time of his death he had six
grandchildren, two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements for his burial were with Gilman Funeral Home, 104 Church St.
Putnam. From the Putnam paper dated Feb. 16, 1991.


36112. Elnora Mae Carpenter

NAME: Elnora Mae /Carpenter/ SOUR @S09620@ Vol. II, page 65.
Elnora born 1/1/1920 to Myron and Florene Carpenter.  Father is a night watchman in Wauregan Mills.
Putnam Town Hall birth book vol. 11 page 65. Plainfield Vital Records.
4th child born to mother; Dr. N. A. Tanner.
THE EARLY YEARS AS NARRATED BY ELNORA MAE CARPENTER
Wauregan was a very nice family town....in summer all the kids in the village would meet under the street lamp at the corner and play hide & seek and red rover and at 8 o'clock the mill bell would chime the hour and we would have to go in for the night. We would wash up, kneel at dads knees, and say our prayers before bed. We went to the Wauregan grammar school up on the hill, past the congregational church. today both church and school are gone. The school was 3 floors, bottom was the basement & bathrooms, the upper floors held the classrooms.
Times were hard and you tried to turn a buck any way you could, My Mom was a good cook and was known all over the village, she used to make big meals and people from the village would pay 50 cents a plate to eat at her house. She had one border, Fred Reynolds, his sister Laura was a friend of the family, and since Fred was a bachelor, he stayed upstairs in one of the spare rooms. Fred stayed with us until his brother Toby, who worked in a government building in Washington D.C., retired. Then they both moved to a place in Woonsocket R.I. near their sister Laura.
We always had a garden and mom canned a lot of stuff. She was born and brought up in Wauregan. Dad worked at Wauregan mills, and we would run down to meet him every night after work. He worked from 8 to  5...Dad worked as a millwright (carpenter) in the mill. One day he lost 3 of his fingers at the knuckles because of the saw. Later on he worked in the cotton room. Mom also worked at the mills as a spooler on the second shift, from 2 to 10. There were 6 of us kids so there was always someone at home to watch the younger ones.
All of us kids were born in the old village. Then we moved up to the new village when I was about 2, and lived there for 20 years. The same place Red is living now only on the other side. When we were old enough to work, we all ended up working in the mills.
I was 7 years old when I went to 1st grade. I  went to Plainfield High School. I got good marks but never liked school, so I left school in the first or second year and started working in the mill when I was 14 or 15. The first job I had was as a cloth inspector. I ran a machine that ran a roll of cloth across an inspection board, and with a strong light, inspected the cloth for slubs and other imperfections. I worked this job until I was 20 years old and earned 19 dollars a week. When grammar Irene died, I wore the black & white jumper with a white blouse that Mom had made for me.
When I became pregnant with Alan I left home to stay with my sister Helene in R.I. I was there about 2 months at Manchester circle, that was the second house my sister lived in, the first being across the street. About a month before Alan was born I went back home to my mothers. It was not an easy birth. When Alan was born I was split and required hospitalization for a full month. Baby Alan stayed there with me. My legs were in traction and a heat lamp was put on me. When I was finally released from the hospital it was very difficult to walk.
Shortly thereafter I took a job in the Pratt & Whitney aircraft factory as a burrer. I would remove the burrs off of the stamped metal parts. I traveled to the company on a chartered bus specifically for Pratt & Whitney workers.
The Atwoods owned the mill and the whole village as well, including the church. When Atwoods sold the mill Dad lost his job. The family (Myron, Flossie, Elnora and Alan) then moved to High ST. in Moosup, (about 1940). Dad got a job in the aircraft factory in Willamantic. Since he didn't own a car or drive he went to work by car pooling. The family stayed there about 3 years, (1943).
We then moved to a house in Moosup near Union Cemetery. While living there I worked at the print shop, which was a small company located in a rented portion of the Kayman aircraft factory just down the road from our house. The next move was to Main St. Central Village near the brook. It Was here that Mom died of Sugar Diabetes. Right after her death the family (Myron, Elnora, Alan) moved about a half-mile to the center of the village, again on Main St. right behind the red brick post office. While living here I worked for the Brunswick Woolen Mill. I was a spinner. It was also here that Dad died. When Dickey (Vernon) got out of the service he lived with us till after Dad died. He left when he got married to Annette. Then my girlfriend Ethel Hawse lived with us for a few months until her husband Bill got out of the service. She worked at Brunswick Woolen also. Barney (Myron Leroy) used to come over on weekends and help with dad while he was sick. then after Dickey left Barneys family moved in. (Muriel Kenney and Helene) They stayed in the third bedroom upstairs. They stored there furniture in one of the sheds out in the front left of the house. They stayed about a month until Barney came out of the service and he rented a house in Rogers Conn. I stayed on at this house with my son Alan for a number of years before finally moving to Main St. Moosup, across from the Baptist church. While in Moosup I worked at the print shop...I would walk back and fourth to work, not bad in the summer, but in winter the sneakers I wore didn't keep my feet from freezing as the walk was about a half mile.
It was here in Moosup Elnora eventually met her husband Irving Edward Gadoury and started a whole new chapter of her life.

This descendancy line was updated by E-MAIL on Sat, 3 Feb 2001 by  "Al Carpenter" .


Irving Edward Gadoury

MARRIAGE: Divorced from Lotti Stachwowitz on 2/7/1952.. Divorce #4522.
He was born at home.  Obituary.
Enlisted July 24, 1942 and joined Company G the 517th
Paratroop Inf. regt. and served overseas from May 17, 1944 to Oct. 10,
1944 in the E.T.O. and middle east theatre of operations. Wounded in
Souspel, France on September 19, 1944 and awarded the Purple Heart
medal.  He held the rank of Staff Sergeant and was also the holder of the
Parachute infantry badge, combat infantry badge, and good conduct medal.
Staff sergeant Gadoury was honorably discharged from the service on
October 1, 1945.  Mr. Gadoury was a member of the Emanuel Lutheran                Church of W. Warwick, R.I. and an employee of Electric Boat of Groton, Conn.
social security no. 035166801. veteran military funeral, services from
Emanual Lutheran Church by Rev. Bloomquist.
He worked as a tool grinder at Brown & Sharpe mfg. he recied
commendations for work he did on the supervisory staff. Irving was born
at home in Crompton, delivered by W.E. page, Physician. A letter from
Rev. Edgar H. Malmstrom pastor of Emanuel evangelical Lutheran church of
9 Nw London Avenue W. Warwick, R.I. on April 8, 1961 states that Irving
was born on February 4, 1922, and baptized at the church on March 12,
1922.  Irving is buried at the Greenwood, Cemetery, Coventry, Rhode
Island.
Irving was granted a divorce from Lotti and given custody of there two
children based on grounds of gross misbehavior.  Lotti had visitation
rights at all reasonable times.  She never visited.
Emanuel Lutheran Church Rectory by Pastor Malmstrom.

THE LATER YEARS by Myron Irving Gadoury.
Prelude:
Irving Gadoury was divorced from Lottie Stachwowitz on February 7, 1952
and had two small children to care for. A son Paul Edward, born November
17, 1945 and a daughter, Helen Sonia, born July 7, 1948.
About this time Elnora Mae Carpenter (born January 1, 1920) was a single
parent herself living in a rented house on Main Street in  Moosup,
Connecticut with her 13 year old son, Alan Leroy, who was born on
November 16, 1939. She had been laid off from a screen printing job and
was collecting unemployment compensation benefits.
Beatrice Cecielia (Gadoury) Reynolds, Dad's sister, and Helene Mae
(Carpenter) Johnson, Mom's sister, worked together at a restaurant. After
talking about Dad and Mom's situation they decided to ask Mom if she
would consider moving with Alan to Rhode Island. Irving would provide a
place for them to live and, in return, Mom would care for young Helen and
Paul.
In the early spring of 1952, Dad drove to Connecticut to meet Elnora. Mom
said he drove a truck with sides on it that reminded her of a phone
truck. The road to Connecticut was long as it started to snow. Was Dad
worried if the truck would make it? Was Mom worried about meeting him?
Had they met previously? Perhaps at Helenes wedding? Mom was probably
busy cooking to  prepare for Dad's  visit. Early photos show  Mom to be
very  attractive, and Dad was  very fit in his youth. By the time Irving
arrived late that afternoon the snow was covering the roads and the wind
swirled in near blizzard conditions. He was cold when he arrived and
Elnora offered to make him something  to eat. Irving only accepted a hot
cup of coffee and apologized for not being able to stay longer but he had
to leave before the roads got any worse. They talked for a while, after
which Elnora convinced Irving that it was too bad to travel back to Rhode
Island. Dad stayed the night  on the couch leaving early the next
morning. I  do not know how long the  courtship lasted but, on August 30,
1952 Reverend Edgar Malmstrom married Irving  and Elnora  in the
parsonage  of the family Church, Emanuel Lutheran  Church  in  West
Warwick,  Rhode  Island.  Helene Mae  (Carpenter) Johnson and her husband
Milton Clifford Johnson witnessed.
My  story  will  try  to show  what  kind  of  person  Mom  was. Home
Maker Extrodiniere.
We resided in a gray Cape on Gilles Street in Coventry, Rhode Island. It
was on a dead end street with no worry about traffic.  Dad bought the
house for $8250.00, and signed the deed on September 14, 1948 along with
his previous wife, Lottie Stachwowitz.  It was later changed to Mom's
name after they married. We had two bedrooms, bath, living room, and
large kitchen downstairs and  two bedrooms upstairs. It  was the only
house  on the street with a  side walk,  which Dad had built.  We had a
foundation  poured on the side of  the house  for a garage, that  was
never built. Mom  would hose the cement with  the garden hose in  the
winter and we  would skate on it. There were dense woods in three
directions before the plats came in. It was a nice place to  live. I
remember my  brother, Gary Geronimo Gadoury,  and I spending many hours
playing in the brook at the end of the street and sometimes going to
Billy's  Pond (the  pond  was  only about  20  feet across,  a mud  hole
actually).
On February  12, 1953 Myron Irving Gadoury was born and  weighed in at 7
lbs. 12 ounces.  Dad and Mom managed  to save $100.00 dollars  in
preparation for Myrons birth  and, after paying the  medical bills, Mom
bought  a swing set with the rest of  the money. That swing set lasted
Mom for about 40 years. I wonder if they still make "em" like that.
On  April   6,  1954  -  Brown  and   Sharpe  Downsizes  hundreds  of
jobs.
         Dear Mr. Gadoury,
         We wish to thank you personally for the work you have done as a
member of the supervisory staff of  the Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing
Company. It is regrettable that changes are necessary, but  economic
conditions dictate the manner in which a business must  be controlled  to
operate on a sound basis. A low volume of sales of  necessity requires a
low volume of production, and this in turn  regulates our personnel  and
supervisory staff.
         Your efforts in training and supervising employees, together
with maintaining our quality of standards, have not been unappreciated.
Henry A. Sharpe Jr. President
Dad had been there a good many years.  Dads three brothers, Norman George
Gadoury, Richard Joseph Gadoury, and George Peter Gadoury, had also
worked there at  one time. It must have been devastating.  Mom was
pregnant at this time also. Mom was do for some tough times ahead.  On
May 20, 1955 Gary Geronimo Gadoury was born, and on April 26, 1957 Verna
Mae Gadoury was born. Dad did not believe in Mom working a regular job
and wanted her to be a homemaker so Mom did what she could from home, to
supplement our income, mostly sewing for people.
I remember Dad was in and out of the hospital for some time. On November
5, 1957 Dad applied for VA Hospitalization.  On February 5, 1958 Dad was
admitted to the Brockton Veterans Hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts.
His stay was not long but he was again admitted on March 6, 1958. Again
with another child Mom would have to overcome more hardships.
We had good neighbors on Gilles Street.  There were many children to play
with as most of the family's were just starting out as we were. There
were the Rienhearts, Pitsies, Wards, and Potters, to name a few. As all
neighbors do, there were squabbles, especially with the kids on the
street. The people of that generation were different than the people
now.  When our neighbors found out Dad was in the hospital, and  Mom
being pregnant,  they came over with bag after bag of groceries, and even
spent days in our kitchen whipping up baked  goods and casseroles. The
neighbors of today don't even know your name, it's an every man for
himself world now. Of course, there was always Family, as we lived near
most of Dad's side. All of Dads family helped Mom out as well as Mom's
side over the years, but two persons stand out in my memory more than any
others.  They were Dads sister Anna  Tekla (Gadoury) Johnson and her
husband Roland Rayburn Johnson . Aunt Anna and Uncle Ray are largely
responsible  for us getting  to Sunday school with  13 years perfect
attendance  as she would  make sure we  had a  ride every Sunday.  They
were always there for Mom time and time again.
I also remember another particular occasion when Dad was hospitalized. It
was Christmas time and we were in need again. Mom's half brother, Ray
Everett Racine, came to visit and he was one of the biggest hearted men I
have ever known. He brought my siblings Helen Sonia, Gary Geronimo, Paul
Edward and myself bicycles for Christmas. He then carried in case after
case after case of canned food for Mom. Many other relatives also helped
us. With family like the Carpenter's and Gadoury's along with friends
this was one family that would never  go hungry. I don't believe these
hardships made Mom so resourceful, as I believe it was a way of life from
day one. Mom grew up and lived in hard times.
I can remember Reverend Edgar Malmstrom taking us to visit Dad at the VA
hospital in Brockton, Massachusetts. We used to stop for gas at a service
station that was run by midgets. Helen will remember this. They would
climb on the hood of the car and wash the windshield. We would also drive
buy a giant Milk Bottle that was actually some kind of roadside snack
bar. I believe this may have been route 44 but am not sure. Pastor Edgar
Malmstrom knew these things pleased us. He would sit in the waiting room
with us at the hospital while Mom visited Dad. I can remember my brother
Alan Leroy and his wife Ailene Lillian  (Diedzic) Carpenter taking us to
the hospital in Cranston to visit Dad.  Mom would go in while Helen, Gary
and I played outside. Alan would stay in the car with Ailene and make
Charcoal sketches. He was rather good.
With no steady income we were poor, although we never knew it as
children. With Mom's resourcefulness it didn't show, at least not to us
kids. As Mom would always say she could squeeze a nickel until the
buffalo peed. My son Michael Myron Gadoury would laugh when she said
this.  Every Christmas the living room was always full of presents. Mom
would make sure each child had exactly the same amount of money spent on
them for presents. Gary and I being only  two years apart would  usually
get the same  toys. We always had food. Mom was always able to take a
little of this and a little of that and come up with a feast to feed a
small crowd. Mom could do anything.
Mom was from the old school and would use the barter system with others
to get what she needed.  Mom would sew for others and they would pay her
in material or maybe spools of thread, sometimes for cash. Dads sister in
law, Norman George Gadoury's wife Shirley May (Colvin) can attest to this
as she had a large family of her own, which Mom would sew for from time
to time. Aunt Shirley provided Mom with a lot of material also.  We
always had warm coats and sweaters. The boys always had a suit to wear
and a top hat to go with it. The girls were the best-dressed girls in
town. Mom could whip up a dress without even thinking about it on her
Necci sewing machine, which I believe Dad bought for her on their first
anniversary. She was very proud of that machine. I believe my sister
Verna Mae (Gadoury) Gurwitz has it now and I am sure it will be running
when it is passed on to her children.
I remember one Christmas we gathered enough princess pine to make 200
wreaths, which we sold door to door so Mom could buy presents for us.
I can also remember Mom in the morning making breakfast for us. As long
as I can remember,  Mom was there whenever  you got up, to make you
breakfast, "the most  important meal"  she would  say. We would always
have hot cereal and toast. Cold cereal was unheard of for us. With so
many mouths to feed in the mourning, Mom would make us take two bites of
cereal for every bite of toast. This was her way of keeping up with the
two-slice toaster. School lunches were comical as I look back. Mom would
always buy the 5 lb. sticks of bologna or salami, and this is what we had
for lunch until you used it up. I can still see Mom as she would take a
board and have dozens of bread slices which she would apply Bologna or
maybe peanut butter and jelly. Bread was provided at  every meal probably
as a filler.  We also ate a lot of pasta, potatoes and beans. Mom used to
buy 50 lbs. of potatoes at a time and I was pretty proud that I was the
one that carried them in the house. Dad use to say to me "Strong as a
Bull and half as smart." because I wouldn't let anyone help me. When the
ice cream man used to come, we would get Popsicle's. Mom would trade the
Popsicle bags for General Mills Box Tops from cold cereal. She must have
bartered for the box tops, because we never bought cold cereal.  This is
probably where Mom started saving labels.
Mom never spent any money on herself. She always walked around in cheap
sneakers with holes in them, and always went without for the sake of her
family. While at Gilles Street, Mom enrolled Helen Sonia in the 4H with
Mrs. Moan on Tiogue Avenue. She later would become a leader herself. Mom
was also active as a Cub Scout leader for several years with Mrs. Vaughn.
Mrs. Vaughn had a son Steven who was my age. Mom made sure us kids were
busy all the time. Gary Geronimo played Little League Baseball and I
played Hockey most of my childhood up to Junior High School. The girls
were always cooking and sewing as Mom taught them well. We did not have
much idle time as children.
THE HIGH LIFE
On June 15, 1962, things were better for us and Mom and Dad bought a
ranch house on Manning Court in Coventry, Rhode Island. This house was
built by Dads Brother in law, Walter Earl Reynolds. On May 8, 1968 an
additional lot was purchased giving us a larger lot. By this time my
brothers Alan Leroy and Paul Edward were on their own.  I was finishing
third grade.  Dad was working at Electric boat second shift. I couldn't
think of a better place to raise a family. Mom loved this house. It was a
big step up in size. The dead end dirt street was lined by fifty foot
Maple trees giving it a very shaded canopy that was perfect for bike
riding.  We had a pond across the street that provided all the fish we
wanted. There were several other ponds in the area as well as brooks and
thick woodland. Mom did not have to worry about us in this area at all.
Mom started right away planting all varieties of flowers and plants.  She
was particularly proud of her Dahlia's which us boys had to dig up every
year and separate.
As Dad worked second shift we did not see him during the day until summer
time. This meant Mom was the Boss. Mom wasn't very strict but she had her
limits and you best not exceed them. As a parent myself I can relate to
the stress she had with raising six kids. I myself could only handle two.
When I entered fourth grade at the Harris school Mom and Dad purchased a
Violin for me through the school, which I have to this day. Mom made sure
that I received private lessons also. Mom could really pinch her penny's.
I remember the school was a 4 room building and my class was made up of 4
through 6 grades at the same time. My teacher was a Mrs. Greene.
During the good times Mom had some set patterns. Saturday mornings were
always grocery shopping days and the whole family went.  It was like a
outing. Every Saturday for dinner we would have home made  baked beans
and hot dogs which she  would make in a clay pot that was her mothers. I
can see her placing the pot on the table. Once in a while Mom would cook
Dad a steak in the frying pan with onions.  Mom would give Dad the steak
and she would pour the drippings over bread for herself.  Sunday's we
usually had roast beef for dinner. It was Dads favorite.  After dinner on
Sunday we usually went to Connecticut to visit the Carpenter side of the
family. Mom loved to ride in the car. Dad would always stop somewhere on
the way and take a snooze or  maybe go in a  tavern for a beer. Dad would
bring us out bags of chips or peanuts. Mom didn't like to keep alcohol in
the house as a rule so dad would have a cold one in a tavern. On arriving
in Connecticut Mom would point out all the sites. We new them by heart
but she would reminisce anyway. There was the Squash Inn where she worked
in her teens. The School House up on the Hill in Wauregan, where Mom and
her siblings would sometimes walk barefoot across the corn field. They
would walk uphill to and from the school she would say. Mom said some of
them would smoke the corn silks as they walked, but not her of course.
Mom loved her Brothers and Sisters. She loved to sit and talk with them.
Moms brother, Uncle Barney as he was called (Myron Leroy Carpenter) and
his wife Aunt Muriel's (Cecile Muriel Gagne) house was one of our
favorite spots because they had children to match our ages. This was a
good summer visiting spot. We would also visit Mom's sister Aunt Red
(Florence Loraine Carpenter) and her husband Uncle Norman Daniel Shaw.
Uncle Raymond Everett Racine Moms half brother was also on the visiting
list.  Aunt Red also had children our age and we loved to go to Uncle
Ray's because he would give us each a quarter to go downstairs to the
penny candy store.
During the summer, we would also go to Mashamouqet Brook usually meeting
other Carpenter families. It was a favorite spot.  Arcadia was another
favorite spot.  Mom liked these places because she and Dad would be able
to relax and the children would be kept occupied.  All of Mom's Children
could swim like fish so she didn't worry about us. I don't think there
was a pond in  the  state  that any  one  of  us couldn't  swim  across.
One of Mom's specialty's when we picnicked was what she called a Hobo
Dinner of which Alan has put in a previous newsletter.
Everything we did involved the whole family. There was very little one on
one with Mom or Dad. I loved it when hair cut day came as Dad would take
Gary and I for hair cuts in Arctic at a barber shop that had 3 barbers.
After the hair cuts Dad would take us across the street to Harry's grill
where we would get toaste4d Danish and drink coffee like the big people.
It was special as we hardly ever ate out. Also for the record the barber
shop we went to was owned by a Mr. Mushiano who said he cut my
Grandfathers, fathers, and my hair. When my son was old enough for his
first hair cut Mr. Mushiano came out of retirement to give my son Michael
his first hair cut making it 4 generations.
I cant say it enough, my Mom was the greatest cook that ever lived, and
right behind her is my sister Helen. This made it a very tough act for my
wife to follow. She always tells me I'm trying to make an Elnora out of
her.
Mom was very active in 4H and had a Girls and Boys club for many years.
There are many grown ups in Rhode Island who will always remember her,
many of which attended  her 75th  birthday party  at Emanuel Lutheran
Church. I think my best times in 4H were the Square Dances we had at the
Exeter Grange. Mom was very proud of her kids. Mom and Dad even went
Square dancing for a while, I believe, with Aunt Anna and Uncle Rayburn
Johnson.
STORMY SKIES COME AGAIN
Dad had a stroke while at work (Electric Boat) and though he was not laid
up very long he lost the sight in one of his eyes. A short time later Dad
had a heart Attack. I believe he was only 44 years old. In 1970 many
events would happen to Mom's family, mostly bad.
February 28, 1970 - Helen marry's Robert Raymond Moore
March  21, 1970  - Paul  marry's his  childhood sweetheart Linda  Lee
Potter
April  18, 1970  -  Paul Died  of Hodgkin  disease  at the  VA  hospital
in Providence.
August  3, 1970  -  Paul Edward  Moore is  born  to Helen  and  Robert
Moore
August  10,  1970  -  After a Hernia operation Dad develops pneumonia and
dies.
The Autopsy showed that from laying in  bed for a extended  period the
Shrapnel in  his body from WW2 had cut off his circulation. Twenty six
years after the war it is still claiming lives. I remember Gary and I
were very proud of the letter we got from the President of the United
States recognizing Dads Service to his Country. Dad was in the 517th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, The Fighting Buzzards, a unit of the Army,
which was assigned to the 101st and 82nd Airborne Division for special
Missions.  He held the rank of Staff  Sergeant. Mom received a small
monthly check from the Government to raise us on.
LIFE MUST GO ON
There was  only a  small insurance policy  which did not help  much. At
this time I was  working at A&W Rootbeer part time. I tried to  join the
military with the condition that I would  have three dependents but none
of the branches would take me under these conditions. Mom found out what
I tried to do and made me promise her that I would finish High School. It
meant a lot to her that I do so. Mom would work for Aunt Bea, mostly
scraping paint  off windows on the new houses after the  were painted.
She would usually have us with her if we were home.  Around this  time
Mom started  making crafts and  she would sell them.  Mom could  sew very
well.  Mom would  make  curtains for  people, do alterations,  as well as
make  Jonnies  and sheets  for  Pawtuxet  Valley Treatment Center. Hats
off  to Pawtuxet Valley Treatment Center as they gave Mom free medical
any time she went there, as they  were so pleased with her work and how
little she charged them.
In February of 1971 I got a job with Bostitch. We needed the money bad
and a full time  job would really  help. I worked 12  hour shifts 5 PM to
5 am Six days a week and went to High School as well, as I promised I
would Graduate. The $40.00 a week  I gave Mom helped but it wasn't much
with the four of us. Even though I worked 72 hours a week I only grossed
$123.00 as minimum wage was a  $1.40 an hour. After  taxes it didn't
leave much.  In June I landed in the hospital myself  and was out of work
for 3 months.  Mom had to live with crisis after crisis in her life but
Mom would never get sick herself because she didn't  have time to  get
sick. Mom was  very proud of the  fact that she supported her family
through the Flea Market at Trader Johns. Mom was a very proud woman and
would always pay her way one way or the other.
All Mom asked for  of us kids was to make sure she could get to Trader
Johns on Sunday. She would always comment on how beautiful the scenery
was on the drive down. She especially liked the fall when the leaves were
turning and reflected off the waters of the reservoir. Mom really enjoyed
this day as she made a living selling odds and ends as  well as  her
crafts which  she sold as  fast as she  made them. She would always have
grab  bags for the children for 25 cents. Trader Johns was located off of
route 101 outside of Rogers and Mom would see many people she new from
Connecticut, Mom had many  friends. It was a  very social time for her
and she looked forward to it immensely.
As  we  children  got  married  and  started  our own  family's  Mom
seemed rejuvenated as  she now  had Grandchildren and Great
Grandchildren. She was needed again.  If a baby sitter  was needed you
had  better ask Mom first or else.  Mom loved  children. Mom  would pick
up a  baby that was  crying and putting  up a  fuss from  its own mother
and in  seconds the baby  would be quite.  Every person  under the  sun
is  really good  at something,  Mom was really good  with children and a
very good Mom. Too  bad you cant see these things   as   they   happen
instead  of   looking   back   to  see   them.
Mom was from the old school and when meals were served she would not sit
and eat with  us until the meal  was about over. She  would hover over
the table and make  sure everything was at  hand and that there  was
plenty of food. I especially used  to like it when  she would clean out
the fridge. Mom would set  the table  with a  variety of leftovers  and
as  we ate she  would keep cooking adding  some corn fritters, some  left
over sausage's, chicken soup, or whatever. Constantly monitoring  the
table and supplying it until we were full.
In our house there wasn't a lot of hugs and kisses given with the boys in
the family. You could make  mom feel loved just by eating her baked goods
up, or maybe raiding  the fridge of some  leftover baked beans. I
remember one day Mom wasn't home and I popped in for a visit. There were
two Banana Nut Breads on the counter cooling  off. I took one of them and
cut a 3" thick slice out of the  middle, (center cut is always the best).
To  make them look the same naturally I had  to do the same to the other
loaf.  I put them back together and  when Mom came  home she thought they
shrunk.  When she moved  them and discovered what  happened, she called
me on the phone  immediately. I asked her how  she new it was  me and she
was laughing her  head off. All she said was why  didn't I take them both
home. She  could have made more.  So I came back over and took them home,
naturally when I came back it was rather close to supper  so I had  to
stay and eat.  Mom loved to feed  people. With Mom's grandchildren  it
was  like  a restaurant  and she  made them  whatever they wanted of
which french fry's were high on the list.
Mom was  the toughest woman alive, there wasn't  anything she couldn't do
if she wanted to. I remember more than once Mom getting a garbage bag and
would walk right up to  a large hornet nest slip the bag over it and
throw it in a garbage can with a  little Kerosene and light it off. If
you were riding in the car  and a bee got  in, she would reach  right out
and grab  it with her fingers and squish it before we got stung.
Mom wasn't  a big  church goer but she  believed in Christ and  made sure
her children were brought up in the church. It was very important to her
that we went to Sunday school and were confirmed. She was committed to
her family and gave  of herself  completely. In  President George  Bush's
words  Elnora Mae (Carpenter) Gadoury was one of the Points Of Light. The
bible  says on the last  day we will be judged by  what we have done and
what we have left undone. Mom did a lot of good in her life and I don't
think she left anything undone. When Mom got sick she told me not to
worry because she wasn't going  until she was dam good and ready to  go.
She must have been ready.
I miss  you Mom with all  my Heart and I know you will  be there to greet
me when my work is done.
Myron.


Steven

Died in auto accident with his friend while driving back to army base in Massachusetts in February of 1939, from a ...canteen... in Danielson Connecticut. Moms friend... Leena Moslick... was called by a friend of Steven's and was told of the auto accident.


Norman Daniel Shaw

Norman was in the CCC camps (Civilian Conservation Corp.) at age 17 as a
laborer.  Honorable Discharge 9/13/1939.  Then on 3/28/1944 he went into
the U.S. Army as a truck driver.  Honorable Discharge 7/8/ 1949.  They
were married in 1941, from her home in S. Wauregan they went to the
Sacred heart Church rectory in Brooklyn, CT to be married. They had their
reception in Wauregan hall (where the mop factory now stands).
Norman's parents moved to Moosup when he was 3 years old.  Norman is
buried at the Union Cemetery in Moosup.
Sacred heart, Church rectory.

Information from Florence Lorrain Carpenter.
Norman was in the CCC camps (Civilian Convervation Corp.) at age 17 as a
laborer. Honorable Discharge 9/13/1939. Then on 3/28/1944 he went into
the U.S. Army as a truck driver. Honorable Discharge 7/8/1949. They were
married in 1941, from her home in S. Wauregan they went to the Sacred
Heart Church rectory in Brooklyn  Ct.  to be married. They had there
reception in Wauregan Hall (where the mop factory now stands).
Normans parents moved to Moosup Ct. when he was 3 years old.


40796. Darwin Bruce 'bob' Shaw

 _FA1 PLAC Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Lived in Old Saybrook for 2 1/2 yrs. before his death, moving there from
Wauregan. He attended Moosup Grammar School and Plainfield High School, served
in U.S. Army about 1963 in Colorado Springs and was a member of the
National
Guard. He received a diploma for basic training for the Nat. Guard at
Aberdeen
Proving Grounds in Maryland in 1975. He was chosen as soldier of the year
in 1977. He last worked at a video store
in Old Saybrook and before that was a machine operator for three years at
C&M in
Wauregan.  Memdber of the Methodist Church of Moosup.  Funeral services
at the
Swan Funeral Home, 1224 Boston Post Rd., Old Saybrook, CT. Died at his
home
after a short illness, 3 Watch Hill Rd. His ashes were cast at sea from
the
dock at Old Saybrook. At the time of his death He and Norma lived with her
mother at Watch Hill Ct.
Plainfield Vital Records.  At time of first marriage was a beam operator.
Married first by John B. Columbus, pastor of Moosup Methodist Church
Divorced Shirley Plantier on 3/21/1965.
Theresa Morse previously married to a Labby... Darwin never had any children.
Norma Lita Jolly was born on july 3, 1957 on a U.S. Army Base in Frankfurt
Germany. She was employed there as a shipping clerk. Her father was Arthur
Norman Jolly B: July 2, 1931 in Plainfield Ct. He died in on december 25,
1989 in New haven hospital. Norma's mother was Jeanette Lita Gillmet B:
December 25, 1939 in Jewet City Ct.


36116. Ruth Adeline Carpenter

OCCUPATION: Switch Assembler, Harts, Mfr., Bartholomew Ave., Hartford,
CT.
BURIAL: Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, CT.
It has been confirmed by relatives that Ferdinand Augustus Keach was the
father of Ruth Carpenter.  Her mother Edna was 15.5 years old and living
with her parents at 72 High Street in Woonsocket.  Their union should be
considered a common law marriage.


Leo Alden Roy

OCCUPATION: Mfr. Overshoes, Providence, RI.
Mfr. Propeler (Buffer), Hamilton Standard, Windsor Locks, CT.
!CHR: Toussaint Roy & Emma Heroux - God parents.
Residences:
Front Street, Woonsocket, RI (1933).
Cross Street, Woonsocket, RI ( 1933-1937).
132 Bartholomew Ave., Hartford, CT (1937-1951).
Route 5, Warehouse Point, CT.
Bel Air Circle, Windsor Locks, CT.


40800. Raymond Aime Roy

CHR: George Roy & Leda Soly - God parents.
MARRIAGE: Married at St. Rose Catholic Church, East Hartford, CT.


36119. Charles Edwin Keach

OCCUPATION: Painter. Wool Sorter and had house painting business.
DEATH: 1957 or 1951?  Death listed as 2 Jul 1957 and burial 5 July 1951 by
submitter.


36122. Kenneth Carpenter

Kenneth Carpenter    Compact Disc #94     Pin #209212

He died of TB and his wife died in 1990, but name not given.