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Note: George was 5' 9" in height with blue eyes and brown hair. He was a Hardware Salesman, Millworker, Handyman and School
Custodian.
"He was a Methodist of Clarenceville, Quebec. He came to the States when he was about 21 years of age to visit his aunt in
Providence, Rhode Island. He liked our country so well that he
stayed and later took out his naturalization papers and became a
citizen of the United States on April 20, 1918.@@15.
"George became a Salesman for a large hardware store in Providence, Rhode Island. When World War I took our young
men, George was drafted in the Spring of 1918 and served as a
Private doing Courier duty in France in the 303rd Engineer
Divison. He was in the St. Mihiel offence, Limey Sector and
Meuse-Argone.
"After the Armistice, he returned home, June 1919 and the next ----------------------------------------------------------------------
year married 'the girl he left behind'. Forty seven years of happy
married life followed with their usual joys and sorrows, until after
a year of intense suffering, our Heavenly Father released him from
his pain and took him home on October 24, 1967."@@16
After marriage he specialized in selling builders hardware and opened a Hardware Store in partnership with another man. He and
Myrtie lived in Cranston, Rhode Island and in 1930 moved to
Warwick with their family, renting their Cranston home. He
wanted a country place in which to have a garden, raise pigeons,
chickens and geese. He built a large hen house and raised white
Leghorns and sold eggs.
When the great depression of the 1930's came he lost everything. His partner declared bankruptcy but George did not think that was
the honorable thing to do and eventually paid off all his debts.
These were hard times for everyone and George found a place to
rent at low cost through the generosity of one of his wholesale
hardware customers who also gave him handyman work to do. He
also found work at the local print works and with the WPA.
The hurricane of 1938 blew down many oak trees in the wood lot across the street. George got permission to go in and cut the
trees for firewood. For the next three years he and his sons Ray
and Bill cut and sold firewood, all cut with hand saws and a saw
rig made from a cut down model A Ford George purchased from
a friend. There were no chain saws in those days.
He suffered most of his adult life with back pain but was able to continue working until he retired.@@12, @@13 George died of carcinoma
of the prostate.@@16
Myrtie was a Methodist and Baptist of Providence, Rhode Island in Shawomet Baptist Church, Warwick, Rhode Island as a teacher
of the Philathia Circle. She served as president of the Baptist
Woman's Association and traveled to California by train as a
representative of one of their national conventions.@@14 She was a
member of the DAR.@@16
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