PARENTS: Joseph Fortin & Mary Murphy
"Because Therese's mother was Irish, Therese could speak, read, and write both French and English. This proved to be a great asset to the family when they came to Maine. Family tradition tells us that when it was time for her boys to go to work, she went to the mill, and in her fluency in English, helped them get jobs right away. They were poor by today's standards [1993] but the children were always well treated, well fed, very clean and very staunch Catholics. Even in her old age, Therese attended Mass daily.
Two weeks before Christmas in December 1894, within a span of only 4 days, Therese lost her two youngest sons, Mathias, almost 5, and Albert 2 yo to Diphtheria. The death records of the two boys is all that echoes of that tragedy, as the Therese never spoke of that painful Christmas again (Chenard, R. "Charles Giroux Settled on the Plaines in 1893." Central Maine Sentinel. 27 Feb 1993)
"Because Therese's mother was Irish, Therese could speak, read, and write both French and English. This proved to be a great asset to the family when they came to Maine. Family tradition tells us that when it was time for her boys to go to work, she went to the mill, and in her fluency in English, helped them get jobs right away. They were poor by today's standards [1993] but the children were always well treated, well fed, very clean and very staunch Catholics. Even in her old age, Therese attended Mass daily.
Two weeks before Christmas in December 1894, within a span of only 4 days, Therese lost her two youngest sons, Mathias, almost 5, and Albert 2 yo to Diphtheria. The death records of the two boys is all that echoes of that tragedy, as the Therese never spoke of that painful Christmas again (Chenard, R. "Charles Giroux Settled on the Plaines in 1893." Central Maine Sentinel. 27 Feb 1993)
PARENTS: Joseph Fortin & Mary Murphy
"Because Therese's mother was Irish, Therese could speak, read, and write both French and English. This proved to be a great asset to the family when they came to Maine. Family tradition tells us that when it was time for her boys to go to work, she went to the mill, and in her fluency in English, helped them get jobs right away. They were poor by today's standards [1993] but the children were always well treated, well fed, very clean and very staunch Catholics. Even in her old age, Therese attended Mass daily.
Two weeks before Christmas in December 1894, within a span of only 4 days, Therese lost her two youngest sons, Mathias, almost 5, and Albert 2 yo to Diphtheria. The death records of the two boys is all that echoes of that tragedy, as the Therese never spoke of that painful Christmas again (Chenard, R. "Charles Giroux Settled on the Plaines in 1893." Central Maine Sentinel. 27 Feb 1993)
"Because Therese's mother was Irish, Therese could speak, read, and write both French and English. This proved to be a great asset to the family when they came to Maine. Family tradition tells us that when it was time for her boys to go to work, she went to the mill, and in her fluency in English, helped them get jobs right away. They were poor by today's standards [1993] but the children were always well treated, well fed, very clean and very staunch Catholics. Even in her old age, Therese attended Mass daily.
Two weeks before Christmas in December 1894, within a span of only 4 days, Therese lost her two youngest sons, Mathias, almost 5, and Albert 2 yo to Diphtheria. The death records of the two boys is all that echoes of that tragedy, as the Therese never spoke of that painful Christmas again (Chenard, R. "Charles Giroux Settled on the Plaines in 1893." Central Maine Sentinel. 27 Feb 1993)
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