George Dissault was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, the son of Germain Dussault and Adeline Bryant. His father died when he and older brother, William, were young boys. Two sisters are being researched.
The 1880 Federal Census for Woonsocket, RI, lists Adeline, the two boys, her second husband, David Keefe, and their two little boys. It was the era French Canadians, Irish and other groups sought work in the mills. George learned custom tailoring for "gentlemen's attire", later opening a successful tailoring business in Lowell, MA. Before this time it appears Adeline changed the name from Dussault to Dissault for business purposes and politics of the time.
George married his young seamstress, Alice Gregoire, he was thirty-two, she seventeen. They had two sons born while in Lowell. George secured a contract to make the conductor uniforms for the expanding railroad. With that connection, George was encouraged by his father-in-law to take the entire family, including Alice's large group from Quebec, and head west via the rails. They remained in Denver while, George tried to begin a tailoring business. For some reason the family traveled further and stopped in what is now a gold mining ghost town, DelMar, Nevada. The family members were the town's miners, teachers, laundresses, boarding house owners, and for George, the tailor.
Hard life took its toll. The whole family left and continued further west, becoming pioneers of Pocatello, Idaho. Two more children arrrived. George was owner of his tailor shop called "Dissault the Tailor". He was an early member of "Woodman of the World". A highly-respected business pioneer, his life came to a tragic, early end. He died from complications with burns received from a cleaning fluid fire in the shop.
My research has shown George to have been an utterly devoted husband and father, excellent businessman, and quite courageous. It would have been nice to have known him.
The 1880 Federal Census for Woonsocket, RI, lists Adeline, the two boys, her second husband, David Keefe, and their two little boys. It was the era French Canadians, Irish and other groups sought work in the mills. George learned custom tailoring for "gentlemen's attire", later opening a successful tailoring business in Lowell, MA. Before this time it appears Adeline changed the name from Dussault to Dissault for business purposes and politics of the time.
George married his young seamstress, Alice Gregoire, he was thirty-two, she seventeen. They had two sons born while in Lowell. George secured a contract to make the conductor uniforms for the expanding railroad. With that connection, George was encouraged by his father-in-law to take the entire family, including Alice's large group from Quebec, and head west via the rails. They remained in Denver while, George tried to begin a tailoring business. For some reason the family traveled further and stopped in what is now a gold mining ghost town, DelMar, Nevada. The family members were the town's miners, teachers, laundresses, boarding house owners, and for George, the tailor.
Hard life took its toll. The whole family left and continued further west, becoming pioneers of Pocatello, Idaho. Two more children arrrived. George was owner of his tailor shop called "Dissault the Tailor". He was an early member of "Woodman of the World". A highly-respected business pioneer, his life came to a tragic, early end. He died from complications with burns received from a cleaning fluid fire in the shop.
My research has shown George to have been an utterly devoted husband and father, excellent businessman, and quite courageous. It would have been nice to have known him.
George Dissault was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, the son of Germain Dussault and Adeline Bryant. His father died when he and older brother, William, were young boys. Two sisters are being researched.
The 1880 Federal Census for Woonsocket, RI, lists Adeline, the two boys, her second husband, David Keefe, and their two little boys. It was the era French Canadians, Irish and other groups sought work in the mills. George learned custom tailoring for "gentlemen's attire", later opening a successful tailoring business in Lowell, MA. Before this time it appears Adeline changed the name from Dussault to Dissault for business purposes and politics of the time.
George married his young seamstress, Alice Gregoire, he was thirty-two, she seventeen. They had two sons born while in Lowell. George secured a contract to make the conductor uniforms for the expanding railroad. With that connection, George was encouraged by his father-in-law to take the entire family, including Alice's large group from Quebec, and head west via the rails. They remained in Denver while, George tried to begin a tailoring business. For some reason the family traveled further and stopped in what is now a gold mining ghost town, DelMar, Nevada. The family members were the town's miners, teachers, laundresses, boarding house owners, and for George, the tailor.
Hard life took its toll. The whole family left and continued further west, becoming pioneers of Pocatello, Idaho. Two more children arrrived. George was owner of his tailor shop called "Dissault the Tailor". He was an early member of "Woodman of the World". A highly-respected business pioneer, his life came to a tragic, early end. He died from complications with burns received from a cleaning fluid fire in the shop.
My research has shown George to have been an utterly devoted husband and father, excellent businessman, and quite courageous. It would have been nice to have known him.
The 1880 Federal Census for Woonsocket, RI, lists Adeline, the two boys, her second husband, David Keefe, and their two little boys. It was the era French Canadians, Irish and other groups sought work in the mills. George learned custom tailoring for "gentlemen's attire", later opening a successful tailoring business in Lowell, MA. Before this time it appears Adeline changed the name from Dussault to Dissault for business purposes and politics of the time.
George married his young seamstress, Alice Gregoire, he was thirty-two, she seventeen. They had two sons born while in Lowell. George secured a contract to make the conductor uniforms for the expanding railroad. With that connection, George was encouraged by his father-in-law to take the entire family, including Alice's large group from Quebec, and head west via the rails. They remained in Denver while, George tried to begin a tailoring business. For some reason the family traveled further and stopped in what is now a gold mining ghost town, DelMar, Nevada. The family members were the town's miners, teachers, laundresses, boarding house owners, and for George, the tailor.
Hard life took its toll. The whole family left and continued further west, becoming pioneers of Pocatello, Idaho. Two more children arrrived. George was owner of his tailor shop called "Dissault the Tailor". He was an early member of "Woodman of the World". A highly-respected business pioneer, his life came to a tragic, early end. He died from complications with burns received from a cleaning fluid fire in the shop.
My research has shown George to have been an utterly devoted husband and father, excellent businessman, and quite courageous. It would have been nice to have known him.
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