Alice Blanche Gregoire Dissault Gurry was born in St. Hyacynth, PQ, Canada, to Thomas Gregoire, Jr. and Mathilda Diane Casavant.
The whole family moved to Lowell, Massachusetts when Alice was only a young teenager. She became a gifted seamstress, later working for George Dissault, a successful tailor in Lowell. George was also from Canada originally, having moved to Rhode Island and then to Lowell as a young man. They married although he was considerably older, said to "adore" her throughout their marriage until his untimely death in 1915 from a fire and then pneumonia.
Alice, along with George, was part of the family's migration to the railroad's opening of the West, including Denver and then to the gold mining town of DelMar, Nevada. She had two sons, Francis and George C. during that time, then Edward (Ted) and Viola in Pocatello. Most of the family ended up in Nevada, Idaho, and the west coast. Alice married John "Jack" Gurry in Pocatello, after several years a widow. After Mr. Gurry's passing in 1941, she lived with her mother, Diane, until her passing in 1943. Alice Gurry spent her later years in nursing care. She spoke with a French accent, and had a tremor, but as a little girl, I remember that twinkle in her eye.
The whole family moved to Lowell, Massachusetts when Alice was only a young teenager. She became a gifted seamstress, later working for George Dissault, a successful tailor in Lowell. George was also from Canada originally, having moved to Rhode Island and then to Lowell as a young man. They married although he was considerably older, said to "adore" her throughout their marriage until his untimely death in 1915 from a fire and then pneumonia.
Alice, along with George, was part of the family's migration to the railroad's opening of the West, including Denver and then to the gold mining town of DelMar, Nevada. She had two sons, Francis and George C. during that time, then Edward (Ted) and Viola in Pocatello. Most of the family ended up in Nevada, Idaho, and the west coast. Alice married John "Jack" Gurry in Pocatello, after several years a widow. After Mr. Gurry's passing in 1941, she lived with her mother, Diane, until her passing in 1943. Alice Gurry spent her later years in nursing care. She spoke with a French accent, and had a tremor, but as a little girl, I remember that twinkle in her eye.
Alice Blanche Gregoire Dissault Gurry was born in St. Hyacynth, PQ, Canada, to Thomas Gregoire, Jr. and Mathilda Diane Casavant.
The whole family moved to Lowell, Massachusetts when Alice was only a young teenager. She became a gifted seamstress, later working for George Dissault, a successful tailor in Lowell. George was also from Canada originally, having moved to Rhode Island and then to Lowell as a young man. They married although he was considerably older, said to "adore" her throughout their marriage until his untimely death in 1915 from a fire and then pneumonia.
Alice, along with George, was part of the family's migration to the railroad's opening of the West, including Denver and then to the gold mining town of DelMar, Nevada. She had two sons, Francis and George C. during that time, then Edward (Ted) and Viola in Pocatello. Most of the family ended up in Nevada, Idaho, and the west coast. Alice married John "Jack" Gurry in Pocatello, after several years a widow. After Mr. Gurry's passing in 1941, she lived with her mother, Diane, until her passing in 1943. Alice Gurry spent her later years in nursing care. She spoke with a French accent, and had a tremor, but as a little girl, I remember that twinkle in her eye.
The whole family moved to Lowell, Massachusetts when Alice was only a young teenager. She became a gifted seamstress, later working for George Dissault, a successful tailor in Lowell. George was also from Canada originally, having moved to Rhode Island and then to Lowell as a young man. They married although he was considerably older, said to "adore" her throughout their marriage until his untimely death in 1915 from a fire and then pneumonia.
Alice, along with George, was part of the family's migration to the railroad's opening of the West, including Denver and then to the gold mining town of DelMar, Nevada. She had two sons, Francis and George C. during that time, then Edward (Ted) and Viola in Pocatello. Most of the family ended up in Nevada, Idaho, and the west coast. Alice married John "Jack" Gurry in Pocatello, after several years a widow. After Mr. Gurry's passing in 1941, she lived with her mother, Diane, until her passing in 1943. Alice Gurry spent her later years in nursing care. She spoke with a French accent, and had a tremor, but as a little girl, I remember that twinkle in her eye.
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