Polydore Desjardins DeadFred Reunion #1352
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Finder Writes
First time I’ve seen this pose of pepere Polydore on his wedding day with him standing and her sitting. I have their portrait (sitting atop my piano) of them both standing in the same outfits Their oldest child, my aunt Bertha, was the only one born in the U.S All the rest of the total of 17 children were born in Mont Carmel. Grandpa Polydore worked, off and on, for my grandma Emily Prunier’s family cement contracting business the two times he returned to the U.S. (In the early 1920’s to when he returned to Quebec during the great depression, and when he returned to the U.S. for good at the beginning of World War II) While in the U.S.uncles Alfred, Lucien and Frederick all became airplane pilots, Alfred flied the U.S. mail in an open cockpit bi-plane, Lucien owned a garage and an airport in Worcester, and uncle Frederick became the youngest air-plane engine mechanic certified by the U.S. government at seventeen years of age. All three were civilian airplane instructors fo!
r the U.S Army Air Corps during World War II. A very smart and talented family. I’m Rose Desjardins oldest boy (now 80 years old).
Submitter writes
Polydore Desjardins married Emma Paquette on Christmas Day, 1899 in Worcester, MA. He was from Notre Dame du Mont Carmel, Quebec and came to Worcester to work in the Paquette & Boucher brickyard. He was a foreman who married the 16 year old boss’s daughter. They returned to Quebec about 1912 and stayed for several years. Polydore operated a mill, built coffins, and was an early Ford dealer. Then in 1923 they left Quebec again for Worcester.
