Genealogy page of the Girouards of New England
Ancestors of Donat William Girouard
Girouard family GenForum
Girouards buried in RI cemeteries
Pawtucket, RI in 1877
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Photo of Addie Laird, a child spinner in a cotton mill. Many Girouards came from Canada to work long hours under brutal conditions in the New England mills. They lived in triple deckers with other relatives, and attended French Canadian Catholic churches like Notre Dame de la Consolation in Pawtucket. Photo by Lewis Hine, from NARA Records of the Children's Bureau, RG 102 This site is in memory of my great-grandmother Lina Girouard (b 1870) who at age 15 worked in a Pawtucket cotton mill. |
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