Marie's Brother, George

George and Marie Aubin

This is a picture of George and his wife, Marie. When George was young he worked at a paper mill in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He had an accident there and cut the tip of his index finger off of his right hand. He picked up his own finger tip because no one else would help him (per his brother, Charlie,) and took it with him to the hospital to have it attached. It was too mangled to be fixed. Well, this being said, he was not able to join the service because that finger was the "trigger finger" so to speak. He tried all different branches of the service, but they all said the same thing. He was not eligible because of the missing tip of his finger. Amazing how an accident can affect your life. Instead of the service he then joined The Green Mountain Camp and fought fires.
I am going to consult with Charles and get the particulars on that camp. It may, indeed, be a very interesting and large part of the war effort.
Jeannine, their daughter, as been visiting with Marie's son Roger and his wife, Virgie. They have been reminiscing of old times. She told me today that Roger can remember visiting them out on the farm. She said they had cows, pigs, and chickens. Her mom was a stay at home mom and raised nine children. Later on she worked at a curtain factory in New Before, Ma.
This part of their life is so very interesting and I think will be for the future generations as well.
Jeannine said that her mother had five sisters born and raised in Canada. Three of the girls were nuns and two of the sister married Jeannine's grandmother's two brother; Joe and Eddie. Jeannine said her mother married Marie's brother George. Her mother didn't come to the United States until she was 26 years old. She was the youngest of the six girls and stayed until her parent died. Then she came to the United States. She met George through her sisters and then they married. I told Jeannine that Marie had tried to tell me their story once and I just couldn't understand. She finally said, "Don't ask, it legal. They were married in a Catholic Church." As well as you all know Marie you must be familiar with the wave of the had of dismissal that I received.
So this man was Jeannine's uncle and her father's uncle at the same time... They lived in New Bedford and was a great hairdresser where he had his own shop. They then moved to Connecticut.
I said once before, this family is so interesting. I had such a small family it is inconceivable to  me to have such a variety and so many relatives.