Marie's First Child, A Daughter

One thing I still haven't grown accustomed to is all of the re-use of names. I get so confused. Our Marie's mother's name was Marie Roseanne Julia Antil. However, people called her Roseanne. Then our Marie was named after her mother, then our Marie had a daughter and of course, named her Marie. Do you see how an outsider could get very confused?

Marie's son Chuck and our Marie 

Marie's first child was very tiny when she was born. She was always a small person like her mother. She had children who actually had their own names that I can relate to. Marie was not well for the last several years of her life. In fact she was not able to travel so had not seen her mother for 17 years. When I realized this, I bought this laptop so that she and our Marie could visit via Skype. That way she also got to visit with her brothers, Roger and Francis.
She died shortly after our Marie's 100th birthday.
The group photo shows Chuck and his family at our house for our Marie's 100th birthday. It was so great they traveled from the east coast to help her celebrate.
There is a picture that shows Chuck and his family at Marie's house having a really good visit.
Chuck purchased Marie's house from her when she moved to Missouri. He has done a great job of remodeling it to meet his family's needs.

A Brother Missing In Action

I have heard this story only once and that with some help from Marie's brother, Charlie. So if there are mistakes please bear with me.
Marie told me this story one day before she got so ill. On her good days, Marie could tell one story one right after the other, so that sometimes you had to listen very carefully to discern where one ended and another one began.

Bob, kneeling
Joe to the right

One afternoon when she had come home after being in the center she started telling me about her brother Bob. I had never heard this story before and I was absolutely astonished. Bob was in the Navy and his ship had been shot and lost the rudder and couldn't get a direction. They went around and around in circles for days. They finally were found by another ship. They towed them in to Bar Harbor, Maine. Of course, Marie's family knew nothing of this only that he was missing in action and presumed dead. After much grieving Marie's mother called the priest. He and the family decided on having a funeral for Bob even though he had never been found. As her family and the priest were visiting the door opened and there was her brother, Bob! At this point the details are murky because Charlie was too young to remember and Marie is no longer able to supply any more details. Marie said her mother almost fainted. She could not believe her eyes.
Marie's parents had three sons in the service at the same time. Bob was in the Navy as well as Joe. Joe got tuberculosis while in the service and was ill for a long period of time. Hector was in the Army and was in the Aleutian Islands when Japan attacked. I can't even imagine the worry that Marie's parents went through having their sons in active duty.
When Charlie decided to join the Navy it wasn't war time and Marie told me that her mother was not a bit happy with him because it was not wartime, therefore he had no reason to join the service. As he will tell you, as did his parents, Charlie joining the Navy gave his parents a trip of their dreams to Hawaii that Marie told me about a lot. They had such a good time.

Marie's Son Roger

This post is going to be more a picture album. Roger has two children, Roger and Lynn. As I find or am sent more pictures I will be adding to this post. Roger is sending me more. There are going to be old pictures and new pictures. These top pictures are of Roger and his present wife, Virgie at their wedding. They were married at

Roger Jr. and Lynn

Jaxson
Great grandson

 their home. They had such fun with their friends and many relatives!

This is Brandon

There are many pictures of Roger's children, Lynn and Roger Jr.

Roger Sr.
Lynn

Sabrina
Granddaughter

Lynn and Roger Jr. 

There is a lot more about Roger Sr. in another story.

Marie and Charlie!!

The picture is I believe

of Charlie and Marie on her 94th of 95th birthday. Rhonda knows these pictures/birthdays better than I do. I will be adding more pictures of Charlie and Marie on this post as I go through more photos.

Charles Aubin
Richard Lewis
1967

The picture of the group is Charlie's immediate family which is his cover picture on Facebook. Any member of his family is greatly appreciated to add names in the comment box. Thanks.

Another Picture For History Buffs

This a picture of Fran's oldest son, Robert with his wife, Janet, Stormy and their son Michael.
Robert and his family live in Texas as do all of Francis's children. This is an extremely old picture. The picture to the right is Robert and Janet at Amanda and Wayne's wedding about four years ago.

A Catching Smile

Every time I look at this picture of Marie, I smile. I have only known her for ten years, but I have never seen her smile with pure joy like this photo shows.
When I first met Marie she was 92. She was planting a garden, worked with her flowers whenever the weather was nice and smiled. She had a pleasant smile. Actually the longer I knew Marie the easier it got to " read" her smiles.
There was a smile that said, " I think I could like you." There was a smile that held no humor, it was a smile of tolerance. I got the brunt of that smile the first time Fran took me to her house for Sunday dinner. I asked if I could get the ketchup for her. This with a smile on her face. " You want ketchup on roast beef?" I thought I would stand up to this 4'10" lady and said " yes." She went to the fridge got the ketchup and muttered things she knew I could hear. I wondered to myself how much influence she had on Fran's decision making. I soon found out that same day. I have been interviewed by high powerful CEO's of huge corporations that were easier to be more comfortable with than the grilling she put me through on a one to one interview. Whew, I told Fran she was a tough one!
I asked Fran about this photo of his mom and he said that they were at a Christmas party and that she was having a really good time. That was very apparent.

Aubin Family Reunion 2004

This a reunion portrait that Marie's niece Jeannine hosted in 2004. She sent me this photo on  personal messenger so that I could add it to Marie's Memories. The reunion was held at her niece's summer cottage, in Fairhaven, Ma.
Each family wore a different color t-shirt to represent their family.
Jeannine had a large portrait made of all family members who had passed. She then picked a name for a winner and Charlene's name was picked so she could then take it home. What a nice prize. Charlene Lewis is Marie's niece, her brother Hector's daughter.
The group is really large, whew!

If I had a reunion and the whole family came there would be five of us.  You should be able to enlarge this on your own device. Wonder of wonders, I didn't know anyone. lol Jeannine gave me lots of information on this reunion, but I really would like her to add all the info in the comment section, if she would. She can tell you I'm sure how many attended, where and all that good information. I am going to add this. If I had a family with as much history as this family has I would be really interested in knowing my relatives, even if I had never set eyes on them before.