Above is a picture of the house built by Lodoisca's father, Justinien Laurent Dallaire. Lodoisca's mother's name was Rosalie Blouin and she is the woman in the window on the left second story. This house is at the top of Metacom Ave. and Kickemuit Road in Warren, Rhode Island. There are four apartments in this house. One apartment was for Justinien Dallaire and his family. One was occupied by Malvina Dallaire and Basile Proulx (Lodoisca's sister and her husband). The third apartment was for Justinien's brother Joseph and his wife Eloise Heneault. Not sure who could have been in the other apartment but from this picture it looks like it was not occupied. We believe the house was built by 1880 because the 1910 census says Lodoisca immigrated in 1875 and the 1880 census has Justinien and his family living in Rhode Island.
As for the rest of the people in the picture, the short man on the top step of the front stairs is Cleophas Aubin and the one to his right is Justinien Dallaire. The other men in the picture are Justinien's sons and the women are their wives. The younger people in the photo are the grandchildren and great-grantchildren.
Here is a picture of what the house looks like today...
Pretty cool, huh?
I love this post! I wonder who that was in the window...
ReplyDeleteThat's Lodoisca's mother Rosalie actually. But I wonder why she was in the window and not outside with everyone else.
ReplyDeleteGreat job. I love the comparison of the past photo with the present photo of the house. The information you gave about the house and the people was great. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteI also loved the two photos. Nothing is better thana picture at the time of the event and a current picture to show what it currently looks like.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome to compare the two pictures of the house! Did you take that picture, or was is found on google maps?
ReplyDeleteMy aunt who lives in Warren now took the picture.
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