ERNEST ALBERT MENARD (1926 - 1988)

Ernest was born on January 13, 1926 in Blackstone, MA.*
His parents were Joseph I. and Aurore (Giguere).
He had a brother, Oscar.

Grandfather with Oscar, Rosalie, Joseph with Ernest and Aurore.

Oscar and Ernest with uncle Charles Giguere.
1929

Mother Aurore with Ernest and Oscar. 1929



Ernest and Oscar with mother. 1933

He made his Confirmation at St. Louis Church in Woonsocket, RI on May 2, 1937.*

St. Louis Church (in foreground) before upper church was built.

Ernest at 16. 1942


Ernest in 1944.


Mother Aurore with sons Ernest and Oscar.
1944

Jeannette and Ernest.



Ernest Albert Menard weds Jeannette Virginia Berube.
December 29, 1945
St. Anne's Catholic Church
Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Oscar (Jim), Theresa, Jeannette and Ernest. About 1956.

Ernest and Jeannette had five children:

Aurore was born on September 22, 1946.

Albert Ernest was born on June 17, 1949.

Suzanne Marie was born on August 25, 1951.
She died August 3, 2015.

Muriel Ann was born on November 27, 1957.

Jean Charles was born on April 22, 1959.

All were born in Woonsocket, RI

The Menard family caught in time. Aurore holding Muriel, Suzanne is in front, Al rests on Mom who is holding Jean, Dad, 1961.

A more formal picture of the Menard children: Albert and Suzanne in the back, Jean, Aurore and Muriel in the front, around 1965.

Ernest at Sue and Roger's, Blackstone MA 

Ernest on his bike.

Places were Ernest lived:

Blackstone, MA (1926) 

252 Rathbun St., Woonsocket, RI (1943-1945)

42 West Park Pl., Woonsocket, RI (1949-1951)

Farm St., Blackstone, MA (1952)

103 Borden Blvd., Woonsocket, RI (1956)

903 Social St. Woonsocket, RI (1960)

977 Social St., Woonsocket, RI (1962-1988)

Ernest worked at:

Sherman's Junkyard, Woonsocket, RI (as a child) 
B. Cohen & Sons (1943)

Laramee's Transit Inc., Woonsocket, RI (1944)
N.E. Coal Co., Woonsocket, RI (1945)

Mowry Grain Co., Woonsocket, RI (1956)

N.E. Coal Co., Woonsocket, RI (1958-1960)

 Draper Corporation, Hopedale. MA (1961-1962)

Allied Container

Wrentham State School, Wrentham, MA (1985)

Ernest with sister-in-law Theresa. May 1988.

Ernest 1988

He died on June 21, 1988 in Woonsocket, RI and was buried at St. Jean the Baptist Cemetery, Bellingham, MA.

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