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CHILDREN INCLUDED IN THE VIDEOS ARE CHILDREN OF::

GROZELLE-ANTOINE & JANEFARRELL – RICHARD & ELIZAGROZELLE – FRED & CORAGROZELLE- KEITH & PEARL
4 SONS AND 3 DAUGHTERS ONE DAUGHTER CORA ONLY -NOT THEIR 6 OTHER CHILDREN* FOUR CHILDREN 3 SONS 4 DAUGHTERS2 DAUGHTERS AND 2 SONS

* Due to the lack of pictures I am unable to include Cora’s siblings.


A large gathering of people in front of a car. The people are of all ages and all dressed up.

WE WILL START WITH THE SEVEN CHILDREN OF ANTOINE AND JANE GROZELLE, WITH OUR GREAT AUNTS IN ONE VIDEO AND OUR GREAT UNCLES IN ANOTHER VIDEO..

GROZELLE FAMILY CHILDREN WITH THEIR SPOUSES AND SOME CHILDREN

THE DAUGHTERS ARE:

  1. Violet married Alex Mosher and they had one daughter Corrine

2. Pearl married MJ Crisp and they had two daughters- Noreen and Jacqueline (Jackie)

3. Dorothy married Fred Best and they had two sons – Ronnie and Jimmy


THE SONS ARE:

1, Cyrl (Chic) who married Marg Elgins and they had one daughter – Linda

2. Percival (Percy) Married Mabel not sure of who their child or children were.

3. Harold never married.

4. Fredrick Louis married Cora Farrell and they had four children – Faye Cora Louise, Calvin Keith, Robert Terrance (Terry) Sandra (Sandy).


VIDEO THREE DEALING WITH GROZELLE CHILDREN FEATURES THEIR ELDEST SON FREDERICK LOUIS OUR GRANDFATHER REGARDING HIS WORK AND HIS LOSSES

VIDEO THREE: OUR GRANDFATHER FREDERICK GROZELLE AT WORK AS A PROSPECTOR

The pictures demonstrate the many tasks of a prospector. Note the housing offered to these workers. Their attire is also worth noting.

VIDEO FOUR: GRANDFATHER FREDERICK GROZELLE HIS SAD LOSSES


RICHARD AND ELIZA FARRELL’S CHILDREN

Family posing on a veranda for a photo shot.

Richard Farrell, Richmond Grozelle, Jane Farrell, Eliza Farrell, Cora Grozelle, Vi Grozelle, Verne Grozelle, Keith Grozelle. Richard Farrell our Great Grandfather, Jane Farrell our Great, Great Grandmother, Cora Grozelle our Great Grandmother.

You will see Cora in many posses by herself with Fred, her parents, friends, and children.

ONLY CORA IS BEING FEATURED AS SHE WAS OUR GRANDMOTHER. WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE ANY PICTURES OF HER SIBLINGS.

VIDEO SIX: FREDRICK AND CORA GROZELLE AND THEIR CHILDREN


ROBERT AND LOUISE ARMSTRONG’S CHILDREN

An older couple holding a baby. They are dressed in old fashioned clothes.

Robert Thomas Armstrong and Louise Scott were married in Ottawa on December 14, 1917. Robert was a carpenter, a bachelor and age 47 when they marry.

Louise was a widow (Taggart was her married name). She was 37 when she married Robert Thomas Armstrong..

Bertram Armstrong was adopted by Robert after Louise and he married.

Margaret Pearl Armstrong (Pearl) was born to Robert and Louise in February 2, 1920 in Ottawa.

This is A love story: Keith Grozelle, son of Fredrick and Cora Farrell meets and marries Pearl Armstrong, daughter of Louise and Robert Armstrong in Ottawa. After graduating from Mining school Keith moves to Ottawa for his job. He boards at Pearl’s mothers Boarding House. They were both very young when they married on December 14, 1936 (the same date as Pearl’s parents in 1917), in Ottawa.

After Pearl and Keith’s marriage, his work as an assayer eventually took then to a few mining towns in Northern Ontario. When world war two came along he joined the air force, introducing more moves. to air force bases. for pilot’s training.

In the video you will see Pearl with her grandmother, mother and father. She appears as a baby, as a young girl, a fashionable dresser and the owner of a car. She appears with Keith during their courting days, and during their early marriage days.

Enjoy!


KEITH AND PEARL GROZELLE’S CHILDREN

VIDEO SEVEN: INTRODUCES YOU TO KEITH AND PEARL’S CHILDREN

Portrait of a young man and woman.

Keith and Pearl on their wedding day- December 14, 1936.

  1. Faye Cora Louise Grozelle (Smedley)

2. Calvin Keith Grozelle

3.Robert Terrance Grozelle (Terry)

4. Sandra Gail Grozelle (Lash)

Keith with Faye, Calvin, Terry and Sandra (in Keith’s arms). Picture was taken in Sault Ste. Marie, on Crawford Ave. one of the wartime houses in a community called Monterrey Gardens.