Trois-Rivières

St. James' Anglican Church in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

More to follow about this old institution.

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At church a few weeks ago a friend stood up at the Polychronia where we celebrate and remember important events. She mentioned her mother who had lived in Trois-Rivières.

I had a chat with her at the coffee hour. She remembered all the dates of her mom living there. She herself had been baptized at the Anglican Church - St. James - which my mom attended.

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So I wondered about dates related to the city. Some of them are just estimates. I have some more exact information in the family archives but at the moment I am not inclined to dig it out.

My grandparents were married in Montreal in 1913.

My aunt was born in March 1915. My mom was born in July 1916. Both were born at home.

Ingrid went away to MacDonald College in Montreal to study Household Science (Home Economics) and become a dietician. She left home in 1931.

My mom went away to McGill to study biochemistry in the fall of 1932.

My grandparents continued to live in the city. My dad mentioned it often in his letters written home during the war.

My grandfather died in 1952.

My grandmother moved to Ste. Hyacinthe at some time after that date to be closer to my aunt. I remember staying with my grandmother in her apartment on avenue Després.

　
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My grandmother kept a diary of her last trip to England. In the last pages of the diary she wrote about leaving the apartment and staying with my aunt and uncle as they looked for a seniors residence. She ended up in Montreal at the Griffith McConnell residence where she died at the age of 99.