FRENCH, Norma Imogene^{[1, 2]}

1925 - 1991  (66 years)

• Name	FRENCH, Norma Imogene
  Birth	25 Feb 1925	Bar Mills, ME   [1, 2, 3]
  Baptism	19 Jun 1932	Providence, RI
  	St. Thomas Episcopal Church
  Gender	Female
  Confirmation	16 Feb 1936	Providence, RI
  	St. Thomas Episcopal Church
  Cemetery	Buxton, ME
  	Address: South Buxton Cemetery
  FindaGrave	Address: 63078014  [4]
  	GRID=63078014
  Ref#	939
  SSN issued	RI   [2]
  Residence	1940	Providence, RI   [5]
  Residence	Oct 1961	Lakeville, CT
  Residence	1990	Torrington, CT   [1]
  	Meadowview St.
  Social Security Number	036-18-3382  [2]
  _UID	56AB033959454A84AA40926AFA9DB2451D15
  Death	21 Jun 1991	Torrington, CT   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cause: of metastatic cancer
  	Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
  Burial	24 Jun 1991	Buxton, ME   [6, 7]
  	Address: South Buxton Cemetery
  	43.608949, -70.539350
  Person ID	I2	Puffers
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	FRENCH, Charles Kimball Worcester,   b. 14 Feb 1898, Columbia, ME d. 26 Nov 1967, Lakeville, CT (Age 69 years)
  Mother	SMITH, Frances Alma,   b. 24 Jan 1901, Columbia, ME d. 18 May 1979, Canaan, CT (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1917	Columbia, ME
  	By a Justice of the Peace
  Residence	12 Sep 1918	Columbia, ME   [8]
  	He was a laborer at the Northern Maine Packing Co. Corrinna, ME
  Residence	1930	Providence, RI   [9]
  Residence	1940	Providence, RI   [5]
  Residence	1942	Providence, RI   [10]
  	Address: 14 Winchester Street
  	Worked in the Wanskuck Mill on Branch Avenue
  Residence	1950	Providence, RI   [11]
  	Address: 14 Winchester Street
  Family ID	F10860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CARANCI, John Charles,   b. 7 Feb 1922, Greenville, RI d. 14 Jul 1970, Centerdale, RI (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1943	Centerdale, RI
  Residence	1950	Providence, RI   [11]
  	Address: 14 Winchester Street
  Separation	20 Oct 1961  [12]
  Divorce	21 Sep 1964	Alexandria, VA   [12]
  	The legal grounds or cause of divorce was "Desertion". My mother and her children were told by my father to "get out", from what little information I got from her. She never told the whole story of their separation/divorce. He was the plaintiff in the divorce and it's hard to imagine that desertion was the cause, when he was the one to tell us all to get out.
  Children	1. CARANCI, John Charles,   b. 21 Jan 1945, Providence, RI d. 16 May 2016, Bellevue, NE (Age 71 years)   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F5481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2023

  
  

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• Notes

  In the 1930 Census she was listed as residing in the household of her aunt, Hazel Marie (Smith) Pinkham, in Hollis, ME. She went to live with them as her father and mother were not able to keep all their kids together during the Depression. Norma moved from Alexandria VA to Lakeville, CT in Oct of 1961, after being separated from her husband of 19 years. Prior to that she lived in Providence, RI where she met her husband. She lived in Japan from 1957-1961 with her family. She was employed for most of her life (30 years) as a printer for The Hotchkiss School, a private prep school in Lakeville, CT. She also had jobs as a secretary, bookeeper, and waitress. She was a recovering alcoholic. She never remarried after her divorce and raised her children alone. She was eulogized as a tireless, hard working woman and loving mother who did her best during difficult times to support and raise 4 boys virtually on her own.

  
  

• Sources

  [S628] Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012, Database online. Record for Norma I Caranci [S164] SSDI, Database online. Number: 036-18-3382; Issue State: Rhode Island; Issue Date: Before 1951. Record for Norma I. Caranci [S813] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S648] FindAGrave.com, S2196. [S440] _1940 United States Federal Census. [S164] SSDI. [S648] FindAGrave.com, memorial # 63078014, S2196. [S426] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. [S385] _1930 United States Federal Census. [S1093] WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. [S1414] _1950 United States Federal Census. [S836] Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014.