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After searching through the census records on the Internet, the town
directories in Winchendon's library, and the birth, marriage and death records at the town clerk's office, I determined that
this family was named Paquet (Paquette in some records). According to the 1910 census, the household consisted of Benoit (father),
Hermine (mother) and 12 children, including Adrienne, Anna and Francis, who are identified in several other photos. The census
taker incorrectly spelled the father's name Barvil Paguet. The family reported a total of 13 living children and three others
who had died. At that time, they were living at 62 Glenallan Street, just a short walk from the Glenallan Mill. I also found the family in the 1901 Canada census, living in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts,
Quebec. According to Canada marriage records, Benoit and Hermine married in 1884. And according to immigration records, they
entered the United States through Swanton, Vermont, in 1909, their destination given as Winchendon. The Paquets appear in
the 1911 Winchendon directory, but in no subsequent directories. After
the 1910 census, the only record of this family I could find was the obituary for Benoit Paquet, who died in Quebec on April
28, 1925, at the age of about 64. So without any further records, we must assume that this family found their way back to
Canada, and never returned to the US.
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| Francis Paquet (front-3rd from right), 13 yrs, Winchendon, Mass, Sept 1911. Photo by Lewis Hine. |
Group of sweepers and
doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of the back window during hours by second
hand. All work. Smallest boy is Francis Pagnette. Also Henry Smith. Maple Street. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.
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| Francis Paquet (2nd from right), Winchendon, Mass., September 1911. Photo by Lewis Hine. |
Group of sweepers and
doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of back window during hours by second hand.
All work. Smallest boy is Francis Pagnette. Also Henry Smith, Maple Street. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.
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| Francis & Adrienne Paquet (3rd from left & far right), Winchendon, MA., Sept 1911. By Lewis Hine. |
Group of Workers in
Glenallen Mill, including Adrienne Pagnette, Annie Dugas, Francis Pagnette, Anatole Gernon, apparently 11 or 12 years old,
doffs on top floor spinning room of the above mill. Speaks no English. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.
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