Violette Family Association

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  Dick and Alice Violette cut the cake celebrating their 70th Anniversary Â
Remember back at the 2005 Reunion, when Alderic (#100) and Alice (#101) Violette were honored as the longest-married couple at the Reunion? Well they are back at it, having just celebrated their 70th Anniversary on June 10th. And, Alderic (Dick) was the […]

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Susan Violette in front of one her company’s equipment
Bill and Gerri Violette (#642 and #643) of Somerset MA report that their daughter, Susan Violette (#1790), has been promoted to VP in charge of sales world wide of heavy equipment for Doosan International. Her new position will require visits to Korea, where her department heads and […]

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Jeanette Girard views a photo of her mother
Jeanette Girard, daughter of Isidore Boucher and Marie Alice Violette Boucher, was born in Drummond, Victoria County, New Brunswick on May 21, 1918. Part of her family gathered recently in Southfield, Michigan, to help her celebrate her 90th year.

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In the third of a series of articles in the Maine Coast Now newspaper, John Hale describes the efforts in Augusta, Lewiston, Waterville, and Biddeford to foster appreciation of the Franco-American culture. These cities were the destination of many French-Canadian families as they left the farms of Canada in search of a better living in […]

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You’ve seen Rod Violette’s paper on “The Life and Times of Francois Violet” here at our web site (see “A Story about Francois Violet” and click to download the story) . The story has also been recently published at www.Acadian.org, an excellent web site with resources about Acadian and French-Canadian genealogy and history. A link […]

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We always welcome news of children being born to our members and their families. Please send the info to Roc Violette, Association Secretary, so he can share it with the rest of our cousins.

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We are always sad to hear of the passing of one of our members, but it is important to us to stay in touch with our families. Please notify the Association Secretary, Rod Violette, of any that you know of.

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In the second of a series of articles about the evolution of the Franco-American community in Augusta, the Maine Coast Now newspaper describes how the language patterns in Augusta have changed over the generations. Most Augustans in today’s generation do not speak French at all, while their parents might speak French some. The generation before […]

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The latest Violette Family Association newsletter was completed over the weekend and is being sent to those who receive it by mail. If you have an email address please give us the address so we can send the newsletter by email. It is much less costly and will save the Association a great amount.Â
Helene, Rod […]

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The Maine Coast Now (Maine News) newspaper is running a series of articles on the history of the Franco-Americans in Augusta ME. The Franco-Americans started coming to Augusta after the Civil War, to work at the many mills being built there. Whole families would work in those mills, including children as young as age seven. […]

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