Phyllis Bessenaire has come up with some great info on the Bessenaire family
I am attaching a copy of Grandpa Ulysses father's death certificate for anyone who wants to look at it. I was able to open it with Internet Explorer. I though you might be able to open it for people to see or give them the link on Family Search:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fpal%3A%2FMM9.1.i%2Fdgs%3A004282912.004282912_02158
By the way, I just found a link to his grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bisnaire&GSfn=Paul&GSiman=1&GScid=91342&GRid=49758502&. It is the Notre Dame Cemetary in Gardner, Mass, not the one in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. I guess that is because he was living in Mass at the time.
I've found another interesting census with Michelle's great grandfather and 2nd great grandfather living in Cumberland, Rhode Island in 1900. I thought it was very interesting to see that her 2nd great grandmother bore 15 children, with only 8 still living in 1900 when the census was taken. There are only 7 children listed, so I would guess one was out living on their own. I'll see what I can find on that child. I have a source in Canada that may be able to help on the Sauve side. I don't have access to Canadian records in Ancestry.com. I might be able to find them, however, on Family Search in the 1870's or 80's in Canada. All of the kids except Joseph were born in Canada, so I know I'll have to go there to find them.
Also, it was noted that Michelle's great grandfather was a cotton mill laborer, as was his father. The other children, except Joseph who was still in school, were "ring spinntes". You probably know what that is, but I diddn't. Stu seemed to know a little about it and said there were a lot of mills in New England for spinning cotton (and probably wool, too). I went to Wikipedia and found a whole article on "ring spinning". I'll put the link in this email, in case you or Michelle or other family members would be interested in reading the article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_spinning
The attachment, like the last one, can be opened with Internet Explorer or any browser, I would think, like Firefox that one may have.
Sincerely,
Phyllis Bessenaire
