My Memere’s , Pepere’s were all both born in the USA. Aroostook County, Maine. Grandparents were born between 1890 till 1908 in border towns. All on the USA side of the St. John River. Parents too. Thank God I am an American. I saw the house where my father grew up. On a the last house on a street where the border river was behind his house. They moved there in 1938 after his dad lost his farm. His father went to work in the paper mill one block away.
They moved there in 1938 after his dad lost his farm. His father went to work in the paper mill one block away.
He worked until his late 60's to pay off his debt on his farm, 20 years after he lost it.
My Grandfather worked in paper mills and my Memere... his wife.. worked in the textile mills starting at the age of 10. My Grandfather was of Polish decent.
When I go through a family tree for my Grandmother there are links to Maine and other points north of Connecticut.