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View Tree for Richard Arthur GenestRichard Arthur Genest (b. 07 Dec 1928, d. 20 Dec 2006)

Richard Arthur Genest (son of Joseph Arthur Frédéric "Art" Genest and Mildred "Millie" Graves Sparks)2229 was born 07 Dec 1928 in Meriden, CT2229, and died 20 Dec 2006 in El Paso, TX2230. He married (1) Jeanne Marie Curren. He married (2) Edith Jensen. He married (3) Ethel May "May" Neal on Nov 19572231. He married (4) Maria Elena "Mary" Molina2232.

 Includes NotesNotes for Richard Arthur Genest:
"As for why our folks moved so much when we were young: I don't know all of it, although I do remember every one of those places and some of the things that happened at each, especially your screen-covered 'Kiddie Koop' at Alcove St. and the neighbor's big rooster there (White Leghorn, I think) attacking you to peck the graham cracker crumbs out of your mouth, and how you screamed at him! That certainly would have made me want to move if I had been a parent!" --Richard to Ken
"Meriden used to be known as 'the silver capital of the world,' there being silver mine in Connecticut long ago (they may still be there). The world’s best silver hollow-ware and flat wear (Rogers Bros., Wallace, etc.) came from Meriden (and nearby Wallingford) at one time. When we lived in Yalesville, CT, the father of one my friends had a silver shop in his garage, which was detached from the house, as most were in those days—the 1930s. My friend’s name was Jimmy Bradshaw, a redheaded schoolmate." --Rich Genest
Rich also recalls, "One day, in 1936 or early 1937, two Polish buddies -- Vots & Yonky (sp) and I (I was eight or nine years old) walked down our street a block or so and 'invited ourselves' up a half-flight of stairs and into a factory that produced silver hollow-ware -- a plain-looking, two-story, wood-frame, gray clapboard-covered building with lots of windows. Although the workers inside were somewhat taken aback by the boldness of three young boys 'invading' their domain, I told then that we were curious as to how silver items were made. We were politely taken to one of the nearby machines, where a seated man was about to turn a hollow brass cylinder on a lathe until it took an urn-like shape. He explained that he would next 'put the finishing touches on it.' While the item still turning on the lathe, he used a certain tool, he pressed a lined depression or two into the item, putting grooves in the side of it all the way around. Next, he flared the 'mouth' of the item wider, then removed the item from the lathe and soldered a fancy handle onto it which made it recognizable then as a pitcher. It was all very interesting to watch. He then set the pitcher aside on a tray with others of its kind, to await later coating with silver plating. He then picked up another brass cylinder and proceeded to repeat the procedure."
"I remember, too, how I loved to walk down to the rail yard (a couple of blocks or so past the silver factory) and watch (& listen) to the trains. I was -- and still am -- fascinated by trains and train sounds.
"Sunday mornings were a great time to live next to a bakery; the smell of cinnamon-flavored anything really piqued my senses."
"I also remember what the milk bottles looked like after setting on the back porch for a couple of hours after being delivered.in the wee hours of a cold winter morning. The frozen cream, which always rose to the top (this was long before homogenization) pushed the round cardboard cap up above the rest of the bottle. How good it tasted when it was removed and licked! Unfortunately, neighbors' cats sometimes licked the side of the frozen cream 'tower,' rendering it 'unlickable' by humans!

"I was stationed at the Coast Guard base at Constitution Wharf in Boston while in the Weather Bureau and ate many time at Durgin Park Restaurant upstairs over a fish market on the square outside Faniel Hall in Boston." [Good place to eat.]
Near Boston Common, "three other sea-going weathermen and I (two of whom have lived in El Paso for many years -- one still living) shared an apartment at 200 Commonwealth Ave. during in-port periods between month-long sailings to the "middle" of the Atlantic Ocean. I even remember the landlady’s name -- Beryl Smith. If she were alive today, she’d probably be around 105 years old.
"I've been to Hiroshima--in 1956 or 1957, via one of the Army's troopships, while a civilian in the U.S. Weather Bureau."

"In the Bicentennial Year (1976), I took the family to Fall River (an old whaling town), settled mostly by Portuguese people (I think). We went through the Whaling Museum there."
"We (Mary, Loretta, Phillip, and Frances) visited in the summer of 1976 (the Bicentennial Year): Washington, Philadelphia (Liberty Hall, Liberty Bell, Betsey Ross’s house), and New York. We considered all this 'part of their education.'
Also visited: "Paul Revere’s house, the 'Old North Church,' where some of our ancestors -- the Sparks family -- had a 'box,' which was down in front as you approach the altar (either the front-most box or the one right behind it (I don’t quite remember)). Boxes were high-partition enclosures in which the family sat during services, the pulpit being up high for visibility from the boxes; Bunker Hill ("Don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes."); Faniel Hall - where revolutionaries used to meet (now a great gift shop; I remember seeing hundreds of jars of mustard, different kinds, from all over the world; the same with cheeses and other goodies); the Marketplace—outsude Faniel Hall, where assemblies often took place in Revolutionary times; Durgin Park Restaurant -- upstairs over a fish market on the square (the marketplace mentioned above), serving great meals at tables covered with checkered tablecloths. Frances had never eaten lobster (Mary’s allergic to see food—must be the iodine in it), so one was ordered for her, but when the waiter set it down in front of her, its eyes looked like they were staring at her; she couldn’t eat any of it after that, so we ordered her something else, and I did my best to eat what I could of it (I already had a meal) (We ate there, and I’ve eaten there many times when I was stationed at the Coast Guard base at Constitution Wharf in Boston while in the Weather Bureau"; Boston Common (a large elongated park between two main thoroughfares, one of which was Commonwealth Ave. Three other sea-going weathermen and I (two of whom have lived in El Paso for many years—one still living) shared an apartment at 200 Commonwealth Ave. during in-port periods between month-long sailings to the “middle” of the Atlantic Ocean. I even remember the landlady’s name "Bery" Smith. If she were alive today, she’d probably be around 105 years old.

More About Richard Arthur Genest:
Baptism: St. Joseph's Church, Meriden, CT.2233
Burial: 22 Dec 2006, Ft. Bliss Nat'l Cemetary.2234
Census: 1930, Meriden, New Haven Co., CT.2235
Confirmation: Holy Trinity Church, Wallingford, CT.2236
First Communion: 06 Jun 1936, Holy Trinity Church, Wallingford, CT.2236
Graduation: 1951, Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, OK.2236
Military 1: Army Staff Seargent (E-6).2237
Military 2: Navy Seaman 1st Class (E-3).2238
Occupation 1: 1962, self-employed doing computer documentation.2239
Occupation 2: Bet. 1969 - Dec 1984, self-employed on and off - computer documentation.2240
Occupation 3: Dec 1984, self-employed full time - computer documentation.2240
Residence 1: Bet. 1928 - 1935, Meriden, CT.2240
Residence 2: Bet. 1935 - 1937, Wallingford, CT.2241
Residence 3: Bet. 1937 - 1942, Yalesville, CT.2242
Residence 4: Bet. 1942 - 1943, Meriden, CT.2242
Residence 5: 1943, Hartford, CT.2242
Residence 6: Bet. 1943 - 1946, Northwood, NH.2242
Residence 7: 1946, U.S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL.2242
Residence 8: 1946, U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, NJ.2242
Residence 9: 1946, U.S. Naval Training Station (boot camp), Bainbridge, MD.2242
Residence 10: 1947, Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA.2242
Residence 11: 1947, Oak Knoll Naval Hosp., Oakland, CA.2242
Residence 12: 1947, U.S. Naval Air Station (Ford Island), Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI .2242
Residence 13: 1947, U.S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, CA.2242
Residence 14: 1947, U.S. Naval Hospital, Aiea Heights, Oahu, HI/Oahu Co., HI.2242
Residence 15: 1947, U.S. Naval Hospital, Mare Island (near Vallejo), CA.2242
Residence 16: Bet. 1947 - 1948, Hookset, NH.2242
Residence 17: 1948, Hartford, CT.2242
Residence 18: 1949, Hartford, CT.2242
Residence 19: 1949, W. Hartford, CT.2242
Residence 20: Bet. 1949 - 1951, Tulsa, OK.2242
Residence 21: 1951, Brighton, MA.2242
Residence 22: 1951, W. Hartford, CT.2242
Residence 23: 1952, Boston, MA.2242
Residence 24: 1952, Brookline, MA.2242
Residence 25: Bet. 1952 - 1954, Saxonville, MA.2242
Residence 26: 1954, Niagara Falls, NY.2242
Residence 27: Bet. 1954 - 1955, Bethel, AK.2242
Residence 28: Bet. 1955 - 1956, Anchorage, AL.2242
Residence 29: Bet. 1956 - 1957, Berkeley, CA.2242
Residence 30: 1957, Oakland, CA.2242
Residence 31: 1957, Seattle, WA.2242
Residence 32: Bet. 1958 - 1959, Winnemucca, NV.2242
Residence 33: Bet. 1959 - 1960, Nantucket, MA.2242
Residence 34: 1960, Green Island (Cohoes), NY.2242
Residence 35: 1960, Norfolk, VA.2242
Residence 36: 1960, Rotterdam, NY.2242
Residence 37: 1961, Albuquerque, NM.2242
Residence 38: 1961, Denver, CO.2242
Residence 39: 1961, E. Greenbush, NY.2242
Residence 40: 1961, Mt. Clemens, MI.2243
Residence 41: 1961, Niskayuna, NY.2244
Residence 42: 1962, Fort Carson (Basic Training, Army), CO.2244
Residence 43: 1962, Long Branch, NJ.2244
Residence 44: 1963, W. Long Branch, NJ.2244
Residence 45: Bet. 1963 - 1964, Fair Haven, NJ.2244
Residence 46: 1964, Middletown, NJ.2244
Residence 47: 1966, Holloman Air Force Base, NM.2244
Residence 48: 1966, Long Branch, NJ.2244
Residence 49: 1966, Rantoul, IL.2244
Residence 50: Bet. 1967 - 1968, White Sands Missile Range, NM.2244
Residence 51: 1968, Alamogordo, NM.2244
Residence 52: 1969, Las Cruces, NM.2244
Residence 53: Bet. 1969 - 1970, Belmar, NJ.2244
Residence 54: Bet. 1970 - 1971, Long Branch, NJ.2244
Residence 55: 1971, Tuckerton, NJ.2244
Residence 56: Bet. 1971 - 1972, Roosevelt, NJ.2244
Residence 57: 1972, E. Brunswick, NJ.2244
Residence 58: Bet. 1972 - 2001, El Paso, TX.2244

More About Richard Arthur Genest and Jeanne Marie Curren:
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More About Richard Arthur Genest and Edith Jensen:
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More About Richard Arthur Genest and Ethel May "May" Neal:
Marriage: Nov 19572245

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Richard Arthur Genest and Ethel May "May" Neal:
"Richard and May had NOT been divorced long before he took up with Mary. Phillip said it was just a short time. May never signed any papers giving over her parental rights, I'm not sure of the Texas laws regarding such, but Richard was the one with the house and money and you know how those things can go." --Marian Genest

More About Richard Arthur Genest and Maria Elena "Mary" Molina:
Private-Begin: Private2246

Children of Richard Arthur Genest and Ethel May "May" Neal are:
  1. James Fielder.
  2. +Loretta May Genest.
  3. +Phillip Arthur "Phil" Genest.

Children of Richard Arthur Genest and Maria Elena "Mary" Molina are:
  1. +Frances Molina.
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