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View Tree for Alexis Genest, Jr.Alexis Genest, Jr. (b. 04 May 1872, d. 24 Jan 1958)

Alexis Genest, Jr. (son of Alexis Genest, Sr. and Marie Clarisse Millette)1322, 1323 was born 04 May 1872 in Richmond, Richmond Co., Quebec, Canada1324, 1325, and died 24 Jan 1958 in Prospect, New Haven Co., CT1326, 1327. He married (1) unknown on Bef. 18941328. He married (2) Marie Anne Aurélie Verreault on 22 Jul 18941329, daughter of Damase Verreault and Marie Lavoie. He married (3) "Merdie" on Aft. 19291330.

 Includes NotesNotes for Alexis Genest, Jr.:
"I think there was a stigma [against Canadians by Americans]. Their accent is kind of coarse. Ask your Mom. Her roommate at Pratt was from Toronto where they call French-Canadians 'Blueberries' because of their black haIr. The term 'Canuck' was always derrogatory, although that may have changed in modern times, because a hockey team took that name. And they're from Vancouver, where there aren't many French." --Ken Genest
Alexis was a builder. French was his mother tongue; he could barely speak English. Alexis had been married before Aurelie but then widowed. The children by that marriage had all died in a fire.
Alexis was an alcoholic and a wife beater. Only two of his children, Art and Alma, stood up to him. He once set the bed on fire when his wife wouldn't have sex with him. Alexis amassed wealth in Waterbury, CT, but his partner got it all, so his kids had to grow up poor. Ken Genest says, "He was in Waterbury, I was told, building apartment houses, which he owned and received the rent from, becoming quite comfortable in the process. Then his partner absconded with all the wealth, leaving him a pauper, from whence he moved to the Cheshire countryside and farmed. And raised all the kids."
"I really don't know whether Grandpa Genest's first name was Alexander or Alexis. I don't know whether Fall River, Mass. was part of his life.
"More than likely, Grandpa built the Connecticut farmhouse in which he raised his family (the barn and outbuildings, too, I would presume). Several of the finer homes in Cheshire, CT were built by him; Dad pointed out some of them once while driving through." --Rich Genest
"Aurelie died while they were still on the farm in Cheshire (not in the charming village, but out in the countryside) I remember visiting Alexis and Merdie later, much later, as a pre-teen in some town - it could have been Cheshire.
"I know that when he was married to Merdie, his second wife, he lived in the city (which one? - I don't know), because we went to visit him. He would have been out of employees to run a farm when my Dad and uncles grew up and left him.
"I remember one Christmas in 1941 riding in the back seat with him and Merdie (my Mom and Dad in front) and we passed an automobile dealership. In the small showroom was a 1942 car wrapped up in cellophane with a big red bow on top. I called my parents' attention to it (I was too shy to talk to THEM!) and Alexis said, 'What?' and Merdie interpreted for him, as Sharon does for me now, for the same reason [hearing loss]. She told him I had said the car was wrapped in transparent paper for the holidays.
"A few years later Merdie was gone (WWII years) and Alexis stayed, I think, with Rose, because I overheard my parents talking about him chasing the little girls around. (We were in N.H. and didn't see any of our relatives, except for rare visits.) That would have been Judy and/or Cindy he was molesting. At that time Dob was married and they lived in a trailer in Rose's yard. I never met his wife Harriet.
"John Guererra would have died sometime around then or shortly after that (1943-45 of a heart attack). They had to do something with Alexis. I don't know what, but I imagine they put him in a 'home'. (They warn us we might not like all we find out about our ancestors when we get into genealogy -- there were the horse thieves, etc.)" --Ken Genest

More About Alexis Genest, Jr.:
Baptism: Ste. Biene Church, Richmond, Richmond Co., Quebec.1331
Confirmation: 03 Jun 1885, Ste. Medard Ch., Warwick, Arthabaska Co., Quebec, Canada.1331
First Communion: 03 May 1885, Ste. Medard Ch., Warwick, Arthabaska Co., Quebec, Canada.1331
Occupation: builder.1332
Residence 1: 1881, Ste-Medard de Warwick, Drummond & Arthabaska, Quebec.1333
Residence 2: 1890, Choate, near Pleasant, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA.1334
Residence 3: 1910, 29 Madison St., Waterbury, CT.1335
Residence 4: 1929, farm in the countryside of Cheshire, CT.1336
Residence 5: 1930, Cheshire Village, Cheshire Town, New Haven Co., CT.1337
Residence 6: Aft. 1930, "in the city".1338
Residence 7: Aft. 1941, Prospect, CT.1339

More About Alexis Genest, Jr. and unknown:
Marriage: Bef. 18941340

More About Alexis Genest, Jr. and Marie Anne Aurélie Verreault:
Marriage: 22 Jul 18941341

More About Alexis Genest, Jr. and "Merdie":
Marriage: Aft. 19291342

Children of Alexis Genest, Jr. and Marie Anne Aurélie Verreault are:
  1. Wilfred Genest, b. 15 Aug 1895, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA1343, 1344, d. 24 May 1900, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA1345, 1346.
  2. Oscard Genest, b. 22 Aug 1896, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA1347, 1348, d. 22 Jul 1897, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA1349, 1350.
  3. Alfred Genest, b. 08 Sep 1897, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA1351, 1352, d. 16 May 1900, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA1353, 1354.
  4. Ida Genest, b. 23 Jun 1899, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA1355, 1356, d. 28 Dec 1899, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA1357, 1358.
  5. +Amedee "Mack" Genest, b. 24 Jul 1900, Waterbury, CT1359, 1360, d. 26 Jul 1972, Waterbury Hosp., Waterbury, CT1361, 1362, 1363.
  6. +Alexander Henry "Al" Genest, b. 06 Oct 1901, Waterbury, CT1364, d. 03 Mar 1977, Cheshire, New Haven Co., CT1365, 1366, 1367.
  7. A. Alma Genest, b. 09 Dec 1902, CT1368, 1369, 1370, d. 01 Jun 1990, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT1371, 1372.
  8. +William P. "Bill" Genest, b. 26 Oct 1903, Waterbury, CT1373, 1374, 1375, d. 04 Aug 1979, St. Mary's Hosp., Watertown, Litchfield Co., CT1376, 1377, 1378.
  9. +Joseph Arthur Frédéric "Art" Genest, b. 23 Aug 1905, Waterbury, CT1379, d. 22 Apr 1986, Troy, MI1380.
  10. Albert "Dob" Genest, b. 10 Feb 1907, CT1381, 1382, 1383, d. 22 Apr 1993, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT1384, 1385.
  11. Ernest Genest, b. 18 Jul 19081386, d. 29 Oct 19081386.
  12. +Rosa A. "Rose" Genest, b. 02 Aug 1909, CT1386, 1387, d. 26 May 1992, Waterbury, New Haven Co., CT1388, 1389.
  13. Marie Loretta Genest, b. 03 Aug 19131390, d. 04 May 19331390.
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