2689. Yvette Montreuil
Born: 1909.03.20 - Quebec City, QC. CA. Almost died of the dreaded Spanish Flu in 1918. - Her parents, brother and sisters all said their final "goodbye's" one evening because all were convinced she would not survive the night. She did survive and told the story afterward that after recovering, her previously straight hair was blessed with a natural curl for the rest of her life!
Bertrand Tyrrell Denis died July 15, 1985, after an illness lasting several months. During his working lifetime, he was a devoted civil servant and a contributor to geology and to the mining industry of Quebec.
Bert's father, who came to Canada from France in 1881, graduated in mining engineering from McGill University, Montreal, in 1897. He worked for the mines branch of the Department of Mines in Ottawa from his graduation until 1909, when he moved to Quebec City. There he became Director (Superintendent) of Mines for the Province of Quebec. Bert, his elder son, was born to his wife, Margaret Tyrrell, January 12, 1903, in Ottawa.
Bert received his primary and secondary education in Quebec. However, he was only fifteen years old on their completion and was, therefore, compelled to wait a year before entering McGill University. During that year, he engaged in summer fieldwork in British Columbia and in teaching mathematics in the boy's high school in Quebec. He received the B.Sc. degree in mining engineering in 1923 from McGill. He was then awarded a scholarship for the study of geology by the government of Quebec. Bert chose to study for the doctoral degree at Geneva, Switzerland. He spent the years 1924 - 1926 there and completed all requirements for the degree except the dissertation. The work on it was completed, but it did not please him, and he refused to submit it. This conduct was in keeping with his ability to criticize his own work and to trust his own judgement of it. It must be pointed out that in taking his degree in mining engineering, although intending to study geology, Bert was following the custom of most Canadian geologists. Furthermore, summer employment on field parties of the Geological Survey of Canada was almost a requirement for the embryo geologist.
2706. Harry Henry Montroy
Lets work, picture wise, on my Grandfather, Harry Henry Montroy b 1862 d 1944. The picture of Harry Henry and Mary Wolshock at Marion's wedding showed an old sick man. Within a year of the wedding he had a stroke and was bedfast for the next seven years. He stayed at home and Grandma took care of him. Dad always called his father "John Henry" He stayed at home until he was thirty plus and he love the role of being the oldest son. He just did not get organized after marriage,EXCEPT, fathering 20 some children. Only 13 live to adulthood.
(Harry Edward Montroy)
Next Grandma, Mary Wolshock. She was everything to her family. No matter how tough things got Grandma Mary "Made do'. She was loved by all for they knew she cared. Grandma on the swing with Mary and Darlene, grandchildren.