Courser family papers · Franco American Digital Archives

Contributing Institution: Vermont Historical Society
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Digitization Status: Not Digitized / Non numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: MSA 371:16
Title: en Courser family papers
Description: en Several letters written to Vida Courser Achilles by various family members, including her mother, aunt, sister and father. Her mother's letters are undated, written while she is in Dunkin, Québec. She writes mainly of her health, asking for remedies. There is a also brief note written to her granddaughter, Zerella. Aunt Lilla, in a letter, dated May 13, 1921, also writes of health issues and describes the death of her mother. Grace (Courser) Hawley in a letter dated July 27, 1922 writes of preparations for an imminent strike in Montréal. There is an extremely brief letter from Vida's father, Verdine Courser, dated May 18, 1928, about finding work in Waterville, Vermont.
Date(s): 1921/1928
Genre: en personal correspondence
Topic & Theme: Daily Life/Vie quotidienne; Folk medicine/Médecine populaire; Events/Événements; Strikes and Demonstrations/Grèves et manifestations
Geography: Dunkin VT; Richford VT; Waterville VT
familyName: Courser
Source Language: English
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Strikes and lockouts--Quebec (Province)--Montreal; Health--Quebec (Province); French-Canadians; Franco-Americans--Vermont; Courser family
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Grèves et lock-out--Québec (Province)--Montréal; Santé--Québec (Province); Canadiennes françaises; Franco-américains--Vermont
Conditions Governing Access: No restrictions on access.
Biography, Administrative History and Provenance: en Verdine Courser was born in Sutton, Québec, on December 25, 1858, the son of Moses and Lucinda (Chappel) Courser. He married Dora Z. Truax on July 28, 1881 in Richford, Vermont. They had three children: Vida (b. 1885), Grace (b. 1889), and Urban Joseph (b. 1895). Vida Courser married Ernest Achilles on October 24, 1906. They had five children: Norman, Zerella, Carleton, Candis, and Zelphia. Grace Course married Percy Hawley and settled in Montréal, Québec.
Extent: 1 folder
State/Province: Vermont
Country: United States

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