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Armand's Memory Re: Armand's Memory 1992-07-25 1998-10-18 A Few New Things Bernadette's Grandfather What's in a Name? Heritage. Serendipity. Archives February 8. 1998. 1999. February 8. |
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| Subject: | A few new things |
| Date: | Wednesday, October 21, Oct 1998 05:14:00 -0500 |
| From: | Jérôme Camus |
| To: | Catherine Camus |
Before leaving Boston, I went by the courthouse. They confirmed how the stated motive of the divorce, cruel and unusual punishment, was a catch-all formula used in cases where the parties had agreed beforehand on how to settle issues.
But I learned more about Mom, Paul and myself. Mom opened a paternity suit against my father in 1962. Thus, he was not even around for my first birthday. As documents are regularly destroyed to make room in the archives, there was no way for me to find out how the case went.
Today I had lunch with Claude Pilon, the high school class mate cardiologist at Mom's hospital. He confirmed that Mom had an itopic pregnancy in 1959. However, this would not have diminished her chances of having other children, contrary to what Armand believed.
Tonight, more rocky shoals. I just found some documents that were in her 'on-going' files. These are forms for requesting her French pension. She declared two children. She also states that her custody over one child ended around 1965. A document signed October 3, 1995. Thus, just before coming over for Arianna's birth and the visit to Jacques Marchand.
The document proves Mom worked in France between 1949 and 1952. So 1949, is when she lost her Monnoyeur identity.
Mom had a profession. Armand remembered correctly at his second attempt.
AAAHHHHHHHHhrrrrrgggghhhh. Now I could kick myself. I had access to these documents two years ago. I *saw* these work references. I could have guessed when she came to America. I had been pushing her for years to get this done and start cashing her pension. I could have read the ENTIRE document... I just did not look at the last three sheets. Stupid!
J
On another note, Silvana sent me a transcript of a letter from Jacques Marchand. He provides coordinates to his aunt who apparently knows many things. This is a grand-aunt of ours! Feel free to contact her as you wish. By the way, you must know a few more things: you may want to sit down. Mom told me a few things about Jacques, but my defense mechanisms were working just fine, so I never really paid attention to them. Jacques got married to a woman named Pierrette (Mom's second name) who was born on October 28, like Mom. She has gone through a bout with cancer as well. They have a daughter named Cathy (for Catherine I presume), born on August 22, like me....