Hi, Everyone,
I thought this might be an interesting thread to start—what did your parents do for a living?
My foster father was co-owner of the Montreal Landscape Company, on Westminster Avenue in Cote St. Luc. And my foster mother was a stay-at-home mom—a 24-hour job in itself! My birth father was a welder. All have been long deceased.
The name TheoMer is coined from the first names of my foster parents—Theodor and Mercedes.
Have a good day,
Jack
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Hi Lets see my mother worked at Daily Freight when I was younger and then at Scythes & Co. near Old Mtl. They made flags,newspaper carrier bags,all kinds of stuff like that. My dad worked for Alan Singer. in Westmount. He was the man who took on the Gov't of Quebec language cops..Had a picture of the Queen in the window. When they moved across the street on Sherbrooke got blue paint thrown all over the place...still did not budge..Interesting guy to talk to. Lad
Hi Jack, my Dad worked for CPR as a police sergeant for many yrs. until he retired in the late 70s.He helped form a union and was vice president of the association for many yrs. His buddy Freddie James, who just recently passed away, was president. My mom was a homemaker, like most mother's in those days. She also volunteered at the Queen E. hospital, and Dawson's Boy's and Girls Club. Wendy
My dad had a job waiting for him when he returned from the Canadian Army (WW 2) at the CNR in the Point. He worked in a tool shed I think until he passed in 1963. Not sure of the exact location where he worked, but when I was a little kid we walked to Goose Village from his CNR work station to show me where he lived growing up. Couldn't have been far from G.V.
Bill
My dad worked as a production baker at A&P in St Henrie. My mom worked at a munitions plant during WW2. She lost part of a couple of fingers on that job. Had bits of metal embeded in her hand. Anyone have pics of A&P in St Henrie to share? Montreal Goodtimes
Hi Jack, I should've mentioned that my Dad was a tank driver in WWll and he met my Mom at a dance in Yorkshire, Eng. where he was stationed at the time. They married, and she moved to Canada leaving all her family behind. She was a "War Bride". They provided a wonderful childhood for myself and my two brothers in Verdun. Lots of great memories. Wendy
My dad wokred for the prot school board and was head caretaker at VHS in he lats 60's My mom worked for Readers Digest
After the war my dad worked for CNR freight at CN station and later Bonaventure - when we were little my mother worked as an Elevator Operator for Imperial Bank - and they merged with Commerce Bank and became Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. When we were going to school she was a stay at home mom.
As I thought, this was, IS interesting! Thank you, everyone, for participating. Jack
rtmoly my uncle 'Tiny' Cooper also worked for the Protestant School Board as a painter in the 40s & 50s. We saw each other in the crowded halls of VHS and I was embarrassed and he was hurt I'm sure.
Bill
I know what you mean, Bill. If only we could go back in time and right those wrongs that come back now and then to plague us. Such is life ... Jack
My mom was a stay at home Mom. My Dad was a car salesman, first at Woodland Automobile, just a few doors down from his parents. I remember when the Studebaker Avanti came out and he brought one home. Everyone on the block was out looking at it.
Let's see, my Maw was a secretary for years at Cdn.Assoc.Marine Engineers,until they were threatened by the notorious "Hal Banks", my Paw was a Chef on the CNR trains until he retired. cookie
My Dad got out of the Air Force in 1946 and worked at The Shell Gas Station on Cotes Des neiges road. It was the station that looked like they had to carve out a piece of the mountain to build it. Later he had his own Shell station at Sommerled and Cavindish in NDG. He ran that for many years. His last station was a little Esso station on Sherbrooke in NDG. It was located in that little triangle where another street met Sherbrooke at an angle. There was just room for the station and a little park. I worked for him on nights after school and weekends.. He worked me harder then his other employees...
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