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- North Adams Transcript, Massachusetts, July 14, 1896
Clovis Massier and Miss Delia Bessette will be united in marriage at the church of Notre Dame next week.
Springfield Union, July 23, 1953
Messiers Wed 57 Years; Day Spent Quietly
Husband Worked at Chicopee Manufacturing; Wife was a Bessette
Chicopee, July 22. Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Messier of 12 Chapman St., observed their 57th wedding anniversary today but because of the recent death in North Adams of Mrs. Messier’s brother. The anniversary was spent quietly at home.
Mr. Messier, 77, a native of Ruxton Falls, Canada, and a retired textile worker employed for 17 years at the Chicopee Manufacturing Corp. mill in Chicopee Falls. His wife, the former Albina Bessette, is 79 and a native of St. Plouis, P.Q.
They were married July 22, 1896, in Church of Notre Dame in Adams and have resided in Chicopee for more than 25 years. They have two children, Wilfred J. Messier, former school committeeman of Chicopee and MRs. Henry Kowaleski of Baltimore, Md.
Mr. Messier is a member of the Sacred Heart Society of the Assumption parish and Mrs. Messier has been active in the Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association and the St. Ann’e Society of Assumption Parish.
Springfield Union, October 27, 1964
Clovis N. Messier
CHICOPEE – Clovis N. Messier of 7 Gilmore St. died Monday at a Holyoke nursing home after a long illness. Born in Canada, he was a resident of Chicopee for 50 years. Prior to coming to this city, he was a resident of Holyoke for many years. He was the husband of the late Albina (Bisette) Messier. Before his retirement 20 years ago, he was employed as custodian at the Assumption Church in Chicopee. He was a member of the League of the Sacred Heart of the church. He leaves a son, Wilfred J., a former member of the School Committee and now a teacher of French and Latin at Chicopee Comprehensive High School; a daughter, Mrs. Dora Kowalowski of Catonsville, Md.; a sister, Miss Albina Messier of Pawtucket, R.I.; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the Grise funeral home Thursday at 8.15 a.m. with a solemn high mass of requiem at 9 in Assumption Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visiting hours will be today and Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.
Springfield Republican, June 23, 1946
Mr. and Mrs. Clovis N. Messier
Chicopee, June 22 – Mr. and Mrs. Clovis N. Messier of 12 Chapman street will observe their golden wedding anniversary tomorrow. After an anniversary mass at 10.30 at Assumption church on Springfield street, a reception will be held for immediate members of the family.
“Open House” will be held tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 10 in the evening, 7 Gilmore street.
Mr. and Mrs. Messier were married in Notre Dame Church, Adams, by the late Rev. L.L. Triganne. They have two children, Wilfred J. Messier, a member of the school board, and Mrs. Kowalewski of Baltimore, Md., and five grandchildren.
Springfield Union, July 22, 1952
Retired Textile Worker Married 56 Years Today
Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Messier to Observe Anniversary Quietly at Home
Chicopee, July 21 – Clovis N. Messier, a retired employee of the Chicopee Manufacturing Corp., of 12 Chapman St., Chicopee Center, and Mrs. Messier will observe their 56th wedding anniversary at their home tomorrow. The elderly couple will be greeted by friends informally at an anniversary mass in the Church of the Assumption as has been their practice for many years.
Mr. Messier before taking employment 17 years ago at the Chicopee Falls textile plant was engaged as a caretaker at the Assumption Church.
He and Mrs. Messier, whose maiden name is Albina Bessette, were married on July 22, 1896, in Notre Dame Church in Adams. They have resided in Chicopee for more than 25 years.
Mr. Messier is 76 and was born in Ruxton Falls, Canada, Mrs. Messier, 77, was born in St. Louis, P.Q. They are the parents of Wilfred J. Messier, former Chicopee school committeeman, and Mrs. Henry Kowaleswki of Baltimore, Md.. They have five grandchildren.
Mr. Messier is still an active member of the Sacred Heart Society of the Assumption parish and his wife was formerly active as a member of the Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association and the St. Anne’s Society of the Assumption Parish.
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