My Aunt Claire, Cohoes and California legend, would be 95 years old in August 2013. Recently came across some photos of my mother with Aunt Claire and another friend, Antoinette. In the first two, taken sometime in the 1970s, it looks like Aunt Claire was visiting from California and my mother was was purchasing a KODAK Instamatic camera - and putting the bill on her MasterCard. These three women were all FrancoAmerican by birth. Aunt Claire and Antoinette, first generation born in New York State, were both raised in French speaking households with parents born in Québec. My mother, Dorothy, was second generation, in New York; her maternal grandparents were born in Montérégie.
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| Antoinette, Claire, Dorothy |
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| Antoinette, Dorothy, Claire |
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| Dorothy, Santa, Claire |
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