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My Husband’s (Athur Henri Delorey, Jr.) Branch:
His father, Arthur Henri Delorey was a very talented man, a Doctor of Optometry, by profession. He invented and patented some tools of his trade. He spoke several languages. The French he learned from his parents, William L. and Emelie (Jodoin) Delorey, included both Parisian and Canadian. He also spoke Greek and Hebrew, and a smattering of other languages.
Active in Masonic Circles he was a Past Worshipful Master of Loyalty Lodge in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He was a WWI Veteran of the US Army, and an active member of the American Legion. Also I.O.O.F.
He married Doris Cary Sewell in 1925 and they resided in Brockton at 476 Warren Ave from 1927-1928. Arthur worked at 172 Main St 1927-1933. They moved to Holbrook 1930; later in Lowell, then Jamaica Plain.
We will revisit him in later blogs.
Arthur Henri Delorey, Sr: b 18 Jun 1894 Nashua, New Hampshire; d 20 Apr 1968; bur Melrose Cemetery, Brockton, Massachusetts
Doris Cary Sewell: b 9 Feb 1904, Avon, Massachusetts; d 23 Sep 1996 Melrose, Massachusetts
and had two children
*Arthur, Jr. was born in 1926 and married Barbara M. VanAmburg;
Johanne Beverly, born 1934 and never married.
