Laurence William Gauthier
1918 - 1957 (38 years)1. Laurence William Gauthier was born on 31 Aug 1918 in Ford River Switch, Delta, Michigan, United States; was christened on 10 Sep 1918 in Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States; died on 1 Feb 1957 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was buried on 5 Feb 1957 in Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States. Other Events:
- Address: Laurence William Gauthier; Address:
9611 Melrose
Livonia, MI 48150
US - Name: Laurence Gauthier
- Name: Lawrence William Gauthier
- Baptism: 10 Sep 1918, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
- Census: 1920, Ford River, Delta, Michigan, United States
- Census: 1930, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
- Graduation: 1935, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; St. Joseph Catholic High School
- Organization Membership: 1936-1937; Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers
- Newspaper Article: 10 Jun 1937, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
- Social Security Number: 1938; issued in California
- Newspaper Article: 28 Jul 1939, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
- Census: 1940, Bark River, Delta, Michigan, United States
- Graduation: 31 Aug 1940, Houghton, Houghton, Michigan, United States; Michigan Technological University
- Newspaper Article: 30 Sep 1941, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
- Employment: 1943, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Packard Motor Company
- Residence: 1945-1949, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 21255 Mada Aveune
- Newspaper Article: 7 Sep 1949, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
- Residence: 1950, Mt. Healthy, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; 7828 Perry Street
- Residence: 1951, Silverton, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; 3852 Superior Avenue
- Employment: 1953, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Ford Motor Company
- Residence: 1952-1953, Milford, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; 903 Center Street
- Organization Membership: 1956; Alumni Association of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology
- Newspaper Article: 11 Jun 1956, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
- Will: 8 Sep 1956, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States
- Occupation: 1953-1957, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; metallurgist at Ford Motor Transmission Plant
- Residence: 1953-1957, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 9611 Melrose
- Obituary: Feb 1957
- Obituary: Feb 1957, Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Ford Motor Company "Livonia Automatic Transmission News"
- Obituary: 2 Feb 1957, Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States; The Escanaba Daily Press
Notes:
Baptism:
His godparents were William and Anna Oakes.
Census:
Gauthier, John G, 40 years, immigration 1880, naturalization 1918, born Canada French, country store storekeeper
Gauthier, Laura E., 38 years
Gauthier, J. Harvey, 13 years
Gauthier, Audrey M, 11 years
Gauthier, Mildred A, 9 years
Gauthier, Ruth F., 6 years
Gauthier, Robert J., 3 years 9 months
Gauthier Lawrence W., 1 year 7 months
Census:
Gauthier, John G., 50 years, born Canada French, immigration 1879, General Store merchant
Gauthier, Laura E., 48 years
Gauthier, Harvey J., 23 years
Gauthier, Audrey M., 21 years
Gauthier, Mildred A., 19 years
Gauthier, Ruth F., 17 years
Gauthier, Robert J., 14 years
Gauthier, Lawrence, 11 years
Gauthier, David H., 7 years
Gauthier, Theresa, 2 years
Newspaper Article:
Bark River To Hold Election
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Miss Audrey Gauthier of New York City is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gauthier. Miss Gauthier will return Saturday to New York accompanied by her brother Robert who plans to remain in the east indefinitely.
Lawrence Gauthier returned from Houghton where he attended Houghton College of Mining and Technology and has left for a vacation visit in Detroit and Lansing.
Miss Ruth Gauthier will return this week from Detroit where she was an instructor the past term.
Social Security Number:
His social security number was 552-18-2767 and was issued in California. Employer was Montgomery Ward. Address listed was Hotel Burlingame, Burlingame, California.
Newspaper Article:
Page 8 - Bark River News
Miss Audrey Gauthier, who has been vacationing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier, left Tuesday for Detroit. She will visit a few days there with her brother Harvey before going on to New York.
The John Gauthier family motored to Houghton Sunday where they visited with Laurence Gauthier, who is attending Houghton Tech.
Census:
Gauthier, John G, 60, born Canada French, same house 1935, store keeper, operate store
Gauthier, Laura E., 59, born Mich
Gauthier, Milded J, 28, born Mich, bookkeeper, in store
Gauthier, Robert J., 23, born Mich, clerical work, in store
Gauthier Lawrence W., 21, born Mich,
Gauthier, David H., 17, born Mich,
Gauthier, Theresa V., 12, born Mich,
Graduation:
Bachelor of Science, Metallurgical Engineering
Newspaper Article:
Nadeau - Personals
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Miss Francis Hruska of Nahma, Lawrence and Robert Gauthier of Detroit visited their grandfather, T. Gauthier on Saturday. Robert and Lawrence are sons of John Gauthier of Bark River.
Employment:
Laurence worked at Packard Motor Company in Detroit.
Residence:
At the time it was a Detroit 19, Wayne County residence. It is now located in the city of Southfield, Oakland County.
Newspaper Article:
Bark River
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Recent guests at the John Gauthier home were Harvey Gauthier and daughter, Mary, Robert Gauthier and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gauthier and family of Detroit.
Employment:
Laurence was employed at Ford Motor Company in Livonia, Michigan. He was the manager of the Chemical and Metalurgical Engr. Dept. in the Automatic Transmission Division.
Newspaper Article:
Bark River
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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gauthier of Detroit are the parents of a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who was born May 29. Mr. Gauthier is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gauthier.
Will:
All of estate bequeathed to his wife Alyce Gauthier. Executor of will was his brother, J. Harvey Gauthier. Witnesses were Ruth and Russell LaMotte.
Obituary:
LAURENCE GAUTHIER
Manager of the chemical and metallurgical engineering department of the Ford Motor Company's Livonia transmission plant, Laurence Gauthier, 38, of 9611 Melrose, Livonia, died Friday night. A graduate of the Michigan Institute of Technology at Houghton, Mr. Gauthier was first employed by the Packard Motor Car Co. He was a membe of the American Society for Metals and the Knights of Columbus. Funeral mass will be at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael's Church, 11311 Hubbard, Livonia, followed by burial in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. His wife, Alyce; daughters, Michele, Laura and Mary Beth; and sons, Laurence Jr., and David survive. The body is at the Ted C. Sullivan Funeral Home, 14230 McNichols west.
Obituary:
Ford Motor Company "Livonia Automatic Transmission News", Volume 4, No 2, February, 1957, page two
Livonia Plant, Automatic Transmission Division, Ford Motor Company
Obituaries
Laurence W. Gauthier, 38, a Department Manager at this location since October 1953, died on February 1. He had been hospitalized for most of the period since last August with a malignant condition.
A Metallurgical engineering graduate from Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Mr. Gauthier joined Ford in March, 1950, after 10 years in the metallurgical engineering with the Packard Motor Car Co. Starting as a Chemical Engineer at our Division's Fairfax Plant, he moved to the position of Department Manager in three and a half years.
He was promoted to Section Supervisor's status in the Fairfax Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Department in April, 1953, and came to our Plant as Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Manager in October of that year. He became Manager of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering with Division in September, 1955, but reverted back to the Plant level with the realignment of Division Staff activities last June.
On medical leave since August, Mr. Gauthier had returned to the job for a short time in November.Laurence married Alyce Mable McCoy on 26 Jun 1943 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Alyce (daughter of Robert Emmett McCoy and Viola Clara Valliere) was born on 10 Dec 1922 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was christened on 17 Dec 1922 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 1 Feb 1998 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 3 Feb 1998 in Southfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Address: Laurence William Gauthier; Address:
Generation: 2
2. Michele Ann Gauthier (1.Laurence1) Michele married Clifton Baxter Higdon, Jr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
3. Laura Marie Gauthier (1.Laurence1) Laura married Henry Munroe Campbell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
4. Laurence William Gauthier, Jr. (1.Laurence1) Laurence married Irene Marie Lirette [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
5. David Michael Gauthier (1.Laurence1) David married Chad Otten [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
6. Mary Elizabeth Gauthier (1.Laurence1) Mary married Michael John Bauer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Emma Rose Bauer
- 16. Alyce Haley Bauer
Generation: 3
7. Meredith Lynne Higdon (2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) Meredith married Gregory Todd Rabick [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
8. Clifton Baxter Higdon, III (2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) Clifton married Kate Elizabeth Fisher [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
9. Stephanie Elizabeth Higdon (2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) Family/Spouse: Greg Gall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
10. Kathryn Alyce Higdon (2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) Kathryn married Andrew Michael Vandel [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Edward Valliere Campbell (3.Laura2, 1.Laurence1) 12. David Nadeau Campbell (3.Laura2, 1.Laurence1) 13. John Gregory Gauthier (4.Laurence2, 1.Laurence1) John married Amber Rae Brugman [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
14. Laurence William Gauthier, III (4.Laurence2, 1.Laurence1) Laurence married Kimberly Lynn Carter [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Emma Rose Bauer (6.Mary2, 1.Laurence1) 16. Alyce Haley Bauer (6.Mary2, 1.Laurence1)
Generation: 4
17. Audrey Marrie Rabick (7.Meredith3, 2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) 18. Samuel David Rabick (7.Meredith3, 2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) 19. Erin Ann Higdon (8.Clifton3, 2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) 20. Lauren Elizabeth Higdon (8.Clifton3, 2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) 21. Thomas Edward Higdon (8.Clifton3, 2.Michele2, 1.Laurence1) 22. Ella Malia Brugman Gauthier (13.John3, 4.Laurence2, 1.Laurence1) 23. Annalise Lirette Gauthier (13.John3, 4.Laurence2, 1.Laurence1)