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'''Noel Harvey DesMarais''' (1911-1968)

Copyright 2006, Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved

Born 25 Dec 1911 in [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Spaulding,_Saskatchewan Spaulding, Saskatchwan], Canada to [[Albert Napoleon DesMarais]] and his wife [[Lea Josephine Mignault]].  Baptised there, in the Catholic church at Beauchamp on 14 Jan 1912.  His godparents were Harvey LePine and Rita DesMarais.

He immigrated with his father in 1924 to Cathcart Precinct in [[Snohomish County, Washington]].  He is listed there on the 1930 Census.

He worked in his father's grocery store in the early 30's and also picked apples and sold Christmas trees, then was a laborer at the [[Potlatch Company]] in Seattle in 1938.  For the last part of his life, he worked as a Foreman for Snohomish County Road District Three.

He married [[Mary Opal Fawcett]] on 15 Aug 1936 in the town of Snohomish at the Episcopal Church.  The witnesses were Hector DesMarais (his brother) and Eleanore M Eisser.

He died 11 Mar 1968 at Swedish Hospital Medical Center, in [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Seattle,_Washington Seattle], [[King County, Washington]].

He was buried 15 Mar 1968 at the G.A.R. Cemetery in [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Snohomish,_Washington Snohomish], Snohomish County, Washington.

==Primary Documents==
*[[NoelDesMarais1|1930 Census]] of Cathcart Precinct, Snohomish County, Washington
*[[NoelDesMarais3|Wedding Announcement]] Noel DesMarais to Mary Fawcett
*[[NoelDesMarais2|Obituary]] of Noel DesMarais, ''The Everett Herald'' [[March 13]], 1968

==See also==
*[[Noel_DesMarais_to_Francis_Hotman|Ascendance of Noel DesMarais to Francis Hotman]]
*[[Noel_DesMarais_to_Zacharie_Cloutier|Ascendance of Noel DesMarais to Zacharie Cloutier]]
*[[Noel_DesMarais_to_John_Wood|Ascendance of Noel DesMarais to John Wood]]

==External links==
*[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wjhonson&id=I208 Noel DesMarais] on the Ancestral World Tree

[[Category:Biographies]]
[[Category:Snohomish County, Washington]]