Hi Jeanne -      Attached is a portrait of Prosper DesRochers' family- I'm not sure when it was taken, but I'd say about 1909.  Jean Baptiste was the youngest, and he looks to be about 2 - 3 years old in the picture.  (he was born 1905) Wilfred was the oldest, born in 1894.        Clockwise, left to right, they are:        Cesarie, Euclide, Irene, Wilfred, Albertine, Prosper, (bottom left is John, bottom right is Leo).       I knew Euclide, of course, as he was my father-in-law.  He was a sweet man, loving and very loyal to his family.  I also knew Wilfred well.  He was my husband's favorite uncle.  He and his wife had no children, and had a special fondness for "Robert", as everyone in the family called my husband.  He retired to Florida, where we moved in 1966, and we saw him often until his death in 1977.  I don't think I ever met your grandfather.  After he moved to Texas he wasn't back in Massachusetts often.     I'll go through my pictures in the next week or so and send more when I can.     Ann

Jeanne - This is a picture of the Prosper DesRochers (father of Jean Baptiste) family.  Don't know when it was taken.  Bob and I can identify most of the people, and we'll get the other names when we go up to Massachusetts in a month or so.  His sister will know all of them, and if she doesn't, their cousin, Paul Samson, son of Albertine DesRochers, will know. Back row, left to right:     Prosper, ??, Jules, ??, Symphorien, ??, Arthur (we think)      Middle row:    Chrysologue, Adalbert, ??, Odillon, Roland      Front:  Louis Mathias and Firmine Flore (your great-great grandparents)                There were 2 other children, a boy and a girl, who died in infancy.     More as I find them...     Ann

From the letters and pictures, and a rough draft of a resume written by Jean B. DesRochers, we have :
   He graduated college in 1930, University of Montreal., Dr of medicine and surgery in1935 and Psychiatry in 1940.He was sent to the VA hospital in St. Cloud, MN. where he met and married Alma Terrahe,. He joined the army as a Captain and was chief of staff in 1942 in Roanoke, Va. VA hospital. He was then transfered 1n 1946 to Wadsworth, Ks Where he had a heart attack and medical discharge from the army in 1946. He was then a Lt. Colonel. The family moved to Hunt Tx. and shortly to Kerrville, Tx Where he recouperated until 1954 when he went to the University of Pennsylvania for a 1 year refresher course. He then was a practicing Psychiatrist in San Antonio Tx. until his retirement in 1973. He died in 1976
   P.S. My father was a piller of his community, Much beloved by all who knew him for his many charitable works and standing in the church. At his funeral there were 23 Priests on the alter, and so many mourners the church overflowed.
~Mary