In 1918 following the deaths of their son David, their daughter-in-law Addie and two of their grandchildren, the family took in the surviving children. This however turned out to be too much for a couple in their mid-sixties to handle. The children would end up being split up among their aunts and uncles. My grandfather Oral ended up living with his aunt Mamie for a time. Sometime between 1937 and 1939 author Celeste Pember Hazen paid a visit to Joseph Pombrio at his home in Sciota. I would caution the reader to be careful with the conclusions that she came too. She does however, leave us a quote from Joseph, which was mentioned in a previous article and repeated here. Youll notice that we spell our name Pombrio. The name has changed several times, because the older people could neither read nor write. They had no school privileges in Canada. When we went to school the teacher would ask us our name and we would have to let her spell it the best she could from the pronunciation. So it has been written: Pontbriand, DesPonbriand, Pombrah, Pombria, Bombrah etc. (Hazen 133-134). I do not know if Joseph learned to read or write in English. The census records indicate that he could not read or write, let the letters home were all in English. Could someone have read the letters to him? He must have been able to understand and speak the language. Matilde died on the 9th of March 1937 just two months shy of their 65th wedding anniversary. At the time of her death she had witnessed the birth of twenty-three great grandchildren. Joseph died on the 3rd of May 1940 in Plattsburgh, and the burial service took place at St. Louis de France at Sciota at 9:00 AM, with the Mass celebrated by the Rev. Fr. Lawrence E. Mallette. Those who attended the funeral from out of town were, Mr./Mrs. Antoine Pombrio (23), Mrs. Juliane Lamonday (24), Mr./Mrs. Lawrence Pombrio (25), Mr./Mrs. Floyd Pombrio (26), Jeanette Pombrio (27), and Mr./Mrs. Maxwell Pombrio (28). The pall bearers were Wilmer (29), Willard (30), and Maxwell (28) Pombrio, Hershey (31) and Russell (32) Trombley and Henry Neverette (33). By the time of his death he had seen the birth of forty-five grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren. One of the great grandchildren to have known him was my father David. Though only six years old at the time he can still remember the visits to the farm and how much fun he had when he went to visit. Children of [19] Joseph P. Pombrio [son of 4, 1] and Matilde Bruso 29) David born January 5, 1873 Sciota, New York died October 2, 1918 Barre, Vermont married October 5, 1898 Addie Neddo (Nadeau) 30) Edouard born September 18, 1875 Sciota, New York died January 13, 1963 married December 26, 1905 Marguerite Dowdburgh, New York 31) George born July 27, 1878 Sciota, New York died 1954 married September 27, 1905 Elizabeth Pelletier 32) Alice born ca 1880 Is this Elsie or one of the missing children? 33) Elsie Mae born December 4, 1880 Sciota, New York died October 2, 1980 Married November 26, 1906, Henry Neverette 34) Henri born April 21, 1883 Sciota, NY, died May 11, 1873, never married, according to the 1917 Chazy Military Rolls his occupation was a painter 35) Ardie (Hardie, Hartford) born April 1, 1885 Sciota, NY died June 29, 1906 married Dec. 24, 1911 Ida (Edith) Mousseau 36) Joseph-Henri born July 1887 Sciota, NY died 13 yrs. 3 mos. buried Oct. 9, 1900 Sciota, NY, ruptured spleen, witnesses Joseph Pontbriand and David Pontbriand 37) Aurelie (Rillie) born March 7, 1889 Sciota, NY died March 25, 1959 married April 1, 1907 Wilburt Trombley 38) Anna Marie (Mamie) born Jan. 4, 1891 Sciota, NY died Feb. 17, 1981 married/1 April 19, 1909 Alfred Trombly, married/2 after 1938 Wilfred Varno 39) ? 40) ?
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