Donais Family History & Genealogy

As told by one of 3 sons; Born one of three children to Doris and Josephat Raphael Donais. Born in Attleboro, MA. is my best guess. Roger's siblings are Eugene and Yvonne. Wedded: sometime before I was born to Lorna Irene Snow. Children; Bonnie Lee, Joseph Arthur, Maria Louis, Maurice Charles and Roger Edward Jr. My father spent his retirement from the US Army Corps of Engineers doing the one thing he had always dreamed of, building PCs from the empty boards up through the capacitors & resistors, etc... home made PCs. Yes, Roger loved to cook... from scratch in the kitchen and at his messy desk. Then he would write the programs from scratch, line by line, programming them on to cassette tapes, (1977-81). It was a true love. When he retired, Roger broke out of his *closet hobby* and went professional. Having been formally educated by his employers, Roger had ten fingers in assisting with The Library of Congress's efforts to globalize, in short, a book search, new, old, classic, ancient.., that we may all still be using. The last thing he did was his second love, bicycling. From Rte. 1 Bangor, ME. to the Florida Keys. If I am not mistaken it was on his second trip on a bicycle he could fold in half and stow under a Grey Hound Bus that he died. Roger was found within his tent, in his sleeping bag west of Miami, FL. In the woods off the side of the road three days after his death. I wish to believe my farther died content. I could wish he died with no regrets, but it his hard enough for me to fathom such a thing for myself. Knowing him, he was not an easy man to get along with. He was hard and if he was ever pleased showing it was hard too. I am 50 now and I must say, I understand well. Forgiven. My father excelled, whether he knew it or not, with his first son. Maybe not in every/many ways he wanted to but some times... when you bake a cake things happen... and it still comes out much better than you think. It wasn't one of three old moth eaten wool army blankets he left me. He left himself in me, his awesome sensibility, creativity and a love for growing gardens, picking blueberries under a hot summer sun and jumping off the bridge at skinner's pond, (mind the snakes mom), and much, much more. I really miss you dad.

Lorna Irene (Snow) Donais of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lorna Irene Snow.

Maria Louise Donais was born to Roger E Donais and Lorna Irene Snow, and has siblings Joseph Arthur Donais, Maurice Charles Donais, and Roger Edward Donais Jr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maria Louise Donais.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maurice Charles Donais.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roger Edward Donais Jr.

Romeo Donais of Brookfield, Worcester County, MA was born on March 22, 1895, and died at age 76 years old in November 1971.

Earl W Donais of Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI was born on December 16, 1920, and died at age 72 years old on February 11, 1993.

George R Donais of Bethlehem, Litchfield County, CT was born on July 1, 1918, and died at age 92 years old on May 9, 2011.

Joseph E Donais of Sturtevant, Racine County, WI was born on November 28, 1920, and died at age 68 years old on April 12, 1989.

Raymond C Donais of Putnam, Windham County, CT was born on April 5, 1923, and died at age 79 years old on September 29, 2002.

Edgar J Donais of Southbridge, Worcester County, MA was born on December 9, 1920, and died at age 76 years old on January 19, 1997.

Earliest memories; 1963-4?, not a year old. France, an ugly brown... ford? van stopping on the cobble stones, my father purchasing a brace of conies from an old woman on the street. I sit in a high chair watching my father cook on an old wood stove, ...crepes?. 1967-70? Kindergarten, Fairfax county? VA. Where is Thumpkin, Hoppity-Hops, Romper Room, Captain Kangaroo. I remember being at a friends house racing by his mother's bed room stopping, staring dead in my tracks as I saw his mother's naked reflection in the vanity mirror. Norton, MA. North Worcester Street 1970. My favorite childhood house. Father, Army Recruiter. Wake up at 5am to the Farmer's Report, waiting for Saturday morning cartoons. Chickens, a pig named after my cousin Alice. pear trees, tad poles, big black run down barn, a giant willow beside the dirt drive. Bobby and Billy, neighborhood twins raiding my fathers hot pepper patch, *snicker, Cindy and Debbie Liberty, baby sitting sisters across the street. 1971?-74 Mansfield, MA. Spalding Elementary School, Mrs. Appleman, 1st grade teacher. A chocolate factory, oooh yumm, the smells everyday the wind is right. also lived in a second house on North Main Street. It had a very large cigar shaped rock with a broken depression at the top in the front yard. We children called it The Rock Car. 1974 Baumhoulder, West Germany. Father returns to army construction engineer. Family break up. 1976 Attleboro Falls, MA., (with mother). Childhood dog, Major a Shepard mix. 1977 Fort Belvoir, VA. Best Friends; David Hampton and James Taylor. father returns from West Germany. Failed reunification, children with father. 1980-81 Seoul, Korea. With father as a dependent. 1981 return alone to mother, Norton Grove, MA. Enlisted in the US Army. 19D, Cavalry Scout. Fort Knox, KY. Basic/AIT 1982 Fort Hood, TX. 1st Cavalry Division. 1982-83 2nd Armored Division, Bongil-chon, South Korea. Married; Yun Hui Cha, son born; Nathaniel Arhtur. 1984 Finished time in service In Fort Hood, TX. Returned to family, Norton Grove, MA. Daughter Elizebeth Jin Hui born. Paniced and re enlisted. 1984-87 Savannah, GA. Hunter Army Air Field. Daughter born; Elisha Yun Hui. 1987-89 Badkissingen, West Germany Ended time in service. 1989-94 Upper Darby, PA. Stroehmann Bread delivery. Son Born; Joshua Alexander Family break up. Acquired CDL-A. 48 states semi driver. 1999-2005 Oilfield driver, Rock Springs, WY. 2006 Casper, WY. 2008 to current. Remarried; Amber Elizabeth (Fromm), Johnson. Diagnosed Schizoid Personality Disorder. Border line Schizophrenia, SSD, (disability).

Dolores Ida Donais of Avon, Stearns County, MN was born on June 9, 1921, and died at age 90 years old on July 15, 2011. Dolores Donais was buried at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery Section 12 Site 340 15550 Hwy 115, in Little Falls.

Lawrence M Donais of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA was born on April 10, 1943, and died at age 40 years old on May 12, 1983. Lawrence Donais was buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery Section C-408 Site 46 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, in Los Angeles.

Paul E Donais of Avon, Stearns County, MN was born on December 19, 1914, and died at age 91 years old on August 7, 2006. Paul Donais was buried at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery Section 12 Site 340 15550 Hwy 115, in Little Falls.

Raymond Donais of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona was born on December 27, 1914, and died at age 57 years old in May 1972.

Clarence Donais of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota was born on October 21, 1898, and died at age 78 years old in February 1977.

Alan J Donais was born on November 27, 1950, and died at age 58 years old on September 14, 2009. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alan J Donais.

Iris K Donais of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on September 20, 1920, and died at age 75 years old on March 2, 1996.

Daisy Donais of Spokane, Spokane County, Washington was born on April 23, 1908, and died at age 79 years old in August 1987.