I never met my grandpa (my dad’s father). He died twenty years before I was born. His name was Paul Marius Carrier. He was known as a pious boy who aspired to the Catholic priesthood. When he was a young man, he left for Paris to study for the priesthood. However, he was prone to sickness and had to leave his studies and return home. A few years after he returned, he met my grandma Ethel Lowe and they fell in love and got married.
Paul and Ethel went on to have eleven children. The picture below shows Paul and Ethel (in the center of the photograph) with nine of the children. Also included in the picture is Ethel’s sister with her husband and son.
Now, this family certainly would not have happened if grandpa Paul succeeded in becoming a Catholic priest.
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