Richard Charles DESMARAIS ³⁰⁷³

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military: Drafted in WWII; had to report on day son Richard was born, 16 Jun 1944, United States of America. ³⁰⁷³

Richard married Kathleen Mary O'KEEFE, daughter of Robert Joseph KEEFE and Margaret Ann WILLIAMS, on 12 Oct 1939 in Millerton, Dutchess, New York, United States of America.³⁰⁷³ (Kathleen Mary O'KEEFE was born on 31 Mar 1921 in Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁷³ and died on 28 Mar 2009 in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America ³⁰⁷³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Alt. Marriage, 23 Apr 1940, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. ³⁰⁷³ Notation on family tree of Ronald Desmarais:

"This is when they were married at St. Joseph's at the insistence of Great-grandma"