Biography of EMILE TARDIVEL of Manchester NH ----------------------------- Information located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/Manchester On a web site about GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN Please see the web site for my email contact. ---------------------------------- The original source of this information is in the public domain, however use of this text file, other than for personal use, is restricted without written permission from the transcriber (who has edited, compiled and added new copyrighted text to same). ======================================================== Willey's semi-centennial book of Manchester, 1846-1896 : and Manchester edition of the Book of Nutfield : historic sketches of that part of New Hampshire comprised within the limits of the old Tyng Township, Nutfield, Harrytown, Derryfield, and Manchester, from the earliest settlements to the present time; by George Franklyn Willey; Manchester, N.H.: G.F. Willey, 1896 ------------------- page 184 EMILE H. TARDIVEL, one of the brightest young French-American lawyers in New England, was born in Quebec, P.Q., May 16, 1859, his parents being Jean-Marie and Adelaide (Donati) Tardivel. He was educated in the common schools of Quebec and at Laval University from which he graduated as A.B., June 24, 1880. He devoted himself to the study of law until 1883, when he came to the States, being at St. Johnsbury, VT one year, then at Lewiston, ME from 1884 until 1888, removing thence to Worcester, Mass., where he resided until 1892. In the latter year he took up his residence in Manchester and has since made this city his home. He was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1894, and is an accomplished speaker. He is a Democrat in politics, and a party manager of ability, having had charge of the French vote during the presidential campaign of 1888 with headquarters in New York. He is a member of the present legislature, to which he was elected by a large majority at the election in 1894, and is an attendant upon St. Mary's Catholic Church, an active member of the Catholic Foresters and Ancient Order of United Workmen, and an honorary member of more than fifty French Canadian organizations throughout the United States. In addition to his work as a lawyer, he has done excellent service as a journalist and lecturer, and in 1894 published "Le Guide Canadien-Francais de Manchester," which is a valuable directory and history combined of the French colony of the city. In 1879 he took a trip abroad, the chief purpose of his European journey being to visit the home of his father in Brittany, France. October 2, 1889 he married Minnie Gertrude Davanaugh of Lewiston, ME, and their home is gladdened by two children: Paul Henry, born June 28, 1891, at Worcester [MA], and Helene Jeanne, born Aug 11, 1893, at Manchester, NH. (end)