Mcintosh, Helen Louise

Helen Louise worked in the housekeeping department at the Homeopathic Hospital (now called Roger Williams General Hospital) in the 1930s-1940s. She listed herself on the 1935 Rhode Island Census as a laundry folder. She was a single mother raising three children. Later, she worked for many years in the "Ladies' Foundations" departments of the Boston Store and the Outlet Company in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. She retired from the Outlet Company in November 1973.

She lived for many years with her mother, Ellen Dwyer McIntosh Connell and her step-father, Joseph Connell at 956 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island and then they all moved to Osborn Street in Providence, Rhode Island.

She appears in the 1929 and 1930 Providence City Directory as residing at 956 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island. The 1928 Providence City Directory, however, lists William J. Dorgan (auto mechanic) and Helen Louise Dorgan residing at 63 Bergen Street. This seems unlikely since William and Helen separated in 1927.

Helen Louise appears in the 1940 US Federal Census:

Name:
Helen L Dorgan
[Helen L Connell] 
Age:
34
Estimated birth year:
abt 1906
Gender:
Female
Race:
White
Birthplace:
Rhode Island
Marital Status:
Divorced
Relation to Head of House:
Daughter
Home in 1940:
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Map of Home in 1940:
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Street:
Chalkstone Avenue
House Number:
956
Inferred Residence in 1935:
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Residence in 1935:
Same House
Sheet Number:
5B
Occupation:
Rating Clerk
Attended School or College:
No
Highest Grade Completed:
Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census:
40
Class of Worker:
Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939:
52
Income:
750
Income Other Sources:
No
Neighbors:
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Household Members:
Name
Age
Joseph E Connell
64
Ellen L Connell
54
Helen L Dorgan
34
Frances Dwyer
53
William J Dorgan
16
Helen L Dorgan
15
Corinne H Dorgan
12


She was known affectionately by her grandchildren as "Ma Dorgan".