Mary Frances, born 1918, was the eldest survivor of the fourteen children of Marie Blanche and Charlie Gaudet. As the eldest child in an ever-expanding family, many responsibilities were thrust upon her. There is only one photograph of Frances in her childhood dating from the earliest years, and with her in the photo is her beloved sister Elise. Education Around 1925 Frances was sent a short distance up the road to be educated by the Sisters of Notre Dame at the great brick convent of that name built in 1868. Convent of Our Lady of the Angels, CND – Tignish, PEI Her time there was brief and brutal. The family…