Ted was born Rudolph Allie in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Ephrem J. Allie, and Anaise St. Amand, he was the oldest of 12 children. Rudolph loved baseball, hockey and ice skating. At about the age twelve, Rudolph began working in the textile mill were his father was employed. He made two dollars a week which he took home and turned over to his mother to help with the family finances. Rudolph left home when he was about fourteen years old. His mother was insistent that he become a priest in the Catholic Church, being the oldest son, she felt that this should be his path. Rudolph had no desire to become a priest, so at fourteen he journeyed to New York, with a cousin, where he worked in restaurants for about a year. He decided to take what seemed like a better opportunity and claimed he was older in order to join the Merchant Marines. He traveled to Yuma, Arizona, and found work in a restaurant. It was at this time that he changed his name the Ted O'Dair. He later migrated to the Phoenix area. He worked in the mines around Globe, Superior, and Miami, Arizona. He learned to do all phases of the mining operation; his specialty became working with mine explosives. While working near Globe, Arizona, he met his soon to be wife, Lula Jane Coombs, or Peggy as most people called her. They were married on June 25, 1926, in Globe, Arizona. On April 1, 1939, Ted was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For many years no one in the family, including his wife Peggy, knew that Ted had changed his name as a younger man. He was survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, six grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
Ted was born Rudolph Allie in Lawrence, Massachusetts to Ephrem J. Allie, and Anaise St. Amand, he was the oldest of 12 children. Rudolph loved baseball, hockey and ice skating. At about the age twelve, Rudolph began working in the textile mill were his father was employed. He made two dollars a week which he took home and turned over to his mother to help with the family finances. Rudolph left home when he was about fourteen years old. His mother was insistent that he become a priest in the Catholic Church, being the oldest son, she felt that this should be his path. Rudolph had no desire to become a priest, so at fourteen he journeyed to New York, with a cousin, where he worked in restaurants for about a year. He decided to take what seemed like a better opportunity and claimed he was older in order to join the Merchant Marines. He traveled to Yuma, Arizona, and found work in a restaurant. It was at this time that he changed his name the Ted O'Dair. He later migrated to the Phoenix area. He worked in the mines around Globe, Superior, and Miami, Arizona. He learned to do all phases of the mining operation; his specialty became working with mine explosives. While working near Globe, Arizona, he met his soon to be wife, Lula Jane Coombs, or Peggy as most people called her. They were married on June 25, 1926, in Globe, Arizona. On April 1, 1939, Ted was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For many years no one in the family, including his wife Peggy, knew that Ted had changed his name as a younger man. He was survived by his wife, a son, a daughter, six grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
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