From The Pierre Gerardy Family in America, by Evelyn Potter Park, 1979, p. 32:
Adrian Lawrence Faivre, son of Anna and Lester Faivre, was born April 20, 1885, on a farm near Fact, Clay Center , Kansas. Adrian attended Clay County Community High School and the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan, Kansas . He married (1) Helena Maude Rundle January 12, 1910. He married (2) Thelma Maust, Topeka, Kansas, in 1952. Adrian and Maude had two daughters: Mildred Lorraine Faivre and Marguerite Lucile Faivre.
The first seven years after they married, Adrian and Maude lived on the Faivre farm and did the "farming" work. Afterward they lived in Wakefield until 1926 before moving to Clay Center. He was in the farm equipment business, owned an automobile (Oakland and Pontiac) agency, threshing outfits, and filling stations. While at Wakefield he served on the City Council. He was training to enter World War I when the armistice was signed. Financial problems developed during the depression and he lost his business. Afterward he worked for the R. J. Long Investment Securities Company of Abilene, Kansas, and later for the Kelly Duplex Feed Mixer Co.; however, the family continued to reside in Clay Center. Adrian's hobbies included hunting and fishing, gardening, art, poetry, and music. He was rather tall, stocky of build and definitely favored the Gerardy relatives in appearance. He was a fun-loving man and had an unending source of jokes which he could tell equally well.
In the early years of their marriage Adrian and Maude belonged to the Hayes Methodist Church seven miles north of Clay Center. Maude served as organist and Adrian directed the choir. He had a very good ear for music and a beautiful tenor voice. His hobby was playing the violin and except for six lessons he taught himself. Because of the need for qualified string instrument repairmen, Adrian gradually went into this work as a hobby and later as an avocation. For many years before his death he was repairing string instruments for teachers all over the state of Kansas.
Adrian Lawrence Faivre, son of Anna and Lester Faivre, was born April 20, 1885, on a farm near Fact, Clay Center , Kansas. Adrian attended Clay County Community High School and the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan, Kansas . He married (1) Helena Maude Rundle January 12, 1910. He married (2) Thelma Maust, Topeka, Kansas, in 1952. Adrian and Maude had two daughters: Mildred Lorraine Faivre and Marguerite Lucile Faivre.
The first seven years after they married, Adrian and Maude lived on the Faivre farm and did the "farming" work. Afterward they lived in Wakefield until 1926 before moving to Clay Center. He was in the farm equipment business, owned an automobile (Oakland and Pontiac) agency, threshing outfits, and filling stations. While at Wakefield he served on the City Council. He was training to enter World War I when the armistice was signed. Financial problems developed during the depression and he lost his business. Afterward he worked for the R. J. Long Investment Securities Company of Abilene, Kansas, and later for the Kelly Duplex Feed Mixer Co.; however, the family continued to reside in Clay Center. Adrian's hobbies included hunting and fishing, gardening, art, poetry, and music. He was rather tall, stocky of build and definitely favored the Gerardy relatives in appearance. He was a fun-loving man and had an unending source of jokes which he could tell equally well.
In the early years of their marriage Adrian and Maude belonged to the Hayes Methodist Church seven miles north of Clay Center. Maude served as organist and Adrian directed the choir. He had a very good ear for music and a beautiful tenor voice. His hobby was playing the violin and except for six lessons he taught himself. Because of the need for qualified string instrument repairmen, Adrian gradually went into this work as a hobby and later as an avocation. For many years before his death he was repairing string instruments for teachers all over the state of Kansas.
From The Pierre Gerardy Family in America, by Evelyn Potter Park, 1979, p. 32:
Adrian Lawrence Faivre, son of Anna and Lester Faivre, was born April 20, 1885, on a farm near Fact, Clay Center , Kansas. Adrian attended Clay County Community High School and the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan, Kansas . He married (1) Helena Maude Rundle January 12, 1910. He married (2) Thelma Maust, Topeka, Kansas, in 1952. Adrian and Maude had two daughters: Mildred Lorraine Faivre and Marguerite Lucile Faivre.
The first seven years after they married, Adrian and Maude lived on the Faivre farm and did the "farming" work. Afterward they lived in Wakefield until 1926 before moving to Clay Center. He was in the farm equipment business, owned an automobile (Oakland and Pontiac) agency, threshing outfits, and filling stations. While at Wakefield he served on the City Council. He was training to enter World War I when the armistice was signed. Financial problems developed during the depression and he lost his business. Afterward he worked for the R. J. Long Investment Securities Company of Abilene, Kansas, and later for the Kelly Duplex Feed Mixer Co.; however, the family continued to reside in Clay Center. Adrian's hobbies included hunting and fishing, gardening, art, poetry, and music. He was rather tall, stocky of build and definitely favored the Gerardy relatives in appearance. He was a fun-loving man and had an unending source of jokes which he could tell equally well.
In the early years of their marriage Adrian and Maude belonged to the Hayes Methodist Church seven miles north of Clay Center. Maude served as organist and Adrian directed the choir. He had a very good ear for music and a beautiful tenor voice. His hobby was playing the violin and except for six lessons he taught himself. Because of the need for qualified string instrument repairmen, Adrian gradually went into this work as a hobby and later as an avocation. For many years before his death he was repairing string instruments for teachers all over the state of Kansas.
Adrian Lawrence Faivre, son of Anna and Lester Faivre, was born April 20, 1885, on a farm near Fact, Clay Center , Kansas. Adrian attended Clay County Community High School and the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan, Kansas . He married (1) Helena Maude Rundle January 12, 1910. He married (2) Thelma Maust, Topeka, Kansas, in 1952. Adrian and Maude had two daughters: Mildred Lorraine Faivre and Marguerite Lucile Faivre.
The first seven years after they married, Adrian and Maude lived on the Faivre farm and did the "farming" work. Afterward they lived in Wakefield until 1926 before moving to Clay Center. He was in the farm equipment business, owned an automobile (Oakland and Pontiac) agency, threshing outfits, and filling stations. While at Wakefield he served on the City Council. He was training to enter World War I when the armistice was signed. Financial problems developed during the depression and he lost his business. Afterward he worked for the R. J. Long Investment Securities Company of Abilene, Kansas, and later for the Kelly Duplex Feed Mixer Co.; however, the family continued to reside in Clay Center. Adrian's hobbies included hunting and fishing, gardening, art, poetry, and music. He was rather tall, stocky of build and definitely favored the Gerardy relatives in appearance. He was a fun-loving man and had an unending source of jokes which he could tell equally well.
In the early years of their marriage Adrian and Maude belonged to the Hayes Methodist Church seven miles north of Clay Center. Maude served as organist and Adrian directed the choir. He had a very good ear for music and a beautiful tenor voice. His hobby was playing the violin and except for six lessons he taught himself. Because of the need for qualified string instrument repairmen, Adrian gradually went into this work as a hobby and later as an avocation. For many years before his death he was repairing string instruments for teachers all over the state of Kansas.
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