The Fighting Rogers Brothers
This page was to designed to document, for my daughter, the many personal family experiences I enjoyed with my Grandfather -- Thomas F. Rogers -- and his two sons Joseph and James, both of who served aboard the USS Juneau during WW II.
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Thomas Rogers lived a good part of his life in Monroe, Connecticut. He was the father of eleven (11) children -- Joseph, Lilly, James, Patrick, Louis by his first marriage -- Harry, Frank, Mary, John, June by his second -- and Patrick, by his third. When not working as a self employed Real Estate Agent out of an office in Bridgeport, Connecticut, you could always find him hard at work gardeing, landscaping, or -- just because he had nothing else better to do -- building stone walls around his property to pass the remaining hours of the day. Every weekend, usually on Sunday, his children and their children would come to see him. I for one, always looked forward to this visit.
Thomas was a strong, hard working individual who put his family out front of all else that went on around him. He was an extremely smart business man -- always knowing how to get the most for his dollar. Leader of the Rogers Clan, he without question took a personal interest in all of his childrens lives. He helped my father and mother find their first home, which they purchased at a very good price, and was instrumental in putting his two his sons James and Patrick into business for themselves. Even his grandchildren looked to him for advice and employment. For example, when I was a teenager looking to buy my first car, it was my Grandfather who offered to finance it. This financing, however, did not come without a hitch. I worked for him many hours after school -- hard labor at the Monroe Concentration Camp -- as my father would call it. I loved my Grandfather and it was always an honor to work side-by-side with him. His wife Mary, who I also love very much, was as hard a worker as he. I can remember her always chipping in with the outdoor chores so her husband Thomas would have one less thing to do when he came home from work. They were a great couple who worked together in persuit of their dreams.
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