Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Falardo, Joseph July 28, 1837 - 
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JOSEPH FALARDO, resident at Big Rapids, was born in St. Esprit, Province of 
Quebec, July 28, 1837.  He is a 

son of Louis and Lucille Falardo, the former a carpenter and a wagon-maker by 
trade.  Mr. Falardo is of 

French descent, his ancestos having emigrated from that country to America.  
The family name has been 

changed from Falardeau to its present fomr.

Mr. Falardo began life for himself as a clerk in a general store, where he was 
employed two years, and at 

the end of that time went to New Hartford, Conn., where he worked in a cotton 
mill about 18 months.  His 

father moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., and he learned the carpenter's trade with him, 
and pursued it five years.  

At the end of that time his parents removed to Cohoes, N.Y., where he went to 
work in a sash, door and 

blind factory, and was thus employed one year, when he bought the machinery 
and fixtures of the concern, 

and began operations on his own account, associated with John De Cillier and 
his father Louis Falardo.  

Mesrs. Falardo and De Villier bought out the interest of the senior Falardo at 
the end of a year, and 

continued operations six months, when the mill was sold, and it became 
necesary to remove their machinery.

In December, 1861, Mr. Falardo formed a partnership with E.B. Hayes, and 
established a sash, door and blind 

factory at Vergennes, Ct., where they employed an average working force of 100 
men, and usually turned out 

between 300 and 400 doors daily.  There business was extended and prosperous, 
and at the end of eight years 

Mr. Falardo bought the interest of Mr. Hayes and connected himself with 
Charles C. Parker.  The latter 

relation existed over three years, but the financial crisis which wrought such 
mischief in every avenue of 

business, affected them seriously and the affairs of the concern were brought 
to a close.  Mr. Falardo went 

to Essex, N.Y., and entered the employ of his two brothers in the same line of 
business.  A year later he 

went to Whallonburg, in the same county, and manged the mills of Capt. Root 
one year.  His next business 

venture was at Whitehall, N.Y., where he formed a partnership with Mr. Hayes, 
and leased a mill, which they 

operated about 18 months, and in February, 1882, they came to Big Rapids, 
buolt their mills, and 

established themselves in business.  The concern is under the proprietorship 
of Joseph F. Hayes, and is 

conducted by Mesrs. Hayes and Falardo.  A working force of 50 men is employed, 
and the daily products are 

125 doors and 80 pairs of blinds.  The machinery employed is the best known in 
the business.

Mr. Falardo was married at Cohoes, N.Y., Aug. 23, 1859, to Apolline Le Boeuf, 
a native of Canada, bonr 

April 8, 1841.  The household includes six children:  Eli V.R., Mary, 
Theodora, Charles, Edward and 

Lucille.

During his residence in the city of Vergennes, he was Alderman two years and 
Justice of the Peace three 

years.  The family belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

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1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co.

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