By 1920, at age 73, she was living with her niece in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
Sources
"Rhode Island State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMM6-53S : accessed 14 April 2016), Philomene Faucher, Woonsocket Ward 01, E.D. 400, Providence, Rhode Island; citing p. U, line 45, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 1,765,396.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJK9-SRX : accessed 14 April 2016), Philomene Faucher in household of Marie Louise Hebert, Woonsocket Ward 1, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing sheet 8A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,676.
Genealogie Québec acte 5121078; Drouin Institue image d1p_20371351.jpg: MARRIAGE of Ernest FAUCHER (M), S, age maj. (son of Jean Baptiste FAUCHER (M) and Zoe ALIE (F) of St Zephirin De Courval) and Philomene HAMEL (F), S, age maj., of St Zephirin De Courval (daughter of Pierre HAMEL (M, deceased) and Philomene LETENDRE (F) of St Zephirin De Courval) on 1893-11-14 at St-Zéphirin.
Hamel, Marie Philomene (F), BAPTISM: b: 1859-01-01 c:1859-01-01 at St-Zéphirin, born to: Hamel, Pierre (M) and Letendre, Philomene (F). Genealogie Québec acte 4774712; Drouin Institue image d1p_20370449.jpg.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Philomene by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Philomene: