Helen was born on 31 May 1916 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. She was the daughter of Harrison and Marie Hamel. Helen married Stephen Robitaille on 09 Apr 1935 in Lagrange, Indiana. Helen and Stephen had 3 children together;
This marriage ended in divorce on 04 Jan 1944.
Helen died on 19 May 1981 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
Sources
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZWN-SVZ : accessed 16 March 2020), Helen Hamel in household of Harrison G Hamel, Detroit Ward 12, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing ED 377, sheet 2A, line 26, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 811; FHL microfilm 1,820,811.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X79J-6FW : accessed 16 March 2020), Helen Hamel in household of Harrison Hamel, Detroit (Districts 0251-0500), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 362, sheet 4B, line 75, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1046; FHL microfilm 2,340,781.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKNK-LRD : 10 December 2017), Stephen Albert Robitaille and Helen Clara Hamel, 09 Apr 1935; citing Lagrange, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004839126.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH9T-PQS : 5 December 2019), Helan C Robitaille in household of Stephan Robitaille, Ward 16, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-1022, sheet 8A, line 29, family 153, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1870.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9CD-PN1 : 20 May 2014), Helen White, May 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZT1-9VZ : 4 December 2014), Helen C White, 19 May 1981; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 1998); citing Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, death certificate number 25536, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.
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