(27 August 1885 – 18 September 1972)
Group 7
Records differ about the birthplace of Operator Alisse Lambert. Her Army records state that she was born in Paris, while various census records claim French Canada was her birthplace. She was the youngest child of Pierre Lambert and Virginie Baillargeon and grew up speaking French at home.
The family lived for a short time in Minnesota, where Alisse attended school. They then moved to Chicago and Alisse attended the University of Chicago. In 1918, she was teaching music and living with her sister in Chicago. From there, she applied to be a part of the Signal Corps Telephone Operators. She had no telephone experience
prior to her training. She was recorded as being “unusually bright” with an “active mind.” Alisse was appointed as an operator in April of that year. It is unclear why she did not ship earlier, however, she was scheduled to go with the Seventh Group. The Armistice canceled their deployment.
Few records exist to tell the story of her life following the war. Alisse likely worked again as a teacher, and then later as a librarian.
She died in September of 1972 and is buried in Evergreen Park in Cook County, Illinois.
Note that her name is sometimes recorded as “Alice Lambert.”
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