My cousin who lives in San Rafael has been sending me some very interesting historical information on Nortre Dame des Victoires. She is the grand daughter of my grandmother's sister, so her father and my mother were first cousins. He brother went to a family reunion and got marriage certificates for his grandparents and my grandparents - very interesting. His grandfather was one of the witnessess who stood up for my grandparents at their wedding. I'd like to find out more about this church. Jeanne --- Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > For Jeanne and Andre and others, > > There is a French National (Catholic) Church in > San Francisco called Notre Dame des Victoires. > People of French origin automatically belonged to > that Church and usually attended Mass there rather > than the Church in their Parish. It also had a > grammar school and a high school and buses to > collect students from all over the city. The high > school has since closed, but the grammar school and > Church are still functioning. The Church is at > 566 Bush St. and school is right behind it at 659 > Pine Street. > > Pat > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football 06 - Go with the > leader. Start your league today! > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > Bulletin Boards at sfgenealogy.com: > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Hi Jeanne, A Google search http://www.google.com/ for "Notre Dame des Victoires" brought up 535,000 (or so) hits... Including the history of the church - and old and current pictures - very interesting. I've sent a few of these Google articles to a researcher in France, who was very pleased to learn about his ancestors house of worship. Perhaps after reading what Google offers, if you find you still have questions, you could write to the addresses that Pat gave you in the post below (that you replied to) Good luck, Ruth _______________________________ Ruth (Grady) Skewis [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeanne Moore [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Notre Dame des Victoires > > My cousin who lives in San Rafael has been sending me some > very interesting historical information on Nortre Dame des > Victoires. She is the grand daughter of my grandmother's > sister, so her father and my mother were first cousins. > > He brother went to a family reunion and got marriage > certificates for his grandparents and my grandparents > - very interesting. His grandfather was one of the > witnessess who stood up for my grandparents at their wedding. > > I'd like to find out more about this church. > > Jeanne > > --- Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For Jeanne and Andre and others, > > > > There is a French National (Catholic) Church in San > Francisco called > > Notre Dame des Victoires. > > People of French origin automatically belonged to that Church and > > usually attended Mass there rather than the Church in their > Parish. > > It also had a grammar school and a high school and buses to collect > > students from all over the city. The high school has since closed, > > but the grammar school and > > Church are still functioning. The Church is at > > 566 Bush St. and school is right behind it at 659 Pine Street. > > > > Pat > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football '06 - Go with the leader. Start your > > league today! > > > > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > > Bulletin Boards at sfgenealogy.com: > > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/ > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > sfgenealogy.com > Your best resource for FREE online genealogy in San Francisco > http://www.sfgenealogy.com >