For what it's worth: There was also a St. Vincent Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum of San Francisco for Boys for several years in San Francisco in the late 1800s and early 1900s. And there was a girl's school with the name St. Vincent's run by the same order of nuns. I cannot find the specific information at the moment, but they are listed in the City Directories somewhere between1890 and 1905. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Waters [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CASANFRA] Help With St. Vincent's Orphanage in San Rafael Hi, It appears I have several SF ancestors who were put in the St. Vincent's orphanage across the bay in San Rafael during the 1880-1900 period. I discovered this when I found some familiar names in a CGS document listing orphans in the bay area in the 1880's. Has anyone had any experience with locating and searching records for this location? I drove out there this past Saturday just to see where it is. It seems to be a home now for extremely disturbed youth so I'm sure some sort of permission has to be obtained before visiting there. Thanks, Ken ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project! Were any of your ancestors married during or because of the 1906 disaster? If so, we want to hear from you! http://www.sfgenealogy.com/1906/ ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== Need an obituary lookup? Visit sfgenealogy.com http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sfrantip.htm#sfmainobit --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.
Thanks Pat. That's interesting; I didn't know that. I wonder if there are some existing directories from that period for these agencies. Ken Pat wrote: > For what it's worth: > There was also a St. Vincent Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum of San Francisco for Boys for several years in San Francisco in the late 1800s and early 1900s. And there was a girl's school with the name St. Vincent's run by the same order of nuns. I cannot find the specific information at the moment, but they are listed in the City Directories somewhere between1890 and 1905. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Waters [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CASANFRA] Help With St. Vincent's Orphanage in San Rafael > > Hi, > > It appears I have several SF ancestors who were put in the St. Vincent's > orphanage across the bay in San Rafael during the 1880-1900 period. I > discovered this when I found some familiar names in a CGS document > listing orphans in the bay area in the 1880's. > > Has anyone had any experience with locating and searching records for > this location? I drove out there this past Saturday just to see where > it is. It seems to be a home now for extremely disturbed youth so I'm > sure some sort of permission has to be obtained before visiting there. > > Thanks, > > Ken > > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project! > Were any of your ancestors married during or because of the 1906 disaster? > If so, we want to hear from you! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/1906/ > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > Need an obituary lookup? > Visit sfgenealogy.com > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sfrantip.htm#sfmainobit > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > San Francisco History at sfgenealogy.com: > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/sindex.htm > > > >