My Catholic relatives all attended St. Columba's and that is where the children were all baptized. Hope this will help Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amine Chaar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:14 AM Subject: [ILLASALLE] Catholic Churches in Streator > Could someone please tell me if there was a Catholic Church in Streator > that most of the Irish Catholics went to? > I have found many discrepancies in my records. My Courtney/Redfarin's > of whom I thought were from Marion County, Illinois > appear to have been born in Streator circa 1890's. William Redfairn & > Mary Courtney were married in Salem, Marion County in 1889. I have found > them in Virden, Macoupin County Federal Census in 1900. But on an obit. > it states that before moving to Virden they were from Streator. On > death cert it states that some of these Redfairn/Courtney children were > born in Streator. > Of course there is not 1890 census to check and I have not been able to > find most birth records, so I figured I'd check the churches. > Both Redfairn & Courtney families were coal miners. I did find Mary > Courtney's family in Colorado working in a coal mine on the 1880 > census. The Courtney's were Irish Immigrates. > Thanks, Gwen > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >