I have had some problems sending this message. I hope I have it right this time. >Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 09:13:02 -0800 >To: Indian-Territory-Roots-request@rootsweb.com >From: Pat Kallunki <pkallunk@oregon.uoregon.edu> >Subject: OK>St. Joseph's Academy and Institute > > > > > >I just recently found the St. Joseph's Academy and Institute on >th 1900 Choctaw Nation Census!!!! >I believe that the Academy was located either in McAlester or Krebs, OK. >I know that their is a Catholic Church, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, >located in Krebs, OK. I am guessing that the academy and the >church were located in the same vicinity. > >In Janaury of 1892, my gggrandfather and his two sons were >killed in the Krebs, OK mine explosion. His wife was very >ill at the time and upon learning of the deaths, it was >too much of a shock and she died also. Four daughters were >left as orphans. One of the daughters was my ggrandmother. > >By 1900 my ggrandmother was married, but the three younger >sisters were residents of the St. Josephs Academy and Institute. >The oldest of the three was 17. The younger two were 14 and 12. >The census shows that the two young sisters were ADOPTED. >My grandmother and her brother said that all of the girls were >adopted and raised until the age of 18, by Nuns in that area. >Among the 15 or 20 girls who were residents of the academy, >the two sisters were the only listed as adopted. > >I would love to obtain any information that the Academy would have >kept regarding the family: Parents names, birth and location; >information on the four daughters and their brothers; how long the >girls attended the academy; academics/graduation etc. > >I am at a brick wall with regard to where the parents were born and >where their parents were born or from. I would like to know the >address for the family in 1892 prior to the explosion and any >community information/history of the mining community. > >Does anyone know a family who might have possibly had ancestors who >attended the St. Joseph's Academy and Institute? > >Any information or leads would be greatly appreciated. > >Pat Kallunki >Eugene, OR