Mimi, A collateral ancestor of mine has a similar history to your Theresa Stulz/Stultz (Sister Mary Monica). My ancestor, Maria Eva Geeck and five siblings were orphaned within a year after the family arrived in New Orleans. Maria Eva, the youngest (born 1849), was placed in St. Joseph's [German] Orphan Asylum. She was taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame and was confirmed at St. Mary's Assumption in 1864. She entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1869. She was invested in 1871 in Milwaukee as Sister Marie Alodia and was professed in 1873. She taught at St. Mary's Assumption in New Orleans and later taught at St. Alphonsus School in Baltimore, where she died of consumption [tuberculosis] in 1880 at the age of 31. I was given information about her by three different SSND archives. You might try contacting all three regarding Theresa Stulz/Stultz (Sister Mary Monica): Archivist School Sisters of Notre Dame 320 East Ripa Avenue St. Louis, MO 63125 Archivist School Sisters of Notre Dame, Milwaukee Province 1233 N. Marshall Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Archivist School Sisters of Notre Dame, Baltimore Province 6401 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21212-1016 Regarding her religious name, it appears that at that time, all of the Sisters in the SSND had Marie as the first part of their name, so she was probably Marie/Maria Monika in German or Mary Monica in English. >From the SSND's Dallas Province I received a photograph of St. Joseph Orphan Asylum. I'll post this and some other data about the Asylum shortly. All of the buildings of the orphanage are now gone. They were first demolished to create the St. Thomas Housing Project, which was recently (pre-Katrina) demolished to create the St. Thomas Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_Development Information I received from the same office said about the records: "When St. Joseph Orphanage was closed in the 1940s, all the records were taken to Madonna Manor in Marrero (across the Mississippi River from New Orleans). The SSNDs took the records with them and when the SSNDs withdrew from Madonna Manor in the 1970s, all records were sent to Catholic Charities." The contact information for Catholic Charities is: Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans 1000 Howard Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113 Phone: (504) 523-3755 Fax: (504) 523-2789 ccano@archdiocese-no.org I tried contacting Catholic Charities to see what I could learn, but didn't get very far. You might have better luck. It's possible that the Archdiocesan Archives has records as well. We'll be interested in knowing how you do. Norm --- Mimi Stevens <donnmimi@gmail.com> wrote: > Looking for information on a 3x great aunt, Theresa > STULZ sometimes found as STULTZ and other various > spellings. > She was a nun (Sisters of Notre Dame) in New > Orleans. . . . > I have found her name as Sister Monica/Monika and > Sister Mary Monica/Monika > > Am looking for 1860 &1870 US Census records, (1850 > she was in Baltimore, MD) > place of burial, and any other information that > pertains to her as a nun, history of > the St. Joseph's German Orphan Asylum, etc. Does > anyone know where records of > the Sisters of Notre Dame are kept (or the Orphan > Asylum)? Does the building still > exist? Photos? ANY help would be most appreciated. . . . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com

Mimi, I've posted a bit of historical information about the St. Joseph Orphan Asylum, along with a few photographs and a couple of historical maps. I hope you find this useful. The information is here: http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neworleans/st_joseph_orphan_asylum_nola/ Norm --- Norm Hellmers <n_d_hellmers@yahoo.com> wrote: . . . > From the SSND's Dallas Province I received a > photograph of St. Joseph Orphan Asylum. I'll post > this and some other data about the Asylum shortly. . . . ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com