We have the Carrollton one and St Vincent's on the Jefferson Parish website listed under CENSUS http://www.usgwarchives.org/la/jefferso.htm Penelope ( with 2 Pennys this might be easier to use) ----- Original Message ----- From: "MyKithNkin" <mykithnkin@aol.com> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Asylums and Convents Glancing over your list.....I don't see any within the Algiers area (or did I miss any?) I'm trying to figure out which orphanage 4 children in the 1870's would be in (2 boys, 2 girls). My gg-grandmother's nieces and nephews were in an orphanage from around 1872 into the 1880's. The two older ones were with my gg-grandparents in the 1880 census (teenagers). I tracked down a cousin of the oldest boy and got a story of "the orphanage was across the street from where he worked for Mr. Spellman." The story is rather strange ....Nora (the person I talked with) is the g-granddaughter of John Nolan. He told her that as a teenager/young man he worked for a "nice Mr. Spellman" across the street from the orphanage who taught him math and gave him a job in his store. Of course the story could have changed over the years, but wouldn't he have referred to him as "Uncle Michael?" and not Mr. Spellman? Or was that a custom back then? Mr. Spellman was my gg-grandfather and in one c! ensus he is listed as a "grocer" and in the next as having a saloon in his house. His house was on Elmira street on the corner (forget what the other cross street was....Pacific I think?) Any suggestions where to look? Only the two younger children would have been in the 1880 census in the orphanage, so I was trying to track that down. Their names were Mary Elizabeth (Mamie) Nolan and Matthew Michael Nolan. Not at home to check, but believe Matthew would have been about 8-9 years old in 1880 and Mamie a couple of years older. Thanks, Lisa In a message dated 04/05/08 12:30:46 Central Daylight Time, pennyt153@yahoo.com writes: With all the postings concerning Orphanages and Convents, I thought I'd share this list of Asylums and Convents and their locations from a book I have called "Historical Sketch Book and Guide to New Orleans and Environs" Exposition Edition ~ New Orleans Press ~1885. Asylum For Destitute Orphan Boys - St Charles, between Dufossat and Bellecastl{Jefferson City} Beauregard Asylum - Pauline, between St Claude and N. Rampart Boys' House of Refuge - Metarie Road, between Bienville and Conti Children's Home, Protestant Episcopal - Jackson, corner of St. Thomas Convent De St. Famille - 172 Hospital Convent of Mt Carmel - Olivier, corner of Eliza {Algiers} Convent of the Benedictine Nuns - 630 Dauphine, between St Ferdinand and Press Convent of the Good Shepherd - Bienville, between North Dolhonde and North Broad Convent of the Redemtorists -Constance, between St Andrew and Josephine Convent of the Sacred Heart - 96 Dumaine Convent of Perpetual Adoration - Marais, between Mandeville and Spain Convent of the Sisters of Notre Dame - Laurel, between St andrew and Josephine Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Family - 17 Orleans Female Asylum of the Immaculate Conception - 871 North Rampart, corner of Elmira Faith Home for the Aged and Destitute - Pitt, corner of Robert Fink Home - Camp, between Antonine and Amelia German Protestant Asylum - State, between Camp and Chestnut {Burtheville} Girod Asylum - Metarie Road, between Conti and St. Louis Home for the Aged and Infirm - Annunciation, corner Calliope Home for the Aged and Infirm - North Johnson, corner of Laharpe Home for the Aged and Destitute - Magnolia, corner of Laharpe House of the Sisters and Christian Charity - Constance, between Berlin and Milan House of Refuge for Destitute Girls - Annunciation, corner of Calliope House of the Good Shepherd - Bienville, between North Dolhonde and North Broad Indigent Colored Orphan Asylum - 393 Dauphine Industrial School and Model Farm of Our Lady of the Holy Cross - North Peterson, corner of Reynes Jewish Widows' and Orphan Asylum - Jackson, corner of Chippewa Little Sisters of the Poor - North Johnson, corner of Laharpe Louisiana Retreat Insane Asylum - Nashville, corner of Magazine. Conducted ny the Sisters of Charity Monastery Discalced Carmelites - Barracks, between Burgundy and Rampart Mt Carmel Convent - 200 Hospital Mt Carmel Female Orphan Asylum - 53 Piety New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum - Clio, between Camp and Prytania Protestant Episcopal Poydras Orphan Asylum for Females - Magazine, between Leontine and Peters Avenue, Jefferson Protestant Orphans Home - Seventh, corner of Constance Providence Asylum for Colored Female Children - Hospital - corner of North Tonti Societe Francaise De Bienfaisance Asylum - St. Ann, between North Dergigny and North Roman St Alphonsus Convent of Mercy - St Andrew, between Constance and Magazine St Alphonsus Orphan Asylum - Fourth, corner of St Patrick St Ann's Asylum - Prytania, corner of St Mary St Elizabeth Orphan Asylum - Napoleon avenue, corner of Prytania; branch, Magazine corner of Josephine St Henry's Convent - Constance, between Milan and Berlin St Joseph's Convent - St Phillip, corner of North Galvez St Joseph's Orphan Asylum - Josephine, corner of Laurel. Under the direction of the Sisters of Mercy St Mary's Dominican Convent - Dryades, corner of Calliope; branch, St Charles, between Broadway and Upper Line St Mary's Orphan Boys' Asylum - Chartres, between Mazant and French avenue St Mater Dolorosa Convent - Cambronne, corner of Third {Carrollton} St Patricks Convent of Mercy - 139 Magazine St Vincent's Half-Orphan Asylum - Cambronne, between Second and Burthe {Carrollton} St Vincent's Home for Destitute Boys - 371 Bienville St Vincent's Infant Orphan Asylum - Magazine, corner of Race Ursuline Convent - North Peters, near Manuel Widow's and Orphan's Father Turgis Asylum {for widows and orphans of the South} St claude, corner of Pauline Penny T ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. 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