i love everyones input on questions asked. one can sure learn alot about their home town. thanks ray.....very interesting marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Marshall" <raymarsh@mninter.net> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 11:39 PM Subject: RE: [MNSTLOUI] Re: Looking for some help.. > Being kind of a geezer, I'll put my two cents in here. > > There was a home for unwed mothers in the 50's at 13th ave E. and 9th St. I > never knew who > ran it. It was one of those things that were not talked about those days, > especially to parents. > The girls who stayed there were quite friendly to young boys, as I recall. > They called to us from > their upper floor windows. I doubt that they were ever allowed out of > doors. > > At 12th Avenue E, above Kenwood was the Corpus Christi Carmelite Convent. > It had many > Incarnations. It started out as a home for crippled children and ultimately > became Corpus > Christi, then something else, then sold to a Protestant group, and then > apparently became > a Montessori school as mentioned below. The original Duluth Catholic > Cemetery was located > near it. It was abandoned in the 1890's and all bodies were ultimately > moved to the new > Calvary or to the new Polish Cemetery. Or so they say. Some fairly > reputable people > have told me that some bodies were probably never moved. I understand they > are building > homes there now. > > Ray Marshall > Formerly of 1024 E 11th St. (both areas were my playgrounds) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Julie Goddard [mailto:jgoddard@uswest.net] > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:16 PM > To: MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Re: Looking for some help.. > > Could the place you mentioned on 12th Avenue East be what I remember being > called Carmel Heights? I grew up near there and remember being told that it > was originally a convent > and later a home for "unwed mothers" (that would've been in the late 60's or > early 70's). Maybe Shirley can confirm this but I believe that the original > Calvary Cemetary was > located behind there. When we were kids, we'd picnic on the hill behind > Carmel Heights (now a montessori school) and I remember seeing a headstone > on the hill. > > > > > > Subject: [MNSTLOUI] LOOKING FOR SOME HELP > > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:28:16 -0500 > > From: "Marilyn Deloach Elliott" <mightymare@prodigy.net> > > To: MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com > > > > 1909...would there have been a home where an illegitimate child would have > been born or placed? I have someone whose story is that > > a child was born in the family but the couple didn't marry until a short > time later and they retrieved the child from the orphanage or foundling > home..probably within a year. > > I know there is a home on like 12th Ave E > > and 9th st. or so ...that when i was in high school we thought it was a > home for unwed mothers. > > > > any thoughts? > > Marilyn > >