I think it would be a great idea to put them at a site. My relatives lived in West Hoboken from around 1900 to 1920. I would love to see some of the old photos! Would we be able to download them to include in our family histories? Regards, Gloria M. Bauer On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, C. Lisa wrote: > As I recall there were both nuns and priests there -- there would have to > have been because of the church. I have pics of old postcards that I copied > from Ebay and one of them has a lot of people on the grounds -- it's hard to > tell but I think nuns in habit or perhaps also school children in uniforms. > > I've come to the conclusion that I will eventually put together a website > with the many pictures that I took and postcards that I copied -- I think it > would be fun for everyone, esp. those who don't know the area. Maybe I can > even get permission from the town to use the historic pictures and notations > on the calendar they put together for the 75th anniversary. > Claire > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen Shelly" <mcshelly2@msn.com> > To: "C. Lisa" <cjlisa@worldnet.att.net> > Cc: <MihnBu@aol.com>; <KPRaeder@aol.com> > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:27 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] Monastery in Hoboken > > > | > | I believe St. Michael's Monastery may have been built for the Passionist > | Fathers, and was their Monastery. Probably an order of nuns ran St. > | Michael's School, which was on another site, right? > | > | Maureen > | > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "C. Lisa" <cjlisa@worldnet.att.net> > | To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > | Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:17 PM > | Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] Monastery in Hoboken > | > | > | > The monastery is a landmark. I walked past it as a child and am now > | amazed > | > that it is visible from many miles away as you are approaching Union > City > | > from the turnpike exit in Secaucus. > | > > | > ST. Michael's monastery was 2 square street blocks large. It was to be > | > razed and condos constructed there -- nuns were unable to hang onto the > | > site, just weren't able to maintain it anymore (cost). I believe that I > | > read that there was a handful of nuns left at the time. I'm happy to > say > | > that the church and monastery were taken over by a Korean churchgroup -- > | and > | > part of the grounds are now used as a recreation field and track. > | Location > | > was 18-21st St. and Summit Avenue to West St. in Union City -- formerly > | West > | > Hoboken. I have no idea where the records may be kept and do not know > the > | > order of the nuns for the monastery. The monastery is a landmark. I > | walked > | > past it as a child and am now amazed that it is visible from many miles > | away > | > as you are approaching Union City from the turnpike exit in Secaucus. > | > > | > Claire > | > ----- Original Message ----- > | > From: "jw" <judyw@gte.net> > | > To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > | > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 10:28 PM > | > Subject: [NJHUDSON-L] Monastery in Hoboken > | > > | > > | > | I am interested in knowing the whereabouts of records for St Michaels > | > | monastery in what was called West Hoboken in the early 1900's. Also, > | where > | > | was West Hoboken? is it just Hoboken now ? > | > | Are the records available to the public? and if they are where and > how? > | > | > | > | I am looking for my Aunt Domenica SPINA who came to US in 1912 and I > | > believe > | > | entered a convent. I was hoping to find some kind of information about > a > | > | convent in these records. > | > | Does anyone know of a convent in Hoboken or Jersey City that would > have > | > been > | > | around during 1915-30? > | > | > | > | thanks > | > | Judy Williamsjudyw@gte.net > | > | > | > | > | > | ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > | > | New people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. > | > | You are encouraged to resubmit your queries two or three times > | > | per year to reach new listmembers. > | > | > | > > | > > | > ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > | > New people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. > | > You are encouraged to resubmit your queries two or three times > | > per year to reach new listmembers. > | > > | > > | > > | > > > ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes NJHUDSON possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >