The subject of this post isn't clear. However, I recall a question on orphanages recently. There was an orphanage on the edge of the cliffs in Englewood Cliffs. It moved to Rockleigh, Bergen County, NJ many years ago. The Rockleigh facility was closed about 20 years ago. It had housed children whose parents were unable to care for them, not orphans, for as long as I can remember. The children left the Rockleigh facility after they finished the eighth grade. The boys often went to Boys Town in Kearney. I don't know where the girls went. Both orphanages were run by nuns. I believe the order was Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. The property in Englewood Cliffs is still owned by Catholic entities. St. Peter's College's Englewood Cliffs branch is the major user of the property. Also there is St. Michael's Villa, a retirement home for nuns. Whoever is interested in the Englewood Cliffs/Rockleigh orphanage might write to the retirement home and see if any of the nuns there can point them in the right direction. The address is St. Michael's Villa, Hudson Terrace, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. The Rockleigh facility was sold to the Bergen County Special Services school district and now is used for special education. Lauren Eastwood (who grew up in Rockleigh and now lives in Englewood Cliffs) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Shelly" <mcshelly2@msn.com> To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com>; <NJHUDSON-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:32 PM Subject: Re: NJHUDSON-D Digest V01 #57 > I seem to recall one with that name on the top of the cliffs in Englewood > Cliffs or Fort Lee in the 1930s-1950s and then it was moved further north. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NJHUDSON-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <NJHUDSON-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 9:01 AM > Subject: NJHUDSON-D Digest V01 #57 > > ______________________________

That's the place. Someone was asking for St. Anthony's Orphanage and I couldn't recall the name of that one, but St. Anthony's sounded like it could have been it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren J. Eastwood" <ljeastwo@ix.netcom.com> To: "Maureen Shelly" <mcshelly2@msn.com>; "NJHUDSON-L" <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:40 AM Subject: Re: NJHUDSON-D Digest V01 #57 > The subject of this post isn't clear. However, I recall a question on > orphanages recently. > > There was an orphanage on the edge of the cliffs in Englewood Cliffs. It > moved to Rockleigh, Bergen County, NJ many years ago. The Rockleigh > facility was closed about 20 years ago. It had housed children whose > parents were unable to care for them, not orphans, for as long as I can > remember. The children left the Rockleigh facility after they finished the > eighth grade. The boys often went to Boys Town in Kearney. I don't know > where the girls went. > > Both orphanages were run by nuns. I believe the order was Sisters of St. > Joseph of Peace. The property in Englewood Cliffs is still owned by > Catholic entities. St. Peter's College's Englewood Cliffs branch is the > major user of the property. Also there is St. Michael's Villa, a retirement > home for nuns. Whoever is interested in the Englewood Cliffs/Rockleigh > orphanage might write to the retirement home and see if any of the nuns > there can point them in the right direction. The address is St. Michael's > Villa, Hudson Terrace, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. The Rockleigh facility > was sold to the Bergen County Special Services school district and now is > used for special education. > > Lauren Eastwood > (who grew up in Rockleigh and now lives in Englewood Cliffs) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen Shelly" <mcshelly2@msn.com> > To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com>; <NJHUDSON-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:32 PM > Subject: Re: NJHUDSON-D Digest V01 #57 > > > > I seem to recall one with that name on the top of the cliffs in Englewood > > Cliffs or Fort Lee in the 1930s-1950s and then it was moved further north. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <NJHUDSON-D-request@rootsweb.com> > > To: <NJHUDSON-D@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 9:01 AM > > Subject: NJHUDSON-D Digest V01 #57 > > > > ______________________________ > >