Claire suggested I check with Catholic Charities, and Patty mentioned St. Joseph Home for girls, near St. Peter's on York St., which is no longer there, as well as a Business Residence on 1st St. in Jersey City (she couldn't remember the name). Can anyone help me with: 1) How to contact Catholic Charities for info of family history nature. 2) How to find out if there are records anywhere from the St. Joseph Home for Girls. 3) What this Business Residence on 1st St. might have been. Thanks, Ray > From: Self <eacc> > To: NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: 19th Cent. Catholic school for girls/convent > Cc: "Robert Murgittroyd" <murg-jc@worldnet.att.net> > Reply-to: "Ray" <sunray@erie.net> > Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 12:48:00 -0500 > My great grandmother Mignonnette (Nettie) Horton, maiden name > Peacock (b 1864 TN - d 1 Apr 1889, Jersey City, bur. Arlington Cem.) > Had my grandfather in 1881 while just a teen. The father, I assume > her husband, Harry E. Horton had to have been at least 40 since > family tradition has it that he fought in Civil War for the south. I > have Mignonnette's ancestry down pretty good, but know nothing much > about Harry. > > I traced a baptismal cert. from St. Peter's in Jersey City for my > grandfather, Rufus Wiley Horton - which is how I discovered Harry's > first name. Was surprised to see the Catholic baptism since Peacock > ancestors, and Hortons since have been Methodist. > > Mignonnette's mother, Martha Davie Peacock, died in TN when she was > only about 6, when her father, Dr. Rufus Wilie Peacock remarried Ann > Martha (Norfleet) McCullough and moved to Jersey City in 1870, while > Dr. Peacock attended NYU Medical School (1875 grad.), then set up > practice. > > My elderly aunt seems to feel (whether remembers hearing or > surmises, I don't know), that the Catholic element may have come in > if Mignonnette had been put in a Catholic school for girls or > convent (My aunt used the term for "incorregable" girls.) > > Does anyone know if there was such a place in Jersey City where > girls were boarded. > > Harry Horton was apparently out of the picture almost immediately > (died or left) - he's not buried at Arlington, where she and her > father Dr. Peacock are buried. Mignonnette died at age 25, and my > aunt remembers hearing that she was sent away with some illness, > then brought back and died at Dr. Peacock's home. > > Any info to help trace Mignonnette's life and Harry appreciated. > > Ray _______________________________ Ray and Joyce Horton and family "Horton Family" <sunray@erie.net> 2720 Ellsworth Ave. Erie, PA 16508 814-454-7191 (work) 814-864-2958 (home)