Marilyn Rowsey Dirk and I are cousins. Her info coincides with mine regarding our French Canadian ancestors. I just want to add one thing. One commenter said 'they' were living on the west side of Oswego. Some of my early ancestors lived on the far east side by east eleventh street... just another point people might need to ponder. Lauren Rowe -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Rowsey Dirk [mailto:halylu@twcny.rr.com] July 10, 2006 1:37 PM To: NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com Re: St.Mary's or St. Peters? My French Canadian family are mainly Buried at St Peters in the old section. (Just watch out for the wild geese)They went to St Louis's Church (circa 1890) on East 4th and Bridge that is now defunct. Their records are in the main diocese in Syracuse. Before that they mostly went to St. Mary's but wanted to have their own French speaking mass hench St. Louis was founded. It looks almost like the one in St. Antoine Sur Richlieu, east of Montreal, both the town and church are named after my 10th g-grandfather Antoine Courtemanche or Shortsleeve/Shortslef in english.. Marilyn Rowsey Dirk -- Original Message --- From: "Sue Hawes" <slhawes@verizon.net> Monday, July 10, 2006 5:35 AM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] St.Mary's or St. Peters? > I would like to ask one further question, please. Where would French Canadians be buried, with deaths around 1860+ ? > Sue

My father's family were a major part of St. Louis's parish for most of the 20th century... I was baptized there. My parents were married there. It was a very quaint parish in a church that once was a vaudeville theatre... Which made for a very accommodating church... I don't know when they closed the school but it must have been either just before or after WWII. All of my aunts and uncles attended St. Louis School. The nuns as I mentioned were French Canadian and many of the early records will reflect French spellings or even be in French. When they closed the parish down... A treasure trove of my family history was boxed and sent to Syracuse. Possibly due to the location of the parish on the Northeast Side of the city, I associate the area from the business district to East 11th Street as being "French". -----Original Message----- From: rolaren [mailto:rolaren@dreamscape.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 12:14 PM To: NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Where did the French Canadians live in Oswego? Marilyn Rowsey Dirk and I are cousins. Her info coincides with mine regarding our French Canadian ancestors. I just want to add one thing. One commenter said 'they' were living on the west side of Oswego. Some of my early ancestors lived on the far east side by east eleventh street... just another point people might need to ponder. Lauren Rowe -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Rowsey Dirk [mailto:halylu@twcny.rr.com] July 10, 2006 1:37 PM To: NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com Re: St.Mary's or St. Peters? My French Canadian family are mainly Buried at St Peters in the old section. (Just watch out for the wild geese)They went to St Louis's Church (circa 1890) on East 4th and Bridge that is now defunct. Their records are in the main diocese in Syracuse. Before that they mostly went to St. Mary's but wanted to have their own French speaking mass hench St. Louis was founded. It looks almost like the one in St. Antoine Sur Richlieu, east of Montreal, both the town and church are named after my 10th g-grandfather Antoine Courtemanche or Shortsleeve/Shortslef in english.. Marilyn Rowsey Dirk -- Original Message --- From: "Sue Hawes" <slhawes@verizon.net> Monday, July 10, 2006 5:35 AM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] St.Mary's or St. Peters? > I would like to ask one further question, please. Where would French Canadians be buried, with deaths around 1860+ ? > Sue ______________________________