My grandmother Nellie Shortsleeve born 1892, my mother, myself and my children were baptized there too.Where did you hear it was a vaudeville theatre and when? What is your proof? I lived here since 1949 ( born in Lexington Va 1942) and never heard of such a thing. Not that I believe or disbelieve but I need a document or something to certify this. I'll check with Justin at the records dept, he can answer this. Marilyn Rowsey Dirk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Peashey" <tompeashey@comcast.net> To: <NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:38 PM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] RE: Where did the French Canadians live in Oswego? > 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 > > ______________________________ > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > sagemarie98@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >