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Subject: [IRISH IN ST. LOUIS] Re: Orphange 1870
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:20:26 EST

In a message dated 2/16/2003 9:10:43 AM Central Standard Time,
writes:


> While tracing the Heeney name, I came across a series of pages in the
> 1870 census that might be of general interest. They were in the 6th
> Ward, East Division of St. Louis on page 152 and before and after that
> page. They are a list of orphans in St. Josephs Asylum whose parents
> are foreign but their own nativity is uncertain.
>
> Here are some of the names on the few pages I printed. I am sure there
> are more Irish names there. All I found were males.
>

Diane,
There is a website collecting info on orphanages:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~orphanshome/

Ther are probably others also.
Kathy Lund

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