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From: "gmwaggo" <>
Subject: Re: [KYJEFFER] New but old
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 09:51:34 -0500
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Mayhurst Is still around,but It's roll has changed somewhat. It has been on
Dorsey Lane Of f Shelbyville road in eastern Jefferson county For over 25
years. Gary
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Subject: Re: [KYJEFFER] New but old


> Although I now live in the Atlanta area, and have not been back to
Louisville
> since the St. X 25th reunion in '91 ( I mention that because I have no
idea
> what has been "renewaled" during the last quarter century), when I was
taking
> a Graduate course at UL in '74, I went to Notre Dame du Port, in
> Shippingport/Portland, and was given access to their Church records. My
> German G Grandparents ( Steier's) belonged to that parish, and I found
some
> neat info in the Parish records. The Church of Our Lady, as I recall, was
> originally founded when the Tarascon party left Phil. during the Yellow
Fever
> epidemic in c.1817, so has documents from the early days of the Falls.
Many
> of the records I saw were handwritten in French, a language Known But to
God
> as far as I am concerned, so I have no idea what the particulars are
> contained within. The church was heavily damaged during the '37 flood
(and
> others), but has been reburbished each time. If you have the chance to go
to
> Portland, I would suggest doing so, as the architecture is pretty
> historically tied to the steamboat days. The old Portland newspaper (I
can't
> recall its name) is available at the FPL in Louisville (was, anyway-25
years
> ago), and has lots of "chatty" info about the locals. One interesting
aside
> is that Maryhurst, down in Portland, (if it still exists there) was
founded
> for unwed mothers in the 18th century, and was then known as the
"Penitent
> Asylum for the Reformation of Fallen Women". Some things you remember for
> the rest of your life.
> Norm Stier
> Norcross, GA
>
>
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