Photograph of Rev. Francois-Xavier Fafard and guests at his ordination anniversary celebration. 400 friends and family members from the U.S. and Canada attended.
Julienne Jacques was born on August 12, 1890 in Tilbury, Ontario to Louis and Elmire (Peltier) Jacques. As is noted in French on the back of the photo, she was 11 when she received her First Communion, also in Tilbury. She would go on to immigrate to northern New York and marry a Monsieur Bouchard. She died in 1920 in Clinton County, NY near Redford. Mr. Bouchard returned to his home of Napierville, Quebec with their four children following Julienne's death.
Fr. Pelletier was Assistant Pastor of St. Joseph's "French" Church in Cohoes from 1933 to 1936. He then served as Pastor from 1946 until his sudden death on August 3, 1951. He was born in Sainte Melanie, Quebec in 1895.William Horan's mother saved this card through the years.
Father Joseph. S. Robitaille celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination as a priest alongside parishioners at St. Joseph's Church in Cohoes, NY, where he served as pastor from 1970 until his passing in 2002.
Father Joseph S. Robitaille was ordained as a priest on June 1, 1957 at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Albany, NY. He completed his M.S. in Education at Siena College. After serving in a variety of roles throughout the Capital District, he became the pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Cohoes, NY in 1970, where he remained until his death in 2002. He is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Waterford, NY.
This First Communion certificate was tucked behind a framed Baptismal record. Note that the language for the Baptismal record was French. Eight years later, at the same church, the First Communion record is in English. There was also another priest, albeit Franco-American as well, named Fr. Troie.
James' Franco-American mother made the frame for the baptismal record. Her family name was Houle, also spelled Rule. The baptism took place on July 10, 1928 at Assumption Church in Redford, NY. The priest was Fr. Laramee. Godfather (Parrain) was ? Lanctot. Godmother (Marraine) was Lina Fecteau.
Black and white Confirmation or school portrait of Caroline-Anne (Carrie) Connally. Carrie was probably in middle school at the time of the photograph, in 1904 or 1905. Great grandmother of Matthew T. Apple.
