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Samuel Hoyt was the leader of the Highland Park Associates. Hoyt at FINDAGRAVE. This was a real estate group that was based on North Pleasant Street at the SE corner of Yale Street. From 1920 to 1925, his company was at 85 Dartmouth Street.

In 1923 he started up another company called Hoyt Construction. In later life, he would be the real estate manager at People’s Bank and at Mechanics Bank.

homes	starts	ends	notes
Brooklyn, New York	1900		census
365 Appleton Street, Holyoke	1910		census but not in directory
84 Pleasant Street	1911	1911
25 Stanford Street	1912	1913
37 Dartmouth Street	1914	1918
2 Taylor Street	1918	1920
11 Yale Street	1921	1922
2 Cleveland Street	1923	1924	near Harvard
57 Park Slope Road	1925	1925
210 Pleasant Street	1926	1926
37 Stratford Street	1927	1927
Stony Point, Rockland County, New York	1928	1933	removed to NY

8 Brooks Street (now called O’Connor Avenue)	1934	1954	from census, plus 1934-1946 and 1955-6 directories

Saint Aloysius Cemetery (Springfield)

Saint Aloysius Cemetery (Springfield) is from 1876. FINDAGRAVE It is at 1273 Berkshire Avenue. It is also called Saint Louis Gonzaga Cemetery.

The church is from 1874 and the school is from 1893. STORY

STORY about this saint.

Gates

Pastors

Ethnic Groups

Baby Section

Potters Field

Moved

Saint Michael’s Cemetery

stop 0 – Introduction

stop 1 – Chapel

stop 2 – Mausoleums

stop 3 – Sisters of Saint Joseph

stop 4 – Bishop Beavan

stop 5 – Military Deaths

stop 6 – Mausoleum and more

Stop 7 – Rev J Alfred Lane

FINDAGRAVE

8 – Interesting Stones

9 – Babies Section

Dr Paul Nathan

2025 tours and presentations

2025 tours and presentations:

AMHERST

North Amherst Cemetery

BELCHERTOWN

cemetery tour

CHICOPEE

Chicopee Center Canal

East Street Cemetery – Chicopee

The Churches of Chicopee (presentation)

EASTHAMPTON

Nashawannuck Pond and its Mills – Easthampton

Brookside Cemetery

GRANBY

Granby Commons

HADLEY

Plainville Cemetery

HOLYOKE

Holyoke Canal

A House in Holyoke through Time (presentation)

The Precious Blood Church Fire of 1875 (presentation)

A Mill in Holyoke through Time (presentation)

Street tour

LUDLOW

Ludlow Canal – Ludlow

The Six Power Canals of the Connecticut River – presentation hosted in Ludlow

MONTAGUE

The Six Navigational Canals of the Connecticut River (presentation)

NORTHAMPTON

The Power Canals of Northampton (presentation)

PELHAM

Cemetery tour

SOUTHAMPTON

The Reservoirs of Southampton (presentation)

Southampton Center Cemetery

SOUTH HADLEY

South Hadley Canal

South Hadley in the Great War – a presentation

SPRINGFIELD

Indian Orchard Canal

The Six Power Canals of the Connecticut River – presentation hosted in Springfield

Springfield Cemetery

Oak Grove Cemetery

The Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel, North Congregational Church, and Christ Church Cathedral – sidewalk tour only

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church

WESTFIELD

Saint Mary’s Church

WILBRAHAM

Collins Canal – Wilbraham

The Six Power Canals of the Connecticut River – presentation hosted in Wilbraham

Pelczarsky

From 1947 to 1961 it is owned by Joseph Pelczarsky and his wife Mary. They would convert the two room school house into a two family home. Henry J Baker Jr and his wife Fredericka B were tenants were tenants from 1947 to 1948. He worked at the Union Coal and Wood Company. Joseph Pelczarsky was a musician who played saxophone. In 1950 Hart-Lester Allen widow of Joseph Allen was a new tenant. The Allen story is HERE. The book that the Gionfriddo family wrote about here is HERE. Pelczarsky in 1955 lists himself as a salesman at the Epstein Furniture Store.

Pelczarsky would grow up at 2 Oliver Street. His father would work at the Lyman Mills as a weaver. In the late 1920s they would move to Front Street. In about 1930 Joseph Pelczarsky would marry a woman with the first name of Lucille. In 1931, they would live at 7 Wolcott Street and he would work as an upholsterer at 737 Dwight Street and as a musician. In 1932, they would live at 105 Walnut Street and he would work as an upholsterer at 108 High Street and as a musician. The couple would disappear from 1933 to 1944. Finally, in 1945 he would show up in Holyoke again newly remarried after a divorce. His new wife Mary C and he live at 1966 Northampton Street for two years.