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Notre Dame du Bon Conseil Church is in Easthampton Massachusetts. This church was founded on November 18 1906 with its first church at 92 Union Street. The rectory was at 68 Union. The parish was founded in 1904. In 1912, the school was at 7 Center Street.

The church is now at 33 Pleasant Street having moved there in 1922. The George Hendrick house was the rectory. This was 27 Pleasant Street.

In 1929 the school is at 35 Center and 72 Union. The Convent is at 35 Center and the nuns are from the Sisters of Saint Joseph. In 1934 the convent is at 68 Union Street where the rectory was. It is called the Saint Anne’s Convent.

pastor	starts	ends	burial
Joseph I Lord	1906	1915	burial
Eugene Baril	1915		burial
J P Bourassa		1920	burial
Ambroise Buisson	at least 1929	at least 1934	burial
			burial
Eugene St Martin	1938		burial
			burial
Fernand Roy		at least 1950	burial

stop 1 – Notre Dame du Bon Conseil Church

stop 2 – Notre Dame du Bon Conseil Convent

Built in 1948 to replace one on Union Street which was from 1908. That 1908 was a house that served as both school and convent. In the 1980s this 1948 convent would become the rectory.

stop 3 – Notre Dame du Bon Conseil School

Built in 1948 to replace one on Union Street which was from 1908.

Sanborn map analysis:

1895 map

1902 map

1910 map

1916 map of Union Street

1916 map has nothing on Pleasant Street.

Saint Stanislaus Cemetery was founded in the year 1923 as the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Its name was changed at some point.

Church

The Saint Stanislaus Cemetery belonged to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. The history of the church campus is HERE. The church land was that of Stanisław Popielarczyk – FINDAGRAVE

In the beginning the Polish ethnic group used the Immaculate Conception Church LINK and the Saint Brigid’s Cemetery LINK – but in 1907 they got their own mission church and then in 1909 the church. The second pastor Rev Wenceslaus Lenz of Sacred Heart was buried in the Saint Brigid’s Cemetery – FINDAGRAVE

Cenotaph

Views

The owners of the cemetery land were Wincenty and Waleria Tomaszewski – FINDAGRAVE

Funeral Home

John Czelusniak ran funeral homes in Holyoke, Westfield, Easthampton, and Northampton. He and his vast family is buried in this cemetery. FINDAGRAVE

Chapel

The chapel was constructed in 1952.

Priests

Stanislawa Zdebla

FINDAGRAVE

Stanislaus Wojcik

FINDAGRAVE

A second head pastor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church is buried here – John Klekotka. He is buried with his parents near the front LINK.

Earliest Burials

Frederick Szymanski is the first burial in this cemetery – 16 October 1923 – FINDAGRAVE.

Babies

Joseph Ciach is the first non-baptized baby burial in this cemetery – 24 October 1923 – FINDAGRAVE.

Donald Plourde – FINDAGRAVE

Grounds

Eugene F. Burgielewicz Sr. was the superintendent of this cemetery for 43 years.

Military Deaths

FINDAGRAVE

FINDAGRAVE

Beautiful Stones

Sacred Heart Church of Easthampton is from 1909. It is at 34 Franklin Street.

stop 1 – Sacred Heart Church

Land was purchased from the Stanislaw Popielarczyk family and then from the Oscar Knipfer. In 1952 side chapels were added to the church. The church was given a new roof in 1974 and that might have been when the dormers were removed. New siding was added in 1984.

stop 2 – Sacred Heart Rectory

pastor	dates	burial
Wladyslaw Kielbasinski	November 10 1907 (mission)
Leon Jandy	January 1908 to April 1908 (mission)
Marcin Piechota	April 1908 to November 18 1909 (mission)	FINDAGRAVE
Jan Mard	November 18 1909 to 1911	FINDAGRAVE
Wenceslaus Lenz	April 1911 to December 8 1914	FINDAGRAVE
Bartholomew Slawinski	December 1914 to January 1925	FINDAGRAVE
Andrew A Lekarczyk	January 25 1925 to 1935	FINDAGRAVE
Stanislawa Zdebla	July 27 1935 to May 21 1965	FINDAGRAVE
John Klekotka	June 1965 to May 19 1974	FINDAGRAVE
Ladislaus J. Szymczyk	June 1974	FINDAGRAVE

Jan Mard had to live on the ground floor of the Stanislaw Popielarczyk home for his term.

The rectory is at Clifford Street in 1912. In 1929 it is listed as at 33 Knipfer Street.

stop 3 – Sacred Heart School

“Bogu i Ojczyznie” means “God and Country”

The school was blessed August 31 1919 and opened the next day. At first, the nuns were the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Joseph. In July of 1923 they were replaced by the Felicians (from Lodi New Jersey).

the cornerstone of the school has the double inscription of

“Szkola —– 1918”

“Ostoja Religii i Narodj” means “Refuge of Religion and Nation”

stop 4 – Sacred Heart Convent

The new convent was ready in June of 1922. Before that for three years the upper floors of the school was the convent.

Bethlehem House of Western Massachusetts – LINK – is based here. They help young pregnant women during their term and then for 18 more months after their child is born.

stop 5 – Saint Stanislaus Cemetery

LINK

The owners of the cemetery land were Wincenty and Waleria Tomaszewski – FINDAGRAVE

Sanborn maps

1910

1916

German Reformed Church is at the corner of Elm and Sargeant Streets in Holyoke. It is also called the Saint Andrew’s Reformed Church. The front of the church faces onto Elm. In 1961 this church united with the First Congregational Church of Holyoke to become the First United Congregational.

Inside they have a Streere Organ.

POSTCARD view and another POSTCARD

Sanborn 1895 map and not on the 1885 and 1889 maps

Sanborn 1915 map

Sanborn 1949 map

Sanborn 1956 map

The German Evangelical Lutheran Church was located across Jackson Street from the triangle formed by Jackson, South Bridge, and Park (now Clemente) Streets. The wooden church was one floor and had the same location as the later church. This wooden church was built in 1867. It burned in 1899. Exterior VIEW.

The masonry church was built in 1899 and had August Brunn for a pastor. The German Evangelical Lutheran School was at Jackson and Bridge and had classes in the German language plus in religion.

LINK to a story about this church

INTERIOR photo of the church

park and church PHOTO

POSTCARD view

Sanborn 1889 map

Sanborn 1895 map

Sanborn 1915 map

not on the 1885 nor 1946 and 1959 maps

First Lutheran Church

Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church

The Beulah Baptist Church was in the Willimansett neighborhood of Chicopee. PICTURE

An image and their story can be found HERE. Beulah Church is an offshoot of the Second Baptist Church of Holyoke.

It is still a functional church and it has WEB page. It is now located on Prospect Street.

One of its most famous ministers is Edward Ufford. FINDAGRAVE

Biography and Music

Lincoln Street of Holyoke has many pretty houses.

The best manner to tour this street is to start at Kennedy Park. At the southeast corner of the park is the former Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church.

stop 1 – Highlands Methodist Episcopal Church

read stop 9 at this LINK

stop 2 – Kennedy Park

stop 3 – Azro Coburn house 

A one block walk up Lincoln Street from the park in a westerly direction is a fine way to view some nice homes. At 98 Lincoln Street is the Azro Coburn house from 1908.

stop 4 – James Ramage

At 104 Lincoln Street is the James Ramage house from 1895.

stop 5 –

At 110 Lincoln Street.

stop 6 – John Williams

At 118 Lincoln Street is the John Williams house from 1893. This is a Queen Ann Victorian home. John was a carpenter and painter with Doane in a Holyoke store.

stop 7 – William Wilson

At 126 Lincoln Street we find the William Wilson house from 1894. He was a papermaker.

stop 8 – Duncan McCorkindale

At 132 Lincoln Street is the Duncan McCorkindale house from 1894. He was a worker at the Parsons Paper Mill and from 1902 until in the 1930s his family lived here.

stop 9 – Robert Sanderson

At 136 Lincoln Street in 1895 the Robert Sanderson house was built. This is a Queen Anne house.

stop 10 – Jens Madsen

At 162 Lincoln Street from 1892 is the Jens Madsen house. He lived here from 1903 to well into the 1940s. For a very long time Madsen had a company called the Anker Printing. Madsen at first lived on Canal Street in South Hadley and was the town’s clerk.

stop 11 – James Morrill

In 1892 at 170 Lincoln Street a nice Queen Anne house was built. James Morrill owned it. He owned a pharmacy on High Street.

stop 12 –

stop 13 – Johnson houses

At the top of the street, the Johnson houses are side by side. Robert’s house is to the right and Charles’ house is to the left. They owned an insurance company on High Street.

Saint Brigid’s Cemetery of Easthampton is also called the Immaculate Conception Cemetery and the Everett Street Cemetery.

Read about the history of the Immaculate Conception Church.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church used this cemetery from 1909 to 1924 at which time it made its own cemetery. Read about that CHURCH and its CEMETERY.

The Notre Dame du Bon Conseil Church used this cemetery during all of its history. Read about that CHURCH. The church was formed in 1906.

MAP of the cemetery.

stop 1 – Gates, Signs, and Layout of the Cemetery

stop 2 – Priests Circle number 1

Walshe obituary

Jeremiah Twomey – his burial was at first at the Immaculate Conception Churchyard and then he was moved here.

Father Lenz is here and can be found at FINDAGRAVE.

stop 3 – Babies

stop 4 – Paupers

M J D born 1862 and died 1921. This could be a Martin Dalton or a Mary Dept both of whom died in 1921 in Easthampton. Both buried in this cemetery and both about this age. Neither has a gravestone in the cemetery.

Joseph Routhier – LINK

stop 5 – Ethnic Groups

Joseph Philbert Auger – FINDAGRAVE – veteran of the American Civil War

stop 6 – Priests Circle number 2

This pastor area is for P F Doyle. FINDAGRAVE

stop 7 – Interesting Monuments

Once the cemetery had elevated plots. These have all been removed and good that they did since they would have had enough water erosion to knock the gravestones over.

stop 8 – Neighborhood

Across the street is the Everett Street Village. These homes were workers’ homes for the mill workers.

Rose Gagnon – LINK

Mikolaj Prondecki 1918

Easthampton

RESERVOIRS and DAMS – LIST

OTHER

Main Street

Williston Seminary

Easthampton Veterans Monuments

Easthampton Library

Easthampton Town Hall

Easthampton Modern Municipal Group

Easthampton Historical Society

Schools in Easthampton

Easthampton Post Office

Easthampton Fire Station

Williston House

CHURCHES – LINK

CEMETERIES – LINK

PARKS

Parks of Easthampton

Immaculate Conception Church Campus (Easthampton) is found on Adams Street. The first church was a wooden church that was erected in 1868 at the same site as the present church. A new church was completed in 1883 but it burned before it could be used. In 1884 this present church was made (dedicated August 15 1884). This church is in the neo-Gothic style.

The Immaculate Conception Church was a mission church of the Northampton church since 1868 under P V Moyce (pastor in Northampton).

The first pastor was Jeremiah J Twomey. FINDAGRAVE – his original burial location was alongside the Immaculate Conception Church but when it was built into a larger masonry church, the burial had to be moved.

pastor	starts	ends	burial
Jeremiah J Twomey		1873	FINDAGRAVE
Richard Donovan	1873	1878	FINDAGRAVE
Richard Walshe	1878	1914	FINDAGRAVE
Michael Ahern	1914	1920 at least	FINDAGRAVE
Patrick F Doyle	1929 at least	1933	FINDAGRAVE
Cornelius F Donoghue	at least 1934		FINDAGRAVE
John Prendergast		1950 at least	FINDAGRAVE
			FINDAGRAVE
			FINDAGRAVE

Third pastor was Richard Walshe FINDAGRAVE – The cemetery was established in about 1884 on Everett Street by Walshe. He was the pastor from 1878 to 1914 – 36 years.

At 21 Adams Street is the convent for the nuns. It was a home at first (1870s build) but Immaculate Conception purchased it. They owned it from 1915 to the late 1980s. The order of nuns that worked in the school here was the Sisters of Saint Joseph.

At 33 Adams Street is the rectory of the priests. It was built at some point in the late 1800s.

The parish is now called Our Lady of the Valley since it is a joining of many churches in town. This happened in 2010 with the joining of Notre Dame du Bon Conseil (Pleasant Street) and Sacred Heart of Jesus (Franklin Street) with the Immaculate Conception Church.

stop 1 – Immaculate Conception Rectory

stop 2 – Immaculate Conception Church

stop 3 – Immaculate Conception Convent

The convent is from 1875 but for most of its existence it was the convent for the Catholic school across the street.

stop 4 – Immaculate Conception School

The Immaculate Conception School was started in 1909.

Sanborn maps analysis:

1889 – the 1884 map has nothing

1895 map A and map B

1902 map

1910 map

1916 map