Baker-Vawter




Baker Vawter
Sanborn 1895 map – does not extend to that area plus all earlier maps do not either
becomes part of the Remington Rand Corp in 1940
photographers in Holyoke
| name | address | year | |
| McAuslan Wakelin Studios | |||
| Taft | 151 High Street | ||
| Cady | 194 High Street | ||
| LEA Studio | |||
| Phelps | 175 High Street | ||
| W J Cady’s Studio | 109 Dwight Street | ||
The Saint Patrick’s Cemetery of Chicopee Massachusetts is along Fuller Road.

stop 1 – Babies’ Section



The first burial in this cemetery was on July 17 1873. John Fitzgerald a child of 1 year and 6 months was buried here. His parents were Patrick and Johanna.
stop 2 – Layout of the Cemetery

See the map at LINK

stop 2A – Alexis Delphos

In this the Saint Johns section of the cemetery, there is a Alexis Delphos buried here. He was the first pastor and founder of the Saint Joachim Church (LINK) of the Chicopee Falls neighborhood. In 1911 he was buried here. If he had died a few months later, he might have been buried in the newly ready Saint Rose de Lima Cemetery. He was born in Quebec and served at a French Canadian church. FINDAGRAVE
stop 3 – Theodore Montmeny

It would be an interesting story to determine why Theodore Montmeny has a rendition of the Eiffel Tower on top of his gravestone. LINK
stop 4 – Isaac Blanchette

Isaac died of alcohol poisoning in 1919 during Wartime Prohibition. – FINDAGRAVE
stop 5 – Michael Houlihan

Read Michael Houlihan’s obituary at Findagrave. By coincidence a second Michael Houlihan died that same day of April 22 1907 in Chicopee. They do not seem to be related. FINDAGRAVE
stop 6 – Peter King

Peter’s gravestone is a cenotaph for him since he is buried in the Calvary Cemetery of Chicopee. – FINDAGRAVE – His wife is most likely here.
stop 7 – Patrick D Stone

First pastor and founder of the Saint Patrick’s Church of Chicopee. The story of the church and its campus is HERE.
stop 8 – Maurice Shea

stop 7 – LaPolice

stop 10 – Gates of the Cemetery

stop 9 – Thomas Deady and other war deaths

Thomas died due to WW1. The Route 33 Bridge over the Chicopee River is named after him. FINDAGRAVE




Its founder was Daniel Tully (FINDAGRAVE)




| name | location | begins | ends | |
| Saint Agnes Home | Dwight Street | 1916 | 1920 | |
| Saint Agnes Home | 159 Chestnut Street | 1920 | 1926 | |
| both names | 159 Chestnut Street | 1927 | 1933 | |
| Holyoke Day Nursery | 159 Chestnut Street | 1934 | still |
Superior at the Holyoke Day Nursery
1916 to 1920 – unknown
1921 to 1930 – Sister Mary Prudentia (in charge) with Ella Fitzgerald (head nurse)
1931 to 1933 – Sister Mary Austin
1934 – 1949 – no one listed – (From 1935 and into the 1940s the Holyoke Day Nursery is called a Catholic Diocesan Charities.)
1950 – Sister Mary Philips – superior
1951 to 1962 and later 1972 – Sister Mary Anselm (Mary of the Rosary) – superior
1963 – 1964 – no one listed
1965 to 1966 – Sister Mary Andrea – superior and lives there
1967 to 1971 – Sister Mary Zeno – superior and lives there
1975 to 1983 – Sister Dorothy Young – executive director and resides there too
1984 to 1986 – Janet Stetson – director
1988 to 1989 – Matthew Porter – director
1990 to 1991 – Ann Chase – director




Holyoke
Holyoke Canals
Chicopee
South Hadley
Cemetery in Chicopee through Time
J & W Jolly is James Jolly FINDAGRAVE and William Jolly FINDAGRAVE



1892 ad
Sanborn map analysis
Sanborn 1884 map – at this location is the City Iron Foundry near Cabot and South East Streets – the Jolly is at MAP in the HWP building that parallels the First Level Canal
Sanborn 1889 map – at this location is the City Iron Foundry near Cabot and South East Streets – the Jolly is at MAP in the HWP building that parallels the First Level Canal
Saint Agnes Guild or the Guild of Saint Agnes
| from | to | location | |
| 1912 | none | ||
| 1921 | 1934 | 159 Chestnut Street | |
| 1935 | unknown | ||
| 1951 | 1952 | no guild | |
| 1954 | 1958 | 105 Sargeant Street | Saint Agnes Guild Thrift Shoppe |
| 1959 | 1962 | 101 Sargeant Street | Saint Agnes Guild Thrift Shoppe |
| 1968 | 1982 | no guild | |
Saint Agnes Guild Thrift Shoppe had used clothing.



| from | to | address | |
| 1904 or 1905 | 1909 | 22 Suffolk Street | |
| 1911 | 1911 | 86 Suffolk Street | |
| 1912 | 1918 | 159 Chestnut Street | |
| 1919 | onwards | gone | |
The Holyoke Club seems to have started in 1904 or 1905 with original officers of Lewis Wyckoff, A G Magna, and George Nicholson. In 1907 the officers are John E Clark, Charles M Porter, George Nicholson. Then in 1917 the Holyoke Club House had a president of A T Gallup and a tres/sec of Z D B Hallett.




They take over the Chestnut Street location on January 3 1911 and relinquish it on March 17 1919.
