Race Street

Streets of Holyoke

start to Dwight

Lyman Mill

at 4 Race in 1883 was Carrington Steam Heating

at 7 Race

at 23 Race Street was the Russell Co dealers in hardware

Dwight to Appleton

Holyoke Canal Walk

Judd Paper tour

Corner of Appleton and Race Streets

American Braiding Company

Holyoke Steam

Appleton to Cabot (includes Spring crossing)

Charles Koegel and Son Machine Shop (Holyoke) LINK

Sanborn map analysis of this city block:

Sanborn 1895 map – wooden house

Sanborn 1915 map

Sanborn 1949 map

Sanborn 1956 map A and B

Corner of Cabot and Race Streets

Grace Church

Cabot to Sargeant

Holyoke Water Power flume

Holyoke Boys Club

Automobile Dealer at 362 Race Street LINK

Corner of Sargeant and Race Streets

Parsons Paper Mill

Friedrich Block

Sargeant to Jackson – alleyway only

Holyoke Machine Company

Merrick Thread Mill

Jackson to South

Spillway 3 of the Holyoke Canal

Merrick raceway

Holyoke Paper Mill

General Electric of Holyoke

Germania

Saint Patrick’s Cemetery

The Saint Patrick’s Cemetery of Chicopee Massachusetts is along Fuller Road.

Cemeteries of Chicopee

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

FINDAGRAVE

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

FINDAGRAVE

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.

FINDAGRAVE

stop 8 – Maurice Shea

FINDAGRAVE

stop 7 – LaPolice

FINDAGRAVE

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

Holyoke Day Nursery

Its founder was Daniel Tully (FINDAGRAVE)

9 Jun 1954

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Saint Agnes HomeDwight Street19161920
Saint Agnes Home159 Chestnut Street19201926
both names159 Chestnut Street19271933
Holyoke Day Nursery159 Chestnut Street1934still

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

21 Dec 1954

25 Apr 1958