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Holyoke Catholic High School Cross Country and Track 1973
Holyoke Catholic High School Cross Country and Track 1982
Holyoke Catholic High School Cross Country and Track
Race Street
start to Dwight
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
Corner of Appleton and Race Streets
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 1956 map A and B
Corner of Cabot and Race Streets
Cabot to Sargeant

Automobile Dealer at 362 Race Street LINK
Corner of Sargeant and Race Streets
Sargeant to Jackson – alleyway only
Jackson to South
Spillway 3 of the Holyoke Canal
Baker-Vawter
Photographers in Holyoke
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 | ||
Saint Patrick’s Cemetery
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

Alden Press
Holyoke Day Nursery



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














