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Saint Louis de France Church has its roots as a mission church starting in 1893. Its parent church was the Saint William’s Church of Agawam. This Agawam church is now called the Saint Theresa’s Church. The next year land was purchased and then a structure built in 1895. Rev Joseph M E Genest was the mission pastor. It would burn in 1900 but would quickly be rebuilt. The church was at 801 Main Street at the corner with Belle Avenue. It would stay a mission church until 1907. In 1966 the steeple was removed.

pastor	starts	ends	burial
J Octave Comtois	1907	1913	burial
Frederick Brouillet
Gerald R Beauregard	1968

Catholic Religion in Springfield

church
Saint Matthew’s
Saint Benedict’s
Saint Michael’s
Saint Joseph’s
Saint Aloysius
Sacred Heart
Saint Matthew’s
Holy Family
Saints Peter and Paul
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Immaculate Conception
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Hope
All Soul’s
Holy Name
Our Lady of the Rosary
Blessed Sacrament
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Mary Mother of Hope
Holy Cross
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Patrick

CHURCHES

Saint Matthew’s Church (in what is now Chicopee)

Saint Benedict’s Church

Saint Michael’s Church and Cathedral 1856

Saint Joseph’s Church 1873 French

Saint Aloysius Church 1873 French

Sacred Heart Church 1874

Saint Matthew’s Church 1878

Holy Family Church 1901

Saints Peter and Paul Church (Syrian)

Saint Thomas Aquinas Church 1904 French

Immaculate Conception Church 1904 Polish

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 1906

Our Lady of Hope Church 1906

All Soul’s Catholic Church 1909

Holy Name Church 1910

Our Lady of the Rosary Church 1917 Polish

Blessed Sacrament Church 1920

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church 1929

Mary Mother of Hope Church (St Mary’s) 1947

Holy Cross Church 1949

Saint Catherine of Siena Church 1963

Saint Patrick Church 1963

Swedish Baptist Church

Magazine Playground

MAP – near Magazine Street

Thompson Triangle is formed by the three streets – Worthington St, Clarendon St, and St James Avenue.

W M McKnight house is at 1176 Worthington Street and is from 1890.

Wesley Society of the Methodist Church Parsonage is at 120 Clarendon Street.

Park Congregational Church

Second Universalist Society Church of Springfield Massachusetts

Bay corner of Princeton 368 Bay

1898

Cambridge

individual	job	lives at homestead	relationship
James	milk dealer / farmer	1862 to 1887	father
Jane		1862 to 1911	mother
Ann		1870 to 1871	daughter
Alice A	teacher	1875 to 1916	daughter
James		1862 to 1885	son
Frank	milk dealer / farmer	1863 to 1940	son
Andrew John	farmer / real estate / policeman	1862 to 1911 and 1932	son
Emily			daughter
Margaret		1862	daughter
Luise Pauline		1934 onward	wife of Frank

Moss homestead is at Back Street until 1904 and in that year the street’s name is changed to Homestead Avenue. By 1911 it is with a number finally – 34 Homestead. By 1920 it is with another number – 74 Homestead.

Alice is at 132 Cabot Street in 1905 and a teacher. In 1898 she is at the Back Street School. In 1886 she was an assistant at the Appleton Street School.

Andrew is at 41 Erline Street in Chicopee in 1903-4.

Neighbors to the Moss family:

Patrick Sheehan

George Goodyear

Patrick F Kane

Tenants of the homestead:

Martha C Schroeder 1951 to 1960

Arthur F Aurnhammer 1981

Bushman Fuller

Bushman purchased the land from John and Justin Ely. It was 56 acres. It was part of lot 27. This lot was part of the 1707 division of land in the Holyoke area.

In 1842 Clarissa Fuller would sell the property to John C Thompson.

In 1848 the property would again be sold to Cyrus Kemp. FINDAGRAVE

His house would be taken over by the Moss family in 1862.

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Crescent Street at Greenwich Road corner

1879

John Thomas Sheehan priest at the Notre Dame du Mount Carmel Church from 1880 to 1935 – FINDAGRAVE