Stories of family and ancestors who lived and worked in Cohoes (textile and garment workers, butchers and barbers), Waterford (canalers), Whitehall (farmers and canalers), Port Henry (iron miners and Civil War soldiers), Champlain (canalers and farmers) and other towns along the Champlain Canal in New York State with some diversions to the places they emigrated from....Quebec (landless farmers, shoemakers, sailors, soldiers), Acadia (more farmers), and even Cornwall, England (tin miners).
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
French Churches of Cohoes, Part II
St Marie's began as a mission church of St Joseph's. Here are pictures of St Marie's which is now called Holy Trinity Parish
I was baptised there by Pere' Bechard. Mother Rose used to tell a story of how during WWII dad visited,in his Coast Guard uniform from his post in NYC. He attended the weekly confession and was in w/ Pere Bechard for the better part of an hour,causing irritation for those in line, causing them to cast looks at my mother in a pew,probably thinking "what has this sailor done?". Turns out dad and the pastor were discussing Yankee baseball...or so he told mother.
I was baptised there by Pere' Bechard. Mother Rose used to tell a story of how during WWII dad visited,in his Coast Guard uniform from his post in NYC. He attended the weekly confession and was in w/ Pere Bechard for the better part of an hour,causing irritation for those in line, causing them to cast looks at my mother in a pew,probably thinking "what has this sailor done?". Turns out dad and the pastor were discussing Yankee baseball...or so he told mother.
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