Carmelite Monastery

...summer of 1910, a new home was found in the Oak Lane neighborhood: a colonial home called Hill Top. The new site was ideal for the Carmelites, as it was both spacious and far from the hustle and bustle of the city to live their contemplative vocation. The chapel, built

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Friendly and Adopted Sons

...him more than an honorary member. So the Friendly Sons toke a vote and formally adopted Washington as an Irishman.[7] Reasoning that if they all counted themselves adopted Americans, he could be adopted into the Irish. Washington was then invited to a dinner by the Friendly Sons on January 2,

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Research Request Forms

...arch for these records. Only records prior to 1940 can be searched for genealogical purposes. Records after 1940 can only be obtained by the person the record pertains to and requires a photo I.D. to obtain a copy of the record. CHRC has some school records, mainly report cards, for

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1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut

...ver H. Taylor. Father Michael Hurley, no date Four Sisters of Charity were also called upon to minister to the dying men at Duffy’s Cut. Their presence was recorded from the accounts of an eyewitness; however, no official record of their mission exists. Relevant documents may have been destroyed in

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