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Kelsa, Ann Louise Apr '45
Stanton, Louise
July 4 '70
MARRIAGES.
Belanger, Felix and Amelie Duval
Jan 2
Dwyer, Anna Eliz. ١١
4 17
Benoit, Elienne and Henriette Larpentigny
29
McKoy, James Henry Mch 26 Mch 29
Folt, Charles and Marg. Mc- . Cormic
I3 Prieur, Pauline Aurelie May 16
May 18
Cunningham, Thomas and Mary Wall
Mch 22
Brabant, Sophia Collin, George
Oct 21 '70 June 3
June 15
Benoit, Milie July 12 July 12
Paquette, Jos. and Cath. Daniel
A11g 30 Cantwell, Catharine .. 1.4 Aug 20
O'Connel, James and Adeline Wall
Kannally, Alice Feb 15 June 25
Sept 18
Charpentier, Hellen July 22
Ang 15
Langevin, James Chas. Sept 4 Sept 6
Oct 11
١١ Downes, Edmond Ch. July 31 10
Malloy, James and M. Tailor
22
15 Blanchette, Phil. Victoire Sept 10 Bertrand, Benj. Aug.
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Brown, Thomas and Joanna O'Connell
Nov 14:
Farrel, Will Jas. Aug 23
Oct 1
Russel, Eugene Sept 27
1
DEATHS.
Jette, Ju. Louis Feb 1
Oct 17
21
Lawler, Richard
Feb 10
Feb 13 Benoit, Isabelle Marie
Nov 17
Nov 20
Kensella, Judith
May 4
May 5 Lefebvre, Jos. Ovila
Oct 31
26
Bazinet, Alex.
..
28
31 Purcell, Wmn. John " 31 Dec 3
Belleville, 'felman
..
29 June 1 Denis, Henry Nov 19
. .
3
١١ 6 Iselop, Susanne 1847
Jan 3
14 Cosselman, Mary
Nov 25 '70 Dec 8 '70
15 Fitzgerald, Isabella
15 Sarah Oct 10 '70 Feb 12
Leroux, Marie Adeline Jan 26 " 12
Charlebois, Angustus 23 .. 26
Pilou, Armand Sylvester 28 Mch 5
Howarth, Rosa Delima Dec 29 '70
26
McCormic, Honore Jan 1 Apr 9
Picard, Wm. Apr 10 Apr 16 " 23
McDonald, Wm. and Cath. Lafleur
22
15
Gervais, Francis and Anna Stanton
15 Bouchard, Mary Solome " 30
..
2
!4
Fortin, Eliz.
Jan 13
Jan 14 Quesnel, Sophia
1.4 " 17 Thibault, Jos. Henry " 23
23
Williams, Will
Nov 23
Nov 24
Belanger, Cesaire
Quesnel, Albert
Feb 5
Nov 6
17 Masson, Michael
12
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Blanchette, Jos. and Louise Lajoie
Rhodrigue, Jos. Louis Alfred Dec 14 .. 24 Edmond, Oliver " 29
Goulet, George
June 17
Dec 23 29
24 Belanger, James Chas. July 29 Collin, Mary 25 4 Aug 4
Pilon, Christina Ann May 22 Sept I
Lepage, Jerome Honore Sept 3
8
Jan1 3 Charpentier, Milie Marie " 8
9
Turcot, Cath. Emma Oct 2
Oct
6
9 Howarth, Elmira ..
1
6
Purcell, John and Cath. Brennan Feb 12 Bazinet, Anastasia 3
Hamel, Ilugh and Mary Jolinson Sept I
Hughes, Mary Angela Sept 29 I7
Hamel, Francis Aug. Oct 21 23
Oct 15
Thibault, Maurice Benj.
29 Nov 3
DEATHS.
Ryan, Nellie Jall 13 Jan 14
Campbell, Frederic
May I May 4
Belleville, Antoine
June 19 June 22
66
29
Delaney, Mary Ann
Mch 22
Mch 25
Happ, Julie Kate
Sept 30 66
I7
Cartier, Edward
Sept 22
Sept 23
Duford, Emma Jeanne
Nov 5 Nov 8
Maher, Denis
Dec 8
Dec 11
Penet, Louis
19
21
Laguerre, Andrew Mch
3
29
1872
BAPTISMS.
McGowan, James and Bridget
McCarter
Jan 7
Benoit, Eliza
Jan 25
28
Williams, James J. and Jeanne Laughlin
30
Garvais, Wm. Nap.
23
Feb Il
Menard, Dorothee Geor-
giana Feb 23
Mch 3
Lalonde
Jimmie 12
Quesnel, Delima
" 29
Quesnel, Matilda
20
22
lebois May 28
Daniel, Marie Ann
Mch 23
23
Allum
Feb 12
Mulcahey, Chas, Peter
22
25
Menard, Geo. and Mary Sauve
Apr 2
Letarie, Peter Felix Apr II
Apr 14
Cartier
Ang 3
23
..
28 Larpentigny, Fk. and Mary Lalonde Sept 2
Jegoux, Honore May 2
May 26
Mckinley, Michael
Apr 3
Charpentier, Leander
May 20
June 9 Lachance, Oliver and Flavie
Kepler. Cath. Adele
Feb 22
16 Daniel
NOV 13
4
6
Menard, Jn. Willington 6%
IO
10
Williams, James
I3
66
24
Stapleton, Mary " 28
Langevin, Edward Dec 11
12
Larpentigny, Mary Sophia
Dec 26 ..
27
Dowdall, Mary Ellen Julia " I
29
MARRIAGES.
Pilon, Stephen
Oct 29 '71 Jan 28
Belleville, Alex. Ang. ..
26
28
Cornaire, Francis and R. Duford Feb 7 Bellanger, James and Mary .
6 Lagurre, Wm. and Mary Char-
Wiley, Francis and Mary
Turgeon, Mary Delima
21
..
25
Mercier, Wilfred and Jeanne
Belanger, Elmina Sophia " 22 Dwyer, James Miron Sept [ '71 Delaney, Ann Mch 27
28 Delaney, Jolın and Kate Kellett .. 10
". Bissonnette, J. B. and Lucy
29 Carriere Oct 10
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Brancheau, Mary Alice 18
MARRIAGES.
Thibault, Anthony and Su- sanna Iselop Gillick, Mathew and Anna McCormick
II
66
Lalonde, J. B. and Adelaide Sim- ard
Thibault, Hellen Angel- ique
Nov 6
Dec 2
Rhodrigne, Wm. Honore 30
..
DEATHS.
Craig, James
Apr 7
Fitzgerald, John Mrs Apr 20
Mercier, Elizabeth
June 14
June 151
Jordan, Wilfred
Oct 1 '72 13
Wise, Edward
=
24
Maher, Michael
A11g 23
Aug 24
Charrettier, Josephine
Oct 28
Nov
1
Kelley, Rose Miller, Milie
Jan 20 '69 June 12
Bissonnette, Ovile
J1111e 23 ..
July 4
Dwyer, Dan Albert
July 3
13
Downes, Fk. Eugene
15
20
BAPTISMS.
MARRIAGES.
Delaney, Jos. James Nov 11 '72 Jan 1 Mercier, Fred and Mary
Charrettier, Josephine M. 1. Jan 9
Laguerre
Jan 1
Lalonde, Geo.
21
23
Lalonde
13
Belleville, Josephine
11
28
Lalonde, Oliver and Annantine
Church, Jas. W.
Feb
4 Lajoie
13
Sureau, Marie Louise Vict. Feb 2
Church, Jos, and Mary Gillick 9 Duford, Joseph and Eliz. Allum
Feb 4
Bertrand, Martha
Jan 28
Kannally, Lucy An11
July 7 '72
Lavary, Marie Sophia
Feb 18
18
Lefebvre
Apr :8
Crable, John Vannaner
1851
19
Prieur, Antoine
Feb 28
Mch 1
DEATHS.
Quesnel, Adele
Mch 7
8|Francoeur ( Lavary) Cath. Apr 23
Apr 24
Langlois, Angele
15
16 Craig, Delima
May 1
May 2
Charlebois, Agatha
Feb 18
.. 3 Hugh, Jeanne
24
27
Morrisson, Wm. Jos.
Oct 8 '48
Apr 6 Pilon, Armand
26
..
27
3 19
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19
22
Hughes, Mrs. Ann
Nov 12
14
Wise, Mary Ann
16
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17
1873
Apr 22 Lanthier, Gertrude
Mch 28 " 17
20
Thibault, M. Louise
May 1 May 4
Bissonnette, Angelique
July 4 July 7
26 Johnson, Georgiana Mary May 17
18
Pilon, Josephine
64
23
Laguerre, Nellie
13 Laporte, Nicholas and Mary
5
9 Tiney, John and Jeanne Crable 16 Bellesford, Will and Sophronie
19
11
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REV. FATHER PERRET ATTENDED CLAYTON FROM JULY 1873 TO JANUARY 1874.
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CHAPTER IX.
Rev. Fathers Peret and Arents .- Apple Trees are Planted Around the Rectory and Church.
The thirteenth priest to take charge of Clayton was Rev. Father Peret from Rosiere, who had just arrived from France. He came here in July, 1873, and minister- ed to the spiritual wants of the catholics of Clayton only until Jan 1874. As he could not get along with the trustees at Rosiere, he begged the Bishop's permission to come and live here. This request was refused ; and as he was unwilling to live at Rosiere under such con- ditions, he left for New York, where he died a few years after.
Rev. Father Peret was small, had a fair complexion, and wore a wig ; he was nervous and excitable, but still, was well liked by the Clayton people. He spoke Eng- lish very poorly when he first came to Clayton, but he learned it quickly and could preach in that language be- fore he left.
He baptized Nov. 5tlı, Mary Helen Delaney, born October 30, 1873. He married John Barrett to Sophia Lefebvre.
The fourteenth priest who became' pastor of Clayton was Father T. Arents, a Belgian. He came to this vil-
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lage in January, 1874, and left in August, 1875. Whilst here, he attended Rosiere, Cape Vincent and Lafarge- ville. Father Arents improved the house lot, planted a row of cedars from the house to the vestry room, fifty apple trees around the house and in the rear of the eliurch and tilled the garden himself with the greatest care.
Fathier Arents was an odd man and seemed to do many things under the impulses of his eccentric nature. He scarcely ever wore a hat even in the coldest season of the year and loved to live alone. A house keeper was a piece of luxury in his eyes, so he cooked his own meals and took care of his house. Yet, the neighbors were kind, and often brought him cooked victuals. He was unceremonious and would work in the garden in his shirt sleeves, regardless of passersby.
Father Arents was middle sized, dark complexioned and stout. He was intelligent and a good speaker. He was pious, regular, attentive in teaching catechism and faithful to all his other pastoral duties. He was also noted as a good financier, a fine musician and a grand singer. He was very fond of children, would stop theni after school and make them sing hymns in his house. Many of the fathers and mothers of today, remember the grand old time they enjoyed with Father Arents in his house, which was more of a solitude, than the habit- ually animated rectory of an American pastor.
Father Arents left here in August, 1875, for Belgium, with the intention of coming back to Clayton. He only
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REV. T. ARENTS
PASTOR AT CLAYTON FROM JANUARY 1874 TO AUGUST 1875.
took a pebble as a souvenir of Clayton and a change of clothes. His books and all his other effects he left here. In spite of his sincere intention of coming back to Clay- ton, Father Arents was induced by his relatives to stay home and he is still living in his native town.
Following are those he baptized married and buried:
1874
Charpentier, Louise
July 3
July 5
BAPTISMS.
Date of Birth.
Date of Bapt.
McKinley, Geo. Robert
July 17
Ang 2
Bertrand, Wm
Dec 22 '73
Jan 6
6
Emond. Walter
Ang 6
Cole, Ida
May 1 '54
7
19
Hamel, John
17
23
١١
٠٠
24
Chas.
Sept 8 Sept 11
Daniel, Emma
13
Charlebois. Louis
Oct 16 '73
Feb I
Bissonnette, Izilda Sept 12
13
Lajoie, Isaida Jan 21
Charettier, M. Louise 2
Hax, Sophia
Ann Sept 27
Oct 7
Coffian, Zelia Ann Mary
Benoit, Honore
Feb S
15
16 Brown, George
Apr 25 '72
20
Branchaud, Maxim " 17
Thibault, Sophia Eliz.
23
Nov 2
Turgeon, Eliz. Mch 25
Mch 25
Mckinley, Hellen
10
5
Belanger, Angelina
Apr 5
Apr 5 Menard, Florence
5
22
Ponchet, Matilde
5
6 Sperrey, Geo. Clarence
Oct 31
29
Leroux, Franciscus X
May 2 May 3 Churco, Charles
Nov 28
30
Jegoux, Mary Cecilia
3
21 Fulth, Romalie
Jan IS '74
Dec 6
Delaney, Monica Eliz. 3
24 Prieur, Henry
Dec 12
12
Levesque, Nathalielouise " 30
31 |Combstock, John
Ang 2
Farrel, Eugene Apr 6
24
MARRIAGES.
Cole, Edward Delaney, Cath.
1.540
June 6
Gillick, James and Ida Cole
Jan 7
Dwyer, Ellen Mch 4 '73
June 25
28
Chevallier, John and Eliz.
Constanzer Feb 10
Denis, Edward
28
Hughes, Michael and Anna M.
Coffian
" 15
2
Faveret, Jos Wm.
July 5 26
Cornaire. Mary Louise
June 27 20
Mercier, Marie Eliz.
Jan 19
Charpentier, Nelson
23
Howe. Thomas
27
28 Collin, Hellen Geneveve Ang 17
..
16
14 Lepage, Amable
Oct 18 "
Evans, Joseph
22 Bazinet, Joseph Oct -
20
Stumps, Cath. Barbara Eliz. 23
2% Lavary, Emilie
Nov 15
16
May 31
Howe, Thomas and Alice Gillick
27
Bourcy, George Victor June 23
Chavontier, Ernest Ed- win May 22
Barbier, Lonis
May 30
May 9 Q
Bertrand, Chas. Louis Dec 29 '72
Molany, John Richard
Belanger, Viola
10
Charpentier, Cyrille
Zimmerman, Geo. Peter Ang 27 1
20
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Belleville, Fabien and Sarah Pilon
Bertrand, Joseph
Feb IS
Feb 20
Feb 15 MeLaughlin, Lawrence Menard, Dora 6 =
Mch 1 Mch 2
Lepage, Edward and Emilie Rhodrigue
١١ 16 Brabant, Lucy
29 31
Diepolder, Mich, and Sophia Hax
16 Cantwell, Annetta Lalonde, Mary
Apr 28
Apr 30
Wiley, Peter and Vitaline Rous- sea11
..
16 Stark, Jacob
..
15
IS
Evans, Joseph and Esther El- Jems
16|Thibault (Dufault) Cecil-
ia June 14 June 15
Brousseau, Pauline
20
" 22
..
27
Ryan, Patrick and Preville IIen- rietla
4 6
21 Belleville, Virginia Church, Hubert
16
18
May 11 Leroux, Mary Sophia Ang 4 Ang 5
Delaney, Monica
Sept 5 Sept 6
Cole, Edward II, and Mary Purcell
June 6 Delaney, Thomas
Oct 9 Oct 11
Brabant, Joseph and Mary
Hamel
15 Langevin, Edward
Nov 26
Nov 27
Delaney, Mrs. Thomas ١١
30
Dec 3
July 6
1875
..
6
BAPTISMS.
13 Chavoutier, Louis
Dec 19 '74 Jan 6
Purcell, James Janı 9 11
Ang 2 Barrett, Eliz. Pauline Dec 21 23
Menard, Mary Angeline Sept 3 '74
24
.. 17 Bertrand, Clarinda Dec 29'74 24
Nov 2 Burns, Froelich Melinda
10 Cath. Jan 17 31
Maher, Costella Amelia
31
10 Wiley, Bedell John
- Ignotins Dec 23 '74 31
16 Flint, Cath. 1853 Feb 9
Benoit, Lilie Rhodrigue Feb 11 15
Hlayes, John W. and Marg. Cooley
Dec 25 Marshal, Lawrence John M. 26 Mereier, Mary Corine Picard, Duncan Steph-
24 ens Feb 20
Mch 5
Charpentier, Amelie Matilda
0 28
11
Chevallier, Leonard
6
1.4
ma
Dec 31 '73 Jan 2 Rapholz, Alex. F. R.
Mch 10
14
Charpentier, Emelia
Jan 1
3 Belleville, Anthony .6
5
15
..
17
10
Flynn, Ignatius and Eliz. Duford Apr 18
Maxville, John and Anna Char- ples
27 20| Lanthier, Win. Leroux, Delina July 6 July 7
7
O'Reiley, Eliz.
26
28
Gauthier, Hyacinth and Eliz. Daniel
Guay, Severe and Virginie Goyette
Langevin, Mich, and Sophia Leroux
Combstock, John and Cath, Me- Cormick
Crowley. John and Annita I,e- ro11x
Conway, Eli and Calh. Gilliek
Varney, Henry and Eliz. Weaver
-
Weaver, John and Barbara Kimmes
Mason, Dominic and Marg. Doyle
Duford, Alfred and Viola Spen- cer
27
28
Lepage, Joseph and Mary Rhod- rigne
DEATHS.
Lalonde, (Westman) Em
.
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Quesnel, Israel and Parmelia Benoit
May 7 May 10
Gilliek, Rev. Philip
Constanzer, ThereseCath Mch 21 Mch 29|Flynn, HellenFlorence July 4 July 11
Branch, Clarence Louis 5 .. 29| Bourcey, AnastasieEliz. June 12
Jones, Emma Louise
31 Aubertin, Mary Louise 21
Denis, Lilie
Gillick, Bernard James Jan 10
Kepler. Albert James May 25
Peo, Remi Ernest Nov 7 '74
Gaugier, Anthony and Rossina Renayler Feb N
Downes, Cath. Alice
7
Gauthier, James 15 ٠١ Vautrin 2
Langevin, M. Louise
May 15
16
22 Reff, Peter and Cath. Delaney
8
Longtin, Louis Nap. June 4
June 5 Gillick. Mathew and Cath. Flint
9 Hughes, Pat James and Alice O Reily Q
Laurent, Henriette Vir- ginie Mch 20
May 25
Pilon, Frank
June 3 June 9
Bourcey, Stephens and Marg. Gouper Mch 30
Barton, Aun Eliz.
Apr 5
13
Wagner, Geo. and Mary Bourcey
66 30
Aubertin, Louis Eustache
Scpt I '70
May 9 9
Reff, John and Emma Louise Jones ١١
31
Aubertin, Francis Euch- ere
Mch 6 75
9
Bergeron, Thos, and Ellen Thi- bault
May 20
Johnson, Geo. Wmn.
June 29
July 4
11 No deaths recorded in 1875.
Aug 1 S
Apr 15 Apr 17 Thibault, Geo. Anthony Aug 7 MARRIAGES. IS 18 25
Wiley, Eliz. Apr 28 May 0 14
Marchand, Claud and Nathalie
16 Doctor, Martin and Cath Humpel 2
Quesnel, Delia 3
4 4
Aubertin, Geo Theodore Feb 3
Brabant, Leander and Cleophile Lalonde Apr 17
Gaugien, Anthony
May 11 June 20
Charlebois, Angelic May 17
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CHAPTER X.
Rev. Father John Craven.
The fifteenth priest appointed to Clayton was Rev. John Craven. He came here in August 1875 and left in February 1876. He was born in Ireland and came to this country in the sixties. He was at Croghan in 1876, at Olmsteadville between 1870 and 1873. He was of ordinary stature, large and fair looking, but of a pronounced nervous temperament. Upon his arrival at Clayton, he found fault with the furni- ture in the rectory. To please him, Mrs. Joseph Thibault and Mrs. Bridget Delaney took up a sub- scription and with this money furnished the whole house. This proof of good will on the part of the peo- ple did not satisfy him and he frequently upbraided them for their want of generosity. By this conduet he soon had the whole congregation against him. The Bishop was asked to remove him, which he did Febru- ary 1876. Shortly after, he was declared insane and was sent to the asylum at Longue Point, P. Q., where he has been ever since. To excuse his strange conduct here and elsewhere, posterity needs no better proof than these many years spent in an insane asylumn.
Following are those whom he baptized and married.
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1875
BAPTISMS.
Date.
Date of Date of Birth Bapt.
Johnson, Duncan and Mary Picard
Aug 29
Bertrand, Mich Jas.
Apr 4 Apr 18
Ebben, Geo, and Mary A.
Langlois, Alexander
29
29
Farrel
Dec 26
Thibault, Clara Gentila
Sept 3 Sept 3
Gelinot, Nelson
Aug 28 ..
26
Leroux, Godfroy and Delia Daniel
27
Turgeon, Denis
Oct 1 Oct 3
..
17
Benoit, Nelson
Oct 22
30
Charlebois, Henry
". 22
31
1876
Lalonde, Matilda
Nov 12
Nov 14 ..
Rhodrigue, Louis
..
15
18
BAPTISMS.
Daniel, Adele
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9
20
20 Lepage, David
Jan 22 Jan 23
Comstock, Geo.
Aug 3
..
20 Barrett, Marg. Menette 27 Feb 5
Leroux, Joseph
Nov 24
24 Belanger, Gertrude 19 8
Cole, Mary
Dec 18 '74
28
Lawrence, Julie
Nov 14
Dec 7
Lachance, Margarite Sept 18
١١
22
Cosselman, Wm. Jos.
Dec
29
Gardner, Edwin and Susan McComic
Ja11 6
One baptism by Rev. C. Fournier, C.S. V. Favret, Joanna Adelina Apr 28 '75 June 25 '75
.
Rhodrigue, Clara
Ang 7
No deaths recorded in 1875.
Hayes, Cath. Honorah
14
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
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CHAPTER XI.
Rev. Fathers Win. Rossiter and M. J. Brown.
The sixteenth priest who ministered to the catholics of Clayton was Father Win. Rossiter. He was pastor at Redwood and attended Clayton from March 1876 to June 15th, 1876. Father Rossiter is tall, stout and has a fair complexion. He is amiable and very kind. He impressed all Claytonians as being a gentleman and a true priest of God. He is at present pastor of the eng- lish speaking church at Malone. He baptised the fol- lowing:
1876
Giroux, Win. Anthony 24
Mercier, Ellen Eliz. Mch 2 Apr 2
Pilon, Edna Mary
Dec 29 '75 2
Date of Birth Bapt Branchaud, Adeline Feb 9 30
Lalonde, Ella
Feb 15
Mch S Lepage, Julie Ann
May 24 May 25
Langlois, Mary Delia
25 Rushelean, Eliz.
1
24
Delaney, Thos. Pat.
Mch 17
23 Fitzgerald, Cecilia
8 25
Belanger, James Geo.
" 10
23 Lajoie, George .. 18 June 15 15
Roussel, Ed. Benj.
Jan 25 Apr 2 Langevin, Maria Cecilia June 9
..
2
BAPTISMS.
Date of Belanger, Octavie
Apr 26 30
The seventeenth priest whom St. Mary's church had for a pastor was Rev. Michael J. Brown. He came here in Aug. 1876, a young priest fresh from the seminary. He found the parish all upset, but by his winning ways, he soon made peace and established unity among his
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REV. M. J. BROWN PASTOR AT CLAYTON FROM AUGUST 1876 TO JUNE 1877.
flock. He strove to pay the $150.00 due J. J. Delaney for repairs on house and church, but left before he could succeed, in June 1877. His departure was a great shock to catholicity in Clayton, for the people actually wor- shipped him and would have done a great deal to keep him. But the Bishop thought best to remove him from this place and to send him to Redwood, where he carried with him the universal regret of this congregation.
Father Brown, in those days, was short and slender and had a fair complexion. He was meek and amiable; he was a good financier, a practical preacher, was pions, charitable and a great favorite among all classes of peo- ple. He is now pastor at Hogansburg.
Following are those he baptized, married and buried :
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Date of Date of Birth
Bapt.
Narault, Charles and Delila Rhodrigue
Sept 10
Mckay, Laura Cath.
Apr 4 Sept 17
Bazinet, Fabien
Sept 3 Oct 7
Boucher, James
20
7
Bertrand, Wm.
30
Churco, James Frank
66
26
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Death.
Burial.
Pierce, Louise
22
17
Mckinley, James
Nov 10 Nov 12
Pontien, Francis L.
Oct 27
29
Gelinot, Helena
Sept 6
Nov 2
Prieur, George
NOV 13
24
1877
Quesnel, Cath.
Dec 7
BAPTISMS.
Leroux, Joseph
Dec 6
6
15 Hughes, John Pat Feb 1 Feb 4
Jan 12 10
Simard, Augustin " 8 '74
27 Thibault, Philomina Feb 5
II
Bouchard, Geo. Albert Aug 12
Bouchard, Mary Ann
" 12
Denis, Carie
July 16
13 Letarte, Joseph Ed. 25
25
Gillette, Willie de Volga 9 Mch 11
Hamel, Clara Louise Anna
Aug 4
15 Charlebois, John
17 24
Gillick, EdwardEugene
..
7
27 Quesnel, George
Mch 26 .6
28
8
DEATHS.
Date of
Date of
Simard, Louise
Oct 24
Simard, Andrew
Dec 8 '72
..
27 Delaney, Eliz.
Aug 12 Laughlin, Anna Dec 26 '76 ١١
20
-
12 Lanthier, Bertha Flo. Feb 10 25
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MARRIAGES.
Date.
Mckinley, Geo. H. and Marg. Halpin
20
،،
26
61
Thiabault, Phileas Apr 15
Charpentier. Albert 15
22 laide May 12 June 5 Brabant, Ida Josephine June 10
Thibault, Victoria Jose- phine 20
May 6| Jegoux, Adelaide
15 July 2
O'Keefe, Martin June 17 '76
10
MARRIAGES.
Lawrence. Joseph Henry
..
16
Mch 19 Boucher, Joseph and Mary
June 11
Gauthier, Clara May 10
Molaney, James Pat Mch 17 '76
20,
Goodfriend, Peter and Eliz.
Bissonnette
Jan 1
Leroux, George May 11
I2
Emond, Louis and Anna
Zeno, Marie Hellen
Apr 28
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27
Brabant
7
Turgeon, James Leander May 20 June 4 Duford, Joseph and Mary Bailey
10
Apr 15 Charpentier, Mary Ade- ..
10
Marshal, Eugene
20 Laguerre
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CHAPTER XII.
Father J. J. Sherry's Second Term .- The Old Church is Moved to where it Now Stands .- A Building and a Window Fund are Started .- Fathers Thos. Plunkett, O'Neill and B. Caraher .- Horse Sheds are Built.
The eighteenth priest who was appointed pastor of Clayton was Rev. J. J. Sherry, who came here from Malone for the second time in June 1877. Shortly after his arrival, he held a meeting of the whole congregation to discuss the matter of building a new church. He made a strong appeal to the catholics of Clayton to work together and raise money among themselves. I1 compliance with these exhortations, the people had sev- eral suppers and festivals and in this way started a build- ing fund. Later on, in 1881 and 1882, they took up a few subscriptions, had five socials and with the money thus raised, started a window fund. The object of this fund was to replace the windows of old St. Mary's church.
Father Sherry made an attempt to pay the $150.00 due J. J. Delaney, and held a social for this purpose; but some more pressing wants were satisfied and Mr. De- laney still remained unpaid.
Fr. Sherry lived in the old rectory for two years after
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his return to Clayton, and then moved into Bill Ree's lionse, which he occupied over three years. Yet, short- ly before he left Clayton, he moved back once more into the old parochial residence.
In 1882, a subscription was taken up to build horse sheds. It amonuted to $303.48 and the sheds were built at the cost of $423.00.
As Fr. Sherry had also charge of Rosiere and Cape Vincent whilst at Clayton, he took for assistants Fath- ers Thomas Plunkett from Nov. 1878 to Nov. 1879, Michael O'Neill from July 1881 to Oct. 1882, and B. Car- aher from April 1883 to July 1883. Besides these three priests, several other priests were called, at different times, from Watertown, to help Fr. Sherry, as their names are recorded in the Register of Baptisms. These were Rev. James Hogan, Tobias Glenn, John Talbot Smith, of St. Patrick's church of Watertown, and Rev. J. B. Chappel, M. S. C., B. Grom, M. S. C., of the French church, Watertown.
Father Sherry's second term was not as happy and successful as his first one, but he never ceased to be a favorite among the people. He had such winning ways and was so extraordinarly gifted, that his failings were but little noticed or found fault with. Father Sherry was corpulent, had a light complexion, was gentle, ami- able, charitable and most hospitable. He did not know the worth of money and would give it away most freely. His house was always full of visitors and people in need were never turned away from his door without receiving
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his bountiful charity. He was the most eloquent priest in the diocese of Ogdensburg in his day. Yet, he was a poor financier and somewhat careless about other mat- ters. After leaving here in July 1883, Fr. Sherry went to Rosiere, where he stayed but a short time. He died at Burke in 1890.
Following are the names of those whom he baptized, married and buried under his second reign.
1877
BAPTISMS.
Date of Birth.
Date of Bapt.
Johnson, Joseph and Marg. Tiernan
Oct 7
Bazinet, John Philip June 13
June 13
Date of Date of
Belanger, Letitia
20
20
Death
Burial
Williams, Mary Hellen July 15
Lepage, Mary Angelica
29
29 Caisse, Peter
Quesnel, Mary Josephine Apr 27
Mckinley, Fk. Mick.
July 18
10
1878
Langlois, Josephine Sept 7
Sept 8
BAPTISMS.
Lachance, Marie Zelie
July 5
Langevin, Josephine
Sept 26
27
Gaulin, Cath. Oct 2
Oct II
Beecher, Herbert Albert NOV 10 '77
Feh 3
Hayes, Fk. 7
14
Charlebois, Jos. Wellington
Feb 13
Feh 14
15
Rhodrigue, Sophia "
17
18
Jan 24 Laporte, Lilie Anna Emond, Delia Marie Mch 2
..
5
7
Bissonnette, Victoria
4
10
Daniel, Sophia ..
5
12
McCarthy
26 |Bertrand, Peter Bonami, Celina,
Mcl 20
24
Nov 1 Benoit, Antoine
,24
١١
25
Carpenter, Duane and Helen Delaney
Delaney, Helen
12
Apr 14
Flynn, Jerome Emmet
..
14
12 Langlois, Odile Josephine
21
Nov
9
NOV 11
Quesnel, Aluina
26
Mckinley, Eugene Pat 14
Kanelly, Ida Joanna
Dec 23 '76
Ja1l '77
MARRIAGES.
5
Date Benoit, Alfred
Apr 4 '77
18
Fitzgerald, Maurice and Rosa Mckinley
Ponquet, Joseph 24
..
25
Emond, Leander and Mary Leroux
Benoit, Joseph and Constantine Marier
12
DEATHS.
15 Hughes, Pat J.
May 24 May 30
Aug 5 ١٩
Fitzgerald, Martha 10
15
9 Duford, Mary Antoinette Jan 7
Jan 7
Daoust, Alexie Tite
Dec 4 19 Lalonde, Victoria 12
Mch
24
Lalonde, Geo. and Amelie Duval June 23 McCarthy, Thos, and Cath.
4 6
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Johnson, Emma Feb 26 June 2;
MARRIAGES.
Branchaud, Mary May 5 ..
2 Grenier, Francis X. and Rosa
Cholette. Louise June 13 ..
16 Lalonde
Nov 24
20 Fitzgerald, Jn. D. and Eliz. Bates Dec 25
July 14 Desrosiers, Alex, and Adelaide .. 14 Myers
25
Delaney, Mary Josephine
May 6 ..
14
1880
Fitzgerald. Mich Henry June 3
Fitzgerald, Miron Eugene
BAPTISMS.
May 12 Aug 10 Rhodrigue, Adda Feb 6 Feb 10
Pilon, Helen June 1
Laughlin, Clarence Ed. July 12
Il Daniel, Evelyn Mch 13 ..
21
Louctot, J. B. ..
2
15 Howarth, Sophia Jan 13
.. 21
Emond, Jos. Leander
Sept 2
Feb 1 Apr 19
Mongeau, Marie Sophie July 5
Longevin, Marg. Sept 14 ..
22 Benoit, Joseph
May 29 June 10
Charpentier, Adele July 10
July 10 Charron, Mary Agnes
June 27 " 30
Thibault, Harriette Sept 16
Sept 16
Lepage, Marie Louise May 3 May 3
Hamel, Lilie Mary Oct 7 Oct 20
Bouchard, Georgiana Aug 24
Benoit, Eliz. Oct 19
Thibault, Cornelius Ed. Nov 13
MARRIAGES.
Laviolette, J. B. and Bertha Bertrand
Ryan, Hugo and Alice Gillick McCormick, Philips and Kate Gooley
mmm
1879
BAPTISMS.
Connelly, Geo. Pat June 16 Ang 22
Apr 20|
MARRIAGES.
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