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The Historian of July 2008- Hancock County Historical Society	http://www.hancockco'mtyhistoricalsociety.com/newsletter/newsletter....
THE
HISTORIAN
www. haii c o ckc o untyhisto ric als o ciety. c o m
OF HANCOCK COUNTY
Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi
Julv 2008
COMING EVENTS AT
LOBRANO HOUSE
The July luncheon meeting will be held on Thursday, July
17,	2008, at noon at the Kate Lobrano House. The speaker will be Phillip Remel, a local ar-borist who received a grant to catalogue our county’s many ancient trees Reservations are required and may be made by calling 467-4090. Please call by noon on Wednesday, July 16, to assure your reservation and to help us plan seating which is limited to forty-five people. The price of the lunch is $8.00.
President’s Message
One of the many orphan trains traveling west from New Y ork City carrying children to new homes in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries
As we are now well into summer, it’s time to start planning for our annual Halloween Cemetery Tour. This popular event is warmly anticipated by our community, and attendance continues to increase each year. The event, however, requires a sizable amount of planning, setting-up and, of course, performing. "We need volunteers for all aspects of this fun affair. Please consider participating. You will help create fun memories for yourself and many others. If you’d like to volunteer, give the Society a call at 467-4090.
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THE ORPHAN TRAIN MOVEMENT
Edited by Eddie Coleman
After the Civil War one of the most gripping of New York City’s social problems was the abandonment of infants in the streets of the city. By 1869, it was no longer an item of news or even of interest to find an abandoned infant on the doorsteps of a rich family, in the hallway of a tenement, or at the
entrance to a convent. St. Peter’s Convent on Barclay Street was a favorite refuge of distraught mothers, and very often the Sisters on opening their door in the morning would find an infant deposited on the doorstep.
In 1869 Sister Mary Irene of St. Peter’s Convent took the matter of abandoned children to Mother Mary Jerome, the Superior of the Sisters of Charity. The Mother Superior presented the matter to Archbishop McCloskey who encouraged the Sisters to » provide for the care of abandoned
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