Ancestors West-Vol 29No. 4-2003

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Ancestors
W e s t
SANTABARBARACOUNTYGENEALOGICALSOCIETY SUMMER2003
www.cagenweb.com/santabarbara/sbcgs Volume 29, Number4
IN THIS ISSUE
Beyondthe Pale -My Lost GermanAncestorsFrom Russia, byLouiseSwain 3
GermansFromRussiaWebsites 5
Two Serendipitous Findings, byJanetHamber 6
ServingFrom the Heart, The DaughtersofCharity ofSt.Vincent de Paul, byMichaelRedmon 7
Half-Orphansat St.Vincent's 8
St.Vincent'sStudents 1859-1879 8
CensusListingsforSt.Vincent'sSchool 1860-1930 9
New in the Library, compiledby TedDenniston 10
Looking at the Web, byJane Kuck. 15
Genealogy Journeys in Vermont, byKarenHarris 16
VermontGenealogyWebsites 16
Occasional Maritime Visitors to Santa Barbara, compiledbyJimNorris 16
Santa Barbara Sleuthing, by Gaye O'Callahan 20
FromthePagesofSantaBarbaraNewspapers 21
GleaningsFrom OldNewspapers 21
Santa BarbaraElks Initiated intothe Mysteries ofElkdom (withListofCharterMembers-1900) 22
Roster,SantaBarbaraLodgeNo.613B.P.O.E. 1910 23
PersistentResearcherFinds "Burned"WWIIMillitary Records, byRustyMacon Weber 26
Surname Index 27
SBCGS Publicationsfor Sale 27
CalendarofEvents 28
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2 AncestorsWest Vol 29, No. 4, Summer2003 Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society
farmers,craftsmenandwinegrowerswouldbeadmitted.Each
BEYOND THE PALE —
settlerwastoreceivefreetransporttotheareasofsettlement,
MY LOST GERMAN ANCESTORS
160acresofland,exemptionfromtaxesandinterest-freeloans
FROM RUSSIA foraperiodof10-30years. Theczar'sinvitationalsoincluded
thefreeexerciseofreligion,self-administrationoftheirschools
andcommunities,and lifetimeexemption from military ser
ByLouiseSw>ain,SBCGSMember
[email protected] vicefortheirsons.
Myancestorshadenduredyearsofreligiousandpolitical
strugglesintheirGermanhomeland. Theywereenticedby
Mymotherwasacitizenofthreecountries:Shewas
thepromisesmadebyagentsfortheRussianEmpire,who
Russianbybirth,aBritishcitizenwhenherfatherwas
traveledthroughouttheGermanprovincesspreadingtheir
naturalizedinCanada, andanaturalizedU.S.citizen. She
messageofhope. In1809,myHopfaufandSchweigert
wasalsoGermanbyrace,butneverlivedinherethnic
ancestorslefttheirhomesinGermanytojoinoneofthe
country. HerancestorswereahardygroupofGermanswho
manycaravansofimmigrantsonthefour-monthoverland
migratedfromGermanytothesteppeofRussiaintheearly
trektotheRussianbordertownthatservedastheportof
19*century,wheretheyestablishedprosperouscolonies.
entry.HeretheyreceivedtheirRussiancitizenshipandfirst
Onehundredyearslater,herparentscametoNorthAmerica.
allotmentofmoney.Ittookfourweekstocoverthe 1,000
Weknewverylittleaboutourgrandparents'lifeinRussia.
Theyseldomtalkedaboutit,maybebecauseweneverasked. miles tothe BlackSea, and the end oftheirsix-month
Today,allthatisleftoftheirlivesaresomehazymemories journey.
andafewpictures. Theczarhadsetasidehundredsofthousandsofacresof
ResearchingtheirRussianhistorywasachallenge landwhichweredivided insuch awaythatnumerous
coloniescouldbeformedinthevalleysalongtherivers. Ina
because norecordswereavailableduringthenearly70years
fewshortyears,50,000Germanshadsettledin200colonies
Russiawas underCommunistcontrol. So, itwas necessary
inSouthRussia.Within50years,theyhadtakenupallofthe
toreconstructtheirlivesfromrecordsavailableinthis
country. IfoundmymembershipsintheSBCGSandthetwo landsetasideforthembytheCrown. SoontheGerman
colonistswereleasinguncultivatedlandontheneighboring
nationalGermans fromRussiasocietiestobevery helpful.
Beginningin1996,researchersbegangainingaccessto estatesofRussiannoblemen and,eventually,theywereable
topurchasethislandoutrightfromthelandowners.Bythe
recordsintheRussianArchivesconcerningtheGermans
timethemigrationendedinthemid-1860's,overtwomillion
wholivedintheBlackSeaarea. Later,whensomeofthe
peoplelivinginRussiaweredescendantsoftheseearly
recordsfromtheGermanImmigrationCenterwereobtained
bytheNationalArchives, Ifoundsomeofthemissing Germancolonists.
piecesinmyancestors'history. Writingthisfamilyhistoryis In1871,CzarAlexanderIIrevokedthespecialprivileges
stillanongoingprocess. andrightsgrantedtotheGermansbyCatherinetheGreat
andAlexanderI. TheGermanschoolscameunderthe
History ofthe Germans in Russia controlofthestate,andyoung menweresubjecttoarmy
service.NicholasIIwasthe lastemperorand czarofRussia
1760-1940
(1868-1918). Nicholasinstitutedthe firstofthe Hague
In1744,Catherine,daughterofaGermanprince,wascho ConferencesandsupportedanaggressivepolicyintheFar
sentobethewifeofthefuturePeterIIIofRussia. Petersuc East. Thehumiliatingoutcomeofthe Russo-JapaneseWar
ceeded tothe Russian throne in1762,but immediately alien resultedinthepeasantrevolts, industrialstrikesandviolent
ated powerful groups and was murdered six months later. outbreaks of1905.The politicalunrest thatfollowed the
Catherinewas proclaimedanautocratand became Catherine failedrevolthadkeptthe countryinturmoil,andfears ofa
II,empressofRussia(1762-96). Shebeganherrulewithgreat revolutionwereincreasing inRussia.
projects ofreform. Thisreform establishedasystemofprov Mygrandparents,OttiliaHopfaufandGeorge
inces,subdividedbydistricts, intheruralareasofRussia—a Schweigert, wereethnicGermansfromthe OdessaDistrictin
system thatendured until 1917. Russia. Theymarried in1906inKarlsruhe. Mymother,
CatherineinvitedforeignsettlerstocometoRussiatoclaim bornthefollowingyear,wasthesixthgenerationofher
free land. Shewas especially interested inattractingfarmers familytobeborn inRussia. Theyoungcouplelivedon
fromherGerman homelandtobuildcolonies alongtheVolga George'sfamily'sfarm, with 100peasantworkerswhodid
River, where the mild climateand fertile soil was similarto the farmingandcared forthe horses and livestock. George
that ofSouthern Germany. Later, in a series ofcampaigns evenhadsomeone todrive hisbuggy,andOttilia hadpeasant
againsttheTurks,theRussianarmysucceededinobtainingfor women working inthekitchen. George hadserved inthe
RussiathevastterritorynowknownastheUkraine. RussianArmyunderthetermsofthemandatory military
Catherine's grandson,AlexanderI, issued a manifesto in service andwassubjecttorecall inthe event ofanuprising
1804, inviting foreigners to come and settle on the Russian orawar. The decision wasmade to immigratetoAmerica.
steppe. The czar had a selection policy where only capable WhenOttiliasaidgood-bytoherbrotherKarlatthetrain
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stationinNikolajev,shecould notknowthathewouldbethe where manydied. Otillia'ssisterBarbaradied twoyears
onlymemberofherfamilyshewouldeverseeagain, orthat followingherforced returntoRussia,buthersisterLisa
50yearswouldpassbeforetheirnextmeeting. lived for30yearsafterher return.
George andOttiliaarrived inNorth DakotainJuneof In1945,Ottilia'sbrotherKarlandhissonEugenewere
1910.Thefollowingyeartheysettledonahomestead in working foraGermanofficer,whotookthem under his
Saskatchewan,Canada. TheymovedtoOregonin1921. protectionandpreventedtheirdeportationto Russia. They
Overtheyears, Ottiliakept intouch with herbrotherand were notabletoescapetothe WestbeforetheRussians
threesistersinRussia.TheethnicGermans,whohadbuiltup closed theborders with Germanyandwere forced toremain
prosperousGerman colonies,suffered underthe Communist inPoland untilthe death ofKarl'sinvalid wife, twelve years
regimefollowingtheBolshevikRevolutionin1917. During later.Anotherfouryears wouldpasswhile they waitedfor
the GreatFamineof1920-23,itisestimatedthat300,000 permissiontoenterGermany. Theyhadbeengranted
Germancolonistsstarvedtodeath. Ottiliasenta small German citizenshipin1944,butdidnothave theircitizen
amountofmoney,sewnintothe liningofacoat,toher shiprecords. Finally,arelativeinGermanywas ableto
familyinRussia,andtheywereabletobuyenoughfoodto obtainthoserecordsandsendthemtoPoland. Karland
keepfromstarvingthatwinter. AfterStalinbecameSupreme Eugenearrived inWestGermany in1957,applied for
DictatorofRussia in1926,collectivizationofallfarming passportsandsoonleftforCanada.
began,andmillionsofRussians weresenttoslave labor
camps inSiberia. Ottilia'sbrotherKarl andfamily escaped Researching the Berlin Document Center
toTashkentwherethey livedforseveral years, before
EWZ Collections
returningtoRussia.
TheGermanImmigrationCenterwascreatedin1939to
The Fate ofthe German-Russians facilitate theresettlementofhundredsofthousandsofpeople
fromeasternandsouthernEuropeidentifiedasethnic
1941-1957
Germans. SSHeinrichHimmlerwas putinchargeofthe
AftertheGermanArmy's attackontheSovietUnionin
creationoftheCenter. This office, commonlyreferredtoas
1941,theSovietsroundedupmanyoftheGermanslivingin
theEWZ,collectedbiographical informationonover2.9
theUkraine, includingOttilia'ssisterBertha,andtransported
millionindividualsduringtheyears 1939to 1945. Ofthat
themtolaborcamps inallpartsofAsiaticRussia. When
number,approximately570,000wereethnicGermansliving
GermanInfantryoccupiedtheUkraine,theoldGerman
in theSovietUnion. Theofficeusedanelaboratesetof
schoolsandchurcheswerere-openedandthefarmers,whose
racialcriteriatocontrolbothimmigrationandnaturalization.
propertiesweretakenawayduringthecollectivization
TheEWZrecords consist ofmorethan400,000 applications
period,returnedandmovedbackintotheirhouses. Butin
byethnicGermansfornaturalizedGermancitizenship.
March1944,theadvancingRedArmyforcedtheGerman
ThesedocumentswerecapturedbytheU.S.ThirdArmyin
troopstoretreatfromtheUkrainewesttoPoland. Closeto
BavariainApril1945,andremainedinthecustodyofthe
150,000Germancolonists,whohadcooperatedwiththe
U.S.Governmentuntil the reunificationofGermany. In
Germansduringtheoccupation,formedintoonelargeTrek
1996,microfilmedcopiesoftheEWZrecordsweretrans
andfollowedtheretreatingarmy. Everyonewalked,except
ferredtotheNationalArchives atCollegePark, Maryland
fortheelderly,smallchildrenandthosedrivingthewagons.
andbecameavailabletoresearchers.
Therefugeeswereontheroadfromsixweekstotwomonths
In1998,1contactedTomStrangl,aresearcheratthe
beforereachingHungary.
NationalArchives,gavehimthebirthdatesofmygrand
InHungary,theirhorsesandwagonsweretakenoverby
motherOttilia'sbrotherandthreesisterswhowerealivein
thearmy,andtherefugeesandtheirpossessionsloadedinto
1944,andaskedhimtoseewhatEWZrecordswereavail
freightcarsforthetriptoresettlementcampsinPoland.
able. Aweek later,Tome-mailedthat hehadcopied 52
There,the Germanswerehousedindifferentvillages
pagesoftherecordshefound forBarbara,KarlandLisa.
accordingtotheirformervillagesintheUkraine. Mostof
Hiscostforthecopiesandpostagewas$31.00. IsentToma
themenreceivedemployment,butsoonallable-bodiedmen
checkandreceivedcopiesofthefollowingmicrofilmed
werecalled intomilitaryservice.
records:
AftertheYaltaConference inJanuary 1945,theSoviet
1. BarbaraHopfaufHoffman:herapplicationfor
governmentwasallowedtosetupanexpatriationcommis
Germancitizenship;alsoapplicationforcitizenshipforher
sioninGermanytoreturntheSovietcitizenstotheir
son, ValentineHoffman.
homeland. Theresettledrefugeeswereroundedupand
2. KarlHopfauf:aclaimfiledinHohensalza,Poland
deliveredtotheRedArmy,thenloadedintoboxcarsand
inSeptember1944forcompensationforthelossofproperty
transportedeastward. SomemanagedtoescapetotheWest,
heownedinRussia,consistingofahouseandland,farm
butan estimated 120,000fell into the handsoftheRed
animalsandequipment. RecordsforEugeneHopfauf
Army. Manydiedfromhungerandillnessonthetrip;the
(Karl'sson):draftedintotheGermanArmyatage15when
survivingdeporteesweresenttoworkcampsinSiberia
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hewaslivinginRussia;servedinGermanyuntiltheWar Giesinger,Adam.FromCatherinetoKhrushchev; theStory
ofRussia'sGermans(AHSGR),Bismarck,North
ended.
3. Elisabeth(Lisa)Hutmacher:applicationand Dakota, 1981.
certificateofnaturalization,copiesofidentitycards(with
pictures)forherchildren,whowereintheHitlerYouth(her Height,JosephS.ParadiseontheSteppe, The Odysseyofa
PioneeringPeople(FifthPrinting).(GRHS),Bismarck,
husbandwasinthe Waffen SS).
Ihadinformationonallofmygrandmother'sfamily, NorthDakota, 1989.
exceptforhersisterBertha. IknewthatBertha'sfirst
husbandhadbeenkilledin 1919whenabout1,000members Philipps,John.TheGermansbytheBlackSeaBetweenthe
ofthe Red GuardmovedintoKarlsruhe. Thevillagewas BugandDnjesterRivers.GermansfromRussiaHeri
plunderedandmorethan50homesofthewealthiestfarmers tageReview.Fargo,NorthDakota,2002.
wentupinflames.Womenandgirlswererapedand108men
werelinedupinthestreetandexecuted.
Berthalaterremarried, butIdidn'tknowthenameof
* * * *
hersecondhusband,orwhathappenedtoher. IknewBertha
hadsurvivedthewarandthe laborcamps inSiberiabecause,
inthelate1960's,KarlreceivedpicturesfromRussiaof
Berthaandherfamily. Twoyearswentby,thenafellow GERMANS FROM RUSSIAWEBSITES
researcherfound anEWZ record forBerthaHopfauf
HatzenbuhlerJochim. Itwasonlyonepage(therestofher
GermansfromRussiaHeritage Society
filewasmissing)butitdidprovideinformationforthatlast
http://www.grhs.com/
memberofmygrandmother'sfamily.
Apostscripttothestory: in1960,threeyearsafter
AmericanHistorical SocietyofGermans fromRussia
arrivinginCanada,KarlHopfauf lefthishomeinRegina,
http://www.ahsgr.org/
Saskatchewanandtookthe train toPortland,Oregon. He
arrivedcarryingapieceofpaperwithhissisterOttilia's
Cyndi'sList: http://www.cyndislist.com/germruss.htm
name andaddress. KarldidnotspeakEnglish,andnooneat
thestationspokeGerman. AcallwasmadetoOttiliain
Janet'sGermansfromRussiaResearch—Passengermani
Salem; shehadno ideaKarlwasmaking thetrip. Herson
fests, DeclarationsofIntention,andlinks to otherinforma
Tomdrove toPortlandandbrought Karlto Salemforthe
tion: http://www.angelfire.com/ks/gerrus/
firstvisitwith hissister in50years.
ThehistoricalworkoftheGerman
colonistsin SouthRussiahasbeende * * * *
stroyed. Thevillagestheycreatedinthe
courseof140years areextinguished, their
TheAmerican Historical SocietyofGermans from
verynamesobliterated. Nomemorial, no
Russia(AHSGR)has initscollectionapproximately200,000
tombstoneisstandingintributetothe
obituarieson5x8cards that havebeencollected by
former inhabitants, livingordead No
volunteers foryears. Aprojecthasbeguntopreparean
Sovietbookevenmentionstheirexistence.
indexthatcaneasilybeusedbyresearchers eitheratthe
Butthememoryandtherecordoftheir
society headquartersinLincoln, Nebraska,orathomeonthe
achievementsstillremainandareworthyof
Internet.Atthepresenttime, volunteershavecompleted
beingpreservedforposterity.
indexingmost oftheA'sandarealmostthroughthe B's.To
date,approximately 3,200 obituariesthatarecross-refer
JosephS.Height
encedareavailableattheAHSGRWebsite, www.ahsgr.org/
(fromParadise onthe Stepped
obits.index.htm. Maidennames areindexedalso.Updates
areaddedonaregularbasisorasvolunteertimepermits.
IndividualswholiveintheLincoln,Nebraskaareaare
encouragedtovolunteer. Contactthe staffat
BIBLIOGRAPHY
<[email protected]>.Copiesoftheobituariesareavailable
fromtheSocietyAHSGR,631 DStreet, Lincoln, NE 68502-
HeritageReview. Germans fromRussiaHeritage Society
1199ortelephone(402) 474-3363.Arequestform islocated
(GRHS).Bismarck,NorthDakota.
ontheWebsite,[www.ahsgr.org]
JournaloftheAmericanHistoricalSocietyofGermansfrom
Russia(AHSGR).Lincoln,Nebraska.
FromtheFGSFORUM, Fall2003
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TWO SERENDIPITOUS FINDINGS lookingatAshbel's tombstone,myeyecaughtthesightof
anotherArmstrongmonument.ThereIread "Elisha
(OR THE FUN OF GENEALOGY)
Armstrong" (anothersonofAshbel makinghimmygreat-
great-great-uncle)and"Peninah,"hiswife. Sooneofthe
ByJanetHamber, SBCGSMember smallmysteries ofmylifewassolved inthat instant.
Then, whilecheckingoutthebooksintheCooperstown,
Myfatherwasthegenealogistinthefamily.Asthe NewYork,HistoricalLibrary, Ifound the thread that carried
guardian ofhiswork Ioccasionallyundertakeasmalleffort mefullcircle backtoSalisbury, Connecticut.Amongother
tounderstand andrelate tothe localitiesand people men linesthat intersectedConnecticutwith myArmstrongfamily
tioned inhisunpublished booky4GenealogyandHistoryof
weretheComstocks:
theFamiliesofRobertP.ArmstrongandLucileMay 1. MaryAnnComstockwhomarried intotheBrownell
Coulter.Thus itwas,thatwhen Idrove from Salisbury, Familyandwasthemotherofmygreat-grand
ConnecticuttoIthaca,NewYorktoattendmy50thCornell
motherMarciaMarianand
classreunion,IstoppedoffinMilford,NewYork,my 2. BarbaraComstockmarriedtoJonathanThayer
father'sbirthplacein1883andthehometo manyofmy whose daughterClarissamarriedJohnArmstrong.
relativesontheArmstrong side. InthelibraryIfoundAHistoryandGenealogyoftheof
WhenIwasyoung,weoften spentpartofthesummerat theComstockFamilyinAmericaand learned thatboth Mary
Arnold'sLakenearMilford.Myfatherwouldtakemeon
AnnandBarbaraweredecendedfromtwosonsofthe
toursthroughthesmallhamletsofOtsego County.InMt. originalAmericanComstock:William.Ifollowedthetwo
Visionhewouldpointtothecellarholeofthefarmhouse linesdownthroughtheyearsuntilIcametoDeaconAbel
onceownedbymygreat-great-great-grandfatherAshbel ComstockwhosegraveIhadfoundinOtsegoCounty.AsI
Armstrong,thefirstArmstrongtomovefromVermontto readaboutAbel,Iglancedthroughthelistofhischildren
OtsegoCountyinabout1790.Myfatherwouldshowmethe andnoticedadaughterAnna,marriedtoBenoniCarter,who
remainsofolddamsthatprovidedenergytosawand diedinSalisbury,Connecticut.Nowmycuriositywaspiqued
gristmillsinMt.Vision.Thesemillshadbeenoperatedin andassoonasIreturnedtoSalisburyIwenttothehistorical
Mt.VisionbyJohnArmstrong,mygreat-great-grandfather, sectioninthelibraryandfoundalistofindividualsburiedin
andinFlyCreekandMilfordbyJohnArmstrong, mygreat thevariousSalisburycemeteries.Iwassurprisedtofindthe
grandfather.Fatherwouldpointtothehousesmyrelatives Cartersburied intheDutcher'sBridgeCemetery, acemetery
inhabited,liketheBrownellhouseinHinmanHollow, home Ihaddrivenbyforover50years.OnedayIstoppedatthe
ofmygreat-grandmother,MarciaMarianBrownell tinyburialgroundnestledinatrianglebetweenRoute44and
Armstrong,andthetombstonesthatmarkedtheirgraves.The TwinLakesRoadandlocatedthelargetombstones ofboth
gravesincludedthoseofNathanandMehitableSabin BenoniandAnna(Comstock)Carter.Aswastypicalofthe
Davison,mygreat-great-great-great-grandparents,inthe time,eachhadalittlepoeminscribed.ForBenoni,whodied
HartwickSeminaryCemeteryandthatofDeaconAbel
in 1812:
ComstockinLippetCemetery,HinmanHollow.Deacon Readerpreparethylastaccounttogive
AbelComstockwasaRevolutionaryWarveteranfromKent, Andlivetodiethatthoumayestdietolive.
Connecticutandmygreat-great-great-great-great-grandfa
ther. AndforAnnawhodiedin 1811:
BecauseIlovedmydad,Iwasalwaysinterestedinhis WhendeathissentfromGodabove
talesoflivinginthelate1800sandearly1900sbutmy Andcallsusfromthosewedearlylove
youngminddidnotretainorsynthesizetheinformation. Hedoesnotalwayswarninggive
Withmybrainnowmanyyearsolderandgrowninwisdom DearFriendsbecarefulhowyoulive.
andcuriosityaboutmyroots,Ispentthreedaystravelingthe
backroadsofOtsegoCountyrelocatingtheplacesmyfather SoIcameback laterand laidsome flowersonthegraveof
hadshownmesomanyyearsago.Ihadanabsolutely mygreat-great-great-great-greatauntandnowIsmileand
wonderfultimehuntingdownthetreasuresofmypast, waveeverytimeIdriveby.
especiallyvisitingthesiteoftheoldHartwickSeminary
wheremygrandfather,SamuelEugeneArmstong,methis Burials in Dutcher's Bridge Cemetery,
wife,IsabellaAugustaGott,andwheremyownfatherwas Salisbury, Connecticutt:
educated. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/cemeter-
ItwasduringavisittothegravesiteofAshbel
ies/dutchers.htm
ArmstronginMt.VisionthatIfoundmyfirstsurprise.My
motheroftenrelatedtomethestorythatmyfatherwantedto Connecticutt Dutchers: cemetery, birth and
nameme"Peninah,"aname hehadseen onatombstoneand
death records ofthe Dutcher Family
thoughtverybeautiful.Thankfullymymotheroverruledhim
http://www.witsend.org/gen/dutcher/ct.htm
andIwasnamedafterbothmygrandmothers.AsIstood
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SETTLING IN SANTABARBARA
OnJanuary5, 1858,twoyoung Sisters,Andrea Gibbs
andMaryMullane,arrivedinSantaBarbara. Theyhad
takenashipfromMarylandtotheIsthmus,crossedthe
Isthmus,thentookanothership toSanFrancisco, before
bookingpassageonashiptoSantaBarbara. Theydidnot
travellightly;inadditiontotheirluggage,thepairwore
woolhabitswhichweighed 27pounds. AsSanta Barbara
didnotyethaveawharf,theSisterswereloweredinto
- •.- ! '
rowboats,takenjust outsidethebreakers,andcarriedto
shoreonthebacksofsailors. They then proceeded towalk
upStateStreettotheintersectionatFigueroaStreetwhere
OurLadyofSorrowsChurch was located.
St.Vincent'sSchoolandOrphanage
TheSistersopened theirschool intheoldAguirre
onpresentdaycallereal
PostcardcourtesyofSantaBarbaraHistoricalSociety adobeon the firstblock ofEastCarrilloStreet,aboutwhere
the LittleTown Club islocated today. Courseswere taught
inEnglish,althoughSantaBarbarawaslargelyaSpanish-
"SERVING FROM THE HEART" speakingtownatthattime. ForcedtomoveuponAguirre's
THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF death, in 1863 the Sisters relocatedto asitewestoftown in
anareacalledCieneguitas (little swamps), wherethe
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
presentSt.Vincent's islocatedonCalleRealjustnorthwest
ofthe intersectionofhighways 101and 154.
The decadeofthe 1860s was very difficult forthe
ByMichaelRedmon, DirectorofResearch Publications, order. Inaddition totheschool,the Sistersbegan taking in
Santa BarbaraHistoricalSociety orphansduringatimeofgreateconomichardship. Aseries
offloods and droughtsdevastatedthe cattle industry, akey
ORIGINS elementinthelocaleconomy. The Sistersraisedsheepat
Cieneguitasandsoldthewool tomakeends meet. Still,a
The DaughtersofCharity ofSt.Vincent de Paulwas numberofprominentfamiliessent their childrento St.
founded inParis in 1633,with the purposeofworking with Vincent's. Familiarnamesonthe early rolls include de la
the poor. Itwas arather revolutionary concept; uptothis Guerra, Carrillo,Ortega, Hill, Sparks, Robbins, and more.
time religiouscommunitiesofwomen had largelyconsistedof TheSistersstayedatCieneguitasforeightyears, but
convents, itsoccupantssequesteredfrom therestofsociety. theschoolreallywastoofarawayfromtown inthathorse-
Now itwas proposedthat the DaughtersofCharity goout and-buggyera. In 1871, the Sisters moved intoa large
intotheworld toservethedisadvantaged. brick buildingat925 De laVinaStreet. Here they contin
This conceptcrossed theAtlantic Ocean withthe uedtooperatetheir orphanage/boardingschool where
founding oftheSisters ofCharity ofSt.Joseph's in 1809in tuition, room, and board cost $150 ayear. Launderingand
Emmitsburg, Maryland. The founder was awidowed mendingofstudents'clothesadded$25 yearly, while piano
Catholicconvert, Elizabeth Ann Seton, whoadopted therules lessons cost$65 annually. The orderkept theranch at
ofthe French DaughtersofCharity. Seton became the first Cieneguitastohelp support itswork.
American-born woman tobeselected forsainthood bythe
RomanCatholicChurch. RESPONDING TO CHANGE
From itsheadquarters inEmmitsburg, Maryland, the
orderbegan tospread across thecountry. Bythetime of Disaster befell theorder inMarch 1874when a faulty
Seton'sdeath in 1821,the orderhad establishedschools in fireplacefluesparkedablazethat destroyed theirnew
NewYorkand Philadelphia. Education was akeycomponent building. One result ofthe firewas theestablishmentofthe
intheorder's mission. city's firstformal firecompany, PioneerFire CompanyNo.
In 1852, JosephAlemany, BishopofMonterey, whose 1. Anew, three-story building, oneofthe largest inthe city
diocese included all ofCalifornia, invited theorderto atthat time, arose upon the ashes oftheold. This building
establisha house in San Francisco. Seven Sisterssetout from had itsrooftorn offin 1878, when araretornado ripped
Maryland. Only five arrived onthe WestCoast; two died of through thecity. Nonetheless,the order continuedto
choleracrossingthe IsthmusofPanama. The Sisterswasted expanditsservices;anurserywasadded in1918.
notime infounding anorphanageand aschool. Fouryears By 1924,theorderhad outgrown itsDe laVinabuilding
later,theorderopened a facility inLosAngeles. andtheSisters movedtoabrand-newfacility back outat
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Cieneguitasat4200CalleReal. ThemovecamejustintimefortheDela
ST. VINCENT'S STUDENTS
VinabuildingwasbadlydamagedintheearthquakeofJune 1925. The
buildingwasrestored,althoughwithoutitstopfloor.
Theorder,respondingtochangingtimes,closedtheorphanagein1936as The followingisaregisterofstudentsliving
fosterhomeprogramsbecamemorecommon. St.Vincent'snowbeganto atorattendingschoolatSt.Vincent's during
concentrateontheeducationandtrainingofdevelopmentallydisabledyoung the yearsindicatedtaken fromatypewritten
people. Financialconstraintsendedthisprogramin1995. documentattheSantaBarbaraHistorical
TodaytheSt.Vincent's 19.5-acrefacilityconsistsofaseriesofcottages- Society'sGledhillLibrary:
thelarge 1924buildingwastorndownin1993duetoearthquakesafety
concerns. Onecottagehousesapreschool,CasaAlegria. Othercottages 1858
serveashousingforsinglemothersandtheirchildren.Thereisacommunal MariaDonnelly RafaelaOrtega
feelabouttheplace- thewomenoftensharecookingresponsibilities. The MariaJ. Malo BarbaraRaeger
order'soldheadquartersbuildingonDelaVinaStreetnowhousescommer RefugioOrtega ManuelaPico
cialoffices. HelenaHill SusannaPico
StVincent'scontinuestoadapttothetimes.Theorderrecentlyproposed MariaAntoniaHill
alow-incomehousingprojectwhichsecuredcommunityapproval. Through FrancescaOrmant 1860
FranciscadelaGuerra DoloresVarela
allthechangesStVincent'shasundergonethroughthedecades,therehas
AnitadelaGuerra KateRyan
beenoneconstant- servicetothecommunity. StVincentAvenue,nearthe
MariaAntRobbins TomasaCordero
oldheadquartersbuildingindowntownSantaBarbaratestifiestothiscommit Concepcion Robbins CarmelaCordero
ment FloraSparks
Rosa Sparks 1861
FelipaCota PhebeBarnes
RosaCota EllenBarnes
MichaelRedmonisDirectorofResearchandPublications, Editorof MariaAntaOrtega ClaraPico
"Noticias,"andGledhillLibraryAdministratorallfor theSantaBarbara MariaAntadelaGuerra RamonaPlace
HistoricalSociety;hewritesaweeklycolumn, "History101,"for"The DelfinaLugo JaneDittman
Independent." SarahCarrillo AndreaSilva
[Priortodeath,accesstoanindividualstudentrecordisonlyopen MariaLugo IsadoraO'Brien
RefugioLugo FelipaCastro
tothestudent.Afterthedeathoftheindividual studentrecordsare
openonlytotheimmediate family.- Ed.] RamonaPico VibianaCastro
RafaelaSalmon Clotilde Luzraga
MaryA. McCaffrey MariaAntaOrtega
* * * *
JaneMcCaffrey RamonaMartinez
HALF-ORPHANS AT ST. VINCENT'S PraxedesCammarillo MaryJ.Nagle
AdelaideCammarillo MaryQuinn
IntheSantaBarbaraMorningPress,December29,1910under"Brevi AldegundaCammarillo
ties"onPage8,thereappearedthisshortnotice: MariaAntaLatallaide 1862
LauraHinchman MariadelosAngeles
MonicaHiggins ConcepcionMalo
Sincethelastpublicationofthefollowing,half-orphanshavebeen
JosephineHiggins MathildaDiablan
receivedintotheSt.Vincent's orphanasylum:
VirginiaArnaz IsabelDrown
CatherineHale NicolasaRodriguez
EloiseLeyva,4years8months; AdelaideHill MathildaOlivas
JosephA Leyva, 6years1month; CandalariaVilla FacundaOlivas
Maggie Leyva, 10years 1month; RamonaMalo MarthaMore
GenevieveRodriguez,2years4months; MariaOrmant LucretiaHill
EugeniaArmour, 12years4months; CarolineJimeno RefugioQuinones
IsabelRobbies
MercedesArmour, 11 years5months;
JosephaLopez 1863
SophieArmour,5years;
Mercedes Lugo AdelinaTournel
HildredArmour,7years4months;
FrancescaRomero MariaDomaleche
KatieEscobarr,7years4months;
andLuciaValdez,4years. 1859 1864
Abandoned:ElisaQuintero,4years6months. EdwigesBurke MaggieMaguire
VibianaWallace AnitaWilliams
[AccordingtotheHistoryoftheOrphanTrainsathttp://www.kancoll.org/articles/ IsabellaPlace RateMagnant
orphans/orhist.htm,"half-orphans"aredescribedashavingonedeceasedparent RamonaValencia AdalaideBotiller
andwhentheremainingparentcouldnotcareforthem, theywereplacedinan JosefaO'Brien LouiseBotiller
orphanage-Ed.]
(Continuedonthefollowingpage)
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MaryLewis
AdelaideLarry JosephinePollard 1874 1876
LugardaCordero EllenPollard ClotildaZurmullen GertrudeValenzuela DeliaGreer
BridgetBurke
SymphorosaLugo AdelinaFoxen JosefaTorres MicaelaValenzuela
AggieColeman
RefugioValencia FrancesCammarillo DoloresRobles MaryLewis
CarlotaSilva MadeleineCamarillo MicaelaRobles RafaelaBadilla LucretiadelaCuesta
GenevievePensinger
MaryHearne ArcadiaCamarillo IdaJones CarmenBadilla
CristinaCota MathildaFoxen EmmaJones TeresaOrtez 1879
RamonaPico EloisadeFontan EulaliaBuelna
LillieAverill
ManuelaFeliz 1870 HortensiadeFontan KatieDempsey AnnieHope
ClaraRuiz LouisaBranch ElizabethWoodis MaryMaguire MaggieMegan
MariadelosAngeles MaryWilliams MaryJaneWoodis MaryNoriega
AndreaCordera
CarolineBadilla VirginiaLopez ElizaPico ManuelaCarrillo
IncarnacionCordera
MargaretMoore JuanaPico AlbertinaSemenza
NinfaOvieda
1865 AnnieMoore KatieDement CarmelitedelaGuerra Agusta Stone
EllenStreeter IsabelMassini MaryFoxen
AliceSomers
Vicente Sergantes 1871 JuliaSomers EtephanaFoxen
MarthaSomers
RafaelaRuiz MariaCarmenArellanes MarySanchez BlancaRuiz
IdaButterfield
MicaelaFrank Carrie Peury TeresaAhern SoraidaEspinosa
JuliaMcNamee FrancesCaballero MaryVialoe TeresaGarcia TrinidadJuarez
ModestaMassini
MariaGuadaloupe AnitaCaballero EllaWoodworth RosaBurton
StellaMassini
Fannie Bishop LibradaFeliz LillieWoodworm FelipaValenzuela
AnitaPico
DoraMcDougal MaryPleasant MartinaEspinoza
MaryKeep
1866 TeresaGarcia HenryWhitsted
AnnieKeep
MariadelosAngeles RebeccaOrd 1875 FlorenceWhitsted
EllenMcNamara AnitaFreeman MaryPico FloraWilliams DianadelaGuerra
JennieDougherty
MariaCordero MaryDavis Maggie Williams
AmeliaToume
EllenBotiller 1872 LucretiaPico DelfinaEstrada
RamonaCamillo PetraMascarel AliceCrawford EdwardaCordero AnnaWall
MercedesRodriguez
VibianaServantes ManuelaOrtega ClotildaPene
CarrieKeiffer
IsabellaMaguire JosefaOrtega LouisaPene 1877
SarahWickenden
JosefaKays SimonaCordero JosefinaPene AnnieKullak
AugustinasHammond MaryJanePage Grade Worthington JosefaCota
KatieDonovan
1867 IncarnacionLeyva Nellie Page NellieHolland
MarthaStreeter RefugioLeyva JosefinaGraves IncarnacionLeyva * * * *
ReyesMalo JosefaMaguire LucyGraves MaryHill
JosefaMalo DoloresViareal OlimpiadelaGuerra RafaelaHill CENSUS
AnitaHartnell AgnesWhite NellieHurley
LISTINGS FOR
1868 KatieGately FlorenceRansom JosefaCardona
CarolineDrives SofiadelaCuesta LucindaShaw DoloresCardona ST. VINCENT'S
GuadaloupeHerrara MicaeladelaCuesta EllenShaw JuanaCardona
SCHOOL
CarolineBowen CarolineBowen AnitaOrena LouisaRudolf
TimmseyPierson MariaRomero Ma.AntaValenzuela GraciellaHartnell SantaBarbaraCounty,
IdaPierson AmparaAmaz HattieGlass LouisaStoud California:
JosephineAyers AdelArnaz MaryGlass SerenaOrena 1860-Page203
MaryPierson VenturaArnaz MaryWillimans HesterCrawford 1870-Twnshp2,Page
JosefaOrella EdwijesReyes AmeliaMillhouse MaryChristoph
104;
JuanaOrella GertrudioGutierrez NeomiCopeland AnitaTompkins
1880-ED82,Page44;
SusanCoyle MaryBorchard
SusanYoung 1873 RachelValenzuela 1878 1900-indexnotavailable
RosadelaGuerra RosieCasebeer LizzieCooney 1910-ED173,Ward 6,
1869 HerlindadelaGuerra ArcadiaRodriguez ElviraOlivas Sheet 18A;page194a-b.
MaryDen Delfina,delaGuerra LizzieMoore MaryBishop Roll 104, Book3.
RosaDen HerminiadelaGuerra RhodaCall RoseO'Brien 1920-ED94,Precinct16,
SusanDen HarrietOrr RosaBonia VirginiaBarios Sheeet7B;
AndreaServano MaudieBrown JosefaAyala EllaMcKeon 1930-ED42-30,Sheet
MaryE.Kelly FelicidadAbadie IncarnacionValenzuela MargaretMcKeon
9A, 109.
LizzieKelly AscensionAladel JessiePorter DomingaEscarziga
Allareavailableby
KateCoyle AddieFugler SarahMcClister
ManuelaCordero
MaryCoyle JuliaDryden MaryPetrie subscriptionat
LillieScott
BridgetCoyle LouisaRudolf AscencionGonzales www.genealogy.comor
BessieMcCaffrey GraciellaHartnell IndeliciaGonzales www.ancestry.com
AscensionDalidet
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NEW IN THE LIBRARY
CompiledbyTedDenniston
Editor'sNote: Whatfollows isalistselectedfrom thepublicationsrecentlycatalogued. Tokeepthelistareasonable
length, we haveexcludedschoolyearbooksandreunions, dictionaries, Who's Who books, citydirectories, telephonebooks
andotherpublicationsoflessergenealogicalinterest. Allpublications, however, are listedin theLibraryCatalog.
GENERAL
The BestofSearsCollectibles, 1905-1910. By Parr, Leslie. 1976. [381/A3/Par].
The FamilyTreeGuide Book. By FamilyTreeMagazine. 2001. [929/D27/Fam].
Genealogical Resourceswithin theJewish Homeand Family. By Wenzerul, Rosemary.2002. [305.892/D27/Wen].
LocatingYourRoots: DiscoverYourAncestors Using Land Records. By Hatcher, PatriciaLaw.2003. [929/D27/Hat].
Military Uniforms,the Splendourofthe Past. ByCrescentBooks. 1973. [355/H2/Cre].
TheSears, RoebuckCatalogue,The 1902Edition. By Sears Roebuck. 1993. [381/A3/Sea/I902].
SephardicGenealogy: DiscoveringYourSephardicAncestorsandTheir World. By Malka, Jeffrey S. 2002. TE305 892/
D27/Mal].
Virtual Roots2.0,aGuideto Genealogyand Local History onthe World Wide Web. By Kemp,Thomas Jay ?003 l"9?9/
D27/Kem].
AFRICANAMERICAN
AGenealogist'sGuideto DiscoveringYourAfrican-AmericanAncestors, HowtoFindand RecordYourUnique Heritage.
BySmith,FranklinCarter. 2003. [E305.896/D27/Smi].
CIVILWAR
CentennialAlbum oftheCivil War. By Pakula, Marvin H. 1960. [973.7/M2/Pak].
TheCivil WarDiaryofSergeantJohnMcComb, CompanyH, Regiment28, PennsylvaniaVolunteers, United StatesArmy.
ByMcComb, John.1997. [973.7/D3/Mcc].
WORLDWAR II
TheSimonand SchusterEncyclopediaofWorld War II. By Parrish,Thomas. 1978. [940.53/H2/Par].
World War II OrderofBattle. ByStanton, Shelby L. 1984. [940.53/M2/Sta].
UNITED STATES
Early20thCentury Photographs. ByLibbert, Chuck. 2003. [973/H2/Lib].
AFieldGuidetoAmericanArchitecture. ByRifkind, Carole. 1980. [973/J7/RifJ.
AHistoryoftheUnitedStates MarineCorps. By Metcalf,Clyde H. 1939. [973/H2/Met].
NativeAmerican Women, aBiographicalDictionary. By Bataille,Gretchen M. 1993. [973/F3/Baf].
TheWest PointAtlasofAmerican Wars, Volume I,1689-1900. By Esposito, VincentJ. 1995. [973/E7/Esp/V.l].
MID ATLANTIC (UNITED STATES)
PassportsofSoutheastern Pioneers, 1770-1823. By Potter, Dorothy Williams. 1982. [975/W2/Pof].
WESTERN (UNITED STATES)
EmigrantTrailsWest. ByHelfrich, Devere. 1984. [979/W2/Hel].
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