The Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum for Boys was erected in 1856, at a cost of $25,000. Last year some necessary improvements were made at an expense of $5,000. The loss, ...

CATHOLIC ORPHAN ASYLUM BURNT LOSS OF LIFE. Share full article. Sept. 6, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from September 6, 1860, Page 4 Buy ...

The responsibility of taking care of those who couldn't take care of themselves in Victorian Brooklyn was taken on by both private and religious charities. One of the most pressing needs was the care ...

There was also a large city orphanage called the Orphan Asylum of the city of Brooklyn. It was founded in 1833, and was run by the Orphan Asylum Society of the city of Brooklyn, a group of wealthy ...

ST. VINCENT'S ORPHAN ASYLUM served as a Catholic home for boys ages 4-14 from 1852 until 1925. Bp. AMADEUS RAPPE founded the home, run by the SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE.St. Vincent's opened ...

ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHANAGE FOR GIRLS, est. in 1863 and incorporated in 1889, housed Catholic orphans until 1947, when its residents were transferred to PARMADALE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE.St. Joseph's organized ...

The Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society, the Home of the Daughters of Jacob, the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews, the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, and the Beth Israel Hospital each get $250. The ...

Before one dawn last week Mrs. Amelia Toner, 27, lay alone with her unborn baby in a rented Brooklyn bedroom. Her Irish husband had deserted her. Her other four children were in a Catholic orphan ...