Group photograph of Irene Lewis and her friends. All presumed to be fans of the Demers (perhaps a local amateur team or a church league). The family ran the Troy Daily Times for a while and were influential in Troy society. The photograph was probably taken at what is now Knickerbocker Park.
Members of the Lewis family posing in the water around Troy, NY. The handwriting is that of Betty Connally, grandmother of Matthew T. Apple and daughter of Carrie Anne Connally. In the back to the left, Irene Connally is holding Betty Connally (aunt and niece). The other adult (back, right) is Alice Lewis Wilson. The other three children are probably Alice's children.
Believed to be a colorized tintype of Ferdinand Lewis (dit Clermont), father of Joseph Lewis. Ferdinand 's son Joseph immigrated to Troy, NY. He is believed to have died from cholera or complications from cholera after having helped individuals who were suffering from cholera in Quebec City.
Black and white Confirmation or school portrait of Caroline-Anne (Carrie) Connally. Carrie was probably in middle school at the time of the photograph, in 1904 or 1905. Great grandmother of Matthew T. Apple.
Standing left to right: Edna and Bill Perras with their daughter Carolyn, Louise Perras, Georgiana Bourdon, Delia Sumner. Kneeling left to right: Alfred Bourdon, Rose Bourdon, Harvey Perras, Joan Bourdon, Helen Bourdon, and Arthur Perras.
Framed pencil portrait of Francois Joseph Laurin, born on August 4, 1857. He earned a living as a farmer in Napierville, Quebec and Sherrington, Quebec. He was married twice and fathered 22 children, 9 survived to adulthood. Most of the children immigrated to Chazy, NY and Pittsfield, MA from Quebec.
Framed pencil portrait of Rose Anna (Tremblay) Laurin, born September 14, 1861, probably in Napierville, Quebec. She married Francois Joseph Laurin on August 3, 1883. Rose Anna (Tremblay) Laurin died in childbirth, leaving behind nine children.
Pencil portrait drawing of Gregoire Liboire Mailloux, husband of Melia (Barrette) Mailloux of Coopersville, NY. The spelling of the family name Mailloux was frequently altered to become Mayo.
Pencil portrait drawing of Melia (Barrette) Mailloux, born in October 1824 in Coopersville, NY. She married Gregoire Liboire Mailloux. The spelling of the family name Mailloux was frequently altered to become Mayo. Great-grandmother of Rita Rae Laurin.
Photograph of Joseph Lalumiere, the father of Florence Sullivan, using a crutch while feeding chickens, probably in Queensbury, NY before 1922. Joseph passed away at a young age in 1922.
Portrait photograph of George H. Prouty, born in Green Island, NY on December 30, 1901. His mother, Marie Emma Derilas Robin, emigrated to the United States from Chicoutimi, Canada.
White apron with small pink and blue flowers, worn on Sundays only, by Nellie LaValley, grandmother of Audrey Falcon. Worn at home in Champlain, NY near the Canadian border.
White apron with small pink and blue flowers, worn on Sundays only, by Nellie LaValley, grandmother of Audrey Falcon. Worn at home in Champlain, NY near the Canadian border.
White apron with large pink flowers with blue stems, worn on Sundays only, by Nellie LaValley, grandmother of Audrey Falcon. Worn at home in Champlain, NY near the Canadian border.
White apron with black dot pattern, worn everyday except Sunday by Nellie LaValley, grandmother of Audrey Falcon. Worn at home in Champlain, NY near the Canadian border.
A photograph of Trail's End Cottage, a summer cabin built by Frederick Strumpf (husband of Franco-American Yvonne Buhrle Strumpf) and his friends. Frederick Strumpf (1915-1975) emigrated to New York City from Belichingen, Germany. He lived in a New York City tenement, was a mail carrier, and US Navy veteran, serving on the USS Boxer.
Photograph of Yvonne Buhrle Strumpf (1911-2003) skiing, probably in Vermont or New York. Yvonne was born in France in 1911 to a French mother and a Swiss/German father. Yvonne spent time in a refugee camp during World War I due to her Swiss/German heritage. Yvonne emigrated to the United States in 1929.
Front row: Cyrille and Bertha (LaValley) Babbie; Back row: Nellie LaValley, brother George, a child, and Abraham LaValley, Jr. on family farm on Glass Road in Champlain, N.Y.
Caroline and Abraham LaValley, Sr. were Rita Rae Laurin's great-grandparents. Caroline died in 1929. The photo was taken at the family farm on Glass Road in Champlain, NY, near the Canadian border.
Society was founded on May 7, 1900 according to medallion; "Conseil La Salle No. 129, l'Union St. Jean Baptiste d'Amerique -- Cohoes, NY" on ribbon; ribbon has two sides- the colorful side is for regular meetings and days, the black side is for memorial such as a funeral.
Badge would have been worn at church-related, religious festivals; Society of St. Jean Baptiste was a mutual aid society for Franco-Americans in Cohoes, NY.
This badge would have been worn at conferences or formal church services; the society Ladies of St. Anne belonged to St. Marie's church; reverse side of badge was worn at funerals and memorial services.
Eva Therriault Hanrahan (far right), Eugenie Therriault Donnelly (behind and to the left of Eva), and other Therriaults sitting on the front stoop in the Dyke area of Cohoes, NY
Studio photograph of John Hennessey, best man (in chair) and Omer Therriault, groom (standing) in wedding attire. Therriault married Anna D. Mace at St. Joseph's Church in Cohoes, NY.
From left to right Eugenie (Therriault) Donnelly, William Donnelly, Eva (Therriault) Hanrahan, John Thomas Donnelly, and Thomas Lionel Donnelly picnic on the way to Canada.
Decorative wedding blanket with design of Mary and baby Jesus in center; floral design, including lilies, around Jesus and Mary; stars surrounding the outside.
