St. Joseph Provident Orphanage

Street Address: 
Belmont Avenue and Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL

St. Joseph Provident Orphanage; for the care of younger dependent boys; boys from St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum transferred to this institution; staffed by Sisters of St. Joseph from Carondelet, Missouri. Closed in 1911 and younger boys transfered to St. Mary's Training School.

Harry C. Koenig, editor, A History of the Offices, Agencies, and Institutions of the Archdiocese of Chicago: Published in Observance of the Golden Jubilee of the Priesthood of His Eminence, John Cardinal Cody, 2 volumes (Chicago: The Archdiocese of Chicago, 1981), 2:903

Collection

Community

Dates

1885 - 1911

Comments

Grandfather's name William M. Harrington birth 12/16/1907 orphaned about 1911after the passing of his biological mother, either Sophie Harrington or Katherine Harrington by widowed father William M. Harrington. Biological brother, Walter Harrington and spouse Ella Harrington.

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