Comments on: Take Me Back to Griffintown http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Sally Williams (niece of Connie Gleason http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-316288 Sally Williams (niece of Connie Gleason Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:55:29 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-316288 oops ...sorry about the typo above ... obviously should be "Griffintown" oops …sorry about the typo above … obviously should be “Griffintown”

]]> By: Sally Williams (Niece of Connie Gleason http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-316281 Sally Williams (Niece of Connie Gleason Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:50:34 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-316281 Hello Mr. Faherty, I am Sally Williams, niece of Connie Gleason. My mother is Phyllis Williams (nee Gleason) You may remember Connie's sisters May, Jenny & Ducky, as well as my mom who was the youngest. Pehaps you rememember Connie's mom (my beloved grandmother)Katie. My mom is the only one left now but she is in good health & good spirits. I know that my Uncle Con (WW II vet)was proud to be from Griffentown. I hope this finds you well and & look forward to a reply. Sally Hello Mr. Faherty,
I am Sally Williams, niece of Connie Gleason. My mother is Phyllis Williams (nee Gleason) You may remember Connie’s sisters May, Jenny & Ducky, as well as my mom who was the youngest. Pehaps you rememember Connie’s mom (my beloved grandmother)Katie. My mom is the only one left now but she is in good health & good spirits. I know that my Uncle Con (WW II vet)was proud to be from Griffentown.
I hope this finds you well and & look forward to a reply.
Sally

]]> By: Susan http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-294750 Susan Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:15:11 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-294750 Hi. My dad lived in Griffintown in the 50's and I'd be interested in finding out more about him and his family when they lived there. His name was Raymond Gaskell. Thanks! Hi. My dad lived in Griffintown in the 50’s and I’d be interested in finding out more about him and his family when they lived there. His name was Raymond Gaskell. Thanks!

]]> By: Larry Hutchison http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-277497 Larry Hutchison Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:04:39 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-277497 lived at 1235ottawast from1937to1960 lived at 1235ottawast from1937to1960

]]> By: Colleen King http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-274111 Colleen King Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:00:10 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-274111 I am trying to do my family’s history (genealogy) and it seems that it all has to do with the Pointe and Griffintown. I have exhausted myself looking on the web. I am looking for photos of St. Gabriel’s Academy (the building) between 1950 and 1970. I am also looking for pictures of Coleriane Street and Beorgeoys Street (I think that is the correct spelling). From Griffintown I am looking for any pictures in the late 1800 early 1900. In 1875 my great-grand parents (Murphy’s) lived at 136 Murray St. in Griffintown. Also 1896 my great-grand parents (McGrath and Doyle)were married at St. Anne's Church. I would like to add pictures, so that my family can associate with what they are reading. . If you could help me I would appreciate it very much. Colleen King I am trying to do my family’s history (genealogy) and it seems that it all has to do with the Pointe and Griffintown. I have exhausted myself looking on the web. I am looking for photos of St. Gabriel’s Academy (the building) between 1950 and 1970. I am also looking for pictures of Coleriane Street and Beorgeoys Street (I think that is the correct spelling).

From Griffintown I am looking for any pictures in the late 1800 early 1900. In 1875 my great-grand parents (Murphy’s) lived at 136 Murray St. in Griffintown. Also 1896 my great-grand parents (McGrath and Doyle)were married at St. Anne’s Church.

I would like to add pictures, so that my family can associate with what they are reading.

. If you could help me I would appreciate it very much.

Colleen King

]]> By: genevieve http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-261842 genevieve Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:12:59 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-261842 Hi, I am a student at uqam university and we have a project this winter's session with wich we had to choose a community in a specific area of Montreal. I choose the Irish in Griffintown. The project have to bring out the heritage of a community in a original manner... could be an activity, an exhibition...of course, it will be a sketching project but it could become more, since professionnals will listen to our presentation at the end of the session. I'm risking a couple of line here hoping...Not shure yet what I'm hoping but still, just exposing the whole thing is a good start. Plus, I would love to talk with Terrence Flanagan about the history of Griffintown. Our team is just starting with that question; How could we bring out in the best way possible, just and pertinent, the essence of griffintown and his community to outsider? Thanks to all. genevieve Hi,
I am a student at uqam university and we have a project this winter’s session with wich we had to choose a community in a specific area of Montreal. I choose the Irish in Griffintown. The project have to bring out the heritage of a community in a original manner… could be an activity, an exhibition…of course, it will be a sketching project but it could become more, since professionnals will listen to our presentation at the end of the session. I’m risking a couple of line here hoping…Not shure yet what I’m hoping but still, just exposing the whole thing is a good start. Plus, I would love to talk with Terrence Flanagan about the history of Griffintown.
Our team is just starting with that question; How could we bring out in the best way possible, just and pertinent, the essence of griffintown and his community to outsider?
Thanks to all.

genevieve

]]> By: joseph faherty http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-259963 joseph faherty Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:28:15 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-259963 i know many people from grifftown and never her a word about people eating out of garbage cans or whatsoever i worked with mr.batten marlyin her father a great man who worked at cp telecommunication. billy wilson gordie bernier &MANY other people who came from grifftown never ate from garbage . i been to MRS WILSON house on many st patricks days parades and its in griffintown on ottawa st open house to any one there were no kinds of bugs just good old fashion irish music and booze. anyone who wish to sing or whatever was decent was welcome sorry mr denis delaney but i don!t believe a word you said my last thing to say is i play with many many people from grifftowmn and have many friends from there and tommy knows he one of them. this man worked at the port of montreal and helped oout many &many people god bless all the people from griffintown and the gooseville we all the same people. me last words to dennis delaney MY ALSO FRIENF CONNIE GLEASON MAY HAVE TURN OVER IN HIS GRAVE HEARING ABOUT GARBAGE. last but not leastly nobody from point st charles or griffintown or village hate garbage from trascans. our parents worked hard for us and i always had great food on my table. my father COLEMAN FAHERTY WORKED FOR WILSON IN THE VILLAGE. SORRY IF I OFFENDED YOU OR THAT HAPPENED TO YOU BUT DO NOT SAY EVERY IM GRIFFINDOWN SUFFER LIKE YOU BY THE WAY I FRAM POINT ST CHARLES AND ATTEND ST GABRIELS MOST OF THE TIME. i know many people from grifftown and never her a word about people eating out of garbage cans or whatsoever i worked with mr.batten marlyin her father a great man who worked at cp telecommunication. billy wilson gordie bernier &MANY other people who came from grifftown never ate from garbage . i been to MRS WILSON house on many st patricks days parades and its in griffintown on ottawa st open house to any one there were no kinds of bugs just good old fashion irish music and booze. anyone who wish to sing or whatever was decent was welcome sorry mr denis delaney but i don!t believe a word you said my last thing to say is i play with many many people from grifftowmn and have many friends from there and tommy knows he one of them. this man worked at the port of montreal and helped oout many &many people god bless all the people from griffintown and the gooseville we all the same people. me last words to dennis delaney MY ALSO FRIENF CONNIE GLEASON MAY HAVE TURN OVER IN HIS GRAVE HEARING ABOUT GARBAGE. last but not leastly nobody from point st charles or griffintown or village hate garbage from trascans. our parents worked hard for us and i always had great food on my table. my father COLEMAN FAHERTY WORKED FOR WILSON IN THE VILLAGE. SORRY IF I OFFENDED YOU OR THAT HAPPENED TO YOU BUT DO NOT SAY EVERY IM GRIFFINDOWN SUFFER LIKE YOU BY THE WAY I FRAM POINT ST CHARLES AND ATTEND ST GABRIELS MOST OF THE TIME.

]]> By: Dorothy Salois http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-257076 Dorothy Salois Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:48:13 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-257076 Thanks to whomever, for this site! It's a journey down the proverbial memory lane, indeed! I was born and raised in Griff, (30's thru 50's) Attended St Ann's Academy, and lived on Young Street close to the beloved St Ann's Church. remember Gleason's, where Danny Tucker used to make a great hamburger, and Miss Healey, the only lay Teacher at St Ann, would go every day after school, to unwind with a cup of coffee, before catching her street car to Verdun. Among my friends were, Maureen Burton, Joanie Andrews, Louise Mercantini, Betty Boyce, to name a few. I would love to hear from others from Griff. Thank you! dotsal@tx.rr.com Thanks to whomever, for this site! It’s a journey down the proverbial memory lane, indeed! I was born and raised in Griff, (30’s thru 50’s) Attended St Ann’s Academy, and lived on Young Street close to the beloved St Ann’s Church. remember Gleason’s, where Danny Tucker used to make a great hamburger, and Miss Healey, the only lay Teacher at St Ann, would go every day after school, to unwind with a cup of coffee, before catching her street car to Verdun. Among my friends were, Maureen Burton, Joanie Andrews, Louise Mercantini, Betty Boyce, to name a few. I would love to hear from others from Griff. Thank you! dotsal@tx.rr.com

]]> By: Christiane Berthiaume http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-226788 Christiane Berthiaume Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:12:42 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-226788 The Berthiaume Family lived on Murray Street. We had a restaurant on Ottawa and Murray which was called St. Ann's. There was my mother and father and the children Johnny, Liliane who has now passed away, Denise, Rolland,Christiane,and Marie. This is a very interesting sight. Thank you. The Berthiaume Family lived on Murray Street. We had a restaurant on Ottawa and Murray which was called St. Ann’s. There was my mother and father and the children Johnny, Liliane who has now passed away, Denise, Rolland,Christiane,and Marie.
This is a very interesting sight. Thank you.

]]> By: Irina http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-197033 Irina Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:04:28 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-197033 Действительно хорошую информацию трудно добыть. (А сделать с ней что-нибудь – ещё труднее) :) Действительно хорошую информацию трудно добыть. (А сделать с ней что-нибудь – ещё труднее) :)

]]> By: Marilyn Batten Patwell http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-183330 Marilyn Batten Patwell Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:00:08 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-183330 Hi - I am an ex-Griffintowner - married to an ex Griffintown also. I was glad to see a note from Terry Flanagan - I hung around with Mary for many years - have not heard from her and would love to hear from her - also Hi to Bernice Moore - remember the family well - we lived on McCord between William and Ottawa. I have many happy memories of our life in Griff. As I entered the working field after St Anns - Darcy and St Pats - many people asked me where I came from as I was in the sales field in most of my working years (there were 43 of them), I was always proud as punch that I came from Griff and I toild anyone who asked. One thing that I read on the site - I dont know which site was a note by Dennis Delaney who said he ate from the garbage cans outside of Mother Martins and that he had bed bugs and cockroaches in his house. I would like to add that we had none of the critters he talked about and my Mother put on a good table for her family - My Father worked every day and took every hour of overtime he could get - he brought his pay home - we missed nothing - I guarantee that - I wish Tommy and I could have done for our 2 what was done for us - Mine had a swimming pool in the backyard - attended Villa Maria and were given every advantage that could be given. Before my Mother passed I drove to down to Griff and showed her all around - I showed her the new condos on Mountain and Notre Dame across from the Town Casino - told her they were selling at $500,000 - my Mother replied "I hope they will be as happy as we were". I guess that about says it all. Regards to all. Hi – I am an ex-Griffintowner – married to an ex
Griffintown also. I was glad to see a note from Terry Flanagan – I hung around with Mary for many years – have not heard from her and would love to hear from her – also Hi to Bernice Moore – remember the family well – we lived on McCord between William and Ottawa. I have many happy memories of our life in Griff. As I entered the working field after St Anns – Darcy and St Pats – many people asked me where I came from as I was in the sales field in most of my working years (there were 43 of them), I was always proud as punch that I came from Griff and I toild anyone who asked.
One thing that I read on the site – I dont know which site was a note by Dennis Delaney who said he ate from the garbage cans outside of Mother Martins and that he had bed bugs and cockroaches in his house. I would like to add that we had none of the critters he talked about and my Mother put on a good table for her family – My Father worked every day and took every hour of overtime he could get – he brought his pay home – we missed nothing – I guarantee that – I wish Tommy and I could have done for our 2 what was done for us – Mine had a swimming pool in the backyard – attended Villa Maria and were given every advantage that could be given. Before my Mother passed I drove to down to Griff and showed her all around – I showed her the new condos on Mountain and Notre Dame across from the Town Casino – told her they were selling at $500,000 – my Mother replied “I hope they will be as happy as we were”. I guess that about says it all. Regards to all.

]]> By: Ann Mundey http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-173904 Ann Mundey Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:57:11 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-173904 This is a very interesting website and it certainly brings back alot of memories my Dad was born and raised in Griffentown and I remember he would tellme that he would plow the streets of Montreal (must have been 1920's -1930's I guess ) with horses but at this point very hard to find anything on this no one is left to ask. I think that this is a great idea to keep in touch and keep the memories alive, I will keep trying to find info on the Mundey famiy. Great Website This is a very interesting website and it certainly brings back alot of memories my Dad was born and raised in Griffentown and I remember he would tellme that he would plow the streets of Montreal (must have been 1920’s -1930’s I guess ) with horses but at this point very hard to find anything on this no one is left to ask. I think that this is a great idea to keep in touch and keep the memories alive, I will keep trying to find info on the Mundey famiy. Great Website

]]> By: Bernice Moore (Notaro) http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-172137 Bernice Moore (Notaro) Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:52:27 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-172137 I would like to let whomever is responsible for this column know how much it is appreciated. I recently took a trip thru Griffintown and was saddened at how much of it is gone. My old home at the corner of Eleanor and William is now a junk yard.It is so sad. Interested in hearing from anyone from that era. I would like to let whomever is responsible for this column know how much it is appreciated. I recently took a trip thru Griffintown and was saddened at how much of it is gone. My old home at the corner of Eleanor and William is now a junk yard.It is so sad. Interested in hearing from anyone from that era.

]]> By: Thomas Ward http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/14/take-me-back-to-griffintown/comment-page-1/#comment-161102 Thomas Ward Wed, 14 May 2008 15:35:19 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/13/take-me-back-to-griffintown/#comment-161102 This site is so great. I knew little of my grandfather, let alone that he had family. But my recent discovery of the rest of the family and them living at 189 Ottawa in the early 1900's led me on a quest for more about St. Ann's, where their records originate. Reading the history of Griffintown sends shivers up my spine. It feels like I know this place. My father and myself are Police officers and I find my Grandfather's Dad (Pat) was listed as a Policeman from around 1897 to 1922. I'll be there soon. Tom from Chicago This site is so great. I knew little of my grandfather, let alone that he had family. But my recent discovery of the rest of the family and them living at 189 Ottawa in the early 1900’s led me on a quest for more about St. Ann’s, where their records originate.

Reading the history of Griffintown sends shivers up my spine. It feels like I know this place. My father and myself are Police officers and I find my Grandfather’s Dad (Pat) was listed as a Policeman from around 1897 to 1922.

I’ll be there soon.

Tom from Chicago

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