St. Patrick’s Orphanage

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172 years ago, on November 21, 1851, St. Patrick’s Orphanage in Montreal opened its doors to Irish children. Founded by Father Patrick Dowd in collaboration with the Grey Nuns, this work was needed to take in children orphaned by the typhus epidemic of 1847.

Source: ASGM, L007-001, St. Patrick’s Orphanage, Montreal, n.d.
Source: ASGM, L007-005, Children’s meal, St. Patrick’s Orphanage, Montreal, n.d.