Hooray! I just received copies of both my great grandfathers naturalization papers. Both Theodore Miottel and Wilhelm Skibbe were both naturalized through the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. I now have the copies in hand and will make copies for my relatives - what a great Christmas present. My mother's cousin is in her seventies and had been unsuccessful in her search for Wilhelm's paperwork. She is going to be thrilled. Both of us spent a great deal of time searching for the court papers, Wilhelm and family farmed in Indiana. Naturally we kept looking in Indiana for records. It was just a fluke to find them in Chicago!
Tucson History - St. Mary’s Hospital and Sanitarium
cir 1885 cir 1910 Dedicated in 1880, St. Mary’s hospital was fully supported by the residents of Tucson. Originally it had been planned as a school, however, the Bishop Salpointe decided to make the school a hospital as it neared its completion. The hospital opened with twelve beds, Dr. John C. Hardy, and four Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelot: Sister St. Martin Dunn, Sister Julia Ford, Sister Basil Morris, and Sister Mary John Noli. A second story was added to the hospital in 1882...
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