ABSTRACT
It was the month of October 1847. . . One hundred and nineteen children from the fever sheds who had not been claimed by their parents were gathered with the orphans in this house ... Meanwhile the small colony could not enjoy its new resting place for long. As the incumbent priests of St. Patrick's church had no presbytery, it became necessary to give it up to them. From the 21 st of May 1848, twelve children from the Rocheblave refuge were transferred to the Mother House. The others were evacuated on the 13th of July, and were placed in good families or trusted to the care of Mr. Dowd, 1 a young sulpician who arrived in Montreal on the 21st of June previous, and after three weeks was named chaplain of the poor Irish. . .
