Gertrude A Gariepy (1874 - abt. 1955)

Born Apr 1874 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Died about 1955 at about age 80 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Gertrude was initially listed with her birth family in the 1880 U.S. Census at age 6 (misspelled Garypie). ^[1]

In the 1892 New York State Census, there is a Gertrude Garrippy (age about 16) who was living among a large number of teenage girls with the Sisters at St. Joseph Orphanage in Brooklyn, New York. Louis Gariepy was killed by the train in 1881. Gertrude's mother Mary was left with five children to support, all very young. ^[2]

Gertrude Gariepy has been found in the St. Patrick Convent in Manhattan, New York in the 1900 U.S. Census. While the FamilySearch.org summary only lists her as "inmate", the census document itself gives the name of the convent and her occupation as "Sister". Gertrude's religious name is not listed. ^[3]

In 1920, at the age of 45, Sister Mary Gertrude is still listed among the teachers at St. Patrick's Convent in New York City on Prince Street. ^[4]

In 1930, Gertrude (age 56), a Sister of Charity (Sisters of St. Joseph), was teaching at the New York Foundling Hospital in Manhattan, New York. Her surname is miss-indexed in Ancestry.com as Garsisy for the 1930 U.S. Census of Manhattan, New York, but the original document is legible as "Gariepy". Note that her father's birth place was given as French Canada, which means Quebec or Lower Canada. (This was also poorly transcribed in Ancestry.com as France, Canada). ^[5]

Research Notes

I believe that the death record found as GARIEPY, GERT NUN is that of Sister Mary Gertrude Gariepy. She died in Yonkers at the advanced age of 81 on 25 Dec 1955. ^[6]

It may be very difficult to find Gertrude's burial record without a knowledge of exactly how her religious name was inscribed on the headstone. Until the late 20th century, most often the Religious Sisters of one Order or convent were buried in the same cemetery section under their religious name(s) and often with only their surname at birth, but sometimes with their given name as well.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ8P-1V7 : 7 September 2017), Gertrude Garypie in household of Louis Garypie, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 102, sheet 684C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,846.
2. ↑ 1892 census source: St. Joseph Orphanage, City of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York State. 4th Election District, 6th Ward. page 17. Found at: Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
   Original data: 1892 New York State Census. New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education. New York State Library, Albany, NY.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSJR-JXQ : accessed 7 November 2019), Gertrude Gariepy in household of Josephine C Mcinerny, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 10-12 New York City Ward 6, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 41A, family 760, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,086.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV3K-R18 : accessed 7 November 2019), Mary Gertrude Gariepy, Manhattan Assembly District 2, New York, New York, United States; citing ED 186, sheet 22A, line 2, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1187; FHL microfilm 1,821,187.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42L-CFD : accessed 1 May 2020), Gertrude A Garsysy in household of Sarah E Churley, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 559, sheet 1A, line 19, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1567; FHL microfilm 2,341,302.
6. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKK-LMRG : 20 October 2019), Geri Nun Gariepy, 1955.

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