Newsboys of New Orleans
Автор: Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans
Загружено: 2025-11-18
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On November 17, 2025, Pat Bedenbaugh presented her many years of research on the newsboys of New Orleans to the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans. As Pat describes it, the 1870s in New Orleans were a time of loss and suffering following the end of the Civil War. Yellow fever epidemics and mass immigration of the poor filled New Orleans with orphans and half-orphans. The newsboys were among those numbers. Many of those newsboys were family breadwinners. Pat's grandfather was among them. His obituary said he was cast “upon the streets” at the age of 4 and lived in the newsboys’ home until he married. That obituary started her search to learn about the home.
Her presentation, entitled "Barefoot Boys: Newsboys of New Orleans," is a brief history of the newsboys of New Orleans in the 1870s to the early 1900s. The story outlines the efforts made to get the newsboys off the streets and into a clean safe place to live and learn. The Sisters of Mercy, with the help of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, established the home and school. This is their story.
Learn more about the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans at https://grsno.org
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