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Special Mass that's steeped in French tradition. Bernie Ouimet Five Questions in The Record, Troy, NY June 13, 2013 Saint Jean Baptiste Day by Randy Koniowka, Times Union, June 26, 2010 http://blog.timesunion.com/cohoes/historians-notebook-saint-john-baptiste-day/482/ Wagon Wheel Rug Making, August 28, 2013, Francoise Ouimet demonstrates Wagon Wheel Rug making in the French-Canadian tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD8CgKe_-ss Spindle City Historic Society, Cohoes, New York, Volume 11, Issue 4, Winter 2008. The G. Upton Peltier House-A Personal View By Rob Langley and Le Doctor Peltier by Anne Marie Nadeau http://spindlecity.net/NewsLetters/2008-4-Winter.pdf Cohoes native Paul Stanley Frament / Destroyer Escort USS Frament |
Eva Tanguay and the Cohoes Music Hall Biography by Andrew L. Erdman, Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay L’Assomption de la Ste. Vierge, Albany, New York, a French parish established in 1869/Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Latham, New York Giles Senecal, a Quebec native, and Cohoes resident, has helped Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hockey players with housing and learning the English language. One hockey player to benefit from this help is hockey great Joe Juneau a Pont-Rouge, Quebec native who played hockey for R.P.I. from 1987-1991. See page 9 of this link, http://www.alumni.rpi.edu/services/class/1969/100%20Years%20of%20RPI%20Hockey.pdf Émilie Fortin Tremblay, a native of Quebec and Cohoes, NY, was one of the first white woman to cross the Chilkoot Pass. |
Emma Lajeunesse, aka Marie-Louise-Cecile-Emma (GYE) aka Emma Albani (1847-1930) Hired as a soloist for Saint Joseph’s Church, Albany, NY. According to Wikipedia, she was born in Chambly, Quebec. Her family moved to Plattsburgh, NY in 1852 and in 1865, moved to Albany, NY. She became a popular singer, organist, and teacher of singing. Conrad Lanoue (1908-1972) American Jazz Pianist, born in Cohoes, NY and studied at the Troy Conservatory. |