Images of Franklin Square - Arcadia Series

Following the urbanization of Fosters Meadow, it gave way to numerous present day towns.

One town in particular, Franklin Square held on strong to their history and created the

Franklin Square Historical Society. For years they have been collecting and preserving 

their photographs. Recently the Franklin Square Historical Society, Dr. Paul van Wie and 

two Girl Scouts of Nassau County, Kiera Grassi and Hannah Muttum have spent countless 

hours scanning and organizing a collection of historical photographs.

 This collection has been organized and published  in the Arcadia Series.

“Images of America - Franklin Square”

Price:     $ 21.99       Shipping  2.50


Total: $ 24.49

Please send check to Franklin Square Historical Society

                                    PO Box 45

                                      Franklin Square, New York 11010

Allow one week for delivery.

Images of Franklin Square

Sisters of the Order of St. Dominic

You are invited

In 1853, the first Dominican Sisters arrived in America from Regensburg, Germany, they quickly assumed responsibility for the parish school at Most Holy Trinity in Williamsburg, NY. In the early years of the community's presence in Brooklyn, the sisters educated the children of German immigrants. Eventually they went to nearby parishes in Brooklyn, and as far as St. Boniface in Elmont and other parishes, where they educated the children of German immigrants.

Their Motherhouse Complex is located in Amityville, NY. It sits on an approximately 50 acre site that includes the original Motherhouse, Rosary Hall built in 1876-1878, the potato house, the boiler house, the grotto, St. Dominic Chapel and the Sisters cemetery grounds. There is also a farm called Homecoming,  recalling the original purpose of the grounds as a farm for the Schleigel family and then for the Sisters.

Our present research shows at least two of our Fosters Meadow descendants entered the Dominican order.

1- Mary Stattel - Sister Mary Raymund Stattel  O.P. (1872-1896)

2- Katherine Herman - Sister Mary Bonifica Herman O.P. (1870 1912)

We have been invited for a private tour of the facility on  October 27, 2012. We expect to see the Chapel and the cloister garden, {which are closed to the public} as well as the cemetery grounds.

If interested, please send us an email, it need not be a definite response. 


However, we would appreciate if you could just let us know of a possible interest.     (FostersMeadow.FSHS@gmail.com)

Date: October 27, 2012

Steuben Parade ~ September 15, 2012

Recently Kristen Mueller from Dix Hills was crowned 
Miss German-America, 
along with her Court they will be marching in the 
55th Steuben Parade this September 15, 2012,
 down Fifth Ave in Manhattan. Although Kristen is not a descendant of Fosters Meadow, she will be representing her

Palatinate and Bavarian backgrounds.

The Fosters Meadow Heritage Center has been invited to participate, if enough of us would be interested, we could march down Fifth Avenue representing 

Fosters Meadow.

For more info on the parade please visit the website:

http://www.germanparadenyc.org/news.html

Please let us know if you have interest in participating,
 send us an email.

Miss German-America 2012

Ancestors Remembered ~ June 2, 2012

The German Settlements of Nineteenth Century Long Island

The German Settlements 

of 

Nineteenth Century

Long Island

by

Paul D. van Wie

Chapters include

Fosters Meadow

Franklin Square

New Hyde Park

Hicksville

Jerusalem

Stadt Breslau

Stadt Wurttemburg

Language and Culture

106 pages

The book is available for purchase from the Franklin Square Historical Society.

Price : The book $15.00

           Shipping  $   2.50

           Total        $ 17.50

Make check payable to Franklin Square Historical Society

                                      PO Box 45

                                      Franklin Square, New York  11010

                                      (Allow 1 week for delivery)

Below is a photo of the front cover, note the back ground of the front cover is 

St. Boniface Church, circa 1935