Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/4/2/5
Title
English Capuchin Friars in Mendocino, California
Date(s)
- c.1911 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Black and white print
Context area
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photograph of a group of Capuchin Franciscan friars. A handwritten identification note is extant on the reverse of the print. The text records that the photo was taken in Mendocino City, California, and attributes the friars to the English Province, dating the event around 1911. A handwritten note at the bottom indicates that several individuals shown ‘joined Irish [Province] in 1920’. The listed names corresponding to the eight men pictured include:
Br. Joseph Darnawski
Fr. Marianus Fiege
Fr. Raymond Gorman
Fr. Michael Smyth
Br. Anthony Dillon
Br. Paschal Cantwell
Fr. Gregory
Fr. Edward Fesenmeyer
Fr. Sebastian Brennan