St. Michael's Orphan Asylum

Dates:

Established - 1874

Closed - ?

Locations:

1st site - 892 Pius Street (South Side)

Also Known As:

St. Michael's German Orphan Asylum

Founder:

Sponsoring Agency:

Sisters of St. Francis

Notes:

This was a home for the orphans of St. Michael's parish.

Location of Records:

Unknown

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages - see also St. Paul's Orphan Asylum)

History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1889), Vol. I, p. 709

Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 20, pp. 57-58 - small list of residents from the 1880 Census for the 27th Ward