Financial Statement and Improvement Ledger for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Roseburg, Oregon

Financial statement of debt and parish improvements for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Roseburg, Oregon, signed by Father Edward Walsh OFM Cap. on 11 April 1919. The ledger tracks a significant reduction in parish debt from $10,602.26 in January 1912 down to $3,339.06 by December 1919, noting a remaining balance of $1,526.40 after money was sent to Ireland. It details incoming financial contributions totalling $4,235.00 sent from Abbottstown by Father Benignus Brennan and Father Brendan O’Calla

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11 Apr. 1919
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Financial statement of debt and parish improvements for St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Roseburg, Oregon, signed by Father Edward Walsh OFM Cap. on 11 April 1919. The ledger tracks a significant reduction in parish debt from $10,602.26 in January 1912 down to $3,339.06 by December 1919, noting a remaining balance of $1,526.40 after money was sent to Ireland. It details incoming financial contributions totalling $4,235.00 sent from Abbottstown by Father Benignus Brennan and Father Brendan O’Callaghan, alongside an itemized list of paid local improvements. These expenditures include sidewalk installations on Lane, Washington, and Chadwick streets, school room renovations and painting for religious sisters, house and cemetery improvements, and the final completion costs for the church building itself.
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Irish Capuchin Archives
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Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of the Irish Capuchin Mission in the United States > Irish Capuchin Foundations in the United States > Roseburg, Oregon

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I Carried Self on Jan 21st 1912 . . . . . $10,602.26 " " " Mar 1919 $ 3339.06 " " when $1812.60 is sent to Ireland $ 1526.40 II Amount sent from Albottstown by Mr. Benjamin $ 1535.00 " " " " " " " " " " " Brendan 2700.00 4235.00 III. Improvements made & paid for:- (a) Sedewalks on Hane: Hashington & Ghadwick $ 780.00 (b) Trinity up room in School for Sisters 50.00 (c) Saniting School on outside 190.00 (d) Improvements on house 160.50 (e) " " " cemetery 56.00 (f) Completion of Gherret 60 16.77 1912-Mar 21 Fr. Edward, D. M. Cap. Rosebury, D. M.