Keywords: French-Canadian immigrants
Item 9916
St. Ignatius, Martyr, Church, Sanford, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Item 18377
Sts. Peter and Paul Basilica, Lewiston, 2005
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 2005 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
Exhibit
St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Site Page
"Mary's), founded in 1855. Due to the influx of French-Canadians and the animosity between the French and Irish Catholics, a separate church--St."
Site Page
"… an intense level of immigration, first of Irish and other west European workers; then later French-Canadian, east and southern Europeans."
Story
Nicole Morin-Scribner: living the dreams of her immigrant parent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A 6-year-old immigrant makes the most of her opportunities while staying connected to her roots
Story
Aurore Morin & Huguette Paquette: immigrating to Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The experience of a young mother and her teenage sister making the transition from Quebec to Maine.
