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The growth of the Irish community up until this time can be found in birth records of West Springfield, of which Holyoke was its 3rd parish. In 1847 there were 14 births, none of which were of Irish surnames, but by 1848, 19 of 87 were, and by 1849 105 out of 221 West Springfield births were of Irish parentage.
As of the 2010 census, Holyoke, Massachusetts had the largest Puerto Rican population, per capita, of any city in the United States outside Puerto Rico proper, with 47.7% or 44,826 residents being of Puerto Rican heritage, comprising 92.4% of all Latinos in the community. [1]
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Holyoke saw an influx of Franco-Americans (French: les Holyokais franco-américains, lit. "the French-American Holyokians"), [a] predominantly French-Canadians, who immigrated to Massachusetts to work in the city's growing textile and paper mills.
Jacques Ducharme was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts to Pierre Honoré Tetreault-Ducharme and Malvina Katie Proulx, on June 29, 1910. [1] His father was a millworker born in Saint-Valérien, Quebec, while his mother was descended from Nicholas Proulx (French:), the French-Canadian laborer first responsible for bringing Québécois laborers to Holyoke.
The Holyoke Mall location subsequently reopens as a Filene's. [178] 1996 – July 6: A memorial plaque is dedicated at the site of the 1946 Mount Tom crash, with many small pieces of the B-17 still being found by that time. [179] 1997 – Holyoke Gas & Electric launches its first fiber optics communications services. [77]
James Prentice was born on May 29, 1909, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, to Mr. and Mrs. George M. Prentice (née Doherty). [1] Growing up on Lawler Street, he would attend the Williston Northampton School for some period of time but ultimately graduated from Holyoke High School. [5]
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Whiting Farms is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts, located to the southwest of the city center, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from downtown.Following the construction of Whiting Farms Road in 1961, the area was developed as a residential and commercial area in the 1960s and 1970s. [1]