St Joseph Commercial High School - Parmentier Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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we The Parmentier Family T is only fitting and proper that we, the graduating class of 1940 express our grati- tude and appreciation to the Parmentiers, who as a token of their generosity, be- queathed to the Sisters of Saint Joseph the building, now St. joseph's Commercial High School or Parmentier Memorial , for the Catholic education of young women. Many people reach social and local prominence, but few receive the honor due to the accomplishment of Andre Parmentier and his daughter Adele Bayer. Born at Enghien, Belgium, July 3, 1780 he married in 1813 Sylvie Parmentier, who was born at Louvain in 1793. They came to New York in 1824. Andre was a great lover of nature. He was the first to introduce into the United States several varieties of shrubs, flowers, vege- tables and vines. He also founded in 1825 the Hrst Botanic Garden in Brooklyn. Unfortunately, death came November 26, 1830 and cut short the great work of this benefactor to men. Madame Parmentier and her two daughters, Rosine and Adele, continued his work. In the following year they moved to a Hne mansion Know the present Convent of our Facultyj at 342 Bridge Street, which Madame Parmentier had built and where they devoted their lives and fortunes to charity. As well as being of the nobility, they were also outstanding Catholics. Andre was one of the founders of St. james, and when in 1838, the second Brooklyn Church, St. Paul's was founded, the family in order to help the new parish, joined it immediately. At various times, missionaries from foreign countries were welcomed at the house of the Parmentier's. Adele, the wife of Edward Bayer, was known for her remarkable activities among the sailors of the merchant marine and in and about the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It has been said her work was that of a saintly missionary? When the Civil War broke out in 1861 the recruiting for the Navy increased and Madame Bayer began her ministra- tions to the wants of the men at the Navy Yard. She died in Brooklyn, January 22, 1892, and the Navy suffered a loss in the death of this worker of charity. Madame Bayer was buried in the family vault in St. Paul's. The news of her death was communicated to the ships on foreign stations, and words of sympathy and sorrow came back with a desire to erect some mark of respect that would preserve, to future generation of sailors, the memory of their life-long friend. A Requiem Mass was celebrated on board the Vermont , the receiving ship she had so often visited. On Sunday, November 12, 1892, the first Solemn High Mass at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was celebrated for the repose of her soul. The latest survivor of the Parmentier family was a daughter Rosine , born March 1, 1829 in Brooklyn where she died in 1908. In her will she left the old family residence on Bridge Street to the Sisters of St. Joseph who transformed it into a Commercial School for girls known as Saint Joseph Commercial High School Parmentier Memorial. KATHLEEN HAWKE '40. 7 law...