GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-73

St. Thomas the Apostle Church
3774 Jackson Street
Riverside, California 92503

Phone: 909-689-1131
Email: See website

 

History: St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Riverside, Riverside County, California, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of San Bernardino (Archives: San Bernardino, California). Monterrey-Los Angeles and Los Angeles-San Diego diocesan priests at St. Thomas attended to Native American students (e.g. Cahuilla, Cupeño, Kumiai) at the Sherman Government Institute, Riverside, 1903-1935 (closed).

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1903-1935

Volume: Few entries among several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American students at the Sherman Government Institute.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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