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Sister E. Allard and two lepers, circa 1920
Sister E. Allard and two young girls with their dolls. The girls were infected with leprosy.
Sister Allard had worked at various tasks at the lazaretto and at the hospital.
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A leper at the lazaretto of Tracadie
1926
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Madame Emma at the lazaretto from 1926 to 1964
Madame Emma, a Russian woman living in Western Canada, was admitted to the lazaretto in 1926 at 30 years of age, leaving behind her husband and 4 children.
Sister Victoria Branch says:"She was treated and cured when the diasone treatment became available". Emma's extremities were affected.She also had difficulty walking. She loved to laugh and hear singing.
Marie Jane Losier, author of "Children of Lazarus" recounts a fact remembered by Mr. Fitzgerald: "I remember Mrs. Emma when she was living with the other lepers in the Ryan household. Every day I'd pass by on my way to work, she'd come to the gate to wave to me.One day she said: "A really fancy your hat". It was made of pink felt. One day I took it off my head and put it on hers. I said:"Now it's yours". She loved that hat and wore it until it was worn-out".
Madame Emma did not want to leave as she'd become an invalid and had lost touch with her family. She stayed at the lazaretto and died of a stroke or VCA in June, 1964. She was the last person to die at the lazaretto.
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Lepers at the lazaretto of Tracadie
1910
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Jean Louis, a person affected by leprosy
In 1907, Jean Louis was admitted to the lazaretto at the age of 76. He died in 1915, at the age of 84. He was a native of the Northern Region of Tracadie, New Brunswick.
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A leper at the lazaretto
1922
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Madam Wasyl at the lazaretto from 1914 to 1924
Madam Wasyl, a tall Russian, clothed in her native garb, her head covered in a red handkerchief, arrived at the lazaretto in March, 1914.
She arrived from the West Coast speaking only Russian. She left behind her husband and two young children. Her husband came to visit her two years after her departure.
It is told that she cried and missed her 12 year-old granddaughter. To console her, a nun told her: "I could be your granddaughter; I would take care of you as it would my mother". The nun learned a few Russian words. When she managed to pronounce them, Madam Wasyl would dry her tears and laugh.
She died March 13th, 1924. Doctor Langis wrote he family many times, but received no answer. Her 20 year-old son came to visit her a year later and was surprised to learn of her death. He could only see the tomb of this mother who had cried so much to once again see her children.
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A leper at the lazaretto
1910
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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A person affected by leprosy
Robert was admitted to the lazaretto at the age of 18, in 1899. His hands were affected already by the disease and he became blind a few years before he died at 38 years of age in 1919.
He was a native of the Northern Region of Tracadie, New Brunswick.
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Lepers at the lazaretto of Tracadie
1916
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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In 1916, Charles and Samuel at the lazaretto of Tracadie
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A leper with two sisters
1940
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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A leper at the lazaretto, 1937-1964
Mr. Hum, Chineese and Neocanadian arrived in November, 1937. He lived many years at the lazaretto and was cured of leprosy. However, he'd lost contact with his family at that time and did not want to leave. He said that his home was with the personnel and the nuns. He died of uraemia whilst still residing at the lazaretto in February, 1964.
We hear that Mr. Hum ordered various imported foods from Montreal, as well as vegetable seeds that he planted in his little garden. He also did carpentry as he had his own tools and a small shed near the bay.
Sister V. Branche spoke of his kindness, that he never fought with anyone, and of the love that he had for everyone.
At the request of the nuns at the lazaretto, they prepared him for his baptism in 1946. Missionary nuns that spoke Chineese come to visit the Chineese patients, which included Hum.
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Statistics: number of persons affected by leprosy in Canada
2000
Canada