1868

​​Property is acquired for a cemetery

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1869

​​Original St. Ann's Church is dedicated

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1878

​​Second St. Ann's Church is constructed

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1905

​​Second St. Ann's Church is dedicated and rectory is built

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1907

​​St. Ann's is incorporated

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1908

​​St. Ann's Hall is built

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1913

​​St. Ann's Church destroyed by fire and rebuilt within the year

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1944

​​St. Ann's celebrates Diamond Jubilee and outdoor shrine is built

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1945

​​Rev. Father J.W. Hughes dies; Rev. Father James Dunnigan holds his first service

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1947

​​Chimes valued at $1500 installed, a gift of E. McCahn

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1949

​​Fire truck given to the Holy Name Society by Charles Kruse brought to Sawkill

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1950

​​Fire starting in the basement causes about $3,000 worth of damage

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1953

​​Rev. Father Dunnigan suffers a heart attack while serving mass

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1956

​​St. Ann's receives new altar; large group of children from Sawkill and Ruby confirmed; Catholic Veterans' hold old-fashioned square dance at the hall

​1960

Rev. Father Dunnigan dies

​1961

St. Ann's becomes mission church to St. Catherine Laboure

​1963

​​Rectory and church hall torn down

1969

100th anniversary of St. Ann's Church dedication celebrated with outdoor mass

​1969 to 1975

Church of St. Ann's falls into disrepair

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1978

Organized effort undertaken to repair the church and became know as "Committee to Save St. Ann's"

​1978 to Present

"​​The Friends of St. Ann's" continue to keep St. Ann's Church a vital part of the community

Timeline of the History of St. Ann's Church and Cemetery