>Jim, >On second thought, now that you've pointed out your thoughts on the word >"housekeeper", >look at your address on MapQuest and do the aerial images. > >Wasn't Irondale a mining community? This home is across the street from >the railroad track, even down the street from the "Whistle Stop Cafe" Yes,Irondale once was a mining community. A small gem of local info ...... just across the street from the railway tracks and the old Irondale RR station is the Irondale Cafe. It was the model for the cafe in the movie "Steel Magnolias." Carl

>Was this lake close to Woodlawn? Ann > No. Edgewood Lake was south of Birmingham, "over the mountain" and a bit west of what is called Homewood. Woodlawn is an area to the East of downtown Birmingham, in the direction of East Lake. There was a park at East Lake, with a lake in it. For many years it was a recreational area. Carl, in Knoxville Tennessee >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I do believe you are correct in naming Grenada. A Senior Moment hit me and I cpould not recall the name. Also my first date (9th grade) was at Joy Youngs in one of the closed booths. Was it cool or what? jc----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > > In a message dated 10/19/2006 3:39:21 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > 3rd and fourth and about 23rd and 24th north. > > > > There was the Grenada Hotel in that area...near the YWCA, I think. Not > too > many years ago it was still in use. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

some info on Powderly available on BPL Digital Collection under Birmingham Neighborhoods. ----- From: "Doug Purcell" <[email protected]> To: "Jefferson County Roots Web" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: [ALJEFFER] Powderly, AL; Grasselli Chemical Co.; and Trevelick, AL > Seeking information on the origins of Powderly, Alabama which is now part > of > Birmingham. When was Powderly annexed into Birmingham? I think the date > was > 1951 but I am not sure. Also do many old houses from the late 19th and > early > 20th centuries survive in this community? > > > > Is anyone familiar with Grasselli Chemical Company which operated near > Powderly from the early 20th century into the 1940's or beyond? Grasselli > Chemical Company was purchased by Dupont in 1928. Finally I am also > searching for information for a small community near Powderly called > Trevelick. Does it still exist? > > > > Thanks for any help offered with this query. > > > > Doug Purcell > > Eufaula, AL > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I agree - I would love to have access to old photos, stories, that subscribers would like to share. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl & Martha Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Birmingham circa 1945 looking for news reports > >Please discuss the old days in private e-mails. Please. > > Well, OK ...... certainly don't want to distract or bother anyone. > > I do think there are many who see "genealogy" as much much more than > just names and dates on a diagram ......... for many of us, genealogy > and family history includes those things that tend to bring the > people alive in our memories ...... old pictures whenever > available.... information about the history and circumstances of > their lives ... where they lived. what kind of work they did.... etc. > > But ...in any case, to avoid having such things become a > distraction, I would be happy to shift off-list with those who are > interested ....... but other than via initial contacts on-list, I > don't know how to get those contacts initially or learn what people > are interested in. > > Carl, in Knoxville, Tennessee > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My grandfather, Andrew W. Wood b. 11 Sep 1873 in MI, moved to Grasselli around 1900. He was in a supervisory position at the plant and lived in a house that Grasselli Chemical Company built for him and his family, just down the road. The house was heated from some sort of steam heat that was piped directly from the plant. Grasselli was a rather small, relatively, area between Birmingham and Bessemer. My mother grew up there and attended Bessemer High School. I have a 1924 year book from Bessemer called "The Kalista" if anyone would like me to look up anyone. I would be happy to scan photos from it. Carol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Purcell Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:04 PM To: Jefferson County Roots Web Subject: [ALJEFFER] Powderly, AL; Grasselli Chemical Co.; and Trevelick, AL Seeking information on the origins of Powderly, Alabama which is now part of Birmingham. When was Powderly annexed into Birmingham? I think the date was 1951 but I am not sure. Also do many old houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries survive in this community? Is anyone familiar with Grasselli Chemical Company which operated near Powderly from the early 20th century into the 1940's or beyond? Grasselli Chemical Company was purchased by Dupont in 1928. Finally I am also searching for information for a small community near Powderly called Trevelick. Does it still exist? Thanks for any help offered with this query. Doug Purcell Eufaula, AL ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh yes!! I loved their egg fu young (sp?). My grandfather and grandmother would take me when I was a child, back in the late 30's to early 40's. I believe the restaurant was on 3rd. Ave. near 18th St. Or near there. I remember going to the Alabama Theater and hearing Stan Mallott, was that the name of the guy who rose up out of the floor sitting at that huge organ? I remember the music and singing along with the bouncing ball and the "Mickey Mouse Club" on Saturdays. I remember meeting my friend "under the clock at Loveman's department store and the wonderful displays they and Pizitz would have in their windows at Christmas time. Carol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Old restaurant In a message dated 10/19/2006 9:23:26 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Does anyone remember the Joy Young Restaurant in down town?Wonderful food.Ann Yes, they had a great shrimp salad. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for this information Carol. My grandfather, Major (a given name--not a military rank) Prestley Waits was superintendent of the Grasselli Chemical Company plant. He was born in 1878 and died in 1938. My mother said that all her siblings (9 of them) were born in Grasselli between 1901 and 1917). So I am sure that Major Prestley Waits and Andrew W. Wood knew each other. What training did your grandfather have to work at the Grasselli Chemical Company plant? When did he die? Do you have any photos of the Grasselli community? Are there any Waits family members listed in the 1924 year book? Thanks. Doug Doug Purcell Eufaula, AL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carol Lackey Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] Powderly, AL; Grasselli Chemical Co.; and Trevelick, AL My grandfather, Andrew W. Wood b. 11 Sep 1873 in MI, moved to Grasselli around 1900. He was in a supervisory position at the plant and lived in a house that Grasselli Chemical Company built for him and his family, just down the road. The house was heated from some sort of steam heat that was piped directly from the plant. Grasselli was a rather small, relatively, area between Birmingham and Bessemer. My mother grew up there and attended Bessemer High School. I have a 1924 year book from Bessemer called "The Kalista" if anyone would like me to look up anyone. I would be happy to scan photos from it. Carol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Purcell Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:04 PM To: Jefferson County Roots Web Subject: [ALJEFFER] Powderly, AL; Grasselli Chemical Co.; and Trevelick, AL Seeking information on the origins of Powderly, Alabama which is now part of Birmingham. When was Powderly annexed into Birmingham? I think the date was 1951 but I am not sure. Also do many old houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries survive in this community? Is anyone familiar with Grasselli Chemical Company which operated near Powderly from the early 20th century into the 1940's or beyond? Grasselli Chemical Company was purchased by Dupont in 1928. Finally I am also searching for information for a small community near Powderly called Trevelick. Does it still exist? Thanks for any help offered with this query. Doug Purcell Eufaula, AL ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Is this the site about which you are asking? "Birmingham Rewound" at http://www.birminghamrewound.com/ It is a site which has a lot of photos, memories, etc. of Birmingham. Melba Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Hammett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:42 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] old B'ham > WOULD THE PERSON WHO PUT THE URL FOR THE LONG LIST OF PEOPLES MEMORIES OF > OLD PLACES IN BIRMINGHAM .PLEASE POST IT AGAIN OR SEND IT TO MY E`MAIL > .THANKS..........V.A.H. >

In a message dated 10/19/2006 11:09:10 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: SURE MAKES ME HOMESICK. I was born in Pratt City and moved to Ave D in Ensley for elementary school in the early 1950's. Went to Ensley High School for my freshman and soph years. Mollie Charles Pawlik I went to Ensley 1957-1961. Laura Argo Higginbotham

I was there 1955/56 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:00 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFFER] OLD B'HAM > > In a message dated 10/19/2006 11:09:10 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > SURE MAKES ME HOMESICK. I was born in Pratt City and moved to Ave D in > Ensley for elementary school in the early 1950's. Went to Ensley High > School > for my freshman and soph years. > Mollie Charles Pawlik > > > > I went to Ensley 1957-1961. > Laura Argo Higginbotham > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My line: Great Grandmother Mary Jane Mauldin, daughter of John Wesley Mauldin, son of James Mauldin, Son of Herod Mauldin, brother of Labon. They are sons of Henry, son of Francis, Jr., son of Francis Mauldin and "Bride" Belaine of France. I have a number of John Mauldins, but none married to a Mary. But then, most I don't show who they are married to. If you are researching for yourself, then looks like we might be related. Will be glad to add a little more detail. Laura

WOULD THE PERSON WHO PUT THE URL FOR THE LONG LIST OF PEOPLES MEMORIES OF OLD PLACES IN BIRMINGHAM .PLEASE POST IT AGAIN OR SEND IT TO MY E`MAIL .THANKS..........V.A.H.

My grandfather was born in 1876 and lived in St. Clair Co,AL. When he was a small boy, a neighbor asked him to go to Birmingham with him to sell his peaches. They left in a wagon the next morning. He said it took two days to get there and they slept on the side of the road the first night. When they arrived in Birmingham, there was only a hotel and a stable. The hotel was full, so they had to sleep in the stable the second night. What year did B'ham become incorporated? [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])

SURE MAKES ME HOMESICK. I was born in Pratt City and moved to Ave D in Ensley for elementary school in the early 1950's. Went to Ensley High School for my freshman and soph years. Mollie Charles Pawlik [email protected]

In a message dated 10/19/2006 9:23:57 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Was this lake close to Woodlawn? Ann That would be East Lake.

In a message dated 10/19/2006 9:23:26 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Does anyone remember the Joy Young Restaurant in down town?Wonderful food.Ann Yes, they had a great shrimp salad.

In a message dated 10/19/2006 8:10:03 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: we would go downtown to see the Christmas decorations in the So did we. That's why I love the movie A Christmas Story where the kids have their noses pressed to the window at Higbees Dept. Store.

In a message dated 10/19/2006 7:22:54 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: It was right next to those tepee-shaped cabins.) I remember the WigWam Motel but don't remember The Skillet, but do remember the Blue Bird Motel and Truck Stop. They had a good restaurant. Remember the neon blue bird with the wings that flashed like they were flapping?

In a message dated 10/19/2006 6:48:49 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: There's much more -- too much to mention here. All in all, the book is a look back at places that were meaningful to many of our forefathers as well as to many of us -- and to a time that "was." If anyone would like more information, please write me off-list. I have the book. Trust me. It's great.