Hi All, Does anyone know where Ward 11 was on the 1850 census? Thanks! Jeanne

Also: IN OLDE MASSACHUSETTS SKETCHES OF OLD TIMES AND PLACES DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE COMMONWEALTH BY CHARLES BURR TODD Author of "In Olde Connecticut" "The Story of the City of New York," "The True Aaron Burr" http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/plymouth/index.html <A HREF="http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/plymouth/index.html">Plymouth Massachusetts History and Genealogy</A>

Boston Latin, MA vs. Boston English, MA (1897-1997) (rivals in sports) http://www.sportsfansofamerica.com/Records/Football/HS/TRecords1.htm The English High School The oldest public high school in the country, founded in 1821. 144 McBride St Boston, MA 02130 6358979 http://boston.k12.ma.us/schools/rc644.asp#intro

In a message dated 3/19/2002 3:39:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, neodane@bellsouth.net writes: << Was there a "Boston English School" >> Yes. Two different schools. Cheers, Bob

Was there a "Boston English School" in addition to the "Boston Latin School"? My grandfather, Charles Sibbald Toomy, attended one or the other in the early 1900's. If there is no English school, it must have been the Latin one. Thanks. Susan Toomy in Daytona Beach Farns10th@aol.com wrote: > Boston Latin School is the oldest public school in America with a continuous > existence It was founded April 23, 1635 > > http://www.bls.org/blswebsite/bls_History/History__of_bls.htm > > <A HREF="http://www.bls.org/blswebsite/bls_History/History__of_bls.htm"> > Boston Latin School: The Oldest School in America</A> > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Port of Boston History: > http://www.massport.com/ports/about_histo.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

My g-grandfather's brother, Jacob BRACK, a German immigrant was a teacher of math and German at the Boston Latin School in the late 1800s and after. How do I get any information on this man? The school didn't want to give out any information. thanks, Charles -----Original Message----- From: Farns10th@aol.com <Farns10th@aol.com> To: BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: [BOSTON] History of the Boston Latin School - Oldest Public School in America 1635

Name: Madden, Margaret Occupation: widow Address: 27 Harvard Business: Others: Address: Comments: Directory: Boston Year: 1890 ============================= Name: McCloskey, John A. Occupation: clerk Address: 267 D Business: N. Y. & N. E. freight Others: Address: Comments: Directory: Boston Year: 1890 ========== Name: McCloskey, John Occupation: engineer Address: 108 Winthrop, Rox. Business: Others: Address: Foster's wharf Comments: Directory: Boston Year: 1890 ======== Name: McCloskey, John B. Occupation: shipper Address: at E. Camb. Business: Others: Address: 90 Franklin Comments: Directory: Boston Year: 1890 ===== Name: McCloskey, John A. Occupation: watchman Address: rear 76 Bird Business: Others: Address: Comments: Directory: Boston Year: 1890 ======== Name: Francilow, Frank A. Occupation: hairdresser Address: 9 N. Grove Business: F.R.R. depot Others: Address: Comments: Directory: Boston Year: 1890 =========These were closest to the spelling of the surname :FRANZOSA or FRANCY (1 above / 1 below) Name: Francis, Frank Occupation: hairdresser Address: bds. 901 E. Broadway Business: Others: Address: Comments: Directory: Boston Year: 1890 ======== Hope this helps , Andrea

Boston Latin School is the oldest public school in America with a continuous existence It was founded April 23, 1635 http://www.bls.org/blswebsite/bls_History/History__of_bls.htm <A HREF="http://www.bls.org/blswebsite/bls_History/History__of_bls.htm"> Boston Latin School: The Oldest School in America</A>

In a message dated 3/17/2002 6:59:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, dnlmccrary@attbi.com writes: << t appears you need a Boston Library card # to access these features, unless Bob's got some leprachaun tricks up his sleeve?? >> Hi Liz, Me again. The URL I used was: http://www.bpl.org/index.htm Cheers, Bob

In a message dated 3/17/2002 6:59:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, dnlmccrary@attbi.com writes: << It appears you need a Boston Library card # to access these features, unless Bob's got some leprachaun tricks up his sleeve?? >> Dear Liz, Being an out of towner without a Boston Library Card I was billed $5.00 for various Obituaries; pages out of books, etc. Your URL is much longer than the one I used--mine was just BPL(would have to look up actual one I used--please advise). Have a great day. Cheers, Leprachaun Bob

Just thought I'd pipe in... my ancestors lived on Harrison Ave, too, in the 1860s-1870s. (They were the ROBBS, from Nova Scotia). I, too, have wondered what that neighborhood was like. My group seemed to move around a lot... they lived at 334, 444, and 638 Harrison Ave. Then they moved to 210 Dover Street. Sharon's information has been very interesting. Thanks! Jeanne Arguelles ejarguelles@msn.com > Harrison Ave. is by the Boston Hospital, which existed then too, and in 1897 > the street was lined with residences. My family was at 4 Harrison Ave. > Some of the houses were duplexes. Land records, tax records and the like > will probably help you somewhat. I know I got some good clues from them. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul F.Foley <paul.f.foley@verizon.net> > To: BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, March 16, 2002 5:37 PM > Subject: [BOSTON] info for 1897 needed > > > >Hi! I need some information for 1897 . I just found out where my > >grandfather was living and I was wondering how I can find out what type > >of place he was living in. The address is 306 Harrison Ave. Boston. Also > >if there are any records available for that time like State or city > >Census? Can anyone help?? Thank you > >Michelle > > > > > > > >==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > >Boston's Freedom Trail: > >http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/freedomtrail/bostoncommon.asp > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Search 20+ years of the Boston Globe 1979-2001: > http://www.boston.com/globe/search/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Harrison Ave. is by the Boston Hospital, which existed then too, and in 1897 the street was lined with residences. My family was at 4 Harrison Ave. Some of the houses were duplexes. Land records, tax records and the like will probably help you somewhat. I know I got some good clues from them. -----Original Message----- From: Paul F.Foley <paul.f.foley@verizon.net> To: BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 16, 2002 5:37 PM Subject: [BOSTON] info for 1897 needed >Hi! I need some information for 1897 . I just found out where my >grandfather was living and I was wondering how I can find out what type >of place he was living in. The address is 306 Harrison Ave. Boston. Also >if there are any records available for that time like State or city >Census? Can anyone help?? Thank you >Michelle > > > >==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== >Boston's Freedom Trail: >http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/freedomtrail/bostoncommon.asp > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Looking for information on ALEXANDER MELVIN circ 1830-1880 Believed to have come from Scotland to Boston. father possibly Patrick. Left Boston for Tilting NFLD Canada 1870? Not much to go but that all I have. Any assistance is most appriecated. Gail Quigley (nee Melvin)

Sally 393 Harrison Ave would be about 5 or 6 blocks South of 306 - just above where Dover Street used to run perpendicular from Tremont through Shawmut, Washington, Harrison and Albany then connect to 4th Street in South Boston via the Dover Street Bridge. Now this appears to be called East Berkeley Street so your folks were just that much further south on Berkeley and you can use the information I sent the prior fellow for references on the maps. Happy Hunting Sharon Ancestors and Ephemera http://www.GenealogyFair.com From: "Sally" <swarter@desoto.net> Hi I am looking for my grandfather also. He lived at 393 Harrison Ave. about the same time. If you find any Taranto's or Toronto's . Please let me know. Thanks Sally __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/

Hi City directories are your best bet for yearly detailed info on adult occupants and occupations - try the Boston Public Library research request service, but I have heard they are backlogged http://www.bpl.org/research/socsci/genealogy.htm or the 1900 census for who was living with him or who his neighbors were if he was still there. But for a sense of what his neighborhood was like, you can't beat old maps. I have 1891 and 1904 Boston city maps. Harrison Avenue remains today but many other side streets are gone or have name changes. 1891 shows that Harrison Ave is a horse road and that No 306 (between Herald Street and Wm Mullins Way cross Streets today) has a "steam road" intersection for the B& A RR and Old Colony RR stations just north of it - in the same place as the RR line today, it appears, just west of the Fort Point channel. In those days, the Fort Point channel led into a large South Bay (now filled in) with wharves just one block east on Albany Street, between the Broadway Street and Dover Street Bridges - Perry's wharf, Haven's wharf, South Cove Corp, Cobb's and Pope's. The Broadway Street bridge is there today but from what was about the Dover Street Bridge in those days, it is now filled in and 4th Street is extended over from South Boston. In 1904, that also looks like the vicinity of where the elevated tracks came north on Washington Street (parallel to Harrison Ave), then jogged over to Harrison and went all the way to the beginning of Harrison at Beach Street and east into the huge South Union Station Railroad complex of that time. But the RR switchback tracks appear to be nearer to Harrison Ave RR and elevated track intersections and right in the same spot the Mass Pike/ southeast Expressway ramps do their modern figure eights. The South Bay is still open in 1904 and there are wharves all along both sides. Columbia Theatre is about a block or two away with many other theatres within 6-10 blocks. The Grand Old Opera house is about 8 blocks south, a Catholic Church is about 12 blocks south, the Immaculate Conception Church, the Homeopathic and City Hospital are 20 blocks south - maybe a little over a mile as these blocks are varying sizes. See the general history of the South End at http://bostonfamilyhistory.com/neigh_send.html The Library of Congress (LOC) has a 1903 panoramic photo of Boston City Hospital - pretty impressive. Go to the american memory site, select geography and search on Harrision and boston - selecting "match all of these" http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html I also have an Boston 1873 map by Currier and Ives and you can zero in on the area I described above online with the LOC Mr Sid software - those large 3-4 story long brownstone buildings are likely the same ones that were there in the 1890s - many are still standing today in the South End. Click on the zoom in features and go to bottom left part of the map - the channel leading to South Bay on the left of the picture. Your spot on Harrison would be to the right of the channel near the two bridges - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.pm002750 and indeed if you go to an 1899 map and zoom in on the lower left just above the channel, you will see Albany Street marked (Harrison is the next one up running parallel) with Way Street connecting just below the railroad tracks and just about where I think 306 Harrison was and "voila!", you can pretty much imagine what his neighborhood looked like to him http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.pm002790 There are many other maps for other dates in Boston or towns and cities available on the LOC site - search on both panaoramic and the location names. Happy Hunting! Sharon Ancestors and Ephemera http://www.GenealogyFair.com From: "Paul F.Foley" <> Hi! I need some information for 1897 . I just found out where my grandfather was living and I was wondering how I can find out what type of place he was living in. The address is 306 Harrison Ave. Boston. Also if there are any records available for that time like State or city Census? Can anyone help?? Thank you Michelle __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/

Looking for descendants and researchers of the following family that lived in Boston in 1912: David ASQUITH, born 1852, immigrated from Lancashire, England between 1874 and 1880 to Rhode Island, married Ada HARRISON in Smithfield, Rhode Island in 1883, had two daughters: Ada Sophia (born 1885, married a man named SMITH) and Annie (born 1891). David may have married a second time to a woman by the name of Mary A., born 1859 Hope to hear from you! Amy

In a message dated 3/16/2002 7:30:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, bvonw@yahoo.com writes: << f anyone doing research at the Boston Public Library ha >> Dear Betty Anne, FYI:Boston Public Library has online facilities. Happy St.Patrick's Day Cheers, Bob

Hi I am looking for my grandfather also. He lived at 393 Harrison Ave. about the same time. If you find any Taranto's or Toronto's . Please let me know. Thanks Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul F.Foley" <paul.f.foley@verizon.net> To: <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: [BOSTON] info for 1897 needed > Hi! I need some information for 1897 . I just found out where my > grandfather was living and I was wondering how I can find out what type > of place he was living in. The address is 306 Harrison Ave. Boston. Also > if there are any records available for that time like State or city > Census? Can anyone help?? Thank you > Michelle > > > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Boston's Freedom Trail: > http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/freedomtrail/bostoncommon.asp > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi! I am searching for any info on the following names: FOLEY , John from 1906-1940 Co. Kerry Ireland to Boston wife Elizabeth Madden, Joseph Thomas b. 4-1892 Boston died 2-1966 wife Mirian McCloskey Boston. MCCLOSKEY, John b. 6-1852 Boston wife Margaret Goldie b. 2-1859 Weymouth Ma. Madden, Francis b. 9-1860 Boston wife Margaret b. 2-1862 Boston. FRANCY/ FRANZOSA Frank b. Itlay wife 1. Geary 2. Rubini b. Italy lived Boston Thank YOu Michelle

Hi! I need some information for 1897 . I just found out where my grandfather was living and I was wondering how I can find out what type of place he was living in. The address is 306 Harrison Ave. Boston. Also if there are any records available for that time like State or city Census? Can anyone help?? Thank you Michelle