Hello, I have taken out my old street-map book and found out that Hawkins Street in Boston is off of .. the current New Chardon Street. Since "The Temporary Home" and the "Wayfarers' Lodge" worked together .. it makes sense that their facilities were very close together .. This tells me that the old Chardon St. and New Chardon St. are probably the same street. (Bulfinch Place is also there.) Someone has written to me and told me that she found out that the Long Island Hospital was also on Chardon Street; in fact, probably at the same address (#41).. I did a search for the Long Island Hospital, and first found this page off of the Boston Public Library web site: http://www.bpl.org/electronic/shelters.htm but, when I investigated www.google.com further, all I found was information on Long Island Hospitals in .. other states. Does anyone know of a web site which discusses the one in Boston? .. Since the early "Temporary Home" accepted "foundlings" in the 1880's, I am now wondering if my grandmother was first taken there when she was found around Feb. 1, 1889. And, this is possibly where John Dexter took her back to .. in the spring of 1899. Since the childhood of my grandmother (birth to Age 20) is all purely conjecture .. anything could have happened. But, I still tend to think .. that the early records .. of whatever facilities were on Chardon Street in Boston in the 1880's and 1890's .. would provide ..clues .. to what really happened. Have a good afternoon, Betty (near Lowell, MA)

Hi, Betty: The only Long Island Hospital I have heard of is the one that was on Long Island. Take a look at this discription: http://www.cityofboston.gov/environment/Harbor_islands_history.asp I'm interested in Long Island, but back in 1742 because in one book it said my 4th greatgrandfather was born there. City of Boston doesn't know anything, but in 1752 when his mother married for a second time it is recorded in Boston Document 101. Regards, Dick Watts ( rlwats1@msn.com ) Stoneham (MA) Historical Society, Webmaster http://www.geocities.com/stonehamhistoricalsociety/index.html Stoneham, Middlesex, MA, USGenWeb Town Coordinator http://www.geocities.com/rlwattss/USGenWeb/Stoneham/stonehamhome.html St. George, Knox, ME, USGenWeb Town Coordinator http://www.geocities.com/rlwattss/USGenWeb/stgeohomepage.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "BBFFRRPP" <bbffrrpp@attbi.com> To: <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: [BOSTON] ..Chardon St. and Hawkins St. in early Boston .. / Long Island Hospital .. ----------------------- SNIP --------------------------

The Long Island Hospital that I know of in Boston is actually located on Long Island in Boston Harbor and is connected by a bridge through what is now Quincy, MA. The facilty consists of several building and is no longer a state facilty (not since the 1970's I think). The Boston Harbor Island are now considered a National Park and you may be able to obtain some information to the right Long Island Hospital History that way. The facilty is now rented out to several different non-profit and city run service providers (a homeless shelter, a DYS locked unt, transitional housing, group homes from handicapped and mentally ill patients, a couple of alcohol & drug detox programs, and others I'm sure. I used to have a xerox copy of the histroy of the harbor islands, but it got lost in a move somewhere a long the way. Good luck and Happy hunting Mary J Quinn Bostonian ----- Original Message ----- From: "BBFFRRPP" <bbffrrpp@attbi.com> To: <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:29 PM Subject: [BOSTON] ..Chardon St. and Hawkins St. in early Boston .. / Long Island Hospital .. > Hello, > > I have taken out my old street-map book and found out that Hawkins Street in > Boston is off of .. the current New Chardon Street. Since "The Temporary > Home" and the "Wayfarers' Lodge" worked together .. it makes sense that > their facilities were very close together .. This tells me that the old > Chardon St. and New Chardon St. are probably the same street. > (Bulfinch Place is also there.) > > Someone has written to me and told me that she found out that the Long > Island Hospital was also on Chardon Street; in fact, probably at the same > address (#41).. I did a search for the Long Island Hospital, and first > found this page off of the Boston Public Library web site: > > http://www.bpl.org/electronic/shelters.htm > > but, when I investigated www.google.com further, all I found was > information on Long Island Hospitals in .. other states. Does anyone > know of a web site which discusses the one in Boston? > > .. Since the early "Temporary Home" accepted "foundlings" in the 1880's, I > am now wondering if my grandmother was first taken there when she was found > around Feb. 1, 1889. And, this is possibly where John Dexter took her > back to .. in the spring of 1899. > > Since the childhood of my grandmother (birth to Age 20) is all purely > conjecture .. anything could have happened. But, I still tend to think .. > that the early records .. of whatever facilities were on Chardon Street in > Boston in the 1880's and 1890's .. would provide ..clues .. to what really > happened. > > Have a good afternoon, > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Boston National Historic Park: > http://www.nps.gov/bost/home.htm > > ============================== > 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 >