At last - a hit! >From the Directory of the Public Schools of Los Angeles County (excluding Los Angeles City), November 1926 page 58: "McKINLEY SCHOOL of San Gabriel School District is at 1425 Hale Ave." TEACHERS: Helen Perry Doak, 2200 W. Ceda St., Alhambra (Principal and 5-8) Salary $1900 Margaret Elinor Berg, 850 Beverly Dr. (Kgn) $1200 Ruth Wycoff Orr, 2725 Strathmore Ave (2-3) $1515 E. Grace Tincher, 1409 Mission Drive (A1-B1) $1795 Josephine Wiles, 2631 Rose Ave., Altadena (4-5) $1400 Fred White, San Gabriel (Janitor) $1296 On Sunday, September 08, 2002 6:55 AM, Kathryn Thompson [SMTP:Kathryn@tdstelme.net] wrote: > This is an exciting and generous offer! Do you include San Gabriel? If so, > I have a great aunt I am researching who lived in San Gabriel...may have > taught elsewhere. She taught from 1927-at least 1950 under the names of > Margaret Berg, then Margaret Bell, then Margaret Murphy, Then Margaret Hart. > Thanks in advance! Kathryn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karla Everett" <EverettKA@bak.rr.com> > To: <CALOSANG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 3:39 AM > Subject: [CALosAngeles] Look-Up Offer - L.A. School Teachers > > > > I don't often send messages to the list - it seems I've covered a number > of > > topics tonight. Please read to the end - - - > > > > For look-up requests - respond to : > > teacherlookup@yahoo.com > > (I can read this from work - lunchtime only, I promise. I'll take the > books > > with me.) > > > > I have two little books, here: > > 1926 Directory of the Public Schools of Los Angeles County (Excluding Los > > Angeles City School) > > and > > 1907 Directory of Los Angeles City Schools > > > > Each of the books lists teachers within the school districts. Each also > lists > > the locations of individual schools. > > > > The 1926 directory lists: teacher's name, school in which that teacher > taught, > > grades or subject taught, yearly salary and HOME ADDRESS. > > > > The 1907 directory lists: teacher's name, HOME ADDRESS, school, Room, > Grades > > (A1, B1, etc) and Classes (A1, B1, etc. - not much help to most of us). > > > > I'll post responses to the list, if no one objects. The location of the > school > > will be included and perhaps provide information to another researcher. > > > > I have been attempting to list school locations on the Southern California > > Students web page, but it will be quite some time before this project is > > completed. It will be fun, though. Let me give you an example of a > school > > listing from the 1907 Directory: > > > > DISTRICT 18 - Logan Street School - Corner Montana Street. Take Colegrove > or > > Hollywood Car to Echo Park Ave. Take Edendale Car to Montana St. (live > was > > simpler then, even in Los Angeles). > > > > Please visit the Southern California Students web site. It has become my > > obsession. I'd like to move on to other endeavors, but it seems I'm > hooked on > > this one. Only student listings from yearbooks (and sometimes, > commencement > > programs), which are at least 50 years old are listed on the site. If > you're > > searching for your classmates from Class of 1978 - you won't find them > here! > > > > http://www.dreamwater.net/socal/ybhome.html > > > > Karla in Bakersfield > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/2002 > > > > > > > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.381 / Virus Database: 214 - Release Date: 8/2/2002