Hello list- I was advised to post my query on this list, because some people are interested in researching old amusemnt parks. Peek a Boo Kiddie Park was once located at the intersection of San Pablo Dam Rd and San Pablo Ave, Probably from 1955-to about 1967. My grandmother took me there as a child, three or 4 yrs old. I wonder if anyone recalls this litltle park. It had ponies, swings , a Merry go round and other circular rides. Around 1967 My grandmother told me about the litle parks demise, how vandals got into the equipment , vandalized and let the ponies out inthe street, theman could not make a profit, anymore. I wonder if she read the story in a article from the paper, Does anyone remember a article. or when the land and wqupment sold. Does anyone remember going there and have memories, willing to share?? I still recall the park. in my minds eye, probably because of my grandmas stories and the last time I gazed at the place, when I was 16. I am 51 now. Melodee Slaney melnsam123@aol.com

Hi Cindy - Here is a voter registration (Foreign born Voters) site for 1872... http://feefhs.org/cgi-bin/w4ais This San Francisco Call Data Base lists only the Foreign born voter but when you get the copy from Jim F, the page has the non foreign born voters also listed. Can't hurt to look for you family here and see what pops up. I have Voter Registrations for my family that came from the CA room at the State Library, in Sacramento for: 1890, 1892, 1896, 1898, 1900 & 1909 - You might want to go to this web site: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ select Table of Contents - then select Voting Records - here you will find a complete story on what years had these Voting Records and where they can be found. Luck! RUTH _________________________________ Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA ruth4527@mindspring.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan & Cindy Frankenberry [mailto:cafdaf@cableone.net] > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 9:59 PM > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CASANFRA] voter registration > > > Hi list, > > Did San Francisco have a voters registration? I'm looking for the years > 1870 to 1890. If so, how can I find someone on this roster? > > Thanx for your help, Cindy > > >

Hi Miriam, Where would we find Griffith's Valuation Index of Ireland? Thank you! Allison ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miriam Ward" <mward_1947@yahoo.com> To: <CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:43 AM Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Ward Family > Karen, you might try looking at Griffith's Valuation > Index of Ireland to find any Hubert Wards(maybe his > father's or uncle's name).There is also the Great San > Francisco Registry of 1890 where you might find the > Ward family if they were still alive that year. > > Miriam > --- Karen Conley <klconley@webtv.net> wrote: > > Hi List: > > I am searching for any information on Hubert and > > Annie Ward. I > > believe that these people may have been my great > > grandparents. Both > > were born in Ireland, Hubert around 1835 and > > Annie around 1839. > > Children were John, Henry, Annie, and possibly my > > grandmother, Ruth > > Ward, born in 1885. In the late 1880s, this > > family was living at 757 > > Harrison Street. My grandmother was adopted by a > > couple named Nicholas > > and Anna Ott after her parent's death around 1890. > > This Ott couple was > > living at 751 Harrison Street in 1889. In the > > 1870 Census, Hubert > > Ward was listed as a liquor dealer. Any info at > > all about this Ward > > family will be most appreciated. Thanks! > > Karen > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > >

Hello List- I am researching the Peek a Boo Kiddie Park that was once Located at the intersection of San Pablo Dam Rd and San Pablo Ave, San Pablo( Now is Moose lodge, South Parking lot) I had gone there, with my grandmother in the 1950 S and remember seeing it last, say 1967 or 1968. My question is I would like to know when the park cease its operation. My grandmother, now deceased had spoken about its demise, to me, she said vandals had gotten in , let the ponies lose, and were killed. also the machinery was defaced. I asume she had read it in the Richmond Independent. I wonder if any one recalls a article or knew about the closure and can validate information. This was my favorite place to go with my grandmother when I was young and probably her stories of taking us still brings fresh pictures in my mind of the once small park. I can still see the Ponies, the Swings and Merrygo Round. If anyone knew who owned the park, was it rented or was it a mom and pop, operation. I know it was a good 40 to 45 years ago. but I thought someone might recall memories. I am 51 years old, but still a kid in heart. Thanks. Melodee Slaney melnsam123@aol.com

George, I'm amazed and very grateful that you found so much of what I asked for. I so much appreciate your time and effort on my behalf. I always say that I never cease to be amazed at the generosity of genealogists. I hope that sometime in the future I'll be able to help you in some way. I know how you've helped so many others. With great thanks, Patty

Karen, you might try looking at Griffith's Valuation Index of Ireland to find any Hubert Wards(maybe his father's or uncle's name).There is also the Great San Francisco Registry of 1890 where you might find the Ward family if they were still alive that year. Miriam --- Karen Conley <klconley@webtv.net> wrote: > Hi List: > I am searching for any information on Hubert and > Annie Ward. I > believe that these people may have been my great > grandparents. Both > were born in Ireland, Hubert around 1835 and > Annie around 1839. > Children were John, Henry, Annie, and possibly my > grandmother, Ruth > Ward, born in 1885. In the late 1880s, this > family was living at 757 > Harrison Street. My grandmother was adopted by a > couple named Nicholas > and Anna Ott after her parent's death around 1890. > This Ott couple was > living at 751 Harrison Street in 1889. In the > 1870 Census, Hubert > Ward was listed as a liquor dealer. Any info at > all about this Ward > family will be most appreciated. Thanks! > Karen > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com

Hi List: I am searching for any information on Hubert and Annie Ward. I believe that these people may have been my great grandparents. Both were born in Ireland, Hubert around 1835 and Annie around 1839. Children were John, Henry, Annie, and possibly my grandmother, Ruth Ward, born in 1885. In the late 1880s, this family was living at 757 Harrison Street. My grandmother was adopted by a couple named Nicholas and Anna Ott after her parent's death around 1890. This Ott couple was living at 751 Harrison Street in 1889. In the 1870 Census, Hubert Ward was listed as a liquor dealer. Any info at all about this Ward family will be most appreciated. Thanks! Karen

Good afternoon! I've just looked at about a hundred 1930 San Francisco census pages trying to find my Elliott family _somewhere_ on 14th Street. So far I haven't found mine, but in case anyone else is looking I did find an Arthur Elliot in District 233, Ancestry image 23 of 36. If anyone could look up this illusive address in a 1930 city directory I need a listing for Clayton Elliott. Someone please help save my eyesight! :-) Cindy in NC cwalker@camcomp.com

Dawn, I do obit lookups for Contra Costa County. I must have missed your previous request. Send me your names and dates, I'll pursue them. Email to me personally, unless you want to post to the list. Linda ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B13EF025B151F2E1386C2683 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I realize this is for a different county, but I was hoping someone up in the Bay Area could possibly point this lady in the right direction as some of you research in other counties, too. Thanks, Chris --------------B13EF025B151F2E1386C2683 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <CACONTRA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com ([63.92.80.32] verified) by dc-mx04.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9) with ESMTP id 10459560; Thu, 09 May 2002 11:54:06 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g49FrdV20082; Thu, 9 May 2002 09:53:39 -0600 Resent-Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:53:39 -0600 X-Original-Sender: GabWP@aol.com Thu May 9 09:53:39 2002 From: GabWP@aol.com Message-ID: <4a.b3bdc81.2a0bf57d@aol.com> Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 11:53:33 EDT Old-To: cacontra-l@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10500 Subject: [CAContraCosta] Obits again Resent-Message-ID: <OYezXB.A.i5E.Dup28@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: CACONTRA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: CACONTRA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <CACONTRA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/301 X-Loop: CACONTRA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: CACONTRA-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hello. I am writing to the list again about where to obtain obits. I didn't get any response at all last time I asked, so I'm hoping that everyone just missed the email. I am looking for information on where to write/call/email to get obits for 3 or 4 people that died in Contra Costa County, most likely in the Martinez and Walnut Creek area. Circa 1950-1980. Any ideas? Please answer me this time. I am in DC and just can't come to CA to do research. Dawn If someone would want to do an exchange of services, I would be up for that. I do have the national archives very near to me. --------------B13EF025B151F2E1386C2683--

Dear Listers , I would like to publicly thank George , for looking at all those directories and providing me with the details of Thomas Englands address changes etc . I certainly would not have been able to do it myself from Wales . I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the many other helpful people on this list for their assistance . Does anyone know if SF newspapers are available on microfilm at the LDS family history centres or a similar place ? Thankyou Best Wishes Carol in Wales

Carol I checked the San Francisco Directories, and found the following: Sept of 1852: Was not listed 1854: England, Thomas, architect office Brenham Place Oct 1856: England, Thomas, Architect, Crine and England, Brenham pl. 1856-57: Architect Crane and England, 15 County Building, Brenham Pl. 1858: Architect, William Craine and Thomas England, at 182 Washington 1859: the same as 1858 1859-60: Architect, office 140 Clay, dwl Powell and Greenwich 1860-61: Same office, but now at Pacific nr Powell 1861-62: Office 528 Clay, dwl S.E. Corner Chestnut and Hyde 1862-63: Office room 14, 528 Clay, dwl Corner Larkin and Chestnut 1863-64: office same, dwl S.E. Corner Hyde and Chestnut 1864-65: Now with a Thomas Turnbull, 528 Clay, home the same 1865-66: All the same 1867-68: By himself, at 622 Clay, dwl N.W. Corner Powell and Greenwich 1868-69: Same 1869-70: Office 622 Clay, lives in Oakland. Found him listed in this book: Architectural records in the San Francisco Bay Area : a guide to research /,California Cooperative Preservation of Architectural Records ; Waverly B. Lowell, Where the California Historical Society, has Craine and England documents for Old St. Mary 1853-55 Hope this is of help George > -----Original Message----- > From: PJones2536@aol.com [mailto:PJones2536@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 2:56 AM > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CASANFRA] Newspaper Query > > > Hi Listers , > My ggg uncle was an Architect in > California between 1852-1869 . > Among his works in SF are St Francis of Assisi on > Vallejo Street , Old St > Marys Cathedral on California Street , a Baptist > Church in 1855 , 2 Fire > Engine Houses in 1855 , St Marys College in 1863 > (demolished) , a Synagogue > in 1854 , and many other unknown buildings in SF and > other places in > California . (Stockton , Grass valley , Sacremento > etc) > If I contacted the SF public library , would they be > able to find accounts > of > the opening ceremonies of these places in the old > newspapers ? > He also mentions in one of his letters dated July > 1855 that his name was in > the newspaper recently and that he was enjoying some > success at that time . > I would like to be able to locate this article . > Would the SF library assist > me ? Or is there another way of doing it ? > > Regards > Carol in Wales UK > > > > ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== > To contact Yvonne Bowers, Listmom, send email to > <NORCAL-admin@rootsweb.com> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com

I am seeking descendants or information relating to a Mrs. A.L. LOWRY who resided in San Francisco; daughter of James Polk MEDLEY of Petaluma who died 6 June 1924 as a result of an accident aboard the Steamer Gold at dock in Petaluma, CA. James is my gr-gr-gr Uncle, born in Lima, NY; served in the Civil War 1863-1865 and is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery. James also had two other children by a second marriage to Sonoma NEIL of Petaluma; a son Neil and a daughter Eileen BENSON who was also a resident of San Francisco (501 20th Ave in 1969) I am trying to piece together James life after his Civil War service.

I have the Personal Name Index to the 1856 City directories of California. The index lists names taken from the 1856 directories of San Francisco, Sac., Stockton, Nevada City, Marysville and Tuolumne County- with separate listings for blacks and Chinese. Names are listed alpha, with reference to the directory where they can be found, page number, and the previous residence (when given). Too bad.........San Francisco directory did not give the previous location of residence............... Jacob SPECHT-SF directory, page 206 (The San Francisco Directory is COLVILLE'S 1856.1857. Volume I ) Have fun with your search, Carolyn Feroben Bob and Mary Specht wrote: > Hi > Does anyone have access to 1858 and prior San Francisco Directories. I have the 1859 directory on disk and it classes people by occupation so I suppose the prior ones would also.If you do would you look for Specht J. shown on the 1859 list under BREWERS (also on 1860 census as Brewer) > If you would like an 1859 lookup let me know the name and occupation > > Thanks > Bob Specht

Stella I have not heard back from the B.of A., but did check at the San Francisco Hall of Justice, and the wall where they have and name and dates of the police officers who had died in the line of duty. There were 11 from 1948 to 1958, thought that I would start a couple of years early just in case. Well of the 11; 3 died because of motorcycle accidents 3 died in a Bar either in a robbery, or in one case was shot accidently 3 in other types of robberies, but not in one where there were more than one man involved 1 hit or burned by a run away truck 1 in a car accident One interesting point I have a feeling that the Police Chief, and the other officers, were worried about Dec 30, 1957. For on that date in the last two years 1955 and 1956, and officer had died in the line of duty. George --- SJLSTAR@aol.com wrote: > Well..........no name only because I don't know, my > relative didn't get > caught. > The particulars are. there were four of them.....men > dressed in business > suits... supposively one died, one escaped (mine > relative) > and two were caught. A police officer died......I > think it was a bank of > America...... believe it was the 1950s early.. > because by 1960 he was > settled.... I don't know if this is a big hoax or > true...... > He is dead now so I can't ask ... and so are the > relatives....that believed > him.. We also had a bank of America bank > bag......and actually the names in > the paper I would not recognize, except maybe how it > all went down....as > above. > S > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

Laurie You might want to sent this request to the SOCAL and/or the LA LIST, but I have seen on their list that it is hard to find people to help with this type of request. <CALOSANG-L-request@rootsweb.com> <SOCAL-L-request@rootsweb.com> George --- Laurie Hampton <lauriefiveten@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Looking for asistance for Haggett, Reginald, who > died at 11 years old, probably in Los Angeles. > Brothers Harold Dean Haggett and Albert Henry > Haggett. Father Louis Haggett of New York and > mother E Magnie of Canada. Unable to locate > existence or cause of death. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

Bob The 1859 San Francisco Directory that I have, is a Business Directory, not a street directory. The San Francisco City Library has early ones on Microfiche. George --- Bob and Mary Specht <rasmas@spiritone.com> wrote: > Hi > Does anyone have access to 1858 and prior San > Francisco Directories. I have the 1859 directory on > disk and it classes people by occupation so I > suppose the prior ones would also.If you do would > you look for Specht J. shown on the 1859 list under > BREWERS (also on 1860 census as Brewer) > If you would like an 1859 lookup let me know the > name and occupation > > Thanks > Bob Specht > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com

Hi Does anyone have access to 1858 and prior San Francisco Directories. I have the 1859 directory on disk and it classes people by occupation so I suppose the prior ones would also.If you do would you look for Specht J. shown on the 1859 list under BREWERS (also on 1860 census as Brewer) If you would like an 1859 lookup let me know the name and occupation Thanks Bob Specht

Do you have a timeframe for this death? RUTH _________________________________ Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA ruth4527@mindspring.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Laurie Hampton [mailto:lauriefiveten@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:24 AM > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CASANFRA] Reginald HAGGETT, Los Angeles > > > > Looking for asistance for Haggett, Reginald, who died at 11 years > old, probably in Los Angeles. Brothers Harold Dean Haggett and > Albert Henry Haggett. Father Louis Haggett of New York and > mother E Magnie of Canada. Unable to locate existence or cause of death. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness >

Looking for asistance for Haggett, Reginald, who died at 11 years old, probably in Los Angeles. Brothers Harold Dean Haggett and Albert Henry Haggett. Father Louis Haggett of New York and mother E Magnie of Canada. Unable to locate existence or cause of death. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness