Jannalee, could you look up Williams McWilliams in your San Francisco Death records for me? Thank you, Colleen

JanaLee I think you have the coroner's roll (and that's all unfortunately the only official death record for this period). There's a good description of what records exist at the SF genealogy site: http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfrancty.htm Carol Nash

----- Original Message ----- From: Andre A. Autotte Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:50 AM To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: SCHWICKERTH/THOMAS I am seeking lookups in either city directories or phone books for my Grandparents. His name was Bernard SCHWICKERATH, DOB:14July 1866. He arrived in San Francisco from Germany in 1888. Her name was Josephine THOMAS, DOB:27January1869. She came from Germany to San Francisco in 1896. They married in 1896 and their first child, William, was born in San Francisco in 1897. I have not been able to find any official records on any of them from San Francisco so I hope they were listed in a city directory or a phone book. Thank you, Barbara

Are there any spelling permutations that you may suggest? I checked 1892, 1905, 1908, and 1917 with any word beginning with "Schwi" to no avail. Su

Have finished with Pacific Tourist, 1879, from Omaha. It ends at San Francisco. http://americahurrah.com/PacRR/SFbay.htm -- Bill America Hurrah http//www.americahurrah.com

I am seeking lookups in either city directories or phone books for my Grandparents. His name was Bernard SCHWICKERATH, DOB:14July 1866. He arrived in San Francisco from Germany in 1888. Her name was Josephine THOMAS, DOB:27January1869. She came from Germany to San Francisco in 1896. They married in 1896 and their first child, William, was born in San Francisco in 1897. I have not been able to find any official records on any of them from San Francisco so I hope they were listed in a city directory or a phone book. Thank you, Barbara

I have on loan the microfilm of v. 3 covering years 1882 - 1889 of the Death Records for San Francisco. I was looking for Isabel WHITTLE, she died according to an obituary from the San Francisco Examiner "in the city, Dec 13" the year was 1883. She is not in this record. Could anyone tell me, are these records very complete, do they only cover specific types of deaths? It seems like there are a large number of suicides and accidental deaths in it. I would appreciate any further info about these records. Also, if any one would like me to take a peek for them, they are arranged alphabetically - ie all the "A"s together then broken down by year withing that letter. I will have the film a couple more weeks, someone may as well get some use out of it. Thanks for your help, JanaLee

I hear from the webmaster at this site , Diane, that she is in the process of moving the site to another server and will notify me when the site is up and running again! And what a great site this is!! Carolyn Carolyn Feroben wrote: > I am unable to access this site------- > http://www.maritimeheritage.org > > Anyone know about the status of this site? I sure hope this is a > temporary hiccup! > > Thanks, Carolyn

Having read your helpful reply I wondered if you could help me with the occupiers of another address in 1889 616 McAllister St San Francisco I have correspondence to cousins in Sydney Aus from this address at that time Sincerely Heather --- steven h miller <millerz@sierratel.com> wrote: > > > > >JIM, > > 1st 28 Minna was an apartment house called > PennsylvaniaHouse, by > looks of it in the directory 1889 maybe 20 or more > families. > > 2nd 28 Main 26-28 Main was a commercial block > consisting of liquor, > dry goods, tailoring and real estate. > > 31 28th Brooklyn, NYC was he ever stationed at > the Brooklyn Navy > Yard, numbers don't show up that low in the 1889 > directory may have been > on the yard. > > 803 Golden Gate in 1889 was the res of Mrs P. A. > Atkinson, widow > > You must have copies of his records, he prob. did > not live with his > brother, those addresses were for that telegram > that he was not coming > back an official address for the next of kin usually > parent, wife or this > case brother. Just my thoughts. > > Happy Hunting, Steve > > > > > > > >I am trying to find soem record of my great > grandfather in San Francisco from > >1889-1902, but I have not had any luck in finding > him in the directories or > >the Great Register. Does anyone have any > suggestions as to how I may find a > >reference to him? He seems to have been invisible > during this period. > > > >Based on his military pension record and > reenlistment records for the US > >Navy, my great grandpa, Otto William Bayerd, > enlisted at Mare Island on > >September 23, 1889, and his post office address at > enlistment was 28 Minna > >Street. When he renlisted on September 30, 1895, > he listed his next of kin > >as a brother, A. Bayerd, at 28 Minna Street. On > his reenlistment on > >September 30, 1898, his brother was listed aas next > of kin at #28 Main > >Street, and on reenlistment on November 19, 1901, > his brother was listed as > >living at #31-28th Street, Brooklyn, NY. In the > 1900 US Census for the > >Military and Naval Population taken on August 1, > 1900, he was listed as in > >Cavite, Phillipine Islands, but he listed his > residence as 803 (?) Golden > >Gate Ave., San Francisco. He was also listed as > having immigrated to the US > >in 1880 and as having lived in San Francisco prior > to his enlistment in 1889. > > > >Is it just me, or am I just having a run of bad > luck? I have searched the > >directories and found no one by that name, although > there is an Otto W. Beyer > >listed as a cook, and who in the Great Register is > listed as much older > >(20yrs +) than my great grandpa with a scar across > his face...not my Otto W. > >My great grandpa was also from Sweden, and this man > was from Germany. Am I > >missing something? There are no naturalization > records of him in San > >Francisco or the District Court, and I am not sure > what his occupation was > >prior to enlistment, ie laborer, coppersmith, or > mariner. I should also > >mention that I believe that he might of changed his > name after coming to > >America, but the first record I have of him is his > enlistment as Otto W. > >Bayerd. > > > >Please help if you can. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Jim Bayard > >Wareham, MA > > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

> >JIM, 1st 28 Minna was an apartment house called PennsylvaniaHouse, by looks of it in the directory 1889 maybe 20 or more families. 2nd 28 Main 26-28 Main was a commercial block consisting of liquor, dry goods, tailoring and real estate. 31 28th Brooklyn, NYC was he ever stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, numbers don't show up that low in the 1889 directory may have been on the yard. 803 Golden Gate in 1889 was the res of Mrs P. A. Atkinson, widow You must have copies of his records, he prob. did not live with his brother, those addresses were for that telegram that he was not coming back an official address for the next of kin usually parent, wife or this case brother. Just my thoughts. Happy Hunting, Steve >I am trying to find soem record of my great grandfather in San Francisco from >1889-1902, but I have not had any luck in finding him in the directories or >the Great Register. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I may find a >reference to him? He seems to have been invisible during this period. > >Based on his military pension record and reenlistment records for the US >Navy, my great grandpa, Otto William Bayerd, enlisted at Mare Island on >September 23, 1889, and his post office address at enlistment was 28 Minna >Street. When he renlisted on September 30, 1895, he listed his next of kin >as a brother, A. Bayerd, at 28 Minna Street. On his reenlistment on >September 30, 1898, his brother was listed aas next of kin at #28 Main >Street, and on reenlistment on November 19, 1901, his brother was listed as >living at #31-28th Street, Brooklyn, NY. In the 1900 US Census for the >Military and Naval Population taken on August 1, 1900, he was listed as in >Cavite, Phillipine Islands, but he listed his residence as 803 (?) Golden >Gate Ave., San Francisco. He was also listed as having immigrated to the US >in 1880 and as having lived in San Francisco prior to his enlistment in 1889. > >Is it just me, or am I just having a run of bad luck? I have searched the >directories and found no one by that name, although there is an Otto W. Beyer >listed as a cook, and who in the Great Register is listed as much older >(20yrs +) than my great grandpa with a scar across his face...not my Otto W. >My great grandpa was also from Sweden, and this man was from Germany. Am I >missing something? There are no naturalization records of him in San >Francisco or the District Court, and I am not sure what his occupation was >prior to enlistment, ie laborer, coppersmith, or mariner. I should also >mention that I believe that he might of changed his name after coming to >America, but the first record I have of him is his enlistment as Otto W. >Bayerd. > >Please help if you can. > >Thanks, > >Jim Bayard >Wareham, MA

I am trying to find soem record of my great grandfather in San Francisco from 1889-1902, but I have not had any luck in finding him in the directories or the Great Register. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I may find a reference to him? He seems to have been invisible during this period. Based on his military pension record and reenlistment records for the US Navy, my great grandpa, Otto William Bayerd, enlisted at Mare Island on September 23, 1889, and his post office address at enlistment was 28 Minna Street. When he renlisted on September 30, 1895, he listed his next of kin as a brother, A. Bayerd, at 28 Minna Street. On his reenlistment on September 30, 1898, his brother was listed aas next of kin at #28 Main Street, and on reenlistment on November 19, 1901, his brother was listed as living at #31-28th Street, Brooklyn, NY. In the 1900 US Census for the Military and Naval Population taken on August 1, 1900, he was listed as in Cavite, Phillipine Islands, but he listed his residence as 803 (?) Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. He was also listed as having immigrated to the US in 1880 and as having lived in San Francisco prior to his enlistment in 1889. Is it just me, or am I just having a run of bad luck? I have searched the directories and found no one by that name, although there is an Otto W. Beyer listed as a cook, and who in the Great Register is listed as much older (20yrs +) than my great grandpa with a scar across his face...not my Otto W. My great grandpa was also from Sweden, and this man was from Germany. Am I missing something? There are no naturalization records of him in San Francisco or the District Court, and I am not sure what his occupation was prior to enlistment, ie laborer, coppersmith, or mariner. I should also mention that I believe that he might of changed his name after coming to America, but the first record I have of him is his enlistment as Otto W. Bayerd. Please help if you can. Thanks, Jim Bayard Wareham, MA

Edel, Look at the Great Registers as voters registration. Basically name age occupation residence place of birth. These were recorded in big books by hand, roughly alphabetically by date of registration. There are many years available some on-line others you might find links on line to volunteers able to do look ups. hAPPY hUNTING sTEVE At 06:26 PM 10/02/2001 -0700, you wrote: >I see references made to the Great Register. What exactly is the Great >Register? >Edel

I see references made to the Great Register. What exactly is the Great Register? Edel

I inquired earlly in a post if anyone could assist me in researching any of a group of Lodges that my Greatgrandfater was a member of at the time of his death in 1875. They were. Yosemite Lodge No.4, United Endowment Associates, also Yosemite Lodge, No. 1930, Knights of Honor; California Council, No. 250, American Legion of Honor; and Argonaut Council, No. 519. Royal Arcamum. Surely these organizations must have left a trace of history. I would greatly appreciate the assistance of any of you San Francisco historians in locating an archive or some kind of historical record. My greatgrandfather was a past grand Commander and officer of each of the above mentioned organizations. Thank you very much.. ============================================================================ RootsWeb Sponsor Plus-Presently Researching The Following Surnames: LENHART, LENHARD, LANGE, ADAMS, WOODWARD, BOON(E), WHITLEY, BARRY. BERNARD <http://www.lenhartnexus.com>

I have an elusive ancestor, Starr BALDWIN reportedly born about 1812 in New York and was in the 1840 Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio census with his wife Mary, and two young daughters Mary and Jenette. Family lore says that he "went to San Francisco and died." His wife and daughters moved to Nebraska supposedly 1855 and she was listed as a widow by 1865. Does anyone think I have any chance of finding out anything on where/when Starr Baldwin died in San Francisco? It's too early for death indexes. Are there any places online to search? Were there city directories that long ago (1855-1865)? Could I assume he was part of the gold rush? I had hoped to try to do some research at the libraries in San Francisco on a business trip in October but my trip was cancelled. If anyone would like my FREE ticket to Alcatraz with audio for Sun. Oct 14, 1:15 PM please e-mail me privately soon. Marilyn Oregon

I am not sure if I am writing to the correct list. If it is possible for someone to be able to do a lookup for a Samuel Lowberg who lived at Berkeley California between 1910 to 1915 would be most appreciated from the other sie of the world. He may have had a girlfriend Rose or a wife Rose ??? thanking you in advance. Jenny

1905 Possible soap manufacturers in the area around Potrero Hill: August Prou, De Haro and El Dorado Mission Soap and Candle Works, SE Corner 18th & Harrison California Medicated and Healing Soap, 2933 14th

I checked 1880, 1892, 1905, 1908, 1917 and 1921 and found no Queen Lily Soap Factory. In fact, there was nothing even close to that.

>From the Pacific Tourist, 1879, there is an interesting article on the Gardens. I've known little about them, but recall they were on Mission Street, around 14th. I believe there was a low cost housing project built on the property. Anyway here is the site with an engraving of the Gardens and the answer to the question.. who was Woodward? You wondered about him, didn't you? http://americahurrah.com/PacRR/SFWoodwards.htm -- Bill America Hurrah http//www.americahurrah.com

The International Settlement was off of Broadway part in North Beach and Part in the Financial area. It had French, Italian and Spanish people living there. During prohibition there were speak easys. It was known for its cheap hotels where rooms were 25 cents a day. They had a name for those kinds of hotels but my source can't remember what they were called. And yes there was an arch across the street. I remember the arch. Not sure if it was Hotaling alley or Honkley alley. Jeanine