> >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

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