Thanks. Donna Message: 1 Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:29:28 -0500 From: "AnnEllen Barr" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Brideswell To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]om> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Because other's may be interested, I'm copying all my notes on BRIDEWELL ... No "S" in the middle. My aunt's brother was the warden at Bridewell, a correctional institution. This explains the clever woodworking pieces we received as gifts from our grandmother, who evidently purchased them through her sister-in-law. A tall wooden giraffe was a clothes rack, painted yellow with brown spots and just the right height for a child to hang their clothes, was one of the items. One was a child's rocker sort of like a boat you sat in which was shaped like a duck. These were evidently maide by inmates at Bridewell and sold through their giftstore (?). I am seeking information on a Mr. Kielminski who was warden at Bridewell Prison in Chicago during late 1930's and early 1940's. Reason: his sister was a relative. I always wondered why I had these and then found that Mr. Klieminski (could be spelled Kliminski)was the person in charge at Bridewell. This prision at 26th Street and California Ave. was changed to Cook County Jail in the 1980s. Now is used for holding until trial those accused of serious crimes. AnnEllen Barr -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 1:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Brideswell Been reading the "Chicago Genealogist" and criminals were sentenced to Brideswell in the 1870s. Can any one tell me if that is the current Cook County Jail? Donna ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 11:31:46 -0500 From: "Nancy Thomas" <[email protected]> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Bridewell To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Donna, Bridewell was the first Chicago city jail. It was at the corner of Polk and Wells streets. My great-great grandfather, David Walsh, was the first Keeper of the Bridewell, approved by the City Council in 1856. The city jail was later moved to another location. Nancy Thomas ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 02:03:56 EDT From: [email protected] Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Brideswell To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Been reading the "Chicago Genealogist" and criminals were sentenced to Bridewell in the 1870s. Can any one tell me if that is the current Cook County Jail? Donna