-----Original Message----- From: LG Greene <lggreene@earthlink.net> To: Les & Gloria Hewett <ljhewett@ihug.co.nz> Date: Tuesday, 4 April 2000 10:39 Subject: RE: [FAY] What happened to James ? So who had the shoe store? Les H. >Nope.....definitely not this James Fay - this James was not a wealthy man >and was just barely literate, although his grandfather I believe was fairly >comfortable and quite literate, but always lived in Cattaraugus County (born >in Sturbridge Mass.) and was never in NYC. Too bad there are so many James >FAYs.....even though the name FAY is not that common. >Good luck to you! >Laura > > > >Laura Greene >Carlsbad, CA >lauragreene@home.com > or >lgg@interaccess.com > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Les & Gloria Hewett [mailto:ljhewett@ihug.co.nz] >> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 3:33 PM >> To: LG Greene >> Cc: FAY-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [FAY] Misc Announcements >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LG Greene <lggreene@earthlink.net> >> To: Les & Gloria Hewett <ljhewett@ihug.co.nz> >> Date: Tuesday, 4 April 2000 08:57 >> Subject: RE: [FAY] Misc Announcements >> >> My James J. was supposed to be a wealthy NY businessman (business unknown) >> and may have lived on St. Nicholas Avenue near Central Park. Sold his Port >> Washington land/estate to Howard Gould who onsold to the Guggenheims. A PW >> contact suggests he (if correct one) later sold up and went "out West". My >> GF's brother was his coachman and also died in the 1930's; Walter Hewett >> established his own business (hacks, freight, and later taxis) >> there in the >> early 1900's. Can you tell me any more - are we getting warm at last. NY >> Historical Soc., and Cow Neck Hist. Soc., PW, have been unable to >> help. The >> link to Howard Gould/Guggenheims and his name is proven. Sincere >> thanks . . >> . Les Hewett, Napier, NZ. >> >> >> > >> >Hi..... >> >Was he in NY City? >> >I have two James Fays - one in Cattaraugus Co NY from the 1820s until he >> >died there in the 1880s....the other was in various places in NY until he >> >went to California in the 1890s, but I don't know the exact year. This >> >James Fay (b. 1849) owned a shoe store in the late 1800s and early 1900s, >> >and was the son of Warren Fay, grandson of James Fay of Cattaraugus Co. >> > >> >He died in 1931 in Campbell, California, and had several children, >> including >> >a James, Arthur, Verna, and Mary. I believe his son James stayed in CA. >> > >> > >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Les & Gloria Hewett [mailto:ljhewett@ihug.co.nz] >> >> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 1:31 PM >> >> To: LG Greene >> >> Subject: Re: [FAY] Misc Announcements >> >> >> > >> >> Date: Tuesday, 4 April 2000 07:12 >> >> Subject: RE: [FAY] Misc Announcements >> >> >> >> Do you have a James J. Fay, NY businessman, c1890? Les Hewett, >> Napier, NZ >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > >