-----Original Message----- From: FAY LIST <postingsonly@hotmail.com> To: ljhewett@ihug.co.nz <ljhewett@ihug.co.nz> Date: Sunday, 26 March 2000 12:11 Subject: Re: [FAY] MORE ON THE WEALTHY NY BUSINESSMAN Thanks for the welcome, Bob. Further to my initial effort, can you put me in contact with this lady? Proven research indicates his name was James J. Fay. I went to the NY Historical Soc. who could not find anything on this JJ Fay. The Cow Neck Historical Soc., Port Washington, knew nothing but put me on to a Fay family descendent near there. I phoned from down here and the nice lady told me all about her cousin who was researching the family tree andthat she would pass on my request and the information I sent up. Needless to say, I am still waiting. She did, however, indicate that she believed their family was Joseph Fay "but there was another Fay here who sold up and went out West." What's it all about, you might well ask. My grandfather's brother, Walter Hewett, and he (Frederick) were fighting over the same Salvation Army lassie in London's East End. Their father, Henry John, packed Frederick off here to New Zealand and Walter to New York, in 1886. Walter became the coachman to James J. Fay and when Fay purchased his estate at Sands Point, Walter went also. Possibly as a consequence of Fay selling up (?) Walter set up his own taxi/hackney/freight business in PW until he died in 1933. Walter's first child was born at St. Nicholas Avenue near 150th Street. I know nothing of New York but I am aware this avenue runs off/near Central Park today and might just have been the address of wealthy businessman JJ Fay? If anyone can help further you will earn the gratitude of family in the USA, England and New Zealand. After nearly 100 years of no communication between the two estranged families, and five years of US research, I have found US cousins and we're sharing our family history. No one up there knows as much as I do about their own family so can't help much. Kia Ora. Les Hewett, Napier, New Zealand. (still the home of the Americas Cup !) >Hi Les and Gloria, > >Nice to hear from New Zealand. Our list needs more non-US postings, so >please feel free to post whenever you like! > >I don't know the answer to your inquiry, but do note that there is at least >one New York real estate broker as a subscriber. And she is a genealogy >instructor at a college in New York state to boot! > >I saw the postings at genforum as well, but would like to ask that when you >do piece together an answer, could you please post some info on it to the >entire list. Not only does that contribute to the list, but it is saved in >the archives for future researchers, and is distributed by pml to others >with similiar interests and can bring in even further information. > >Nice to hear from you, >Bob Fay >Wisconsin, USA > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: "Les & Gloria Hewett" <ljhewett@ihug.co.nz> >Reply-To: FAY-L@rootsweb.com >To: FAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [FAY] WEALTHY NY BUSINESSMAN SELLS PRIME SITE >Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:03:37 +1200 > >Does anyone know anything at all about J. J. Fay, wealthy NY businessman who >sold his property, "Waterside," Sands Point, Port Washington, NY, to >millionaire Howard Gould late 1800's? Gould later onsold it to the >Guggenheim family. JJ may have lived on St. Nicholas Avenue near Central >Park. He is supposed to have sold up at Port Washington and "gone west." >Anything at all appreciated. There are Fays in real estate and law to this >day in NY, I am given to understand. Could he be of this family? US research >from 8000 miles away is difficult. Les and Gloria Hewett, Napier, New >Zealand - still the home of the America's Cup ! > > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >