Dear Julie, If your boarding house list goes forward 40-50 years, how about my grandparents? They married in 1911 but prior to that they each lived in a boarding house in Jax. Bertha Johanna Moran, RN William Ansel Elliott, rising Times Union employee. Thanks, Suzanne McCloud Rosenblum Tony and Julie Howell wrote: > > hello list - i am trying to help someone up north find information on a J.C. Hernandez who would have lived in a boarding house (don't know which one) in jacksonville in 1861. hernandez is described as being "a mate of a foreign vessel". the vessel was loading rosin and turpentine here in jax bound for england, then to the east indies to pick up freight bound for northern u.s. ports. (the vessel was leaving jax on the afternoon of may 7, 1861.) i suppose, then (and i'm thinking aloud here) that mr. hernandez was not a regular resident but only (infrequently) a visitor to jax on whatever occasions his ship came into this port. > > does anyone know of any boarding houses that may have catered to seamen? does anyone know of which boarding houses were in existence in jax in 1861? i wonder if any records of patrons still exist. > > i sure would appreciate any help or suggestions from our list. thanks, > julie thames howell > jax, fla

hi - sorry, i do not have a "boarding house list". i am trying to find someone who might, so that i may locate where mr. j.c. hernandez may have boarded. julie ----- Original Message ----- From: j_rosenb To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] J.C. Hernandez - 1861 Dear Julie, If your boarding house list goes forward 40-50 years, how about my grandparents? They married in 1911 but prior to that they each lived in a boarding house in Jax. Bertha Johanna Moran, RN William Ansel Elliott, rising Times Union employee. Thanks, Suzanne McCloud Rosenblum Tony and Julie Howell wrote: > > hello list - i am trying to help someone up north find information on a J.C. Hernandez who would have lived in a boarding house (don't know which one) in jacksonville in 1861. hernandez is described as being "a mate of a foreign vessel". the vessel was loading rosin and turpentine here in jax bound for england, then to the east indies to pick up freight bound for northern u.s. ports. (the vessel was leaving jax on the afternoon of may 7, 1861.) i suppose, then (and i'm thinking aloud here) that mr. hernandez was not a regular resident but only (infrequently) a visitor to jax on whatever occasions his ship came into this port. > > does anyone know of any boarding houses that may have catered to seamen? does anyone know of which boarding houses were in existence in jax in 1861? i wonder if any records of patrons still exist. > > i sure would appreciate any help or suggestions from our list. thanks, > julie thames howell > jax, fla