hi ed - thanks for your suggestion. i have, indeed, been pouring through davis' book to see what he says about the boarding houses in that time frame. we may, however, have found our man through another source, so i may not have to worry with the boarding houses after all. thanks again, and have a good day, julie ----- Original Message ----- From: Edgar Taylor To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] J.C. Hernandez - 1861 Suzanne - I would suggest you ask some kind soul in Jax to look in the city directories in the main library for your ancestors. As I recall when I last looked, individuals who were boarding were so indicated with an address. Then some of these directories give a separate list of the names and addresses of the boarding houses. Combining the two pieces of information might answer your question. Julie - I do not know if the city directories go back that far. However, have you looked in the several Jax histories, such as that of Davis? As I recall there was some discussion of the early boarding houses, some of which were on Bay Street, a likely place for sailors to board... Hope this helps. Ed T of PGH ---------- >From: "Tony and Julie Howell" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] J.C. Hernandez - 1861 >Date: Thu, Mar 15, 2001, 3:53 PM > >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 > > >