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    1. [GENMASSACHUSETTS] "Jay Shoe Manufacturing Co." (JAY)
    2. Betty
    3. Hello, Someone on the MA "Board" has mentioned the "Jay Shoe Mfg. Co." in Cambridge. It was reported to have been at 120 Potter St. I just checked my old street-map of Cambridge, and I'm only finding a short Potter Place. Probably there was a Potter St. and it was renamed. Potter Place is off of Mass. Ave., near the Somerville line I've looked on-line twice, and I find it mentioned on only a few sites. And it is mentioned in regards to several states. And, I've seen "Jay shoes" mentioned a few times. But, I'm not finding any sites which talks about the company. I just remembered to check the surname, JAY, and in 1920 I find a Frank JAY (from MA) in Cambridge. But, he has an unusual occupation: Engineer in a Crematory. There's a Fred JAY in Somerville (from England), and he is a manufacturer, but I can't read the company name: .. O... house? There's a Harry JAY in Cambridge (from Canada), but the occupations on that page are unreadable. There's a Stephen JAY in Cambridge (from ME), and he is another man working in the "Rubber shop." (Watertown?) Here's another unusual record. There's a Stephen JAY in Somerville (from MA) who is listed as a "patient" (with another man) in the private home of a TARBELL family - where Mr. TARBELL is listed as an Automobile Salesman. Oh, at the top of the page it says that these 2 "patients" are mentioned as "Tuberculosis Cumb? / Camb?." Does anyone remember this company? Betty (near Lowell, MA)

    02/23/2009 12:25:46