I have come across the 1905 diary of my grandmother, Helena Gaul Weitz, who was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1880, and lived there until about 1912. She was married to William Weitz, in 1905, also born in St. Louis. In this diary, she occasionally mentions going downtown (St. Louis) and visiting in the Kimloch office. Could anyone please tell me what that might be and if it is still existing? Also, I recall my mother's telling me that my grandmother worked sometime before her marriage as a telephone operator. If so, would that possibly be the "Kimloch office"? Thank you in advance for any help. I will probably have other questions as I continue through the diary. Frances

I suggest that the Kinloch suburb of St. Louis may have once had a telephone exchange. That is the most probable source of this reference. Roy Johnson Researching Schnake/Schnake in Kreis Minden, Westfalen and worldwide http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake -----Original Message----- From: LuvKUHawks@aol.com [mailto:LuvKUHawks@aol.com] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 2:47 PM To: GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Germans-STL] Kinloch office I have come across the 1905 diary of my grandmother, Helena Gaul Weitz, who was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1880, and lived there until about 1912. She was married to William Weitz, in 1905, also born in St. Louis. In this diary, she occasionally mentions going downtown (St. Louis) and visiting in the Kimloch office. Could anyone please tell me what that might be and if it is still existing? Also, I recall my mother's telling me that my grandmother worked sometime before her marriage as a telephone operator. If so, would that possibly be the "Kimloch office"? Thank you in advance for any help. I will probably have other questions as I continue through the diary. Frances ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are removed. A virus that is distributed as an attachment will not reach you through a RootsWeb mailing list. For further information about Viruses, Trojans, Worms etc., go please to: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Just re-read your message and realized that she went downtown to visit this office. In that case my interpretation would not make sense, as Kinloch is a suburb just north of the city. Roy Johnson -----Original Message----- From: Roy Johnson [mailto:roy.w.johnson@att.net] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 5:15 PM To: GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Germans-STL] Kinloch office I suggest that the Kinloch suburb of St. Louis may have once had a telephone exchange. That is the most probable source of this reference. Roy Johnson Researching Schnake/Schnake in Kreis Minden, Westfalen and worldwide http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake -----Original Message----- From: LuvKUHawks@aol.com [mailto:LuvKUHawks@aol.com] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 2:47 PM To: GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Germans-STL] Kinloch office I have come across the 1905 diary of my grandmother, Helena Gaul Weitz, who was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1880, and lived there until about 1912. She was married to William Weitz, in 1905, also born in St. Louis. In this diary, she occasionally mentions going downtown (St. Louis) and visiting in the Kimloch office. Could anyone please tell me what that might be and if it is still existing? Also, I recall my mother's telling me that my grandmother worked sometime before her marriage as a telephone operator. If so, would that possibly be the "Kimloch office"? Thank you in advance for any help. I will probably have other questions as I continue through the diary. Frances ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are removed. A virus that is distributed as an attachment will not reach you through a RootsWeb mailing list. For further information about Viruses, Trojans, Worms etc., go please to: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== LATIN-WORDS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in Latin from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old Latin words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:LATIN-WORDS-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:LATIN-WORDS-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Found the following in 1904 St. Louis Directory: Kinloch Long Distance Telephone Co. of MO., 220 N. 4th Kinloch Telephone Co., 313 N. 9th At 03:46 PM 4/9/04 -0400, you wrote: >I have come across the 1905 diary of my grandmother, Helena Gaul Weitz, who >was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1880, and lived there until about 1912. She >was >married to William Weitz, in 1905, also born in St. Louis. >In this diary, she occasionally mentions going downtown (St. Louis) and >visiting in the Kimloch office. Could anyone please tell me what that >might be and >if it is still existing? Also, I recall my mother's telling me that my >grandmother worked sometime before her marriage as a telephone >operator. If so, >would that possibly be the "Kimloch office"? >Thank you in advance for any help. I will probably have other questions as I >continue through the diary. >Frances > > >==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb's mailing lists are filtered and attachments are removed. A virus >that is distributed as an attachment will not reach you through a RootsWeb >mailing list. For further information about Viruses, Trojans, Worms etc., >go please to: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/virus.html. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237