There was more than one telephone company in St. Louis. In some records that my grandmother had the phone numbers in St. Louis were give as Kinloch or Bell. Businesses had two numbers. So I would think she was visiting at the Kinloch phone company office. I do not know where it was located. Laura > [Original Message] > From: <LuvKUHawks@aol.com> > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 4/9/2004 2:46:36 PM > 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