Wow! Thanks! I think I will pursue these people. No, I don't hve any more info than what I gave you which makes it tough! All I have is Thomas and Mar's name on a Baptisml cert as sponsors of (I am assuming) his cousin James Roach's son. Not a lot to go on. Appreciate your help. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:10 PM, <sjlbuethner-sheminee@att.net> wrote: > There are only two Thomas Roach /wife Mary in Chicago in the 1900 > Census. One in Hyde Park and one in West Town. Neither would be The > Sands area. There is one Thomas /wife Maria at South Town. That might > be the closest, but am not sure. > > In the listing, both of the Thomas Roach's also had sons named Thomas > and even one a grandson, so several appear associated with Thomas / > Mary. > > Going back to 1880, there is > > Roach, Thomas, 41, b. Ireland > , Mary, 40, b. Ireland > , Thomas, 15, b. [son of Thos] > > Living a 163 DeKoven St. > > This address IS in the Sands area, I am sure. Interesting is that next > door, > at 167 DeKoven is > > Roach, Morris, 45, b. Ireland > , Bridget, 42, b. Ireland > , Bridget, 12, b. IL > , Mary, 17, b. IL > > Could be related or could not be. Just living too close to not take > notice. > > Taking the info from 1880 [age, place of birth, etc.] it would appear that > this > might be the correct Thomas Roach > > 1900 United States Federal Census > about Thomas Roach > Name: Thomas Roach > Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 19, Cook, Illinois > Age: 65 > Birth Date: Mar 1835 > Birthplace: Ireland > Race: White > Ethnicity: American > Gender: Male > Immigration Year: 1865 > Relationship to head-of-house: Head > Father's Birthplace: Ireland > Mother's Birthplace: Ireland > Spouse's name: Mary > Marriage Year: 1865 > Marital Status: Married > Years Married: 35 > Residence : Chicago City, Cook, Illinois > Occupation: View on Image > Neighbors: View others on page > Household Members: Name Age > Thomas Roach 65 > Mary Roach 70 > Thomas Roach 32 > Ellen Roach 22 > Thomas Roach 2 > Frank Roach 0 > Kate Donnegan 50 [32 yr old Thomas' mother in law] > xxxxxxxx > > Do you have dates of birth, names of child [or children] that could help to > verify? > > Sharon > > > > > > > > > On 30 Apr 2009 at 11:45, kathryn tdstelme.net wrote: > > Thanks. Thomas J. Roach and wife Mary. I have ancestry, but there are so > many that might be he that I wanted to narrow my search to the one ward. > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:42 AM, <sjlbuethner-sheminee@att.net> wrote: > > > If you give me the names you are looking for, I will see what I can find. > > > > Sharon > > > > > > On 30 Apr 2009 at 11:11, kathryn tdstelme.net wrote: > > > > Thanks. Great article! Couldn't find anything there to identify what > ward > > it would be. Roach relatives lived there. Trying to figure out which > ones > > they were on the census. Ward # would help a lot. > > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM, <sjlbuethner-sheminee@att.net> wrote: > > > > > If you Google < The Sands, Chicago > you will find LOTS of info. > > > > > > This is just one that came up > > > > > > http://everything2.com/title/The%2520Chicago%2520Prostitute%2520War% > > > 2520of%25201857 > > > > > > Sharon > > > > > > > > > > > > On 30 Apr 2009 at 10:53, kathryn tdstelme.net wrote: > > > > > > Can anyone tell me what ward The Sands area of Chicago would have been > > > in > > > the 1900 census? > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IL-COOK-CHICAGO- > > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IL-COOK-CHICAGO- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IL-COOK-CHICAGO- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >