Susanne, would that have been the only High School in Batavia at that time. Or would there have been a Catholic High School? Thanks, another Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Branching Out" <BranchingOut@attbi.com> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > Hi Susanne, > > I was hoping for remembrances of a great grandfather and his siblings who attended the school during the period of roughly 1888 to 1900. Report cards, class photos, newspaper articles about the school or happenings therein, things like that. I do have a wonderful photo of the building. There is a marker on the front that says "Public School" and a year, maybe 1867? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susanne Freund > To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:49 PM > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > > > I live in Batavia and live a block away from where that school once stood > and am near the library. What exactly are you looking for? > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Susanne Freund > Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory > FES Infrastructure Mgt. Group > P.O. Box 500, MS 102 > Batavia, IL 60510 > (630) 840-3876 > (630) 840-2213 - fax > freund@fnal.gov > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Branching Out" <BranchingOut@attbi.com> > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:39 PM > Subject: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > > > > Listers, > > > > Does anyone know if records from the old West Side School exist? The name > changed to Central School and then to McWayne. The building was torn down in > the early 1960s. > > > > I'm looking for information on students who attended this school in 1900. > > > > Just another limb, > > > > Laura > > search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout > > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > The companion web site for this list is found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com >

Laura, There was an East and West High School. They graduated about a week apart. the first Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: howard/laura To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia Susanne, would that have been the only High School in Batavia at that time. Or would there have been a Catholic High School? Thanks, another Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Branching Out" <BranchingOut@attbi.com> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > Hi Susanne, > > I was hoping for remembrances of a great grandfather and his siblings who attended the school during the period of roughly 1888 to 1900. Report cards, class photos, newspaper articles about the school or happenings therein, things like that. I do have a wonderful photo of the building. There is a marker on the front that says "Public School" and a year, maybe 1867? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susanne Freund > To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:49 PM > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > > > I live in Batavia and live a block away from where that school once stood > and am near the library. What exactly are you looking for? > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > Susanne Freund > Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory > FES Infrastructure Mgt. Group > P.O. Box 500, MS 102 > Batavia, IL 60510 > (630) 840-3876 > (630) 840-2213 - fax > freund@fnal.gov > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Branching Out" <BranchingOut@attbi.com> > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:39 PM > Subject: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > > > > Listers, > > > > Does anyone know if records from the old West Side School exist? The name > changed to Central School and then to McWayne. The building was torn down in > the early 1960s. > > > > I'm looking for information on students who attended this school in 1900. > > > > Just another limb, > > > > Laura > > search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout > > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > The companion web site for this list is found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb.

I've never heard of a Catholic HS in Batavia........ Prior to 1910 there must have been two high schools, not actual high school only buildings, but certain classrooms in a school building comprised of high schoolers - one on the East and one on the West. In 1910-11 both East and West school systems were consolidated into one. I'm assuming that the high school, after consolidation, was housed in the gothic looking building that the "other Laura" is referring to. If I'm reading my Batavia books correctly (I'm flipping between three of them, at the moment), that building was once the old Methodist Church, at 355 First Street, which was bought by the school district and renamed (eventually) McWayne School. This old McWayne School was torn down in 1950 and a new one built on the propery. ----- Original Message ----- From: "howard/laura" <hfreeman@sktc.net> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > Susanne, would that have been the only High School in Batavia at that time. > Or would there have been a Catholic High School? Thanks, another Laura > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Branching Out" <BranchingOut@attbi.com> > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:01 PM > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > > > > Hi Susanne, > > > > I was hoping for remembrances of a great grandfather and his siblings who > attended the school during the period of roughly 1888 to 1900. Report cards, > class photos, newspaper articles about the school or happenings therein, > things like that. I do have a wonderful photo of the building. There is a > marker on the front that says "Public School" and a year, maybe 1867? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Susanne Freund > > To: ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:49 PM > > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > > > > > > I live in Batavia and live a block away from where that school once > stood > > and am near the library. What exactly are you looking for? > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Susanne Freund > > Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory > > FES Infrastructure Mgt. Group > > P.O. Box 500, MS 102 > > Batavia, IL 60510 > > (630) 840-3876 > > (630) 840-2213 - fax > > freund@fnal.gov > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Branching Out" <BranchingOut@attbi.com> > > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:39 PM > > Subject: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > > > > > > > Listers, > > > > > > Does anyone know if records from the old West Side School exist? The > name > > changed to Central School and then to McWayne. The building was torn > down in > > the early 1960s. > > > > > > I'm looking for information on students who attended this school in > 1900. > > > > > > Just another limb, > > > > > > Laura > > > search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > > The companion web site for this list is found at > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilkane a part of the ILGenWeb Project. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > Software and hardware for this list are provided courtesy of RootsWeb. > >