I would appreciate someone checking to see if they had a student names Ellen Donovan or Mary(Mariann) Donovan. Or just any Donovan. TIA, Laura hfreeman@sktc.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susanne Freund" <freund@fnal.gov> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > The building that was once called the West Side High School is still > standing. It's an average size limestone building on the corner of First > and Lincoln Streets. That building does have a plaque on it, although I'm > not sure what the plaque reads. It currently houses an accountants > office.......... > > I can certainly check the date on the plaque for you and check with the > library for the other items you listed. Any name(s) in particular you're > looking for remembrances on? > > Contact me at the below e-mail, if you like.........or even phone me. Work > hours M-F 7-3 Central. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > 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 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 found a reference to a John and Richard Donovan who owned a blacksmith shop in town in 1867. In 1895 a Miss Ann Donovan sold the land............ I'll keep hunting for you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "howard/laura" <hfreeman@sktc.net> To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > I would appreciate someone checking to see if they had a student names Ellen > Donovan or Mary(Mariann) Donovan. Or just any Donovan. TIA, Laura > hfreeman@sktc.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susanne Freund" <freund@fnal.gov> > To: <ILKANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:11 PM > Subject: Re: [ILKANE] West Side School in Batavia > > > > The building that was once called the West Side High School is still > > standing. It's an average size limestone building on the corner of First > > and Lincoln Streets. That building does have a plaque on it, although I'm > > not sure what the plaque reads. It currently houses an accountants > > office.......... > > > > I can certainly check the date on the plaque for you and check with the > > library for the other items you listed. Any name(s) in particular you're > > looking for remembrances on? > > > > Contact me at the below e-mail, if you like.........or even phone me. > Work > > hours M-F 7-3 Central. > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 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 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. > > > > > ==== ILKANE Mailing List ==== > You can contact the list administrator for this list by sending a > message to mailto:ILKANE-admin@rootsweb.com > >