In researching my family tree, I came across some notations in the Jersey City and Bloomfield, NJ city directories (1900-1910) which I cannot understand. One notation was the letter "r" which is an abbreviation for "rear"; does that suggest that my relatives' residence had to be entered through the rear door, as if they were boarders living upstairs? The other notation was "Jno". It usually appeared after the ditto mark, indicating the same last name as the person listed above, but I don't know what the "Jno" stands for . . . Any help would be appreciated. Joe

R usuakky srands for residence. Irene > From: profcolf@aol.com > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:21:26 -0500 > To: Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRISH-AMER] City directories > > In researching my family tree, I came across some notations in the Jersey > City and Bloomfield, NJ city directories (1900-1910) which I cannot > understand. One notation was the letter "r" which is an abbreviation for "rear"; > does that suggest that my relatives' residence had to be entered through > the rear door, as if they were boarders living upstairs? > > The other notation was "Jno". It usually appeared after the ditto mark, > indicating the same last name as the person listed above, but I don't know > what the "Jno" stands for . . . > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Joe > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/

r is residence and I think Jno is John Bette -------------------------------------------------- From: "Irene Landenberger" <landen2@msn.com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 10:44 AM To: "irish-american" <irish-american@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] City directories > > R usuakky srands for residence. Irene > >> From: profcolf@aol.com >> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:21:26 -0500 >> To: Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [IRISH-AMER] City directories >> >> In researching my family tree, I came across some notations in the Jersey >> City and Bloomfield, NJ city directories (1900-1910) which I cannot >> understand. One notation was the letter "r" which is an abbreviation for >> "rear"; >> does that suggest that my relatives' residence had to be entered through >> the rear door, as if they were boarders living upstairs? >> >> The other notation was "Jno". It usually appeared after the ditto mark, >> indicating the same last name as the person listed above, but I don't >> know >> what the "Jno" stands for . . . >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Joe >> >> ====Irish American Mailing List===== >> Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname >> Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John, in Phila. there were houses in front an in back, they were called 1-2-3 house, there was 1 room on first floor, 1 on second an 1 on third, the same building had rear 123. in our directories they would say r for the rear. same address but in rear. also some people called them father,son an holy goust:) hope this helps. Lorri searching-for ancestors GEIGER-Veach-Allen-Barnett-CARROLL -GEARIN-KANE-SMITH-MOYLAN DONAHUE-BURNS-Fowler-Fahey UHLE -MANTZ -PSCHYBYLSKI -GRIGOLEIT BUSCHMANN -MONTING-ODONNELL ----- Original Message ----- From: <profcolf@aol.com> To: <Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:21 Subject: [IRISH-AMER] City directories > In researching my family tree, I came across some notations in the Jersey > City and Bloomfield, NJ city directories (1900-1910) which I cannot > understand. One notation was the letter "r" which is an abbreviation for > "rear"; > does that suggest that my relatives' residence had to be entered through > the rear door, as if they were boarders living upstairs? > > The other notation was "Jno". It usually appeared after the ditto mark, > indicating the same last name as the person listed above, but I don't know > what the "Jno" stands for . . . > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Joe > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In Ireland Jno is usually John .... On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:21 PM, <profcolf@aol.com> wrote: > In researching my family tree, I came across some notations in the Jersey > City and Bloomfield, NJ city directories (1900-1910) which I cannot > understand. One notation was the letter "r" which is an abbreviation for > "rear"; > does that suggest that my relatives' residence had to be entered through > the rear door, as if they were boarders living upstairs? > > The other notation was "Jno". It usually appeared after the ditto mark, > indicating the same last name as the person listed above, but I don't know > what the "Jno" stands for . . . > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Joe > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >