Thank You both - Norm and Penny. I decided to go back to the Library and re-check for this person. Sure enough the last name was spelled wrong. I found him in the 1893 city directory and his address reads Berrill, William, clk, r. 1 Washington Ave 4th dist. Along with the information you guys have supplied me with I should be able to place where he lived. Thanks again Bridgette PS: Penny - if you would please forward me a copy of the 1887 map. mrszipp@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm Hellmers" <n_d_hellmers@yahoo.com> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Help with location > Hello Bridgette, > > Without a bit more information, it might be hard to > firmly identify this location. If you look at the name > changes page you will see that there were a number of > streets that were named Washington Street prior to > 1894. See: > http://nutrias.org/~nopl/facts/streetnames/streetsw.htm > You will also see that Water Street was previously > Levee in some places. So there may have been several > possibilities for this location. > > One possibility is the intersection of Washington > Street (today's Washington Avenue) with Water Street, > an intersection that existed in 1885 and shows up on > the 1890 Cotton Centennial map. Water Street was > between Tchoupitoulas Street and the river. Today what > had been Water Street is the location of the Clarence > Henry Truckway. On the 1885 Sanborn map there are a > few buildings at that intersection, but it was not > much of a residential area. Possibly he lived there. > > You can also see this intersection on Plate 11 of the > 1883 Robinson map. See: > http://www.notarialarchives.org/robinson/guide.htm > > This "intersection" (they don't really intersect) of > today's Washington Avenue and the Clarence Henry > Truckway MIGHT be the former location you are looking > for, but again, it would be helpful to have more > information about your person. > > Norm > > --- mrszipp <mrszipp@cox.net> wrote: >> I'm having trouble understanding the location on a >> Death Certificate for 1892. >> According to the death certificate he died at Waters >> and Washingtion. The obit reads >> that the funeral will take place at his residence, >> corner of Washington and Waters. >> I've looked at a map for 1890 and Water and >> Washington are no where near each other. >> I've also looked to see if Water Street may have had >> a name change, but couldn't find any. >> I've check the city directory for him and it looks >> like he is missing 1892 and 1893. > . . . > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bridgette, The address of a residence of 1 Washington Avenue (at Water Street) in the 4th District should have been in the block between Water and Tchoupitoulas. I can't find a residence marked with No. 1. Not much shows up there in the 1885 Sanborn maps. It should have been on the downtown side of Washington. All I can see there is a building marked "OFF" [office]. I'll send you two maps that show you that area in detail. Norm --- mrszipp <mrszipp@cox.net> wrote: . . . > I found him in the 1893 city > directory and his address reads > Berrill, William, clk, r. 1 Washington Ave 4th dist. . . . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ