I have a relative who lived at 211 Alverson Street and I understand that the street name changed from "Alverson" to "TenEyck"  sometime after the 1880's. I have also been advised by family who did once reside in Jackson that this is a short street.  I went to look up the address on a Jackson map through the Yahoo site and there is no such address as "211" anymore. The only addresses on that street that I was able to locate were in the 1200, 1400, 1500, 1600 1700 and 1800 blocks. Sounds like too long of a street from what I have been advised. Does anyone who knows Jackson well or live in town have any idea what happened to number "211"??? Were the addresses changed as well ??? I will be in Jackson next summer and I was hoping to check out the property to see what's there but I need to locate it first.  Is there a number for a City Clerk that deals with street and number changes for  the city. Thank you for you interest and any help you can provide. I aprreciate it. Kathleen in California

Kathleen, I don't specifically know about Jackson, MI, street address changes but I do know that in 1920 (after the Federal Census), Detroit renumbered all their streets so that parallel streets running from the river would have about the same number at the same distance from the river. Seems too many 1/2 and 1/4 addresses were showing up with alley houses and flats housing additional families on the same property lot. A very good treatis on this is at the MiPolonia website. Other large US cities were renumbering about the same time period, but I haven't found the descriptions (such as for Dayton, OH) or time frames as of yet. Hope this gives you a start in the right direction! --RDReske in Sterling Hts ----- Original Message ----- From: <BUNAY@aol.com> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 6:26 PM Subject: [MI-Genealogy] Re Jackson MI, Alverson and Teneyck Streets I have a relative who lived at 211 Alverson Street and I understand that the street name changed from "Alverson" to "TenEyck" sometime after the 1880's. I have also been advised by family who did once reside in Jackson that this is a short street. I went to look up the address on a Jackson map through the Yahoo site and there is no such address as "211" anymore. The only addresses on that street that I was able to locate were in the 1200, 1400, 1500, 1600 1700 and 1800 blocks. Sounds like too long of a street from what I have been advised. Does anyone who knows Jackson well or live in town have any idea what happened to number "211"??? Were the addresses changed as well ??? I will be in Jackson next summer and I was hoping to check out the property to see what's there but I need to locate it first. Is there a number for a City Clerk that deals with street and number changes for the city. Thank you for you interest and any help you can provide. I aprreciate it. Kathleen in California ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== Share memories about Michigan, to join MI-MEMORIES-L, send mail to MI-MEMORIES-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join MI-MEMORIES-D, do the same thing with MI-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

I was looking at a 1899-1900 Polk's Directory for Jackson (available through the LDS Family History Library on microfilm). It includes an explanation of the street numbering system at the time. It started at a central location and radiated out in each direction: "Streets intersecting Main & Mechanic streets number each way from these 2 streets as baselines; commencing with 100 and allowing 100 for each block." Polk's Jackson city and county Directory, 1899-1900. Detroit, MI: R.L. Polk & Co. Family History Library microfilm no. 2156766, City Directories of the United States 1882-1901: Jackson, MI 1899/1900 - 1900/1901. A person I have at that time residing on the 500 block later shows up on the 1000 block. I suspect they did not move, but rather the numbering system changed. I have not figured this out exactly yet, but the city directories are a good place to look for this information. These directories also included a map of the city and a list of all the street names, with map locations noted. Carolyn At 6:26 PM -0400 10/29/04, BUNAY@aol.com wrote: >I have a relative who lived at 211 Alverson Street and I understand that the >street name changed from "Alverson" to "TenEyck" sometime after the 1880's. >I have also been advised by family who did once reside in Jackson that this is >a short street. I went to look up the address on a Jackson map through the >Yahoo site and there is no such address as "211" anymore. The only >addresses on >that street that I was able to locate were in the 1200, 1400, 1500, 1600 1700 >and 1800 blocks. Sounds like too long of a street from what I have been >advised. > >Does anyone who knows Jackson well or live in town have any idea what >happened to number "211"??? Were the addresses changed as well ??? I >will be in >Jackson next summer and I was hoping to check out the property to >see what's there >but I need to locate it first. Is there a number for a City Clerk that deals >with street and number changes for the city. Thank you for you interest and >any help you can provide. I aprreciate it. > >Kathleen in California -- Carolyn Ybarra Family Research Services 1017 El Camino Real, #332 Redwood City, CA 94063 ybarra@FamilyResearchServices.com http://www.genealogypro.com/family-research-services.html Researching SOUTHWELL (MA 1600s, CT 1700s, VT 1790-1810, NY 1800-1840, MI 1836 - present) BUSKE (MI and IL 1872-) EIGHMEY (NY 1800s) BISHOP (CT 1700s, NY 1800-1850) McKEE, MAGEE (NY 1800-1840, MI 1836-) ABBOTT (NY?, MI 1836-) WENDROW (NY 1900's) FULTERMAN/FUTTERMAN (NY 1900's) SOBEL (NY, NJ 1920-)

I grew up in Michigan and I still have family living there. My Aunt is involved in Geleaology so I fowarded this to her, may be she can help. Andrea ----- Original Message ----- From: Carolyn Ybarra<mailto:ybarra@stanfordalumni.org> To: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:12 PM Subject: [MI-Genealogy] Re: Re Jackson MI, Alverson and Teneyck Streets I was looking at a 1899-1900 Polk's Directory for Jackson (available through the LDS Family History Library on microfilm). It includes an explanation of the street numbering system at the time. It started at a central location and radiated out in each direction: "Streets intersecting Main & Mechanic streets number each way from these 2 streets as baselines; commencing with 100 and allowing 100 for each block." Polk's Jackson city and county Directory, 1899-1900. Detroit, MI: R.L. Polk & Co. Family History Library microfilm no. 2156766, City Directories of the United States 1882-1901: Jackson, MI 1899/1900 - 1900/1901. A person I have at that time residing on the 500 block later shows up on the 1000 block. I suspect they did not move, but rather the numbering system changed. I have not figured this out exactly yet, but the city directories are a good place to look for this information. These directories also included a map of the city and a list of all the street names, with map locations noted. Carolyn At 6:26 PM -0400 10/29/04, BUNAY@aol.com<mailto:BUNAY@aol.com> wrote: >I have a relative who lived at 211 Alverson Street and I understand that the >street name changed from "Alverson" to "TenEyck" sometime after the 1880's. >I have also been advised by family who did once reside in Jackson that this is >a short street. I went to look up the address on a Jackson map through the >Yahoo site and there is no such address as "211" anymore. The only >addresses on >that street that I was able to locate were in the 1200, 1400, 1500, 1600 1700 >and 1800 blocks. Sounds like too long of a street from what I have been >advised. > >Does anyone who knows Jackson well or live in town have any idea what >happened to number "211"??? Were the addresses changed as well ??? I >will be in >Jackson next summer and I was hoping to check out the property to >see what's there >but I need to locate it first. Is there a number for a City Clerk that deals >with street and number changes for the city. Thank you for you interest and >any help you can provide. I aprreciate it. > >Kathleen in California -- Carolyn Ybarra Family Research Services 1017 El Camino Real, #332 Redwood City, CA 94063 ybarra@FamilyResearchServices.com<mailto:ybarra@FamilyResearchServices.com> http://www.genealogypro.com/family-research-services.html<http://www.genealogypro.com/family-research-services.html> Researching SOUTHWELL (MA 1600s, CT 1700s, VT 1790-1810, NY 1800-1840, MI 1836 - present) BUSKE (MI and IL 1872-) EIGHMEY (NY 1800s) BISHOP (CT 1700s, NY 1800-1850) McKEE, MAGEE (NY 1800-1840, MI 1836-) ABBOTT (NY?, MI 1836-) WENDROW (NY 1900's) FULTERMAN/FUTTERMAN (NY 1900's) SOBEL (NY, NJ 1920-) ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/> Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special projects. ============================== Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx>