-----Original Message----- From: Sue Wilson <sew@gate.net> To: NJ-ESSEX-L@rootsweb.com <NJ-ESSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 21, 1999 4:17 PM Subject: Gilchrist Co. Newark, NJ >Hi Listers! >Am hoping someone might have heard of the The Gilchrist Co., Newark NJ, >1900 - 1926, located on 236 Bank Street. The company was owned by my >relative, RAYMOND GILCHRIST, who invented and manufactured many soda >fountain items, especially known for his ice cream scoops. The company was sold to Hamilton Beach around 1930. > >I have not been able to locate birth or death records thru NJ Vitals. His >father was born in NJ, mother, NY. I estimate his birth 1866, death, >1925-27. After 1926, he does not appear in Price & Lee Newark City >Directory. > >If anyone has any info, please contact me. >Thank you so much, >Sue Wilson >sew@gate.net >