Roisin Lafferty is having trouble posting onlist and asked me to post this email for him. Thans all, Barb -----Original Message----- From: Roisin Lafferty <laffertyd@eircom.net> To: mizscarlettny <mizscarlettny@aol.com> Sent: Wed, Jun 29, 2016 12:43 pm Subject: John F Christy hi Barb, thanks very much yes the details( age and parents names) are correct, I would be very happy if one of the people you found listed was my John f Christy but I honestly dont know. John christy gave his address for the draft card at 341 West Street in 1918 and the address for the declaration of intent is 25 South Street in 1921. That was some sort of sailor's hostel or headquarters. I mailed them to see if they kept records, they say they moved a few blocks away but didnt keep records but it is still in existence... it seems to have been some sort of religious place, Christy said he was single on his citizenship application papers signed July 1921 we have nothing further until 1926 when he wrote to my father giving his address at a mail collection service at no 1 Broadway, the headquarters of several shipping companies and now the head office of City Bank. Would the city directories throw any light on his whereabouts do you think? Do you think if he married in the intervening years he would have had a permanent address by 1926. My grandfather and he were co owners of a small farm in Ireland where Christy was born and my family still owned this place until about 10 years ago. his father Peter Christy died 1906 at 83 Elm Street, his sister Mary died early 1890s age 4 years and both are buried in St Marys Pawtucket. but john is not listed in the grave, nor is he in his aunts Catherine McBurneys grave in the same cemetery. I think that even if he fell on hard times the Irish community would have joined together to bury him with his family. Other than that if he were a sailor he may have been lost at sea or maybe died in an unknown port. maybe he did something awful and landed in prison... I will keep checking as we never know what new sources come online. Thanks for your help...its very much appreciated. Regards Roisin