This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vgroome1 Surnames: Olsen, Johannson, Reagen Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3497/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on Eskild Olsen, unknown birth and death dates. He was a bridge builder in NYC, married to Marie Anne Johannson, with whom he had two children: Elsa & William Robert (b.1921). He left the family sometime during the 1920's and his children were placed at the Leake & Watts Half Orphanage. I believe William was there until about 1933. Elsa was living with Johannson relatives in 1930. Marie remarried to Major Reginald Reagen. Any information would be appreciated! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeanmayo1053 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3496.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cis1998 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3496.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From records I've seen,the family name Miskell has also been spelled Meskell and Mescall. The first record is the WW II Draft record for Thomas Meskill, DPOB: June 29, 1894 in County Clare, Ireland. He lived at 2440 Marion Avenue, Bronx, NY and was a fireman for the NYC FD. His employment address was a firehouse at 223 E. 119 Street in Manhattan. He listed a close relative as mr. D. Meskill, 34-36 42 Street, L.I. Slight scar on cheek 5'9", 200 lbs. Registered for the draft on April 27, 1942. There was an article in the NY Times, Feb 8, 1934, p. 22. He fractured his left arm fighting a fire at 349 E 118 Street in Manhattan. The article mentined his home address: 454 E. 137th Street, Bronx. He was a member of Engine Co. 35. Susan McMahon, age 22, arrived in NY on the S.S. Celtic on April 26, 1913, occupation: servant. She last resided in Brisla, Ireland and her closest relative there was her mother who lived in Brisla, County Clare, Ireland. Susan intended to join her aunt Bess Honan at 26 48th Street, Pittsburgh, PA. Griffth's Valuation, a mid-19th century tax record that serves as a census substitute, indicates that the McMahon and Mescall families occupied properties in the townland of Brisla, East in the civil parish of Kilmacduane, Union of Kilrush, Barony of Moyarta, County Clare, Ireland. The people named who paid rent were John and Mary McMahon, and Timothy, matthias and Jeremiah Mescall. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BobBokken Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3496.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This appears to be the passing of son Thomas. If you want the obituary which also mentions his sister Francis send me an e mail and I will send it to you. Bob rdpiet@aol.com Name: Thomas C. Miskell Date of Birth: Saturday March 25, 1922 Date of Death: Thursday February 12, 2004 Est. Age at death: 81 years, 10 months, 18 days Last known residence: City: Yarmouth Port; Yarmouth; Yarmouthport County: Barnstable State: Massachusetts ZIP Code: 02675 Latitude: 41.7045 Longitude: -70.2302 Confirmation: Verified Social Security details: State of Issue: New York Number: 055-18-1964 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeanmayo1053 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3496.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BobBokken Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3496.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you have not done so you may want to consider ordering the marriage and death rcord from the LDS in SLC. Both would cost four dollars and would probably give you more information. Thomas Miskell married Susan McMahon on Apr. 27, 1921 in the Bronx, N.Y. In 1930, they were living at 454 E. 137th Street in the Bronx, with their family. They each immigrated in 1913 according to census records. Susan died in the Bronx on May 23, 1948 at age 53 yrs. I am searching for information concerning the couple, their children, and their family origins. Any help would be very much appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeanmayo1053 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3496/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thomas Miskell married Susan McMahon on Apr. 27, 1921 in the Bronx, N.Y. In 1930, they were living at 454 E. 137th Street in the Bronx, with their family. They each immigrated in 1913 according to census records. Susan died in the Bronx on May 23, 1948 at age 53 yrs. I am searching for information concerning the couple, their children, and their family origins. Any help would be very much appreciated. Jean Mayo Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BobNY Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3495.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: It would have been really helpful to note that St. Mary's was an Episcopal church. The parish at Alexander Ave. and E. 142nd St., appears to have been closed and the building subsumed into NYCHA's Mott Haven Houses. The New York Diocesan Archives has the the sacramental registers for a number of churches that have closed over the past century and they may have St. Mary's. Archivist EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW YORK 1047 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 e-mail: archives@dioceseny.org Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CDMcComish Surnames: Turnier, Alber, Cook, Sharkey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3495/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for information about men named Robert Turnier from NYC during 1890 to 1930. There seem to be 4-6 men with this name. Specifically I want details about the Turnier family who attended St. Mary's Church, Mott Haven. My gramma Katherine Turnier (Robert Ray Turnier and Margaret Cook Turnier's daughter) was confirmed at St. Mary's in 1923 and I have a NYC marriage certificate number but I don't have any record of a church wedding. Katherine married Frederick Alber in 1930. Does anyone know how to get information from St. Mary's. Do they have a viable church office? I can't find thier website. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Westchester County Genealogical Society (NY) Upcoming Meeting The next meeting is this coming Saturday. TOPIC: Westchester County Genealogical Society is pleased to welcome Jo Heffernan with her talk on Gravely Speaking: the Who, What, When, Where & Why of Effective Cemetery Research this coming Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 10am. Jo Heffernan is the author of several articles for both Italian Genealogical Group and the Hudson County Genealogical Society of NJ. Mrs. Heffernan is a licensed NY State Teacher. She is also a member of the Italian Genealogical Group and served for 10 years on its Executive Board. With an email address like “Bonedigger”, you know that Jo Heffernan knows how to dig up the old bones in the family tree. MEETING INFO: TOPIC: Gravely Speaking: the Who, What, When, Where & Why of Effective Cemetery Research SPEAKER: Jo Heffernan WHEN: Saturday, NOVEMBER 8, 2008 @ 10 a.m. WHERE: Aldersgate Methodist Church, 600 Broadway in Dobbs Ferry (across from Mercy College on route 9) For information about Westchester County Genealogical Society (Westchester Connection or Surname List), visit WCGS home page -- _http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywcgs/) Hope to see you on Saturday! RESERVED THESE DATES FOR WCGS Future Meetings Dec 13, 2008 Holiday Party – Special Interest Groups / Study Group Meeting Jan 10 2009 Return of the Ring Mary Hoar Feb 14, 2009 Hauntings of the Hudson River Valley Vincent T. Dacquino Mar 14, 2009 City Directories Toni McKeen Apr 11, 2009 Getting the Most Out of the US Census on Ancestry.com Gordon L. McDaniel May 9, 2009 Voyage to America Leslie Albrecht Huber June 13, 2009 NYC 1890 Police Census Debra Braverman

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeanmayo1053 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3494.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: No. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sasebo Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3494.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Out of curiosity, would you have a brother Arthur and mother was Mary? Don researching: McGillick Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jeanmayo1053 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3494/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for information in the Bronx in N.Y. concerning James F. McMahon, who was born in 1879 in Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland, son of Daniel McMahon and Catherine Kelley. He immigrated to Mass. in 1901 and went to a family member named Thomas Kelley, in Boston, MA. He lived in Lowell, MA. until 1922, when it is believed that he moved to the Bronx in N.Y. where he was said to have had family living. He was a baker by profession in Lowell, MA. He had brothers named Daniel McMahon ( born ca. 1889/90 ) and Michael McMahon. Any help in locating these brothers, especially James F. McMahon, would be very much appreciated. Jean Mayo Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LEOTALODGE Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/966.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: LOOKING FOR BIRTH MOTHER IMA GREEN I WAS BORN JULY 63 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdweintraub Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3493.1.1.2.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: JFS Everyone has their favorite list of genealogy sites.... some subscription and some open to the public. There are lists of the top 100 sites online.... but the encyclopedia of genealogy sites is at: http://www.cyndislist.com/ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JFS2008 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3493.1.1.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes, that is Wallace Avenue in the 1910 census. That makes sense because they bought/built the house in the early 1900s. Hunt Avenue is actually 2 blocks away from Wallace. On the 1920 census, they are listed as living on Holland Avenue (which is around the block) but with the same house number as Wallace. This I believe is an error by the census taker and he simply wrote the wrong street down. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: famhistresearcher Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3493.1.1.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Joel Yes, I got very lucky that Hunt Ave was only in one ED in 1910 since the 1900 census had no house numbers. But look at the 1910 page where the Floods are living. The street in the margin is not Hunt Ave but (looks like) Wallace Ave. I don't know if these people moved in the interim or the enumerator just has the wrong street. I don't recall seeing any street name changes involving Hunt Ave on your website but I only looked quickly at that. If they moved, then I just got lucky that they were still in the same ED. I can certainly attest to the usefulness of your search utilities. Thanks for all the tools. Best regards, Margaret Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdweintraub Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3493.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: beat me to it famhistresearcher!!! I found Andrew and Annie in 1900 and saw the Hunt Av street, but no house number.... but there was only one ED # in 1910 that had Hunt Avenue in it.... ED #1476. I scanned through the schedule pages at low resolution, but didn't see the Hunt Ave entry.... but many of the pages are borderline legible. My next step was to advise the person to go through the schedule pages slowly. Besides the databases I generate for the One Step site, I have ED maps scanned on my hard drive for most of the large cities in the US from 1900 through 1940 now. So there are other options to answer such a query, once we know where the person was located. I always like these sorts of queries as it's an opportunity for me to test our databases and search utilities. Joel Weintraub Dana Point, CA Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: famhistresearcher Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3493.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Your Flood family is in the 1910 census and Andrew J. Flood is still alive. You will find them in the Bronx Assembly District 32 Enumeration District 1476. This ED is barely legible but they are at the top of Sheet 3B (Image number 6 once you get to the AD and ED.) AD equals Assembly District and ED means either Enumeration District or Election District depending on which census you are looking at. That is how cities are divided up just like your voting districts. You should learn about some of the tools as Joel was suggesting. The web site he works on is called stevemorse.org and it has wonderful tools. Without those tools I would not have found your family. Your family was on Hunt Ave in the 1900 census. Using that address and this tool http://stevemorse.org/census/index.html I was able to find that it was District 1476. Then I just went page by page. You can use the stevemorse.org site to search several other sites, including Ancestry. It is a much more powerful search engine. You should use it to re-search the death indexes for Andrew. Good luck. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jdweintraub Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.bronx/3493.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: An ED is an Enumeration District. Its what an enumerator would cover during the census. Its number is at the upper right of your census sheets, and it would be part of your documentation/citation for each of your records. I can't find in the years you show the Floods in the US Census in the Bronx. Tell me exactly where they were in 1920. Were they in Bronx County? What is the ED # of the 1920 ED. What is written at the top of the 1920 census sheet in terms of State, County, ED # and sheet # (e.g. 1A, 1B) and exactly what names they are shown as in 1920 The left column of the 1920 census schedule you have will have the street name, and the next column the house/address number. Is that your address? If so, then find that address at stevemorse.org.... the large city ED finder for 1910.... to find the ED #. It's then possible to go to that ED # on Ancestry, and find the address on a census page...and see who is living at that address to see if they skipped your target family or mangled the names. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.