My nana the one who played basketball was living in Mount Vernon until at least 1920 when her father, Samuel Fair Smith passed away in Chicago on 4 February of Pulmonary Tuberculosis which was said to have been non life threatening, his body was returned to his former home and 4 children listed as survivors. His wife Cynthia Ann Wood refused to be listed as a survivor. The widow and 2 unmarried daughters moved to Peakskill I think soon afterward the funeral in Mount Vernon and burial at St. Paul's on 11 February where his parents are also buried. Mount Vernon was a train station for the Hartford New York city line and it was also a post office for Eastchester Township. they incorporated after 1890. Quoting metronycancestry@aol.com: > No, not NYT. It was Westchester County affiliated. > Mt. Vernon. which, I think was once part of the Town of West Chester > or....? Westchester County Archvives ..ask for Jacie who can tune you into > the county historian. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Jacobs <geniediane@comcast.net> > To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sun, Jul 2, 2017 4:51 pm > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional > womens Basketball Team > > Daniel, > > The first place to start would be the NY Times and the Brooklyn Eagle > which may have reported on the Women's Basketball Team and its startup. > Many public and university libaries have access to Proquest which has > the NY Times which can be searched by subject. The Broolyn Eagle is > online at the Brooklyn Public Library and fultonhistory.org > > Hope this helps. > > Diane Jacobs > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NYC-ROOTS > [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces+geniediane=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com > Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:18 PM > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > Cc: dlf > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens > Basketball Team > > The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before > 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional > Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established > during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this > event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to > her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit > to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we > called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, > Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a > degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and > with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift > auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. > > Thanks Daniel > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Town Historian of Eastchester...that's who you need! -----Original Message----- From: daniel_lewis_frommherz <daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com> To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Jul 14, 2017 1:59 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens Basketball Team My nana the one who played basketball was living in Mount Vernon until at least 1920 when her father, Samuel Fair Smith passed away in Chicago on 4 February of Pulmonary Tuberculosis which was said to have been non life threatening, his body was returned to his former home and 4 children listed as survivors. His wife Cynthia Ann Wood refused to be listed as a survivor. The widow and 2 unmarried daughters moved to Peakskill I think soon afterward the funeral in Mount Vernon and burial at St. Paul's on 11 February where his parents are also buried. Mount Vernon was a train station for the Hartford New York city line and it was also a post office for Eastchester Township. they incorporated after 1890. Quoting metronycancestry@aol.com: > No, not NYT. It was Westchester County affiliated. > Mt. Vernon. which, I think was once part of the Town of West Chester > or....? Westchester County Archvives ..ask for Jacie who can tune you into > the county historian. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Jacobs <geniediane@comcast.net> > To: nyc-roots <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sun, Jul 2, 2017 4:51 pm > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional > womens Basketball Team > > Daniel, > > The first place to start would be the NY Times and the Brooklyn Eagle > which may have reported on the Women's Basketball Team and its startup. > Many public and university libaries have access to Proquest which has > the NY Times which can be searched by subject. The Broolyn Eagle is > online at the Brooklyn Public Library and fultonhistory.org > > Hope this helps. > > Diane Jacobs > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NYC-ROOTS > [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces+geniediane=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > daniel_lewis_frommherz@mckenzievalleymarket.com > Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 10:18 PM > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > Cc: dlf > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] World War One New York had a professional womens > Basketball Team > > The time frame for reference would be more likely than not before > 1920. My grandmother born 17 March 1893 referred to a Professional > Women's Basketball Association that seems to have been established > during the war years. Can anyone help me with some history of this > event? I don't have much to go on however there was enough truth to > her story that the entire Portland Oregon Trail Blazers paid a visit > to her home after they won their world series title. Nana as we > called her was born in the newly created city of Mount Vernon, > Westchester, New York. She attended a business college earning a > degree in Bookkeeping. She came by Train into the city working in and > with an Auto Car Sales where she taught herself to drive a stick shift > auto I believe headquartered on Manhattan. > > Thanks Daniel > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message