Hi Mary, Have you searched the Fulton History site that Amy mentioned? http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html Charles E Long appears may times in news reports of deaths and is called the Medical Examiner. His obit may be in there somewhere. Val On 2 May 2008 at 17:16, M. Brenzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Charles E. Long was a doctor in Buffalo. He was married to my > grandparents' niece who was a dentist. I'm struggling to find some > papers that contain his obituary. I believe that he was either the > Medical Examiner or Medical Director for Erie County. > > Mary >   > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Val Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 12:31 PM To: Ruth Madar; > [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Perry Projects & Bethlehem > Steel > > Hi Ruth, > > Do you know how far the Perry Projects extend. I'm curious whether > the houses that were used by my relatives are part of that or if the > houses are still standing. > > Here are some of the homes on my list: > 268 Fulton, 521 Elk, 357 Elk, 77 Manitoba, and 544 Perry > > I think the descendants have all moved away from the area since then. > I always remember how the relatives use to talk about one another's > financial position when the Buffalo relatives came to Hamilton. > > Those from Buffalo referred to the Hamilton relatives as rich. Those > from Hamilton thought the Buffalo relatives were rich because they > could travel. The reality was that most of them on both sides of the > border were just surviving. My grandmother and her children would > pool their money when the relatives were coming and a wonderful feast > would be enjoyed by all. The Buffalo families would in turn pool > their money to pay their travel expenses. > > Your right about this being an interesting topic. I may have > instigated it but I think lots of us found out more about the history > of Buffalo than we knew before and I dare say there are a few others > out there that had people treated at this hospital. It certainly > sounds like it was a very busy place in those days. > > Who was the doctor that signed the Record of Death. Mind was signed > by Charles E. Long. I don't know if he worked at both hospitals but > it is another clue to look into. Good Luck. Wish I was close enough > to come to the Museum. > > Val > > > On 2 May 2008 at 11:53, Ruth Madar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, Perry Projects are in South Buffalo. They originally were built > > for the WWII families. I was born in one of the apartments about a > > year after my father came home from the Army. The projects got > > really bad when some of them were torn down. The remaining ones > > were renovated but the newly fixed up apartments didn't last long. > > Extremely Ghetto now. Friends of ours who live in > > Buffalo/Lackawanna area decided to go for a ride in the Perry > > Projects area to reminisce where he grew up. A police car pulled > > him over, asked who he was, then asked if he lived there. Paul > > explained what he was doing, the police escorted them out of the > > area and told him, politely, that if he doesn't live there, he > > doesn't belong there and never decide to reminisce again in that > > area. This happened in the early afternoon. That's how bad it is. > > > > Also, my grandfather was electrocuted while working at Bethlehem in > > 1928 where he working as an electrician. He was hit with 440 bolts. > > As you can figure he died on the spot. His death certificate > > doesn't say where he was taken other then "place of death Bethlehem > > Steel Plant". I found nothing in the newspaper other then the > > normal death notice. One day soon I will go to the museum to see if > > anything is there about it. I, always, assumed he was taken to OLV > > because living in the area all my life, we always understood that > > OLV was first built as a hospital intended for the steel workers > > because there was so many. I've never heard of Moses Taylor > > Hospital. Perhaps we were mislead all these years and people > > knowing there was a hospital for steel workers assumed it was OLV. > > I will stop in at the museum to check it out. I found this subject > > very interesting. > > > > At 11:51 PM 5/1/2008 -0400, you wrote: > > >The Perry's are in South Buffalo, not the East Side. Off Louisiana > > >St. Near South Park Ave. And Yep, Ghetto as ever. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >