I believe that intersection was/is in Cheektowaga and I remember the Crossroads and the Goldfish Club that was based there in the late 50's or early 60's. Somewhere I still have my membership card that was obtained by swallowing a live goldfish that was placed in my beer. Jack Dukesbury Jakarta, Indonesia -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:34 AM To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NYERIE] my surnames for 2008 "HADLER" rEST. TtHE CROSSROADS": > Deb, > That intersection would be Kensington, Harlem & Wherle which I think would > be in Cheektowaga. But could be Amherst/Williamsville. The goldfish craze > was not just connected to your grandparents bar. I think it was done in a > lot of bars maybe in the 1920's or 30's. If you pull up a map on mapquest > and plug in Cheeektowaga, you should be able to find that intersection. > > Kevin > ---- [email protected] wrote: > > ============= > Hello all > > im back to working on my HADLER suranmes. > > i would like to find out bout a restaurant/saloon called the > "crossroads" which was at the corner of Kenmore, Wherle, and > Harlem. i do not > know what town ship this would be in.. > > My great grandparents John Alexander Hadler and wife Virginia > (jeannie) Hadler had owned it. back in the ealy 1900's form > bout 1900 > till bout 1920 or later im not sure. > > How could i find out bout this restaurant/bar. > > only thing my mom remmebers is that to join the club in the bar you > had > to swallow gold fish. yuckkkkkkk. LOL > > ty > > debbie > tyler, tx > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >