George, when you have a moment would you see if 805 Delaware is in the book? Thanks At 12:00 AM 1/21/2005 -0500, George Richmond wrote: >>I have found a reference to the fact that an ancestor was living at 735 >>Delaware Ave., Buffalo. This was probably somewhere between 1900 and >>1940. The surname was Waters, Brown or Starke (maiden name and two >>married names). Has anyone access to an old directory of Buffalo that >>might indicate whether any of those names turn up at that address anytime >>in that period? > >Alan, >I'm going to give you a history of the occupants of 735 Delaware from the >book "Buffalo's Delaware Avenue, Mansions and Families" by Edward T Dunn, >Cansius College Press, 2003. > >In the 1880 census: >John Trefts 55 Ohio iron merchant >Angeline Trefts 45 NY ux. >Eva Holloway 22 Ny daughter at home >Ann Mackey 25 Ireland >Nellie Mackey 10 Ireland > >In 1891: >John Trefts > >In 1900: >John Trefts 76 Ohio iron works >Angeline Trefts 58NY ux. >Evadne Trefts36 NY >Rose Fox NY >Mary Davis 21 Ireland > >In 1920: >Albert W Starke 46 Illinois manager steel plant >Jessica Starke 46 NY ux. >George A Reynolds 26 NY relative Broker, investments >Laura M Reynolds 24 > >In 1925: >Apartments >10 residents > >On page 420 is the following: >In 1880 the Queen Anne house at #735 Delaware (11.12 and 11.13) was home >to John Trefts who had come to Buffalo in 1845 and became a partner of >Chillion Farrar of #506 Delaware. By 1900 Anna, John Treft's widow, was >still living at #735. In 1920 it was the residence of a steel plant >manager, but by 1925 it had become a "converted multiple resident." > >There are two pictures of the house in the book. I do not believe that it >is still standing. > >George > > >==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== >To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> >See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx