George, many thanks ---------- >From: George Richmond <grichmon@localnet.com> >To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Teamster, Buffalo Chemical Company >Date: Wed, Jan 19, 2005, 5:58 PM > > Hi Cindy, > >>I'm intrigued with my Great grandfather's occupation. I was wondering if >>anyone would mind checking the Buffalo City Directory for 1891 and let me >>know if there is such a company as Buffalo Chemical Company and its address. >> >>The 1891 article, speaks of an accident my great grandfather had, falling >>off a wagon he was operating. He was taken to No. 7 Station and attended by >>Dr. E. J. Murphy and removed to Finch Hospital. It would be great if some >>one could tell me about the station and where the hospital was located. > > The 1891 directory lists: > Buffalo Chemical Works (Theo V Fowler, president), office Abbott road > near iron bridge. > > A check of the online 1894 map, reachable at: > http://www.buffaloresearch.com > scroll down to Maps, click on Buffalo 1894 > shows a large establishment on Abbott's Corners Road (today's South > Park Ave) just north of the bridge across the Buffalo river. There > were at least 10 buildings on the site, some 2 story brick, others 1 > story brick or frame. The plant had its own railroad siding. > > Police Station No. 7 was at the corner of Louisiana and Elk sts. > (Elk is here called South Park today.) This station is about 1.5 > miles from the chemical plant. > > Finch Hospital was in a large building on the Southwest corner of > Swan St and Michigan Ave. The directory listing was: > Fitch Accident Hospital, Room 14, Fitch Institute Bldg, Swan corner > Michigan. Under the direction of a committee of the Charity > Organization Society. > > Another occupant of the building was the Fitch Creche, likely the > oldest day care center in the United States. It was founded in 1880 > by Maria Love, a child of wealthy parents, who wished to provide care > for children of single and widowed mothers who had to work for a > living. Miss Love is well known in Buffalo, even though she died in > 1931. There is still an annual event called the Children's Charity > Ball to benefit the Maria M. Love Convelescent Fund. I remember > attending one or two of these in the early 1940s. She figures > prominently in the novel "City of Light", but don't believe > everything said about her there. > > E. J. Murphy did not appear in the directory listing of physicians. > > George > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >