This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kpaton39 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.kings/15494.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe they may have operated at docks in Brooklyn. This is from a 1930 Eagle newspaper article in reference to "a shanty at the end of Pier 3, off Dock St., between Main and Fulton Sts" Brooklyn: "John F. KERWIN, manager of the Columbia Stevedore Company, went to the shanty to use a telephone". Kathleen Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.