There is a Genesee Junction in Monroe Co. NY. Rochester is in Monroe Co. NY as well. You could contact public libraries and historical societies in Livingston and Monroe Counties and see if anyone has records of such a restaurant. I am pretty sure that the Rochester Public Library has a local history section and may have some city/county directories. I did check Google and found two Tip Top diners in Rochester, NY. http://web.pas.rochester.edu/~ygao/text/rochester.html Margaret Scheffler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal McCawley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:17 PM Subject: [NYLIVING] Geneseo add??? > Need help validating address as reported in earnings statement by SSA. Report indicates that my lost gf Frank William COAKLEY 1887 MA - >1945 ? last had SS withholdings in 1945 while employed for: > > Tip Top Restaurant, > 38 Main St, > Genesee, NY. > > The report indeed says "Genesee" and not "Geneseo" and gives no zip code. > Can someone tell me that there was indeed such an add in 1945 Geneseo, and, > anyone recognize this restaurant of that era?? > Am I correct is saying that there is no town in NY with the name "Genesee"? > Any help or suggestions appreciated. > Best, Hal McCawley in CA > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Interesting! Could you tell me more abt Genesee Junction? I don't find it on my map. Could it have been a PO in the WW II era and now part of a large city?? It also is possible that there was never a Tip Top Rest in Geneseo but that was actually the add of the owner or CPA of Tip Top Rest?? I appreciate your helpfulness. Hal McCawley of San Francisco ----- Original Message ----- From: "MScheffler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [NYLIVING] Geneseo add??? > There is a Genesee Junction in Monroe Co. NY. Rochester is in Monroe > Co. NY as well. > > You could contact public libraries and historical societies in > Livingston and Monroe Counties and see if anyone has records of such a > restaurant. I am pretty sure that the Rochester Public Library has a local > history section and may have some city/county directories. > > I did check Google and found two Tip Top diners in Rochester, NY. > http://web.pas.rochester.edu/~ygao/text/rochester.html > > Margaret Scheffler > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hal McCawley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:17 PM > Subject: [NYLIVING] Geneseo add??? > > > > Need help validating address as reported in earnings statement by SSA. > Report indicates that my lost gf Frank William COAKLEY 1887 MA - >1945 ? > last had SS withholdings in 1945 while employed for: > > > > Tip Top Restaurant, > > 38 Main St, > > Genesee, NY. > > > > The report indeed says "Genesee" and not "Geneseo" and gives no zip code. > > Can someone tell me that there was indeed such an add in 1945 Geneseo, > and, > > anyone recognize this restaurant of that era?? > > Am I correct is saying that there is no town in NY with the name > "Genesee"? > > Any help or suggestions appreciated. > > Best, Hal McCawley in CA > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Go to http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form And put in "genesee" and "new york" You will find Genesee county, town of Genesee, and Genesee Junction, among others, with links to maps, locators, watersheds, census, and other information for each place. Frank was a railroad laborer in Gainesville, Wyoming, NY in 1930 census. There's a Genesee Falls in Wyoming Co . . . Mike Ransom -----Original Message----- From: Hal McCawley [mailto:[email protected]] Interesting! Could you tell me more abt Genesee Junction? I don't find it on my map. Could it have been a PO in the WW II era and now part of a large city?? It also is possible that there was never a Tip Top Rest in Geneseo but that was actually the add of the owner or CPA of Tip Top Rest?? I appreciate your helpfulness. Hal McCawley of San Francisco ----- Original Message ----- From: "MScheffler" <[email protected]> > There is a Genesee Junction in Monroe Co. NY. Rochester is in Monroe Co. NY as well. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hal McCawley" <[email protected]> > > Need help validating address as reported in earnings statement by SSA. > Report indicates that my lost gf Frank William COAKLEY 1887 MA - >1945 > ? last had SS withholdings in 1945 while employed for: > > > > Tip Top Restaurant, > > 38 Main St, > > Genesee, NY. > > > > The report indeed says "Genesee" and not "Geneseo" and gives no zip code. > > Can someone tell me that there was indeed such an add in 1945 > > Geneseo, and, anyone recognize this restaurant of that era?? > > Am I correct is saying that there is no town in NY with the name > "Genesee"? > > Any help or suggestions appreciated. > > Best, Hal McCawley in CA

Tried 3 different SS indexs and can't seem to match your data. If he was born in 1887, he would be aprox. 43 on the 1930 census (give or take depending on if he had his birthday yet). Here are the close hits: Year: 1930; Census Place: Gainesville, Wyoming; Roll: 1670; Page: 4A; E numeration District: 17; Name:Frank Coakley Age: 44 Birthplace: Massachusetts Relation to Head-of-house: Boarder in boarding house on Railroad street. Race: White Home in 1930: Gainesville, Wyoming, New York Working on the railroad Seems someone else is looking at ancestry too..... they just left this message last October. Submitter: Hal McCawley Subject: COAKLEYs of 1850s Boston area & 1930s NY Message: Researching fam of John & Ellen TOUHEY COAKLEY m 1850 s Boston , moved to Middlesex Co , MA 1870 s . Grandson Frank William COAKLEY b 27 Aug 1887 Middlesex Co , MA - d ??, last seen in 1930 s Wyoming Co , NY . Wonder if its the same person..............you may want to hop on the Wyoming list to see if anyone there knows. ===== Cindy Amrhein Historian/Abstractor Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycalaba/ APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/~aphnys/ You can easily ascertain whether the occupant drinks bitters in the morning and whiskey with his dinner, or pure water and nothing else � If he drinks bitters you will find his garden full of weeds.�� James Wadsworth 1791 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail