I've "rescued" an old photograph of Ada GILMAN which was taken at the Falk Studio in New York City, NY. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890's with Ada likely in her 30's at the time. Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information regarding Ada and her family: Ada GILMAN or GILLMAN was b. 6 Oct 1854 in Boston, MA and married Leander Pease RICHARDSON (1856-1918) with whom she had 5 children including, Carrie; Guy; Emmett M.; Henry C.; and Harold R. RICHARDSON, all born between 1890 and 1900. Ada d. 18 Dec 1921 in Holmesburg, PA and is buried in the North Cedar Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA. Ada was a stage and screen actress. I am hoping to locate someone from Ada's family so that this beautiful old photograph can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley
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This link will direct you to many transcribed NJ records, such as headstone inscriptions, baptisms, marriages, deaths, etc http://dunhamwilcox.net/0_nj-index.htm Enjoy! Barb [email protected]
Cyndi's list just shared this on Facebook. Most excellent!! https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/09/21/new-york-city-directories-free-online Sent from my AT&T iPhone. ~ Gail ~
Fifty-six years ago *tonight* Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy debated U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the first-ever American televised debate of presidential candidates. This was the first of four Kennedy-Nixon debates moderated by journalist and anchorman Howard K. Smith. Eachsession dealt with an established topic, such as domestic affairs, and utilized a debating format. We're talking about respectful, intelligent interfacing, folks, not a name-calling social media debacle. We sat glued to CBS, NBC or ABC on our tube-filled, green-hued Magnavox black and white tv and didn't see Jackie Kennedy's red blood stained pink suit until Life magazine arrived. Think you remember the debates of 1960? Click here.>>> http://deadline.com/2016/09/kennedy-nixon-presidential-debate-look-back-1201825632/ ******** In Westchester County public 6th grade we were blessed with a teacher named Maryann Onoff. Before the presidential primaries, we were assigned to choose a candidate and write a report about him. At the time, I started on the winning-est St. Pat's Girls' CYO basketball team (6th to 12th grades), so spent most of my time with Catholic school kids. A candidate? No doubt. KENNEDY! (Yup, I still have it. A+) We'd ride our bikes singing, "K-E-double N-E-Deeee-Y" in unison to the tune of the ole "Harrigan" song by George M Cohan. In May of 1960, I sent a homemade birthday card to JFK, replete with my own inspirational poem. Then, every day I'd ride my bike up to the string of rural mailboxes that lined the main road, checking for a response. Finally, just days after the 4th of July, Kennedy's letter arrived thanking me for my 11 year old's words of wisdom. Talk about a happy dance! They were simpler times. Castro and Khruschev were America's enemies. Folks flew the stars and stripes and stood for the national anthem. Dad worked in the city; Mom worked at home. Whites were washed in hot water, colored clothes in warm. Sunday dinners were in the dining room with tablecloths, Mom's "good" dishes, and relatives laden with luscious NYC bakery goodies boxed then tied up in red and white string. So tonight, on NBC, American presidential hopefuls will vie for our votes. Perhaps divine intervention will prevail and tonight's debate will be as dignified as 1960's September 26th model. Barb [email protected]
I transcribed these births from the NYC/Manhattan Birth Index microfilms at the NYC Municipal Archives for the surname HAMILL & variations. 1862 only surnames ME- to Z- exist 1863 only surnames A- HOD- exist [BELOW REFERS TO ONE LINE LEDGER ENTRIES] 1864 Hamel, Ludwig b 6/7/1864, page 86 Vol II, 99 Spring st to William & Julia Hamel, Margaret J b 12/17/1864, # page 193 Vol II, 129 Ave C to Owen and Catherine Hamie, Margaret b ?, page 12 Vol II, 303 E 17th to James and ? 1865 only surnames CL - Z exist; film is barely legible [BELOW REFERS TO CERTIFICATE FORMAT] 1871 Hamil, Henry T b 5/16/1871 # 66848 to Henry & Ellen 1877 Hamil, Louis b 10/22/1877 #218952 to Louis and Emma Hammel, Elizabeth 1/1/1877 #198690 to Oscar & Katherine Hamel, Emma C. 9/29/1877 #217070 to Johann & Christine Hammell, Henry 12/7/1877 #222400* to Henry & Kate 1879 Hamel, Abram b 4/10/1879 #256192 to Israel & R. Hamel, Joann b 11/16/1879 #271422 to Johann & Anna Hamel, Ross b 1/19/1879 # 250827 to Thomas & Caroline Hamel, Lizzie b 10/30/1879 #271188 to Frederick & Lizzie Hamel, Edw. L. b 10/2/1879 #271005 to Victor & Madeline Hammell, Amalia b 10/8/1879 # 268867 to B. and Louisa Hamel, Caroline b 4/4/79 # 256452 to Jacob & F. Hammel, Elizabeth b 9/13/1879 #266835 to Augustus & Cecelia Hammel, Frederick b 4/22/1879 #257254 to Henry & Louisa Hammel, Johan b 11/16/1879 #271422 to Johan & Anna Hammel, Pauline b 1/12/1879 #250442 to Oscar and Kate Hammel, Philip 10/2/1879 # 270775 to Isaac & Hannah Barb [email protected]
Coroner and Office of Chief Medical Examiner, 1823-1946 Inquests, records of death. Comparing a coroner record from 1771 with one after 1918 provides a vivid example of advances in forensic medicine. Early coroner verdicts were educated guesses at best, and sometimes truly inscrutable. On April 19, 1771, City Coroner Thomas Shreve invoiced the Common Council £66 for performing 20 inquisitions over the previous year. He listed each deceased person and the verdict on the invoice. For one of the deceased, Mr. Samuel Belknap, "a prisoner confined in jail" Shreve decided he had died by "the hand of God." (Common Council collection 1771) COLLECTION STATUS: There are three series of coroner records: 1. Inquests, 1823-1898. Dr. Kenneth Scott prepared an index of over 5,000 names listed on the inquest documents dating from 1823 through 1842. [Kenneth Scott: Coroners' Reports New York City, 1823-1842, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Volume XII, 1989]. The entire "inquest" series is microfilmed; however it should be noted that towards the latter part of this series, only inquests pertaining to homicides were saved. 2. Ledger books: Record of deaths listed by the Coroner in ledger-style volumes (the information recorded about each death is similar to the information reported on the Health Department death certificate). The ledgers have been microfilmed; Manhattan, 1896-1898; 1915-1917; Brooklyn, 1898-1917. 3. Office of Chief Medical Examiner Death records, 1918-1950. Researchers may request copies of the death records filed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner from 1918 through 1950. Click here to download the search request form. This form is in PDF Format. Barb [email protected]
I came upon this death section on the NYC Dept Health & Mental Hygenie's website>. http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/death-certificates.page "Burials at the City Cemetery - In New York City, if private funeral arrangements are not made, remains of stillborn infants more than 24 weeks gestation are sent for burial to the City cemetery located at Hart Island, Bronx, NY, commonly known as Potter's Field, by the Office of the City Medical Examiner. To get information on visiting your infant’s remains, please call the NYC Department of Correction (DOC) at 718-546-1500 or visit the DOC website, which includes a searchable database of persons buried on the island. Database Search Tips: For deaths before 2011: use mother's full maiden name For deaths in 2011 and onward: use mother's legal name or infant name" Barb [email protected]
New Yorkers seem to relish their adopted son, John Lennon. Here, today, a pop-up, one day art installation will honor Beatles famer, John Lennon. https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160920/upper-east-side/50-foot-portrait-of-john-lennon-rise-central-park-for-one-day-only Barb [email protected]
Your ancestors ... 1)...were Tammany Democrats in 1894.>>> https://archive.org/details/members1894demo [Directions: Open full page. Enter surname in top, right white box.] 2)...were in "The Tombs" Prison in 1850.>>> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~foleygenes/usa/tombs.html http://www.inyc.freeservers.com/custom.html 3)...lived in the "Bloody Sixth" Ward in 1860.>>> http://www.inyc.freeservers.com/about.html 4)...lived in the "Old 4th" Ward in 1860.>>> http://www.inyc.freeservers.com/custom2.html [Directions: To search this page for a particular surname, please press Ctrl and F on your keyboard, then enter the surname you're researching.] Barb [email protected]
Hi Kathy, Visits to NYC cemeteries always takes longer than you'd expect. Just finding the main entrance is a feat in itself! Then you have massive numbers of rows to locate one possible headstone. Calvary Cemetery has something like 5 million buried there. Million! This is not your hometown churchyard. You my be expecting too much to visit Calvary & Holy Cross in one day, unless you are super organized with lists and cemetery maps. What county will you be staying in? It sounds like your host is not keen on going, but might if you had more people with you. BTW One afternoon there, we once generously tipped their maintenance guy to lead us to each exact section. The office staff arranged this for us, on site. Think about IF you want to visit both cemeteries IF no headstones exist. I do, but that's me. I've copied a few people who might offer to meet you at Calvary, but you'd have to let them chose the day. Have you ever been to NYC before? What else are you hoping to accomplish? Barb -----Original Message----- From: K H <[email protected]> If I can get my host to go with me we’ll go on Tuesday. Have to visit Holy Cross as well. Kathy > On Sep 18, 2016, at 11:45 AM, MizScarlettNY <[email protected]> wrote: > > RE * below...If a grave is listed as MM, that means you walk back 26 headstones from > A-Z, then the alphabet begins again. This, to explain how you can easily end up in an > isolated spot. > > I always suggest that visitors to NYC tell us locals when you will visit Calvary and the NYC Municipal Archives, and someone here may be able to meet up with you. I will > be at the Archives on Tuesday. What day do you want to go to Calvary? > > Barb > [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: MizScarlettNY <[email protected]> > > > Hi Kathy, Larry, Joyce, and all, > > I'm including Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina in this email, the author of "New Yorker's Carved in Stone." Also including Jim GARRITY from Irish History Roundtable./// Yes, I have been to Calvary and it's a genealogcial "must" to me. Don't go to any NYC cemetery alone or when the office is closed. (Once we had a flat tire there on a Saturday afternoon; even NYPD could not locate us.)/// To describe Calvary with two words: "urban humungous." Four sections are divided by major highways; some areas are very isolated./// > > (1) CEMETERY MAP>>>http://calvarycemeteryqueens.com/pdf/Calvary-Cemetery-Map.pdf (2) OFFICE is in 2nd Calvary. Check in there first. > Put office phone number in your cell. (3) Bring your LIST of burials*, by section. Drive between sections. (4) Funerals are in mornings, so even more people and staff are around then. (5) SHOES for comfort. (6) Lock handbags in trunk of car. (7) Charge CAMERA. (8) ENJOY!/// > > I stand for the national anthem, > Barb > > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lanzaro <[email protected]> > The sign at the entrance on Queens Blvd says the gates are open daily from 10 til 4:15, but their webpage says 9am til 4:30pm. The phone number for the cemetery office is (718) 786-8000. The office is closed on Sunday and only open on Saturday until 1pm. Here is the cemetery webpage - http://www.calvarycemeteryqueens.com/ Good luck. Larry > > K H <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ll be in NY this coming week and had planned to visit Calvary but my > host tells me it’s too dangerous. I don’t want to put anyone in danger so > wanted to check with those of you who might know! Should I skip Calvary? > She said it’s like a big forest of tombstones and trees. > > Kathy
RE * below...If a grave is listed as MM, that means you walk back 26 headstones from A-Z, then the alphabet begins again. This, to explain how you can easily end up in an isolated spot. I always suggest that visitors to NYC tell us locals when you will visit Calvary and the NYC Municipal Archives, and someone here may be able to meet up with you. I will be at the Archives on Tuesday. What day do you want to go to Calvary? Barb [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: MizScarlettNY <[email protected]> Hi Kathy, Larry, Joyce, and all, I'm including Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina in this email, the author of "New Yorker's Carved in Stone." Also including Jim GARRITY from Irish History Roundtable./// Yes, I have been to Calvary and it's a genealogcial "must" to me. Don't go to any NYC cemetery alone or when the office is closed. (Once we had a flat tire there on a Saturday afternoon; even NYPD could not locate us.)/// To describe Calvary with two words: "urban humungous." Four sections are divided by major highways; some areas are very isolated./// (1) CEMETERY MAP>>>http://calvarycemeteryqueens.com/pdf/Calvary-Cemetery-Map.pdf (2) OFFICE is in 2nd Calvary. Check in there first. Put office phone number in your cell. (3) Bring your LIST of burials*, by section. Drive between sections. (4) Funerals are in mornings, so even more people and staff are around then. (5) SHOES for comfort. (6) Lock handbags in trunk of car. (7) Charge CAMERA. (8) ENJOY!/// I stand for the national anthem, Barb [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lanzaro <[email protected]> The sign atthe entrance on Queens Blvd says the gates are open daily from 10 til 4:15,but their webpage says 9am til 4:30pm. The phone number for the cemeteryoffice is (718) 786-8000. The office is closed on Sunday and only open onSaturday until 1pm.Here is the cemetery webpage - http://www.calvarycemeteryqueens.com/Good luck.Larry K H <[email protected]> wrote:> I’ll be in NY this coming week and had planned to visit Calvary but my> host tells me it’s too dangerous. I don’t want to put anyone in danger so> wanted to check with those of you who might know! Should I skip Calvary?> She said it’s like a big forest of tombstones and trees.>> Kathy
I've "rescued" an old photograph of Ida SCHENCK which was taken at the Mora Studio in New York City, NY. The photograph is dated 25 April 1881 with Ida likely in her 20's at the time the photograph was taken. In addition to her name she has written "to my dear & much loved friend from...". Based on limited research I was able to locate the following information regarding Ida and her family: Ida SCHENCK was b. 1857 in New York to parents William J. "Ino" SCHENCK (1810-1885) and Julia SNYDER (1827-1862). Ida was one of 13 children born to this father, including, Julia S.; William E.; Nicholas; Mary S.; John Frederick; Remson or Remsen; Peter S.; George; Daniel R.; Frances "Fannie"; Emma; Ida; and Sarah "Sadie" SCHENCK, all born between 1838 and 1861. It appears that Julia SNYDER may have only been the Mother to the last three children in that group of 10 children. It appears that her Father may have later married Mary SHARP (b. 1844) but they did not have any children. Ida was married twice, first to Frederick B. WILMERDING (1855-1902) and then to David CONSTANTINI. Ida's sister Emma married into the SHEPARD Family. Census records provide the following details: 1880 census of New York City, NY: William I. SCHENCK, age 70, born NY, parents born NY Frederich SCHENCK, son, age 31, a Stockbroker, born NY, parents born NY Emma SCHENCK, dau, age 24, at Home, born NY, parents born NY Ida SCHENCK, dau, age 23, at Home, born NY, parents born NY Sadie SCHENCK, dau, age 19, at Home, born NY, parents born NY + 6 Servants I am hoping to locate someone from this SCHENCK Family so that this lovely old treasure can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley
"The Names" By Billy Collins Published: September 6, 2002 Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night. A fine rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze, And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows, I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened, Then Baxter and Calabro, Davis and Eberling, names falling into place As droplets fell through the dark. Names printed on the ceiling of the night. Names slipping around a watery bend. Twenty-six willows on the banks of a stream. In the morning, I walked out barefoot Among thousands of flowers Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears, And each had a name -- Fiori inscribed on a yellow petal Then Gonzalez and Han, Ishikawa and Jenkins. Names written in the air And stitched into the cloth of the day. A name under a photograph taped to a mailbox. Monogram on a torn shirt, I see you spelled out on storefront windows And on the bright unfurled awnings of this city. I say the syllables as I turn a corner -- Kelly and Lee, Medina, Nardella, and O'Connor. When I peer into the woods, I see a thick tangle where letters are hidden As in a puzzle concocted for children. Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash, Rizzo, Schubert, Torres, and Upton, Secrets in the boughs of an ancient maple. Names written in the pale sky. Names rising in the updraft amid buildings. Names silent in stone Or cried out behind a door. Names blown over the earth and out to sea. In the evening -- weakening light, the last swallows. A boy on a lake lifts his oars. A woman by a window puts a match to a candle, And the names are outlined on the rose clouds -- Vanacore and Wallace, (let X stand, if it can, for the ones unfound) Then Young and Ziminsky, the final jolt of Z. Names etched on the head of a pin. One name spanning a bridge, another undergoing a tunnel. A blue name needled into the skin. Names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers, The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son. Alphabet of names in green rows in a field. Names in the small tracks of birds. Names lifted from a hat Or balanced on the tip of the tongue. Names wheeled into the dim warehouse of memory. So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart. Billy Collins, native New Yorker, and American poet laureate. This poem was read before Congress this day at its joint session in New York City. Barb [email protected]
For the first time, to mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the NYPD will lead a parade in honor of the 23 officers killed on 9/11, and the additional 99 who died in later months and years because of 9/11-related illnesses. The parade is slated for Friday, Sept. 9, from noon to 3 p.m. Barb [email protected]
What's holding you up from ordering your dad's World War 2 military records? If it's the "DD-214" copy, this may is valuable to you. DD-214...This was first used in 1950. It's a full-page, official U.S. Department of *Defense* certificate titled "Discharge from Active Duty" or "Certificate of Release" issued upon a veteran's retirement, separation, or discharge from the the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard. Essentially it's a synopsis of a veteran's military duty. DD-214 image> http://thisainthell.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/millard-dd214.jpg Prior to the establishment of the Department of Defense (September 18, 1949), our military served under the U.S. Department of the War. This agency provided a "separation" document known as "WD AGO." So, if you never found a copy of your dad's DD-214, chances are he never had one. Service time after 1950 required the usage of a DD-214, but you can request a file without one. The one exception that I'm aware of is IF your dad was injured during military service, he was kept on the government's radar so that his formal discharge date may have been a much later date than anticipated. My county veteran's specialist stressed that with common names it's most important to provide such differentiating specifics as: full name, including middle and Jr., Sr., etc; date and place of birth; Social Security number; branch of service and specialty; date entered service; if veteran was an officer or enlisted man; and, military ID number (found on dog tags.) Also advised is separating the veterans active duty time from his reservist time. When you file for a full file, your veteran's records may have to be gathered from the main base in St. Louis, as well as from other reservist duty sites in the U.S. After serving five years during WW2, my dad retired from the US Army Reserves as an officer. I'm submitting a simple timeline of my dad with my application. There, I'll stipulate a chronology of Dad's home address (from enlistment to death,) plus where he served in the reserves for two weeks each summer. IF your dad enlisted before WW2 was declared, or served active duty time after the war officially ended, you need to emphasis this. Ancestry.com has some basic military records to guide you. ORDER FORM [See last page for mailing locations] http://www.archives.gov/research/order/standard-form-180.pdf If you have supplemental information, please post. Barb [email protected]
Who knew that the very first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 at Union Square in Manhattan? The parade launched from City Hall and some 10,000 sober* marching men joined in from side streets. Take a look at the crowds! This is what folks did pre-TV, pre-radio and pre-swiping smart phones. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_United_States_Labor_Day_Parade,_September_5,_1882_in_New_York_City.jpg According to the book "Gotham," the Jewelers Union of Newark led the parade. Its Grand Marshall was William McCabe of the typographical union. Peaceful protests picketed for a shorter work week and tenement reform. Cigarmakers, tailors, dressmakers, butchers, bricklayers, and pressmen were just some of the labor unions represented. For more details, check out the New York Times account of the day.>>> http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A01E3DA1E3EE433A25755C0A96F9C94639FD7CF Finally President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a federal holiday on the first Monday in September 1894, after a failed attempt to break up a railroad strike. *a pre-requisite Barb [email protected]
CastleGarden.org fancy-dancy search engine is part of the Battery Conservancy. This was the first official immigration center in the US, pre-Ellis Island that opened in 1892. History> https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ellis_Island,_Castle_Garden,_etc. It was UP last week. It's DOWN again. I spoke w/ them today and they are aware of it. Tool for using>http://www.stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html Barb [email protected]
This story captured my attention last Sunday. 51 years ago a woman accompanied her two Nancy Drew fan daughters to an abandoned house in Airmont (Rockland County), NY. There the mother found a handwritten diary written by a NYC deb in the 1930s. Recently, the diary was returned to author Robin CUTLER, daughter of the diarist. http://www.lohud.com/story/news/2016/08/28/nancy-drew-and-long-lost-rockland-diary/88510788/ Barb [email protected]