You might want to contact below: Croton Historical Society 1 Van Wyck St. Croton on Hudson, N.Y. 10520 I seem to have two addresses. The other one is: Croton Historical Society Care of: Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive Croton on Hudson, N.Y. 10520 "Received many suggestions on last notice. Looking for new ones. The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. Then in 1897 he was sent to Mrs. Gannon in Croton, Westchester, NY. I have not been able to find either of this guardians listed anywhere. I don't know anything about the cities or the people any suggestion. He finally became a Hoisting Engineer and received a Certificate of Superior Craftsmanship from the the NY Building Congress for work on the Graybar Building dated May 20, 1927. Was this a normal way of thanking people during that time?" Pat
I forgot to type in the phone # 914-271-4574 -----Original Message----- From: nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nywestch-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Madelyn Klaffy Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:27 PM To: nywestch@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] William A. Donnell from St. Joseph's Home Peekskill, NY. You might want to contact below: Croton Historical Society 1 Van Wyck St. Croton on Hudson, N.Y. 10520 I seem to have two addresses. The other one is: Croton Historical Society Care of: Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive Croton on Hudson, N.Y. 10520 "Received many suggestions on last notice. Looking for new ones. The home sent him at age 15 in 1895 to a Mr. Ward in Yorktown, Westchester, NY for 2 years. Then in 1897 he was sent to Mrs. Gannon in Croton, Westchester, NY. I have not been able to find either of this guardians listed anywhere. I don't know anything about the cities or the people any suggestion. He finally became a Hoisting Engineer and received a Certificate of Superior Craftsmanship from the the NY Building Congress for work on the Graybar Building dated May 20, 1927. Was this a normal way of thanking people during that time?" Pat *************************************** Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ *************************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message