Carolyn. If you have time could you check your 1895 Cleveland for Murphy, Michael (blacksmith) and Reddy, John. They are both my great grandfathers. Both are in the 1890 census but not 1900. I have several researched several death certificates but the dates do not coincide. It would help me immensely to pinpoint the correct ones if I knew if they were still alive in 1895. THanks, Kathy in Cincinnati. [email protected] wrote: > > Kelly, > > The 1914 Cleve City Dir has Edmund M. Kelley, 7034 Superior NE. There is no > Felix. There are 10 Edwards, 11 Johns, 11 James & 7 Patricks on both east & > west side of Cleveland. Can you narrow down area? > > There are 23 Steigers on both east & west side. > > I obtained my 1895 & 1914 directories a few years ago when Fairview Park > Library was transferring all of them to microfilm. I happened to be at the > library at the right moment. > > Carolyn

Thanks for this information! This is great. I can really use this! Kelly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 02:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Smajda in Cleveland Kelly, Two Smajda's in 1914 Directory: Joseph 5901 Ackley SE & Matthew 9702 Kennedy Ave SE. There is no Patrick Gaffney listed in 1914. Carolyn

Thanks so much for the information Carolyn! John Gaffney was the name of my Great-Great Grandfather. I don't know if he ever lived here but it's definately something to look into. Thanks for sharing your information and volunteering your time. You will be blessed, I know. Kelly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 02:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: GAFFNEY in Cleveland Kelly, There are 4 John Gaffney's in 1914 City Dir. Two in NE and two in SW area. Carolyn

Hi, Looking for information about my maternal grandfather Patrick F. Gibbons of Cleveland, Ohio, born 1874 and died in 1920 I believe. Son of John and Mary Gibbons, brother of Mary Gibbons Berry (b. 1863) and Hannah Gibbons (b. 1870) (elementary school in Cleveland still named after Hannah). Patrick married Anna Sheehy in 1901 at St. Malachi's church in Cleveland. According to the 1880 Census, John & Mary owned a boarding house at what looks like 60 (?) West River St. in the Flats in Cleveland. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Cliff Fortune

Kelly, The 1914 Cleve City Dir has Edmund M. Kelley, 7034 Superior NE. There is no Felix. There are 10 Edwards, 11 Johns, 11 James & 7 Patricks on both east & west side of Cleveland. Can you narrow down area? There are 23 Steigers on both east & west side. I obtained my 1895 & 1914 directories a few years ago when Fairview Park Library was transferring all of them to microfilm. I happened to be at the library at the right moment. Carolyn

Kelly, There are 4 John Gaffney's in 1914 City Dir. Two in NE and two in SW area. Carolyn

Kelly, Two Smajda's in 1914 Directory: Joseph 5901 Ackley SE & Matthew 9702 Kennedy Ave SE. There is no Patrick Gaffney listed in 1914. Carolyn

I am looking for information about GEORGE RICHARDSON ADAMS and his wife, CATHERINE LONNEY. George had emigrated from Ireland to Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Co., in 1860. He married Catherine Lonney, born in Ireland and daughter of THOMAS(?) LONNEY, about 1870. In 1880 they lived in Twinsburg, Summit Co., but moved to Cleveland and both lived on Crane Ave. at the time of their deaths in 1909 and 1914. Was this a particularly Irish area of town? Their son HERBERT WILLIAM ADAMS married IDA MAE PARK, whose grandfather JACOB PARK had been born abt. 1814 in Butler Co., Pa. of Irish parents. I have had no luck in finding his parents or where in Ireland they were from. I have traced George Richardson Adams back to Ireland, County Leitrim, Kiltoghert parish. His father Richardson Adams was listed as a tenant on land of a Rev. Percy. All the census entries I have for the family indicate Richard, his wife Mary, and George and Catherine were born in Ireland. However, George and Catherine's death certificates say they were born in England? Anyone familiar enough with history to know why (or if it's even plausible) that an English family would move to Ireland as tenant farmers in the aftermath of the famine? Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. Connie in Idaho

Kelly, This is the story about how we came to be the owners of this "stuff." Sometime in the late '70's when my husband was just out of high school, he worked for a summer at a place called Rex Pipe in Medina, OH. Medina was still a pretty rural area at the time. Behind Rex Pipe there was mostly field and farmland. The only thing back there were some abandoned, old farm houses. My husband walked back there on his lunch hour one day to check out these buildings. They had been empty for quite some time. He said raccoons were living in the house and you could tell people had taken anything of value long before. All that was left was some clothes on the closet floor and old letters and photos scattered across the floor. As he picked up some of these letters to read he decided to take them and read them at home. Since then, we have been married and moved three times. The McGaffney stuff has gone with us each time. The old bread box full of cards, letters and photos is in our basement as we have adopted Florence as our surrogate grandmother. It seems a shame that she painstakingly saved these letters all those years and there was no family to claim them. Anyway, after digging a couple letters out, I realized that they are addressed to Florence and Stephen McGaffney. Stephen and Florence originally lived in Cleveland but moved to Medina to go into the cattle farming business. They has one son Larry, who moved to Florida. Stephen died before Florence. Do you have any older relatives you could ask about this perhaps? Many of the letters are from the 1950s. Do any of these names sound familiar? Larry, Anne, Donna, Sally, Edna, William, Dory, Martha? I know there is a Marriage certificate from the 1800s in there but can't recall the names on it. Let me know if any of this rings a bell. Lilly Murphy

Dear Lilly: Wow! That's really interesting. My Great Grandfather is Patrick Gaffney. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1901 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. I don't know of any others from our family that live here in Florida but it may have been one of our local relatives that moved here that I don't know about. Patrick's father was John Gaffney and his mother was Winifred Lenahan, they were from the county Roscommon in Ireland-Carrick-on-Shannon. Do you know what is in the box and what names might be attached to the information. I'm very curious!!! Thanks for the info. I look forward to hearing from you! Kelly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 07:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: GILLROY in Cleveland Kelly, Hello there! I have been trying to find a Cleveland Gaffney! What else do you know about your Gaffney family? I have an entire box of Gaffney stuff that my husband found about 25 years ago. This Gaffneys son moved to Florida. If this is your family, and you are doing genealogy, I have quite a present for you! Lilly

Kelly, My husband was born in Cleveland and I will ask him about the bakery. He still talks about "spudnut" donuts... is there a connection? I'll let you know what my husband says about it. I don't have the directory.... hopefully the person who does will see your question. Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Whitelock" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 11:06 PM Subject: RE: GILLROY in Cleveland > Dear Jen: > Do you or does anyone remember SMAYDA BAKERIES? I'm a Smayda, in Florida, > and I would love to hear any good stories that anyone might have! > **Jen--do you have Smayda's (or Smajda's-other spelling)listed in your 1914 > directory? I'm also looking for my Great-Grandparents-Patrick & Margaret > Gaffney and what their address was then. Patrick was a police officer that > was shot in the line of duty and died from complications from the shot in > 1919. > I would be forever greatful if you could look that up for me! Thanks so, so > much! > > Kelly > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: GILLROY in Cleveland > > > Dear Jen, > > I have a 1914 Cleveland City Directory so I thought I'd look up GILLROY. > None listed with the double "L" but here are the Gilroy names: Bernard, > brakeman, 2482 West 7th SW; Catherine widow of J.B. 2482 West 7th SW; Edward > G. salesman 5219 Superior NE; James switchman 2357 Cedar SE; James C. > engineer 1519 Starkweather SW; James E. clerk 1519 Starkweather SW; John C. > 6213 Utica NE; Margaret, confectionary, 4104 St Clair, res. 5219 Superior > NE; > Thomas L. switchman 1021 Auburn SW. > > Hope you can sort these out. > > Carolyn > Cleveland, OH >

Kelly, Hello there! I have been trying to find a Cleveland Gaffney! What else do you know about your Gaffney family? I have an entire box of Gaffney stuff that my husband found about 25 years ago. This Gaffneys son moved to Florida. If this is your family, and you are doing genealogy, I have quite a present for you! Lilly

Dear Jen: Do you or does anyone remember SMAYDA BAKERIES? I'm a Smayda, in Florida, and I would love to hear any good stories that anyone might have! **Jen--do you have Smayda's (or Smajda's-other spelling)listed in your 1914 directory? I'm also looking for my Great-Grandparents-Patrick & Margaret Gaffney and what their address was then. Patrick was a police officer that was shot in the line of duty and died from complications from the shot in 1919. I would be forever greatful if you could look that up for me! Thanks so, so much! Kelly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: GILLROY in Cleveland Dear Jen, I have a 1914 Cleveland City Directory so I thought I'd look up GILLROY. None listed with the double "L" but here are the Gilroy names: Bernard, brakeman, 2482 West 7th SW; Catherine widow of J.B. 2482 West 7th SW; Edward G. salesman 5219 Superior NE; James switchman 2357 Cedar SE; James C. engineer 1519 Starkweather SW; James E. clerk 1519 Starkweather SW; John C. 6213 Utica NE; Margaret, confectionary, 4104 St Clair, res. 5219 Superior NE; Thomas L. switchman 1021 Auburn SW. Hope you can sort these out. Carolyn Cleveland, OH

Carolyn, Could you look up and see if you find any Kelley's (Felix, Patrick, John, James, Edward or Edmund) or Steiger's in your Cleveland City Directory for that time? Where did you find this, and how do we get one? Thank you - Sharon Kelley Haynes ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:18 PM Subject: Re: GILLROY in Cleveland > Dear Jen, > > I have a 1914 Cleveland City Directory so I thought I'd look up GILLROY. > None listed with the double "L" but here are the Gilroy names: Bernard, > brakeman, 2482 West 7th SW; Catherine widow of J.B. 2482 West 7th SW; Edward > G. salesman 5219 Superior NE; James switchman 2357 Cedar SE; James C. > engineer 1519 Starkweather SW; James E. clerk 1519 Starkweather SW; John C. > 6213 Utica NE; Margaret, confectionary, 4104 St Clair, res. 5219 Superior NE; > Thomas L. switchman 1021 Auburn SW. > > Hope you can sort these out. > > Carolyn > Cleveland, OH >

Thank you Carolyn. My husband's mother had a brother named Bernard, and her grandfather's name was James. Thanks so much, Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <OH[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: Re: GILLROY in Cleveland > Hi Jen, > > In the 1895 Cleveland City Directory which I also have, there are these > Gilroy names; again no Gillroy with the double "L". > > Bernard F. brakeman 25 Miller Pl; Hudson O. machinist 30 Inverness; James B. > watchman 25 Miller Pl; James C. fireman 25 Miller Pl, Thomas L. fireman 25 > Miller Pl. Miller Pl. was on the east side of Cleveland. > > Carolyn > Cleveland, OH >

Carolyn, Thanks so much for this! My husband will be thrilled to see the Starkweather street mentioned. I showed him a listing the other day that had that street and he excitedly remembered someone living on Starkweather street when he was a child in Berea. Thank you! Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 9:18 AM Subject: Re: GILLROY in Cleveland > Dear Jen, > > I have a 1914 Cleveland City Directory so I thought I'd look up GILLROY. > None listed with the double "L" but here are the Gilroy names: Bernard, > brakeman, 2482 West 7th SW; Catherine widow of J.B. 2482 West 7th SW; Edward > G. salesman 5219 Superior NE; James switchman 2357 Cedar SE; James C. > engineer 1519 Starkweather SW; James E. clerk 1519 Starkweather SW; John C. > 6213 Utica NE; Margaret, confectionary, 4104 St Clair, res. 5219 Superior NE; > Thomas L. switchman 1021 Auburn SW. > > Hope you can sort these out. > > Carolyn > Cleveland, OH >

Hi Jen, In the 1895 Cleveland City Directory which I also have, there are these Gilroy names; again no Gillroy with the double "L". Bernard F. brakeman 25 Miller Pl; Hudson O. machinist 30 Inverness; James B. watchman 25 Miller Pl; James C. fireman 25 Miller Pl, Thomas L. fireman 25 Miller Pl. Miller Pl. was on the east side of Cleveland. Carolyn Cleveland, OH

Dear Jen, I have a 1914 Cleveland City Directory so I thought I'd look up GILLROY. None listed with the double "L" but here are the Gilroy names: Bernard, brakeman, 2482 West 7th SW; Catherine widow of J.B. 2482 West 7th SW; Edward G. salesman 5219 Superior NE; James switchman 2357 Cedar SE; James C. engineer 1519 Starkweather SW; James E. clerk 1519 Starkweather SW; John C. 6213 Utica NE; Margaret, confectionary, 4104 St Clair, res. 5219 Superior NE; Thomas L. switchman 1021 Auburn SW. Hope you can sort these out. Carolyn Cleveland, OH

In a message dated 03/05/2001 3:02:56 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > X-Message: #5 > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 20:39:31 -0500 > From: "SHARON A HAYNES" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Peter Lynch > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Good evening, > > My fourth Great-grandma was Mary McKenna who married Michael Kelley (County > Mayo) Any relation? their son Felix took his family to Cleveland ..... > Sharon.... I would say it would be possible, as I am under the impression, although have no proof, that Bridget McKenna Lynch and Peter Lynch were from County Mayo. But I need more investigation to know. Please write me at [email protected] and during the day at [email protected] Looking forward to hearing from you. Denise <A HREF="http://www.cookcounty.genealogist.net/index.htm">CookCounty @ Genealogist.net</A> http://www.cookcounty.genealogist.net/index.htm (this site will soon be redesigned after March 1, 2001 - I'm not going away, just taking a vacation.) <A HREF="http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/dawells/index.html">WELLS, et al </A> http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/dawells/index.html

In a message dated 03/05/2001 3:02:56 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > X-Message: #3 > Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 10:01:11 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Peter Lynch > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Disposition: Inline > > Denise, > I believe we have a connection. My husband is related to the McKenna's that > > lived at 44 Mulberry. > Who is your McKenna? > My husband's grandmother was Hazel McKenna. I have her family traced back > to > John McKenna who immigrated about 1837. Most of the McKenna's are buried at > > Calvary. Some of the earlier deaths are at St. Joseph's Cemetery. I can > call Calvary for you and find out if Peter is there. Do you have a date of > birth? > Please contact me. I have lots of McKenna documents, but do not know of > your > Peter. > Lilly Murphy > Lily..... Thank you for contacting me. My Peter Lynch was married to Bridget McKenna. That is basically all I know about the McKennas. But I knew that Bridget and Peter were in Haverstraw, NY and that James Peter Lynch was born there. James Peter was born August 5, 1858 in Haverstraw. Then after 1860 I couldn't find them in Rockland County, NY (Haverstraw). I knew that James Peter Lynch's brother, John Lynch, worked for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, so I thought maybe they went to Cleveland after NY and that is why John ended up living there. So, when I went to the city directory and then to the census for 1880, I found them in Cleveland at 45 Mulberry Street. Then looking in the city director for Cleveland, I find that there are McKennas at the same address and area. Then I realized, ah.... Bridget McKenna Lynch must be related to these McKennas and that is why they traveled there. Peter Lynch disappeared from the census though, and I find him in the city directory and then not in the city directory around 1863 - 1865. Wondering if he was in the civil war or died some other way about that time. Any information you may have would be truly wonderful. You can reach me during the day at [email protected] or [email protected] I won't be home until later tonight and then gone Tuesday and Wednesday. Thanks so much for contacting me. I look forward to hearing from you. Denise <A HREF="http://www.cookcounty.genealogist.net/index.htm">CookCounty @ Genealogist.net</A> http://www.cookcounty.genealogist.net/index.htm (this site will soon be redesigned after March 1, 2001 - I'm not going away, just taking a vacation.) <A HREF="http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/dawells/index.html">WELLS, et al </A> http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/dawells/index.html