Hi Roger: I know that you asked about City Directories, but I thought I'd offer this instead. The Cuyahoga County archive has deaths in Cuyahoga County from 1840-1908. I would write to them and ask if they could check for your Leyshon Thomas after 1884. Their email address is: archive@cuyahogacounty.us There is no charge for them to look for this and to send you a copy of the death record if they find one. Be sure to send along your mailing address. Good luck. Laura On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:41:08 +0100 "Roger Davies" <roger.davies42@ntlworld.com> writes: > Does anyone on the list know where I could ask for a lookup in the > Cleveland City Directories 1880-1890 please? I am in England, so > ordering films from the LDS, which has them all, would take upwards > of three months. > > I am trying to find the death of my ggg grandfather Leyshon Thomas. > He emigrated to NY from Wales in 1867 with his family and settled in > Syracuse. They are all in the 1870 Syracuse census running a > saloon. By 1880 they are scattered all over the NE US. Leyshon > junior, his son, moved to Norristown PA in c1875-8 and ran The West > End Hotel and Restaurant there. Leyshon senior revisited the UK and > arrived back in Castle Garden on 6th September 1879, describing > himself as a hotel keeper. However, he does not appear in the June > 1880 census. > > I had assumed he had died sometime in that short period, until I > discovered his marriage to Jennie Simmons in July 1880 (IGI) and the > birth of a child to them in 1884, both in Cuyahoga. At this time > Jennie is 28, and Leyshon says he is 74 - actually only 70 but he > was always very innacurate with his age. Leyshon is not around in > the 1900 census, and given his age I would assume his wandering days > were over, so I would like to know if he appears in the Cleveland > Directories for the period, and if so when he disappears. > > Any help would be much appreciated. I would be very happy to > reciprocate with UK lookups to anyone on the list > > Thanks > > Roger > > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. > SPAMfighter has removed 89 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Click for free info on college degrees. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3l8WvzNarWfEd4Vc7gcjOC33dzLuX5NLVxDSXVcpBjJvDbrB/