Nancy, Thanks for the info. Something I was thinking about today (which is old time, but not genealogy) was some of the saying my Mother-in-law used to tell me when I moved to the country. "When the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to strengthen." Of course, the beautiful day we had today, would not prove how often she was right. Wondered if anyone else had some of these old sayings. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: NM Meyers <nmmeyers@centurytel.net> To: <OHLORAIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: [OHLORAIN] Oops! > My mistake, it is more like 10 weeks until census release on April 1st. > -- > Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH > Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > A proud RootsWeb Supporter > Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org > Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/ > > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >

Ya know, if you were that close I would think that you would have stopped. Todd in IL At 12:36 PM 1/22/02 -0500, you wrote: >Today I drove by a home on Hamilton Road in Oberlin that had a big sign >which read Beulah Farm. Was this a boarding house or possibly a working farm >at one time? or maybe even now? Does anyone know the history of this place? >Looks kind of interesting...like if the walls could only talk! > >I have no connections to this property...just wondering. > >Nancy Plain >www.ohioparks.net/countrystage > > > >==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== >Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

I would love to attend the Amherst presentation on the quarries. I live in Florida, however, and cannot make it. My grandfather, John (Johann) Reinhardt, an immigrant from Germany lived in Amerst and worked in the quarry there. My father, Ernst Reinhardt, worked in the quarry there, also. He operated the train which brought the stone out. My mother and father were divorced and I lived with my mother in the east. I would visit Amherst in the summers and remember those yawning holes in the ground where the quarries were. I also remember swimming in one of them and how cold the water was. Thank you for bringing back memories. Barbara Shirley-Scott Florida I, too, would love to have any notes from the quarry meeting in Amherst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "NM Meyers" <nmmeyers@centurytel.net> To: <OHLORAIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 6:35 PM Subject: [OHLORAIN] Ancestor a quarry worker? > Fellow researchers, > Not all of our ancestors were farmers, teachers or businessmen of some > sort, but all did have to earn a living somehow. The stone quarries of > Lorain County employed many very hard working men. Many were uneducated > and some unable to speak English. Many lived in company houses and > shopped at company stores with vouchers. > There were quarries in Amherst Twp., Brownhelm Twp., Columbia Twp., > Elyria, Grafton Twp., LaGrange Twp., Pittsfield Twp. and perhaps others > that I am not aware of. > If you live within driving distance of Amherst and would like to hear > about the stone quarries, then please mark your February 27th on your > calendar. There will be a presentation by a knowledgeable speaker, at > the February meeting of the Amherst Historical Society at 7:30PM. > BTW, Amherst was well known as the sandstone capital of the world. > -- > Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH > Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > A proud RootsWeb Supporter > Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://raogk.rootsweb.com > Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/ > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > >

Today I drove by a home on Hamilton Road in Oberlin that had a big sign which read Beulah Farm. Was this a boarding house or possibly a working farm at one time? or maybe even now? Does anyone know the history of this place? Looks kind of interesting...like if the walls could only talk! I have no connections to this property...just wondering. Nancy Plain www.ohioparks.net/countrystage

My mistake, it is more like 10 weeks until census release on April 1st. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/

Researchers, It is now less than six weeks until the government releases the 1930 census. Be forewarned and do your homework as there is no 1930 Soundex for Ohio. For more information on the 1930 census, see http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html -- Nancy

Fellow Researchers, Everyone knows we cannot separate genealogy & local history. We just returned from the monthly meeting of the BRHS. BTW, please take a look at their new and improved webpage at http://www.loraincityhistory.org (the photo index link wasn't working) The featured speaker at this evenings meeting was John Handyside, the executive director of the Lorain Palace Civic Center since 1977. He recapped the history of the Palace Theater, & ongoing restoration. John is very interested in accumulating stories of peoples memories that surround the Palace. If you or family member ever worked there, performed there or attended a very special performance there, he would like to hear about it. Maybe an older family member has a memory or two. So if you have a story or memory to share, please just mailto:nmmeyers@centurytel.net I told John Handyside that I would put the word out on this list & then would forward any "stories" to him. Please include your name, address & email so that John can contact you if he wishes. Do you want to refresh your own knowledge and memory of the Palace? Just take a visit to http://www.centurytel.net/palace/history.htm Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/

Nancy, My grandfather Wasil Simashkevich worked in the quarry in South Amherst. I believe today it is called Cleveland Quarry. It had another name prior to that though. He moved to Lorain Co. from Proctor, Rutland Co., Vt where he worked as a planer in the sandstone quarry there. He died of silicosis at the age of 65 in South Amherst.

In a message dated 1/21/2002 2:04:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, OHLORAIN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << I also once swam in a dangerous quarry, back in my home state of MI as an adolescent & in my teen years. We were unaware of all the hazards too. There were some who drowned there too & a couple young people that became totally paralyzed from diving stunts gone wrong. >> This is still happening in old quarries as we have several here in Milford that are granite quarries. My son-in-law is connected with the Milford Police and they have a list of divers to call when someone make an ill fated dive and is killed. They have to dive for the body to recover it in most cases. These quarries are very deep so the divers have to be careful as well. No amount of signs or fences will keep those who are intent on going in to the water. Tom Powell in New Hampshire

Nancy, You have sparked great interest in the quarry question of Lorain County. You mentioned that this was at the Amherst Historical Society in Amherst. Can you give more explicit instructions on how to get there? Margaret

Gee, wish I could be there for quarry talk. Any possibility of notes being made available for copy charge? Is the Old Ladies Home same as Home for Aged in 1936? Finally, does anyone know if the Wm. Squires who was in Rochester, OH before 1850 was the same as one from Orwell, Vt? Sarah

Per the "Pioneer Women in the Western Reserve"..... Hannah Boyd COLLISTER, wife of James CLARK came to Huntington Twp. in 1836 from Massachusetts. Last known residence in 1896, was Akron OH. Others who came in that same year of 1836 and also from Massachusetts were: Minerva AUSTIN, wife of Mrs. Whitney CLARK. By 1896 she has moved to Iowa. Mary HOLLAND, wife of Bildad FRANKLIN. Came from Chester, Mass. By 1896 she had "went west." Almira LITCHFIELD, wife of Herkimer SNOW. Dolly COLLESTER, wife of Henry TRACEY. Several families came to Huntington from Beckett,Mass. in 1835. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/

For the out-of-state subscriber Duane Thompson.... The 1880 Ohio index for Lorain & surrounding counties only, lists: THOMPSON, Alexander Cleveland Ward 18 Cuyahoga Co. page 305A THOMPSON, Alexander Sheffield Twp/ Lorain Co. page 630C THOMPSON, Alexander Huron Erie Co. page 066C -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH

Thanks Nancy. Sorry that I cannot make your meeting ... thousands of mile separate us. Good luck at it. Perhaps you could answer one other question. If he was born in 1880 in Lorain, Ohio, would that refer to a town or the county? I do know that Lorain County was created out of others. Duane Thomson ----- Original Message ----- From: "NM Meyers" <nmmeyers@centurytel.net> To: <OHLORAIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: [OHLORAIN] the quarried keystone for the Cleveland bridge > Duane, > Do not have the answer as to which quarry that bridge keystone may have > come from but will take the question with me to the Feb. 27th. meetings > about quarries. do have a couple of source people that I can check with. > Maybe Jeff can answer this question for you. If not, Paul Justy, a > knowledgable person on local quarries probably can. > Wonder how many others had suffered with that silicosis you spoke of? > > -- > Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Got the wrong one Nancy. Duane ----- Original Message ----- From: "NM Meyers" <nmmeyers@centurytel.net> To: <OHLORAIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:42 PM Subject: [OHLORAIN] the quarried keystone for the Cleveland bridge > Duane, > Do not have the answer as to which quarry that bridge keystone may have > come from but will take the question with me to the Feb. 27th. meetings > about quarries. do have a couple of source people that I can check with. > Maybe Jeff can answer this question for you. If not, Paul Justy, a > knowledgable person on local quarries probably can. > Wonder how many others had suffered with that silicosis you spoke of? > > -- > Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Hi Nancy. Indeed, my great grandfather, Alexander Thomson was one such -- a Scottish stone-cutter who was proud to have cut the keystone for the Cleveland bridge c1880. His eldest son, Frank Alexander Thomson was likely born July 22 1880 in Lorain. He suffered from silicosis, "stone cutter's consumption," and moved to the Canadian prairies for his health. Any information on the quarry from which he might have worked would be most welcome. Thanks. Duane Thomson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "NM Meyers" <nmmeyers@centurytel.net> To: <OHLORAIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:35 PM Subject: [OHLORAIN] Ancestor a quarry worker? > Fellow researchers, > Not all of our ancestors were farmers, teachers or businessmen of some > sort, but all did have to earn a living somehow. The stone quarries of > Lorain County employed many very hard working men. Many were uneducated > and some unable to speak English. Many lived in company houses and > shopped at company stores with vouchers. > There were quarries in Amherst Twp., Brownhelm Twp., Columbia Twp., > Elyria, Grafton Twp., LaGrange Twp., Pittsfield Twp. and perhaps others > that I am not aware of. > If you live within driving distance of Amherst and would like to hear > about the stone quarries, then please mark your February 27th on your > calendar. There will be a presentation by a knowledgeable speaker, at > the February meeting of the Amherst Historical Society at 7:30PM. > BTW, Amherst was well known as the sandstone capital of the world. > -- > Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH > Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen > A proud RootsWeb Supporter > Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://raogk.rootsweb.com > Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/ > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >

My Joseph Catalfo, for whom you did some research, worked in the quarries from at least 1910 - 1927 or so. He had health problems from that time on. Family story says that he was received a blow to the head while working in the quarry and apparently was never able to work after that. They lived in South Amherst at the time he worked in the quarry then moved to Cleveland sometime before 1928. I don't know the name of the quarry. Sharon

BlankI did a quick research one afternoon, and believe I've connected S.C. JOHNSON of S.C. Johnson Wax of Racine, Wisconsin with Phineas JOHNSON, one of the first settlers of LaPorte, Lorain Co, Ohio. I believe S.C. was the son of Phineas Johnson, who was the son of Phineas Johnson of LaPorte. The Johnsons were originally from Berlin, Connecticut, and moved to LaPorte about 1819. Can anyone confirm/disprove the above information? Thanks! Deb

My grandfather (Ingram) began work as a youngster in the quarries of Barre, VT but with too much dust in his lungs, he came to OHIO to seek his fortune and ended up a fairly successful golf pro!!! I believe he stayed with his aunt and her husband near Elyria and their name was KESSON. Many quarryfolk in Barre came from Aberdeen, Scotland. janet

Deb, The 2 volume of INDIAN HOLLOW ROAD by JoAnne Meade-Webster, published 1984, talks a lot about William Webster in the southeast corner of Carlisle Twp. (Wm. Webster Sr. died in 1844) & that area around Hart's Station. Per the Williams Brothers HISTORY OF LORAIN COUNTY, 1879, page 248, the stone quarry on section 25, was opened in 1849 by Mssrs. Lockhart & J.W. Hart. Hart soon became sole owner for a time. I passed that beautiful old stone house and stone school twice a day for many years on Indian Hollow. To think that is was finished in 1852 & still looks great. I lived on section 24 in Carlisle twp for a long time I am sure that some libraries in the county, as well as the LC Historical Society and several of us local folks, have copies of that great set of books. Think they can still be purchased on some of the used/out of print sites on the internet. The books contain a lot of wonderful sketches worth looking at. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/