Hi Trudy.....The writeup on Union City and Alvarado is in two parts....the
second a 1950 update. References to the Presbyterian Church is scattered
about.
:"...Dr. Hamilton, of Oakland, preached the first sermon in the new
Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, May 1861........The history of the
Presbyterian Church is one of prosperity, which includes the construction of
a handsome place of worship on the old location in 1902.....The Presbyterian
Church has been dormant for many years. It started with a me
At the recent meeting of the California State Historical Resources
Commission, held in San Francisco. A report by Chairwoman Sue F.
Schechter, on the "Protection of Pioneer Cemeteries' was tentatively
postpone till their Sept. 23, meeting in Sacramento.
You might want to e-mail your thoughts to them at <
calshpo@mail2.quiknet.com> . For more information you can check their web
site at . An last but not least if you are
in the Sacramento on that day you might
In a message dated 8/10/99 9:42:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
sommarsharp@hotmail.com writes:
Trudy Bray [STOKES]
Marisa McDonald [McDONALD, SHEPARD]
Guy-Alban [TOUCHARD, FELTON, BOCQUERAZ, PIOCHE] >>
Perhaps these will help also. There were no listings for the other names.
Connie
>From the History of Washington Township I found the following:
"The Presbyterian Church has been dormant for many years. It started with a
membership of ten, a building worth $2,711.12, and James J. Stokes
Greetings to all!
I am in need of a lookup for obits, the first one name is
FARRELL,Mary, DOD July 31, 1917.
Also, I need to see if an obit. was printed on her son, Thomas
FARRELL
who died on January 28(? Very hard to
read - maybe a 6?), 1933. Both died in Alameda county. Mary
was 86
years old; her son Thomas was 70 years old.
If anyone could help me I would very much appreciate it as I
have been looking for this portion of my family (my great great
grandfather, James William O'Donnell's sister - Mary
Connie wrote:
> In a message dated 8/10/99 9:42:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> sommarsharp@hotmail.com writes:
> Trudy Bray [STOKES]
> Marisa McDonald [McDONALD, SHEPARD]
> Guy-Alban [TOUCHARD, FELTON, BOCQUERAZ, PIOCHE] >>
> Perhaps these will help also. There were no listings for the other names.
> Connie
> >From the History of Washington Township I found the following:
> "The Presbyterian Church has been dormant for many years. It started with a
> membership of ten, a building worth
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This is really gets very interesting.
1) I checked the Oakland City Directory for 1917 and found a Mary FARRELL,
living at 2701 Myrtle, a widow of Thomas A.
2) Check in 1917 for a Thomas FARRELL, found a few but none of them had
any thing to do with plumber/water works inspector.
3) Checked later Directories and the same story.
4) Now this is where starts to get interesting, found the death notice for
Mary S(hanley) FARRELL, she died July 31, 1917, was the widow Thomas A.,
the mother
Delaware St. in Berkeley runs west from approximately the NW corner of the
UC campus to near the Bay. Ashby Ave. runs in the same direction (parallel)
but a little over a mile and a quarter to the south. Could not locate
Grove on my map.
Hope that this helps.
Ralph Anderson
Boulder, CO
rkaboulder@bwn.net
If you're inclined to do a genealogical good deed, visit the query page on
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section and find some queries indexed according to the type of research
requested: CADI lookups, obits, census lookups, etc.
All you have to do is select a query, take it with you on your next trip to
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I was asked to consolidate my messages by someone (too many duplicate posts)
on more than one of the county lists. But, since I've only shared a small
amount of info from these newsle
Ginny
I checked the Oakland Phone Books, for 1946,1948, 1949 and 1950 and
there is no SOMMARSTROM, living in Albany or even Berkeley, they were all
in Oakland or Piedmont. I will try to check the marriage records Wed., but
you might want to check the Contra Costa list for help, as Albany is right
next to El Cerrito, and at that time they were I hear a little bit wild.
:-)
George Mallman
>Hi, folks--
>Well, I'm suddenly on the asking end of this list...
>My husband received a rather bizarre letter
Hi, folks--
Well, I'm suddenly on the asking end of this list...
My husband received a rather bizarre letter the other day from a distant
cousin in Sweden who thought he might be her long lost brother. Being ever
curious, I've offered to help her track this mysterious missing person down.
Her father apparently zipped off to the US for a couple of years in the
mid-1940s, ca. 1946-1949, and fathered a child in or near Albany, Alameda
Co. Since we have not been able to track down anyone with the surna
Hello-
I would appreciate a date-of-death lookup for an uncle who died as a small
boy. I don't have a specific date which makes it difficult to formally
request a death certificate. Here's the info that I have:
Giuseppe Caracciolo
Born about 1913; died 1918 or 1919, probably in Oakland.
Son of Frank and Rosina Caracciolo who resided in Oakland.
He was killed when he tried to hitch a ride on a ice truck, so I expect
something may have been published in local newspapers. With any info, I can
reseach t
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Listers, does anyone have access to Berkeley City Directories @ 1900-1910?
My ancestors Denis and Catherine Galligan( also spelled Gallaghin,
gallagher)were in SF in 1900, but weren't there for the 1910 Census. We
think they moved to Berkeley during that period, could someone check for me?
Thanks, Sherry
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Hi George,
The next time you have a chance to look, can you tell me if Walnut Creek
directories are available to you from 1940-1955? Looking for an Edmund C.
Parker, wife Virginia. Left Walnut Creek in 1954 for Paradise CA. I know
he was in Japan in 1939 so I'm assuming he came home as soon as they went to
war but I don't know that for sure. His obit stated he had been in Paradise
20 years.
Colleen Norby
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From: San Cristina Residence
To: CAALAMED-L
At 1:22 AM -0700 8/6/99, Ralph Anderson wrote:
>Delaware St. in Berkeley runs west from approximately the NW corner of the
>UC campus to near the Bay. Ashby Ave. runs in the same direction (parallel)
>but a little over a mile and a quarter to the south. Could not locate
>Grove on my map.
Grove is now "Martin Luther King, Jr. Way"
--Laurel
=============
Warning! Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.
Hi,
Could someone do an obituary lookup for me? I'm looking for the obituary for
Lilburn Wade
b: 7 Jan 1858 Scott Co., VA
d: 26 July 1933 in Oakland, CA
Wife: Emma Wade
Thanks, Dani Wade Clark
______________________________________________________________________
Dani's Genealogy Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/2687
Dani's Wade Page: http://members.aol.com/DWCJMC7249/pubpage.htm
Surnames: CLARK, GAMMILL, GILLESPIE, HALL, HAMBY, HORTON, KELLY, LANHAM,
LISH, LLOYD, MILAM, REDDEN,
On July 3rd, I sent out the following lookup offer:
>From: Ginny S
>To: CAALAMED-L@rootsweb.com
>Subject: [CAALAMED-L] Look-Up Offer
>Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 11:45:47 PDT
>
>Hey, folks. I just received a film through LDS, #1000102, which contains
>the following items:
>1. Alameda Co. Great Registers, 1900 = voter registers by precinct for the
>county
>2. Baker, Joseph Eugene. "Past and Present of Alameda County,
>California",
>1914; two volumes, no index; second volume is al
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Sherry
I checked the Oakland City Directory for those years, for it also
covers Berkeley and Alameda, and could not find them. The closes that I
came to was a Desmond GALLAGHER, who in 1908 was actor with the "Ye Liberty
Playhouse" he lived at 463 Oakland, in 1909 he is still living at the same
place but is now a student, also a Mary M. GALLAGHER, is also living at
that same address.
So when I came back to San Francisco, I check the San Francisco
City Directories for those years and found
Hi,
I have found the Bethlehem Evangelical (German) Lutheran Church listed
in the 1925 Berkeley/Oakland City directory at the corner of Grove and
Ashby. Would that by any chance be near Delaware St. in Berkeley? I
have ancestors that lived at 1035 Delaware and I'm trying to figure out
what Lutheran church they might have attended. I tried to read the map
at the FHC but it was impossible.
Any hints or suggestions would be appreciated.
Ernestine Wark, looking for KUEHNE, BUSCH in Berkeley and Oakland.
Hi everyone~Can anyone remember Neptune beach? cottage baths? Neptune
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the city of Alameda,roller coaster and all.
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I'm looking for descendants of Robert Moore and his wife Mary Jane Dean. He
was born in Ohio circa 1826 and she was born in Arkansas 1837. They were
married 18 December 1853 in Sonoma County, California and spent many years
in Alameda County. Their children, all born in California, based on 1880
census records were:
1. Elizabeth A. Moore, born circa 1854.
2. Erville E. Moore, born circa 1856.
3. Mary E. Moore, born circa 1859
4. John Moore, born circa 1861
5. Charles Moore, born circa 1863
6. Lula Moore, b