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From: "Ruth Skewis" <>
Subject: RE: [CASANFRA] DE LONG Street Name Origin in San Francisco
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:22:07 -0700
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Hi Francisco,
I don't find who the street was named after (in any of my SF books).
I do find reference to JAMES DE LONG who was elected Assistant Alderman for
the City of San Francisco - election was on November 2 1852. This reference
is in THE ANNALS OF SAN FRANCISCO, originally published 1855.
I have a paperback edition which was published in 1999. ISBN
1-893163-08-3.. This edition has a complete index!! Perhaps you can find
this book in your library
ALSO.... if you go here
http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfrancty.htm
select "HISTORY" for menu on left - then select second item on this list
(San Francisco History 23 Sept Another "must-see" by Ron Filion, with some
fascinating information). When you get to Ron's page select "CITY STREET
GUIDE 1910". You will find DE LONG STREET listed and learn it's location...
Hope this helps a little...
RUTH
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Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA (USA)
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> Subject: [CASANFRA] DE LONG Street Name Origin in San Francisco
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>
> Hello, I would like to know if anybody knows (or knows how to
> get) the origin
> of the name for the DE LONG Street in San Francisco. I believe is in the
> Mission District or Chinatown, but I'm not sure, I'm not familiar
> with the
> city at all. According to family oral history, the street was
> named after my
> wife's g-g-grandfather in the 1850's or 1860's. His name was
> James Warren De
> Long. Supposely, he organized a shipping business between
> Sandwich Islands
> and San Francisco that lasted for several years.
>
> Does anybody know how to confirm the origin of the name for that street?
> Thank you,
>
> Francisco.
>
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