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From: Doug Urbanus <>
Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Re: House found! :)
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:41:22 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <p06230909c07007bd2101@[10.0.1.4]>


My grandparents, as children, lived in Bernal Hts in the City. Since Bernal Hts was well away from the fire it did not burn and the houses survive. One had a horse barn in the back. After the horses went one of houses was altered to block up the access to the back. The houses were adjacent and my grdfather was 9 and my grdmother 8. She told me stories of seeing the fire sweep toward the mission and south of the slot. They married in 1919 after living next door to each other since 1904. In their honor my younger brother and I attended the Lotta's fountain celebration.

Yvonne Bowers <> wrote: At 4:00 AM -0600 4/22/06, wrote:
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>Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:09:58 -0700
>From: "Sue O'Donnell"
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>Subject: House found! :)
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>Helllo SF List,
>
>I was in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago and I went in search of
>the house that my great great grandfather Mathew Kerr from County
>Louth, Ireland had built ~1903 (1840-1917). I did not know what I
>might find or if it was even still there.
>
>Alas! I found the house! I was totally *shocked* to say the very
>least. The house is 3444-16th street and it has a picture perfect
>view of Mission Dolores, the parish my family attended at the time.
>This wonderful house and I was delighted to find that it has been
>completely restored. It has been split into 3 flats it seems (oh
>well). It has marble steps now leading up to the doorway(s). Here
>is a link to a picture of this fine old Victorian! :)
>
>http://www.geocities.com/sfodonnell_2000/kerrhse.JPG
>
>I was so glad to see it survived so well over the years! What a
>great trip it was, rain and all. It was worth it just to finally
>find the "secret" house (I found the address of this house written
>on the back of an old business card that belonged to my late father
>dated ~1935 and I never knew anything about it until I began
>researching family records several years ago).
>
>Many members of my family died in this house, including my great
>grandmother Minne E. O'Donnell. It seems she moved back here to
>live with the Kerrr/Sullivan famlies a few weeks before she died in
>1936 being she was a widow, alone and apparently in very poor health
>living in Oakland.
>
>Regards to all,
>
>Sue

Sue, how wonderful for you to have found the house intact! A couple
of years ago my daughter and I took a couple of days and took
pictures of all the house/businesses my family/ancestors lived in in
SF. Among others, my ggguncle's house at 760 San Jose Ave. in the
1880's is now a Safeway, the Gianotti (my ggf) liquor store at 2545
Mission St. in 1896 is now an Asian Market, the bar he operated in
1896 at 708-1/2 22nd St. is still a bar :-) and most of their homes
have been rebuilt or converted to something else. My ggf lived at
819 Capp St. the family creamery was at the corner of Church and Day.
We have pictures of all of it but yours is a wonderful treasure!

If anyone has too much time on their hands, you can see the pics at:

http://homepage.mac.com/yvonnebowers/Albums/PhotoAlbum39.html
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Yvonne Bowers, Sonoma, CA.
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