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From: Judie Cook <>
Subject: land records
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:23:07 -0400


Hello Listers...

I have just come across some documents regarding my great-grandmother/
father. This was in San Francisco. The indenture was made in 1925 and
was a deed of gift from my Great-g-mother Mary Keenan to her husband
John Keenan. It was about 3 pieces of land, 2 in San Francisco and
one in Sonoma. They lived at 524 Utah St Both parcels are also on
Utah...so I assume one was the residence, but don't have a clue about
the other...though the metes and bounds are given, one being a
portion of Block Number 74 Potrero Nuevo and the other being a
portion of Block #94 ,Potrero Nuevo. However, their daughter married
James O'shea, and they lived at 456 Utah ,as of the 1910 census.
Perhaps that is the second parcel on Utah??

Is anyone aware of how I can find out who the previous owners of
these parcels were....from here in Virginia? Mary and John were not
well off, and one of the mysteries of this family is how and why Mary
became the owner of said properties, eventually deeding them as a
gift to her husband.
In 1927, after Mary's death, John gave a deed of gift to 2 of his
sons, but the Sonoma property was NOT mentioned and the third son ,
according to these documents, received only a piano.

The Sonoma property is described as "Lot Numer 56, Division 1 in Tier
1, Eagle Nest as in the official map of said Eagle Nest which was
accepted by the Board of Supervisors of Sonoma Co., on November 5th,
1906. There is a deed dated July 12th, 1907 between the Russian River
Land Co. and Emma S. Schwennicke(I assume that would be the county
clerk, but I'm not sure). This deed is recoreded in Book 238 of
Deeds, at page 179, Sonoma County Records. So, how did this property
come to belong to Mary Keenan? Who gave it to her?? When? These are
just some of the questions I have...here in Virginia!

By now, if you haven't fallen asleep reading this epistle, maybe y
ou can come up with some ideas that will help me solve this
mystery....one of many! And thank you for reading this far....I
appreciate your time.

Respectfully submitted....:)))
Judie

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