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From: Marie Kravette <>
Subject: [NYNASSAU] Re: NYNASSAU-D Digest "O'Neill Ford"
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:28:40 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <200206240702.g5O72CK25574@lists7.rootsweb.com>


Hello

Would anyone know if there was a city directory for a business in Nassau
County? I am looking for O'Neill Ford, Burns Ford in Hempstead township, most
likely bellmore area.

Thanks
Marie
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> ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822
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> NYNASSAU-D DigestVolume 02 : Issue 133
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> Today's Topics:
> #1 [NYNASSAU] Formation of Nassau Cou ["David Roberts"
> <>]
> #2 [NYNASSAU] Re: Information On Help []
> #3 [NYNASSAU] mott and hulse families [rich bukowski
> <]
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> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822
> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 09:01:23 -0400
> From: "David Roberts" <>
> To:
> Subject: [NYNASSAU] Formation of Nassau County
>
> Russell:
>
> I've seen the use of the proposed name "Nassau County" back into the 1870's
> when the movement for a new county was getting up steam. The other proposed
> names were "Atlantic County" or "Ocean County." "Nassau County" seemed to be
> the more common name. What the new county was to include was the question.
> Ideally, it should have annexed Huntington & Babylon Towns and maybe
> Smithtown & Islip Towns, too. The Queens delegation kept getting Nassau
> County killed for years by annexing more & more of Suffolk to the new county
> in proposed legislation, enough to get Suffolk to oppose the new county;
> then w/ Suffolk's support, Queens would get its bill killed in the
> legislature. This situation existed until 1898 when the western 1/3 of
> Queens County joined New York City and the eastern 2/3 remained out of the
> city. Having been burned so many times, the new county forces just went for
> Queens outside the City to become Nassau. They left Suffolk alone. As an
> ex-Huntingtonite I think that really was a long term mistake. With
> Huntington & Babylon, Nassau would have been a larger geographic unit;
> Suffolk a bit smaller & more geographically sensible. Plus Huntington
> historically had far more in common with Oyster Bay, Hempstead and
> Hicksville than it did with points in eastern Suffolk County.
>
> David
> Native-born Suffolk Countian, who just as well could accept being a
> native-born Nassau Countian; as long as the birthplace was the Town of
> Huntington.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russell K. Brown" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [NYNASSAU] mosack &schwankel
>
>
> > > I hadn't thought of that!
> > > Was LI itself referred to as Nassau prior to the creation of the county?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, but only briefly, and long before the period you're interested in.
> > After William and Mary succeeded James II on the throne of England in
> > 1689, Long Island was called Nassau Island for several years in honor of
> > William's Dutch heritage. Later it reverted to its more commonly used
> > name, either through usage or because William died (1714). The naming
> > of the new county in 1899 was a reference to that earlier usage.
> >
> > Russell
> >
> >
>
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> ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822
> Date: 23 Jun 2002 11:03:10 -0600
> From:
> To:
> Subject: [NYNASSAU] Re: Information On Help for Mineola Clerks Office.
>
> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
>
> Classification: Query
>
> Message Board URL:
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> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRB.2ACE/377.1
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> Message Board Post:
>
> Margaret,
> Could you email this same question to me at and I'll forward
> it to my friend who has done a lot of work for them and see what his advice
> is. Once the message is in my email, I won't forget it (usually).
> Tony
>
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> ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822
> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:44:51 -0700 (PDT)
> From: rich bukowski <>
> To:
> Subject: [NYNASSAU] mott and hulse families
>
> looking for sisters Clara, Grace, Sarah(Sally( and
> Annie Hulse, their father may be Charles A. Hulse of
> Lakeview, or Malverne or Rockville centre. Annie
> married Harry Mott, son of Benjamin Mott of Wickes
> lane in Malverne. Harry was a volunteer fireman at
> the Lakeview fire dept about 1910-20. Annie stayed
> around Lakeview and it is believed Clara, Grace and
> Sarah went into Jamaica, queens or Kings as young
> adults, perhaps married by about 1900. Will take any
> info on any Mott or Hulse. thanks, valerie in florida
>
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