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James O’Reilly, Priest in Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1868
James O’Reilly married Patrick Cavanagh and Bridget Murray in 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is some info I found on him at http://www.irisharchives.org/pdf/PioneerPriests.pdf.
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Immigrants Entering New York, ca. 1850
Some of the ancestors I am researching are Patrick Fay, Patrick Cavanagh, and Mary Murray. They seem to have all come to the U.S. in the 1840’s or 1850’s. I don’t have photographs of them but I can use photos of the time to imagine what their trip and arrival must have looked like.
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Telegraph Bicycle Messenger Boys
My husband’s ancestor, Frank L. Fay, was a telegram messenger boy in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early 1880’s. From Wikipedia: Telegraph boys (also referred to as district messenger boys, telegraph messenger boys, or simply as messenger boys) were uniformed young men between 10 and 18 years of age who, mounted on bicycles, carried telegrams through…
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A pictorial record of the Pittsburgh Forgings Company and the Greenville Steel Car Company by Pittsburgh Forgings Company, 1946
I recently found this nice booklet with some history of the Greenville Steel Car Company called, “A pictorial record of the Pittsburgh Forgings Company and the Greenville Steel Car Company” by Pittsburgh Forgings Company, published in 1946. You can download it here: http://www.clpdigital.org/jspui/handle/10493/844 Here is the cover shot: And some text from the booklet: Greenville…
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1980-02-11 Letter from Greenville Steel Car Company to Senator John Heinz
Found at http://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=488549.
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The Empire Car, Ad from “The Motor World,” 1912-11-07
The $950.00 completely equipped Empire Five Passenger Touring Car is indeed a “Little Aristocrat.” Everywhere it is winning its way with the intelligent, cultured class, who demand a car of moderate size and price, and who insist on having a real car, built of quality materials, and honestly constructed. Aside from its alluring beauty and…
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Connors Stay Bolt
Manufactured by Frank L. Fay and the Greenville Metal Products Company in 1911. http://www.google.com/patents/US987431 Stay-bolt for steam-boilers. US 987431 A -P. J. CONNORQ. STAY-BOLT FOR STEAM BOILERS. APPLICATION IILED D30. 29, 1908. 987,43 1 Patented Mar. 21 1911. 51mm vmmux A commas, wows fitter/wag THE NORRIS PETERS co., wnsnmarau, n. c are Bron. PATRICK J’….
