tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post4040346050377482464..comments2024-03-16T13:05:52.650-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: One of the GirlsJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-75213489770247601122012-07-03T22:12:35.923-07:002012-07-03T22:12:35.923-07:00Perhaps he was in New York for further medical tra...Perhaps he was in New York for further medical training? That address is not far from NYU.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-40204157661365042812012-07-03T22:11:30.798-07:002012-07-03T22:11:30.798-07:00Yes, Far Side, it's true that we now have emai...Yes, Far Side, it's true that we now have email, but you can't save an email like you can a letter. Somehow, those electrons don't pass down through the generations quite the same as a cherished letter does.<br /><br />Of course, you've written a lot that will hopefully be saved. I enjoy your blogs so much! <br /><br />Who would have thought we'd be entering an age when people are figuring out how to archive internet collections like GeoCities much like museums preserve the papers of bygone eras?!<br /><br />Even so, I'd rather have a letter any day!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-85703132289764767172012-07-03T22:04:55.452-07:002012-07-03T22:04:55.452-07:00Iggy, you are amazing! Just to have deciphered tha...Iggy, you are amazing! Just to have deciphered that name was a challenge!<br /><br />The address of 301 Garfield Boulevard in Chicago at the time of the 1900 census sounds familiar because the Tully family lived a couple blocks away--on the 500 block of Garfield.<br /><br />Of course, since it turns out that he was a physician, that provides us with an irresistibly handy explanation for the challenging handwriting style ;)Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-59838868096219461272012-07-03T21:04:04.318-07:002012-07-03T21:04:04.318-07:00In 1902, Richard Tivnen lived at 301 Garfield Aven...In 1902, Richard Tivnen lived at 301 Garfield Avenue. Why does this sound familar....?Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-34663800954677812642012-07-03T17:22:20.811-07:002012-07-03T17:22:20.811-07:00Iggy is hot on his trail..!
Letter writing is a lo...Iggy is hot on his trail..!<br />Letter writing is a lost art..now I guess we have email..although I do write a few letters:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-44934876137845787502012-07-03T13:13:15.081-07:002012-07-03T13:13:15.081-07:00AH HA!!!!
Dr. Richard J Tivnen was a Chicagoian l...AH HA!!!!<br /><br />Dr. Richard J Tivnen was a Chicagoian listed in the "Chicago Central Business and Office Building Directory" printed 1922 under "Physicians and Surgeons-Continued"<br /><br />Timen (Tivnen) Richard J 800, 104 S Michigan Avenue, Ran 1622<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=QBUxAQAAMAAJ<br /><br />1900 US Census - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSQP-KKP shows him born in Sep 1870 to an Irish mother. :)<br /><br />He appears to have specialize in eye surgery later on...Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-15111334904413089882012-07-03T11:12:07.863-07:002012-07-03T11:12:07.863-07:00I don't know if it is connected, but at 237 Ea...I don't know if it is connected, but at 237 East 17th Street is (or was) the St. Andrews Convalescent Hospital for Women and Girls run by the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist.<br /><br />At 231-235 is a gothic building originally built in 1877 as the St. John the Baptist House, later used by the Salvation Army.<br /><br />Do you suppose Richard J. Tmmm-mmmm-mmm :) was a Fr. associated with the hospital?Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-25232678351827518212012-07-03T09:03:59.069-07:002012-07-03T09:03:59.069-07:00http://www.trulia.com/homes/New_York/New_York/sold...http://www.trulia.com/homes/New_York/New_York/sold/21648252-219-E-17th-St-New-York-NY-10003 shows the building at this address listed for sale at $3,769,000. Being it was built in 1910, its not the same build the letter was written in.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-57855603872226377842012-07-03T08:56:25.465-07:002012-07-03T08:56:25.465-07:00Funny thing is, his handwritten is really quite le...Funny thing is, his handwritten is really quite legible 'cept for his last name!<br /><br />He seems to make a game out of not mentioning the "sick girl's name." I wonder if that was superstition or something?Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com