tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post878302037926056283..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Leon Bean, Community Builder—LiterallyJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-63282383408670536272013-02-12T21:52:19.745-08:002013-02-12T21:52:19.745-08:00Thanks for the idea and the resource. Good thinkin...Thanks for the idea and the resource. Good thinking!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-33205983167971471142013-02-09T12:13:36.375-08:002013-02-09T12:13:36.375-08:00One other resource you might try is the CA Contrac...One other resource you might try is the CA Contractor's State License Board. They have a searchable database of license contractors in the state. That will tell you if there are any other Bean contractors nowadays. WOW!<br /><br />https://www2.cslb.ca.gov/onlineservices/checklicenseII/PersonnelSearch.aspx?NextLName=Bean&NextFName=<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-8781048564701599142013-02-09T00:04:12.566-08:002013-02-09T00:04:12.566-08:00Peggy, I had enjoyed taking a look at your blogs e...Peggy, I had enjoyed taking a look at your blogs earlier, when you posted your first comment. I saw your email address on the link you provided today, and have sent you an email reply.<br /><br />In addition, another resource I failed to mention: if you are interested in starting your own genealogy blog, Thomas MacEntee has provided a list of useful links to get you started, which can be found at his <a href="http://geneabloggers.com/blog-resources/" rel="nofollow">GeneaBloggers</a> website.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-89471686376359597412013-02-08T11:10:57.716-08:002013-02-08T11:10:57.716-08:00I very much appreciate and enjoy your blog Jacqi. ...I very much appreciate and enjoy your blog Jacqi. I have been blogging on kitchen design for years: http://kitchen-exchange.blogspot.com/ - but can't seem to get started on genealogy. Can you tell me how it has helped your hunt? Maybe that will get the inspiration going.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-86705962214503849212013-02-07T22:13:02.170-08:002013-02-07T22:13:02.170-08:00Thanks so much, Peggy! I will indeed do that. It s...Thanks so much, Peggy! I will indeed do that. It seems between the local historical society, the San Mateo Genealogical Society and the Redwood City Building Department, I should be able to find some house histories attributable to Leon Bean.<br /><br />Interesting to see you coming at this family history research angle from your professional background. Thank you for sharing the idea from your point of view. Leon did not have any descendants that went into the business in the Redwood City area, but I have yet to find out more about his father's relatives, who may also have been in the area. His father was a carpenter in the city, but that is going back into the previous century! Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-24659463384033497102013-02-07T14:44:58.449-08:002013-02-07T14:44:58.449-08:00You should contact the Redwood City Building Depar...You should contact the Redwood City Building Department Jacqi. You never know who might be able to remember Leon Samuel Bean and his work in the area. <br /><br />I have been a kitchen designer in the area for the past 30 years. Seems to me I've run across a contractor with the last name of Bean in that time. Did Leon have any sons or grandsons in the business?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-12324924324414204762013-02-06T21:20:52.144-08:002013-02-06T21:20:52.144-08:00Thank you, Betty...I'm hoping, too! And if I d...Thank you, Betty...I'm hoping, too! And if I do? I'll be sure to post photographs here!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-56579779643960482312013-02-06T21:19:40.859-08:002013-02-06T21:19:40.859-08:00Buildings are such a tangible way to get that feel...Buildings are such a tangible way to get that feeling of being in touch with ancestors. I can certainly relate to what you are saying, Wendy, not only getting lost in imagining the building of the house, but in coming to the time when the family will have to let it go. I know my mother's family had that same feeling about family property being "ours" when her maternal relatives had to sell the original family homestead in Florida that had been in their family since the beginning of statehood. It had an impact on that collective sense of "ours" even though we had no portion in the actual property ownership. I guess it's just a heritage thing.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-22126185229784994142013-02-06T21:13:47.089-08:002013-02-06T21:13:47.089-08:00That's very encouraging to hear. I'd love ...That's very encouraging to hear. I'd love to find something like that for Leon.<br /><br />Actually, getting to Redwood City would not be a difficult thing to do--it is a place on the way to some of my usual destinations in the Bay Area. It's just that I'd have to set aside a day, and actually take the exit off the freeway, instead of just driving by and wishing for a day to get around to it...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-42126175942850395982013-02-06T18:25:17.545-08:002013-02-06T18:25:17.545-08:00It's great that he was responsible for so many...It's great that he was responsible for so many great buildings. I certainly hope you will find one of his buildings still standing. Such great history!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149186891188677587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-48330830127027748982013-02-06T17:08:17.004-08:002013-02-06T17:08:17.004-08:00I have files of builders at the museum..I even hav...I have files of builders at the museum..I even have some of the original blueprints that are laminated. One individual was a prolific builder..so many of his creations are still standing..his relatives are always impressed. So I hold out great hope that you will find out more than you think you will after a visit to the area..you need to plan a trip! :)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-22504749052816840162013-02-06T03:39:29.887-08:002013-02-06T03:39:29.887-08:00The architecture of that building was beautiful. T...The architecture of that building was beautiful. Too bad it's gone. A Sears Craftsman-style house that my great-grandfather built is still in the family. Whenever I visit, I find myself lost in thoughts about how he might have measured and cut and nailed each board. My aunt who lives there now will not be able to stay there much longer on her own, I'm sure. It'll be a sad day when that house is no longer "ours." I hope you'll be able to find the Bean buildings. There is nothing quite so satisfying as that tangible evidence that your ancestor was a REAL person.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com