Here is the newspaper article. You can see how yellowed that original page from the scrapbook is. I cropped out the articles and display them below the original page.
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Transcription - St. Barnabas Church Parish hall on Fourth avenue was the scene of a very pleasant affair last evening, when the people of the parish gathered for a farewell reception to Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Hall and Mrs. Cora Hall. The reception was very informal and everyone enjoyed the evening. Mr. Hall has been a lay-reader in the parish for the whole of his stay in this vicinity, a matter of _____effecient service in assisting the different rectors at the regular services and taking the full order of services during interims between rectors and vacation periods. Mr. Hall has also been the director of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew for eight years. He was also church organist and secretary of the Sunday School. Impromptu speeches were made by T.N. Gummert, C.F. Colls, Mrs. C.L. Leydic and the Rev. H. G. Bulsch, all appreciative of the long and faithful service of Mr. Hall. In token of their love and good wishes the parish gave to Mr. Hall a sterling set of knives, forks and spoons, made by Gorham. The parish wishes him Godspeed and prays that he may be the recipient of God's blessing in whatsoever he may do. St. Barnabas' loss is the gain of whatsoever parish in the city of San Diego, California Mr. Hall may connect himself.
I am always curious as to how two people meet. I wish I had the story for my own grandparents and how they met. In this case I wonder how Charles, from Saratoga Springs, New York met Daisy Bright, who was born and raised in Tarentum, Pennsylvania. The distance between the two cities in 489.6 miles
In 1900 Charles was a Bookkeeper for a railroad, still living in Saratoga Springs. The couple married three years later, in Oct 1903.
Their daughter, Dorothy Louise Hall was born 2 Jun 1905 in Pennsylvania. Their son, Robert Walton Hall, Sr. was born 7 Jun 1907 in Tarentum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
Charles worked as an Assistant Superintendent for a Steel Work company according to the 1910 census. Daisy was a homemaker, and Charles’ mother, Cora (the author of our scrapbook) was living with the family. She had been widowed in 1897.
What prompted Charles & Daisy to pick up their household and family and move all the way to the west coast? I know that Cora’s brother Albert Walton Brown moved to San Diego from Saratoga Springs. Did he precede them?
NOTE: My question prompted me to go and look for city directories from San Diego for the years 1913 onward.
I always love it when I am writing a blog post and a question I have prompts me to dig further. In this case I was rewarded for my efforts.
As it turns out Cora’s brother, Albert W. Brown is listed in the San Diego city directory in 1912 and 1913 and forward. So, he DID precede Charles & Daisy & family to San Diego.
In fact, in viewing the 1913 San Diego directory I see Charles working at the same company as Albert Brown. And another interesting fact – they are working for a company called Hazard-Gould & Co. Gould as you know, being my maiden name. Charles is listed as a Dept. Mgr. and Albert is listed as an Elev Opr.
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| On the left is the directory listing for Albert W. Brown (Cora's brother) and on the right is Chas S. Hall - you can see they are working for the same company |
By 1914 Charles, his family, his mother, Cora and his Uncle Albert (reminds me of a Beatles song) are all living together at 1813 Altura Place.
I have taught a couple of classes about blogging. I always tell people that blogging can make us better researchers. Or, at the very least lead us to new information about our ancestors. When we are preparing a blog post we want to present the most thorough information possible. This is not the first time that a blog post has encouraged me to dig deeper.
There are many more items in Cora’s scrapbook, so stay tuned.
To read all my previous posts from Cora – please click here Cora’s Scrapbook.
If you have any information to add to this post or are connected with any of those mentioned here, please get in touch. Let’s exchange information.
Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl
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