The story of Bridgeport, Part 23

Author: Danenberg, Elsie N. (Elsie Nicholas), 1900-
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Bridgeport, Conn. : Bridgeport centennial, Inc
Number of Pages: 188


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86


Godsee, Helen M.


116


Goerner, Charles A.


128


Gold Hill see Golden Hill


116,


121


Gold, James Mrs.


Gold & Stock Telegraph Co


Gold Street


39, 95, 125


Goodsell, Epaphras B. 100, see also Appen. "Mayors" Gouge, Thomas


125


Goulden, John W.


75


Government, borough, 38; town, 39; city 41, 47, 48 also Appen. "City Government"; periods in.


36


Grace Church


78


Grady, Catherine M.


116


Graham, Benjamin W.


117


Grand Country Road


94


Grand Street Bridge.


95


Gravediggers


28


Gray, Augustine, Mrs.


97


"Great London Circus"


79


"Great White Way"


66


"Greece, represented here


Greek Orthodox Church


123


Greeley, Horace


79


Greene, Charles F.


100


Greenfield 68, 69


34


Greens Farms


34


Gregory, Ezra, Jr.


40


Gregory, Robert


40


Gregory, Samuel


27


Griffiths, Sarah H.


87


Grist Mill 26, 94


Griswold, Harold T


114


Groark, Owen James Dr


116


Gros Claude, M. Dotten 115


Grout, Jonathan, Atty. 124


Grover's Hill


39


Grumman & Wilson


126


Guns


49, 69, 129,


131


Gustafson, Agnes E .. 116 128


Habirshaw Cable and Wire Corp.


Haggard, Howard W., Dr.


33


Haight .


126


Haight & Hubbell


Hall, Basil


53


Hall Home


122


Hall, Lyman, Dr.


31


Hall, Virginia


88


Hall, W. B. 128


80


"Hamilton" boat


45


Hamlin, Alanson, see Appen. "Mayors" Hanley, John, Mrs.


117


Harbor


Harlem Road


Harral. H. K.


126


Harral, Henry K. 61, 66; see also Appen. "Mayors" Harrall, Sherman & Co.


16


Harrington, H. M.


85


Harris, Raymond W., 117; post and aux.


116, 117


Harrison, Helen


32


Hart, Captain


38


Hartford


25, 26, 31, 99


Hartley, Marcellus


131


"'Harvest" boat


45


Hatch Co.


132


Hatch, Daniel, Jr.


113


Hat Factory Fire


63


Hats, made here 44


Havens, Elmer H. 87


Hawes. Edmund V


119


Hawes Opera House 97,


119


Hawley, Aaron


35, 36, 125


Hawley, Abijah


13


Hawley, Alexander 117


Hawley, Bronson (and post & aux.) 117


Hawley, David, Captain 31


35


Hawley, George, Dr 116, 117


Hawley, George S. 67


Hawley, Helen F. 37


Hawley, Jesse


35


Hawley, Monson, see Appen. "Mayors"


Hawley, Samuel


39, 117


Hawley, Stephen


45, 68


Hawley, Thomas & Co.


62


Hawley, Wilson


40, 92


Haux, George A., Lieut.


106


Haynes, John, Governor


25


Haynes, Perry L.


114


Head Sause


24


Health committee


49


Heff, Colonel


121


Heft, N. H.


59, 60


Hehir, Kathryn B


121


Heisler, Grace, Mrs.


122


Hemco Electric Mfg. Co


Hemlocks 133


69


Henkels, Albert (Alb. and E.)


139


Henkels, Max .


139


Heppenstall Forge Co. 128


"Herald of Freedom" 76


Herman, Olga, Mrs 117


Herrmann, Louis J 115


Heth, Joice


76


High Schools, first


83, 85, 86


Highschool house


11, 41 40


Hill, Charles


13


Hills, Agnes


88


Hillside Home & Hospital


122


Hillside Voluntary Fire Co ..


108


Hincks & Johnson . 126


Hincks, William B.


75


[ 154 ]


"Great Asiatic Caravan"


79


Gold, James Douglas, Dr


Hawley, Elijah Deacon


122


97


Golden Hill


12, 18, 20, 21, 22, 35, 43, 46


Globe Theatre


120, 121


Hartford & New Haven R. R


58


58


45, 89, 91, 92, 94


126


Hallet, Charity


Highways


123,


124


Greene, Nathanel


Hines, "Torchy"


Hinman's Hotel 44, 46


Hodges, Samuel 13


Holbert, Dr. 34


Hollister Ave.


94


Holmes & Edwards Silver Co


22


Home Guard


113, 115, 117


Homes, 32, 44, 80; see also Appen. "B'p't. Statistics"


Homes, aged and children's


122


Honor Roll, World War 118


Hook and Ladder Co 108


Horan, James, Mr. and Mrs


109


Hornbook


84


Horses, branding, 28; cars


59, 60


Hospitals


Hotchkiss, Charles A. 59


Hotels, 44; see also Appen. "B'p't. Statistics"


"Housatonic"


92


Housatonic & Consolidated R. R 101


Housatonic R. R


12, 45, 52 to 55, 58, 93


Housatonic River, 95; valley.


53, 54


House, Henry A.


105


Howe Corset Machine Co.


127


Howe, Elias, Jr ...


74, 82,


127


Howe Sewing Machine Co


82


Howe, Simon


82


Howell, Richard


Howland Dry Goods Co


115,


128


Howland, John G


128


Hubbell, Abigail


99


Hubbell, Amos


Hubbell, Charles B., 13; see also Appen. "Mayors"


Hubbell, David, 3rd


Hubbell, E. E.


Hubbell, Ezekiel 72


Hubbell, Harvey (and Jr.) 139


Hubbell, Harvey, Inc


128,


139


Hubbell, Marion F.


88


Hubbell, Richard


Hubbell, Salmon


40, 81


Hubbell, Samuel 29


Hubbell, Susan 121


Huge, J. F.


88


Huggins, Henry T.


66


Hungarians


Hunt, Walter


127


Huntington Turnpike 43, 54


Hurd, Andrew 99


Hurd, Ebenezer 81, 99


Hurd, Ebenezer, Jr.


99


Hurd, Fairchild & Co. 126


Hurd, John 94


Hurd, Philo


66


Hurd, S. F. and Co. 126


Hurd, Samuel Henry 81


Hutchinson, Cole & Cooper 79


Hutchinson, James A. 82


Hyde, Richard 13


Independent Leader


71


20, 27


Indian Lot 22


122


Industries, 38, 44, 125 to 140; see Appen. "Industries"


Ingraham, Margaret P.


116


International Silver Co.


22


"Iranistar"


80


Ireland, represented here.


123, 124


Iron Mongery


44


Isaac and Levi Sherman "Isis" 93


126


Italian American Veterans.


117, 118


Italians, newspaper, 71; pop.


123, 124


"J. B. Schuyler," The 93 Lafayette, General 35, 40, 41


Jackson, Henry 70, 94


Jackson, Moses 94


Jackson's Mill


94


Jails, 40, 50, 51; also see Appen. "B'p't. Statistics"


Jenkins, Alfred Blunt 138


Jenkins Bros. 127, 128, 138, 139


Jenkins, Charles 138


Jenkins, Nathaniel 138


Jenkins Rubber Co 138


Jennings, Jeremiah


34


Jerome Clock Co.


79


Jessup, William P. Jewish War Vets, (post & aux.)


117


Jews, first congregation


72


"John Brooks" boat


92


"John Glen" boat


93


"John Marshall" boat 92 93


"John W. Ferrett" boat


93


Johnson, Albert


128


Johnson, George W.


75


Johnson, Marion E. 116


94


Jolson, Al


120


Jones, John


70


Jones, Seth B.


13, 68, 82,


126


"Josephine" boat


93


Journal of Commerce


100


Judges, first


50 44


Judson, David


44


Judson, Henry 40


Judson, Isaac 44 81


Judson, Samuel


"Jumbo" elephant 76, 80


86


Junior Red Cross Auxiliary .. 114


116


Keeler, George


126 117


Kelly, Cecily, Mrs.


117


Kelly, Frank J.


117


81 Kelly, Helena T.


116 17 5 3


Kiefer, Jacob


127


Kindergartens, free


86


King, Vincent M.


114 90


King's Highway


20, 26, 27, 33, 81, 94


Kirtland & Wordin


107


Kissing games


46


Kleiner, Margaret, Mrs.


117


Knapp, Burr


82


Knapp, Goody


26, 27


Knapp, Joseph


40


Knapp, Nathaniel


26


Knapp, Roger


Knapp's Hotel


39,


40


Knapp's Mill


94


Knell, Nicholas


26


Knepp, James Warren, Dr. 116


Knife and fork factory. 127


Knight, Sarah, Madam 23, 24


Knowles, John


106


Knowlton, Julius W. 100


Knowlton Street


95


Knowlton, William S.


69


Kornblut, Alfred, Dr.


116


Kossuth Street School


86


Labor, see Appen. "Bpt. Statistics"


Labor Unions, see Appen. "Labor Unions"


Laces


139


Lacey, Josiah 31, 38


Lacey, R. B. 55, 107


La Croix, Orie H. 118


82


Lafayette Park 82


Laguire, Catherine 116


Lake, Simon


112


Lake Torpedo Company 112, 115


[155 ]


75


"John Sylvester" boat


Johnson's Creek


Judson, Caroline


71


38


13


106


Kantack, Minnie C.


Kelley, Betty


Kennedy, Peter J.


Kent


Hubbell, "Wedow"


29


71, 123, 124


Indian Field


Indians, 19 to 22, 33; in 1936


119


121


Junior College of Connecticut


King, William


26


Ladies Soldiers' Mon. Assoc


Lamb, Martha J.


99


Manufacturers, see Industries


Marble cutting 44


21


Margaret Ford Cottage


122


Lane, David


Langenegger, A. W


1 40


La Resista Corset Co.


128


Lashar, Walter B.


114,


139


Lashar, Walter B., Mrs. 124


Latham, Calhoun


88, 89


Launcelot, Marc V.


118


"Laura" boat


93


Lavery, Eliza 114


Lawlor, D. H. 114


Lawlor. Hugh J. 118


Lawyers, organized


124


Lee, Henry, see Appen. "Mayors"


Lee, Jesse


36


Legislature, see Conn. Leg.


Leiss, L. W., Mrs.


117


Leonard, John A.


75


Letters


44, 100


Levels


135


Leverty, Charles J., Dr.


Lewis, Florence M.


116


Lewis, George F., Dr. 121,


124


Lewis, Roswell


125


Lexington Ave.


82


Libraries


51, 87, 88


Light, Anna F 116


Lighthouse, first


91


Lightning Storm


29


Lights, gas, 65 to 67; elec.


67, 68


Lincoln, Abraham


73, 74, 75


Lincoln, Abraham, Mrs.


73, 74


Lind, Jenny


76, 78, 79, 80


"Lindencroft" 80


Lindquist, Clara V. 116


Line Road


28


Merritt, Albert J., Lieut. 114 113,


Metal Goods


140


Methodists, 72; church 36, 43


Mexicans, 122; war 75


Meyer, William T.


100


Miamogue


22


Middlebrook, S. S.


87


Middlebrooks, Stiles M. 13


120,


121


Milestone


32


"Long Island", The


93


Milford


41, 95


Loomis, James C., 82, 85; see also Appen. "Mayors" Lotteries


36, 76, 94, 95


Lottery Bridge


.36, 94, 95


Loundsbury, Stephen 13


Lounsbury, Stephen, Jr. 43, 44, 100


"Lower Bridge" 95


Ludlow, Roger


24, 25, 26, 27


Ludwig, Roderick


106


Lumbering 44


Lutheran, first church 72


Lyceum Theater


46


Lyddy, John A., Captain


106


Lyhne, Anker S.


140


Lyon, Calhoun & Co.


126


Lyon, Hanford 66,


126


Lyon, William H.


Lyon, Willys


126


Lyric Theater 77, 120, 121


MacIntyre, Donald


115


Mackenzie, Alice M. 116


"Magic Eye"


135


Magri, Countess 78


Maiden, Grace


87


Maiden, H. Elizabeth


Mail


116


43, 44, 99, 100


"Mountaineer" boat


92


Mountain Grove Cemetery


17, 26, 59, 78, 81, 94


Majestic Theater


120, 121


Mud Bridge


32


Mulvihill, Dennis, see Appen. "Mayors"


Munich, Francis


117


Manee, Grace E.


87


86


Munley, Frank J.


140


80


Marinos


42


Marlow, Julia


120


Marsh, William E.


64


Martin, Earle C. 100


Mason, R. B. 59, 66


Mather, Cotton


33


Mather, Titus C.


13


Mayors, list of, see Appen. "Mayors"


Mazeau, Camille


114


McCarthy, Edward J. Atty.


124


McGovern, Edward Francis, Dr. 116


McGrady, Margaret A. 116


McGurty, Catherine 116, 117


McIntyre, George


64


Mckenzie, Charles F.


75


Mckesson & Robbins, Inc. 128


Mckinley, President


75


McLevy, Jasper, 51, 95, see also Appen. "Mayors" McManus, James Patrick, Dr ..


116


McNeil, A. A.


61


McNeil, Abraham A. Capt.


91


McNeil, John Capt.


91


McPadden, Daniel T. 106


Mead, John, Mrs. 117


Meadow Street


22


Mechanics & Farmers Sav. Bank


72


Meeker, David


18


Meeker, Edwin F.


100


Meigs & Co. 128


Memorials, Soldiers', 75' 82; Barnum, 82; Elias Howe, Jr., 82; Beardsley, 82; World War. 116


Merrill, Hamilton


140


Linen Ave. 82 Merritt & Chapman Co. 89


Linn, Bertha B.


116


Linus & Burroughs 68


Linus, Robert


68


Litchfield


46, 79


Lithuania, represented here 124


Liverpool Packet


38


Locomobile Co.


37, 112, 128


Loew's Inc.


Miller, Thomas, Rev.


105


Mill River


31, 72


Mills


94


90


Ministers


27, 28, 42


Minnot, David P.


13


Minute Women


115


Mitchell, Abner, Mrs. 122


Mitchell, Louis


121


Mohr, Emily W., Mrs.


122


Molasses, in streets


62


Molumphy, Nancy J.


116


"Monitor" boat


Monroe to Black Rock turnpike


54


Montana, Albina


116


75


Monuments, see Memorials


Moody's Mill, 94; pond,


26, 94


Morehouse, Noah


28


Morford, Jarratt, see Appen. "Mayors"


Morgan, Daniel N. see Appen. "Mayors"


"Morning News"


71,


101


"Morning Union"


71


Mott & Burr


126


Mott, Joseph


13


Main Street


12, 22, 35, 61, 62, 63, 82, 98, 104


Mallory, George 91


Manual training, first


Lambert, Henry Bertram, Dr. 114, 116


Lane, Alexander


21


Marigold, William H., 100; see also Appen. "Mayors"


"Marina"


{ 156]


"Minerva" boat


92


116


Murgatroyd, George W.


121


Murray, James R.


75


Murray, Mae 119


"Mutual Safety" boat 92 Odell, John Sr. 27


Nagle, William


114


Naldi, Nita 119


National Assoc. Naval Vets


117


National Bell Tel. Co.


97


Naugatuck, 22; R. R.


58


"Naugatuck" boat


92


Nelson, Deborah R. 116


Nero, a slave


36


Neseumpaw Creek


94


New England


58


New England Navigation Co.


93


New England Steamship Co


93


Newfield 35, 36, 37, 54


Newfield Branch Library


87


New Haven 79, 96, 97, 101


New Haven Electric Light Co. 68


"New Haven Palladium"


64


New Haven Railroad


58, 59


New London blockade


39


New Pasture, lots, 81; point


38, 85


Newport, R. I.


60


Newspapers,


36, 46, 69, 70, 71


Newtown to Norwalk Turnpike.


54


New York,


12, 17, 23, 24, 31, 39, 53, 54, 58, 66, 76,


77, 90, 92, 93, 99, 101


New York & Boston Mag. Tel. Co .. 99 Parrott, H. R. 106


New York Edison Co. 68


New York Herald 67


New York & New Haven R. R. 58


New York, N.H., & H. R.R. Co


58.


59, 79, 93, 95, 109


"New York Tribune" 64


"New York World"


54


"Niagara"


92


Niblo, William


66


Nicholls, S'Jeant


25


Nichols, Cora D.


116


Nichols, David, Jr.


40


Nichols, Horace


66


Nichols, John


32


Nichols, Joseph


81


Nichols, Peck & Co.


126


Nichols, Philip 89


Nichols, Richard 81, 89, 125


Nichols, Roswell S. 13


Nichols Tavern 31, 32


Nichols, Theophilus 81, 89


Nichols, Walter J. 88


Nicholson, John 117


105


Nihill, J. B. Rev 121


Nilson, A. H. Co. 128


"Nimrod" boat 45, 92


Nimrod Lot 22


82


Noble, Birdsey


43, 95


Noble, William H.


79, 81, 95


Noble's Bridge


95


Normal School 85, 86


North Avenue 26, 27, 31, 32, 94


87


North Carolina, U.S.S. 113


North End Bank & Trust Co. 72


Northrop, Nicholas 68


68


Peters Cartridge Co. 131


Pettengill, Catharine 87,


121


Pewter Ware 125


Phelps. Anson 58


Phoenix Fire Co.


107


Photo-Electric "eye"


135


Physicians, see doctors


Pierce, Bradford D. 114


Nutt, Rodnia, Major


77


Pierce Place


26


Oak Street


60, 82


O'Connell, John Gabriel, Dr. 116


Odell, Goody 26, 27


Office Appliances 133


Old Indian Field


2C


Old Mill Creek 95


Old Mill Green


44, 81, 85, 94, 125


Olivet Church


27


One Hundred & Second Amb. Co. 113


O'Neill, Louis R. 114


22


Orr, Al


67


Ousatonic River


39


Ousatonik, see Housatonic


61, 62, 91, 92


Packets


Palace theater


119, 120


Panic of 1837


54


Park Avenue


27, 28, 32, 38, 40, 42


Park City Hospital


121


"Park City" The


93


Park City Yacht Club


94


Park Theatre 121


Parker Gun Co. 131


Parker, Samuel C. 128


Parks


81, 82


Parmelee, B. M., Dr.


124


Parquette Anna, Mrs. 117


Parsons, Truman N. 75


Pasuth, Bartholomew Charles, Dr


116


Patent Leather


125


Patterson, Daniel Cleveland, Dr.


116


Patterson, S. J.


125


Paugussett Indians


20


Peabody, William


127


Pease, Maurice 138


Peck, Charles D. 8


13


Peck, William


95


Peddlers 44 Peet, William 53, 61, 126


Peets, William H.


88 26


Pell, Lucy


Pembroke Lake


44, 59


Pembroke Laundry


127


Pembroke Park


81


Pembroke Street


89


Penfield Reef Lighthouse


91


Pennsylvania Station


138


People's Savings Bank


71, 72


People's Steamboat Co. 93


Pequonnock-name 20, 27; village, 20, 27, 36; settle- ment, 24 to 26; burying ground, 26; mills, 68: schools, 83, 84


Pequonnock Bank 71, 72


Pequonnock Fire Co. 107


Pequonnock Indians 20, 21, 22


Pequonnock Manufacturing Co. 94


Pequonnock National Bank 72


Pequonnock River. 22, 35, 36, 40, 43, 54, 68, 82, 89,


94, 95, 107, 125


Pequonnock Street


40, 85


Pequonnock Wheel Club


104


Pequot War 25


Percy, Angelo 118


Perkins Electric Switch Mfg. Co. 133


Northrop, Ziba


50


Norwalk


Norway, represented here


124


Norwich 83


Nothnagle, G. E. 127


Nurses, 114, 116; school. 121 "Nutmeg State", boat 93


Nutt, George Washington M. 77, 78


Orinoque


Oysters, saloon


38, 42, 90


Paquanocke, see Pequonnock


{ 157 ]


North Branch Library


Night Watch 44.


Noble Ave.


Peck, Ira


New Milford 54, 55


Pixlee Bridge


94


Pixlee, Peter


81


Richardson, Joseph 69


Ridgefield


Ringling Bros. (Barnum & Bailey)


Roads, 27. 43; see also highways


Robbins, George 13


Roberts, Edward Russell, Dr. 116


Robinson, J. Alex H. 115


Robinson, Joseph 62


Rocky Hill 22, 32


Rose, W. A. 140


"Rosedale" boat 89, 93


120


Rosenbluh, Kate


117


Ross, John C. 114


Ross, Robert, Rev.


21


Roth, Elizabeth B.


116


Roumanians, number here. 123, 124


"Ruggles", The


92


Rules, manufacture of 135


Russell Brothers 120


Russians, number here 124 93


"Ruth MacDonald" boat


Rylands, John


106


Sabatino, Thomas


116


"Sabba-Day" Houses


29


125


Saddlery


44,


126


Sagal, Louis M.


120


29, 36,


St. John's Church


115


124


St. John's Lodge


St. Louis, Illinois


17


St. Louis Nat'l Lg. Baseball Team


109


St. Mary's R. C. Church


72


St. Michael's Cemetery


60


St. Patrick's Church


121


St. Paul's Episcopal Church


72


St. Vincent's Hospital


121


Salaries, city officers


49


116


Salt Works


39, 125


Saltex Looms, Inc.


128, 139, 140


Saltman, David B.


117


Salts Textile Mfg. Co.


139, 140


Sammis, D. S.


133


Sanborn Branch Library


82, 87


Sands Point


93


Sanford, George


62


Sanford, Glover and Sons


127


Sanitary Detachment


113


Sarasota


80


Saunders, Matthew L. 120, 121


99


Schenck, M. B. Co.


140


Schools


27, 42. 43, 83, 84, 85, 86,


see also Appen. "Schools"


Schuyler, Hartley & Graham


131


Scotland, represented here 124


Screws, manufacture of 139


Scrimgeour, Arthur, Dr.


116


Seabury, Bishop


29


Seal of Bridgeport, see foot of "Bridgeport Statistics" in Appen.


Seaside Park


.37, 38, 76, 81, 82, 104, 105, 116, 128


Second Cong. Church 43


Secor, Jerome B. 127


Seeley, Henry J. 75


Seeley, John


32


Seeley, Joseph


32


69 Seeley, Michael


32


Seeley, Nathan, Lieut.


31


Seeley, Pauline T.


31


Segee, Lewis C 115


119


Segee, Philip 119


128


Seltsam, George


117


Senior, Samuel


69, 121


[ 158 ]


93


Pixlee, William 94


Planting Plain


20


Plaza Theatre


120


Pleasure Beach Park


82,


113


Plonski, Stanley


117


Plumb, Noah


Point, The


89


Poli-Palace Theatre


Poli, Sylvester, Z. 119,


Poli Theatre


Police


44, 64, 105, 106, 107


Polish, (represented here)


Polish Army Vets. Asoc.


117


Pomeroy, Frances E.


121


Pompion Sause


24


Poole, Laurence E., Dr 110,


116


Poor House


40


Pootatuck


22


Population, ..


42; 1810-38; 1821-40; 1836-45; 1936-122


Porter, Edwin


13, 68, 107


Porter, Emily N. 116


Porter, George Loring, Dr.


75


Porter, James


49


Porter, Samuel


125


Portmantles


99


Portugal, represented here 124


Post Office


43, 44, 99,


100


Post Publishing Co.


71


Post Riders


43, 99


Post Road


27, 32


Postal Telegraph Co.


98


Powers, John T., Dr. 114, 116


Pow-wow posts


Presbyterian, first church


72


Prospect School


Providence


Public Utilities Comm.


68, 69


Pughquonnuck


Pumpkin Bred


23


Quinnipiocke (New Haven)


25


Radel. Andrew


59


Radio, police


106


Railroad 12, 52 to 55: 58; wreck.


109 to 110


Read, Charles B., Mrs.


114


Read, D. M. Co. 102,


Read, David M.


128


Recreation hall


119


Red Cross


114, 115


Reed, Patrick 63, 64


Regan, Captain 106


Reid, Henry C. and Son 128


Reid, John 128


Reilly, Nellie


116


Reindeer Hose Co. 66


Remington Arms Co 112, 115, 128, 129, 131


Remington, Eliphalet 131


Remington Typewriter Co. 128


"Republican Farmer"


46, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 107


"Republican Standard"


Reservation, Indian


21, 22


Reservoir Avenue


32


Reservoirs


Revolutionary War


Rew, Officer


63


Reyburn, Robert 117


Reynolds, Marcus L., see Appen. "Mayors"


Rhodes, Frederick


139


Rice, Helen, Mrs. 122


Rice, Jenkins and Co. 138


"Richard Peck" boat 93


40


Poli-New England Theatres, Inc.


120


121


120


97.


123,


124


Proctor's Grand Opera House


119


22, 85, 86


93, 98


Public Watch see Night Watch


"Publik Water" trough


68


26


Pyle. Henry H. see Appen. "Mayors"


Sanborn, Henry N.


88


Raybestos


128, 138


128 Saybrook


70


30, 32


Seeley, William E.


Segee Opera House 68,


53


80


Richardson, Joe


22


Salmon, Catherine B.


Saddleboxes


"Sentinella La


71


Sewers .


49


Sewing machines 127, 131, 132


Seymour, E. W. 100 Southport 31,


Shaw, Elizabeth 87


Shaw, Harry F.


120


Shea, John, Dr.


116


Shea, Richard O'B., Dr. 116


Sheehan, Mamie


102


Sheepmasters


28


Sheffield


54


Sheffield, Joseph


58


Shelton


69,


140


Shelton, Henry T. 85


Shelton Looms 140


Shelton, Philo 29


Shelton School 86


Shelton, William J.


Shepard's Grocery


102


Sherman, Anna Kirtland 15, 18


Sherman, David


14, 18, 29, 31


Sherman, Eliza 18


Sherman, Henry


18


Sherman, Ira


Sherman, Isaac, Jr.


11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 100


see also Appen. "Mayors"


Sherman, Isaac, Sr. 14, 15, 16, 17, 39, 92, 125


Sherman, Jane 18


Sherman, Levi 16, 17


Sherman, Rebecca French


14


Sherman, Sterling, Capt.


15, 17,


18


Sherman, Timothy


81


Sherwood, John 21, 29


Sherwood, Mabel R. 60


Sherwood, Matthew 27


Sherwood, Samuel


34, 81


Sherwood, Thomas


Shillings (Indian)


21


Shipbuilding


89, 90, 125


Shipping


38, 42, 45, 89 to 94


Shirts, manufacture of


Short Line Bus Co. 60


Sikorsky Aircraft Corps


128


Silliman, G. S. General


33


Simpson, Sumner


Singer M'f'g. Co


127, 128, 131, 132


Sirene, Grace L. 116


Sisters Charity St. Vincent de Paul 121


Slaughter House 125


Slaves 36, 70


86


Sloops


Slovaks, represented here


124


Smallpox


30, 31, 33, 34


Smith, Anning J. 89, 93


Smith, Benjamin 88


Smith, Benjamin S.


40


Smith, Edward C.


119, 120


Smith, F. C. 88


Smith, Friend W., Jr. 100


82


Smith, John


75


Smith, Joseph


Smith & Lounsbury 43


Smith-Murray Dry Goods Co. 9'7,


128


Smith, Rachael, Mrs. 117


Smith, Stanton Reinhart, Dr. 116


Smith, William T. 140


16,


Smith's Colonial Theatre


119, 123


"Snake Heads"


53


Socialist 51


Sogaard. Johanna L. 116


87, 88


Soldiers, World War Honor Roll 118


South Branch Library


87


South Congregational Church


107


Southern New England Tel. Co. 98


72


Southport National Bank


72


Spanish American War


75


Sperry, Robert


71


"Spirit of the Times" 70


Spooner, Clapp see Appen. "Mayors"


Sporting Equipment 131


Sprague, Charles, Mrs.


115


Sprague, Charles H., Dr 114,


116


Sprague Meter Co. 128


Spring Perch Co.


127


Stage Coach


43, 91, 99, 100


"Stamford" boat


92


Stamford, Railroad 58


18 "Standard"


70


"Standard American"


70 138


Stanlo


138 27


Staples, James


87


State Guard


State St.


11, 12, 22, 28, 61, 62, 82, 89


Steamboat Hotel 119


"Steamers" fire engines 108


Steamships,


45, 91 to 94


Steeplechase Island 113


Sterling, Abijah, Captain 31, 38


Sterling, Daniel


41, 62, 74, 92


also see Appen. "Mayors"


Sterling, Esquire


31


Sterling House Stables


62


Sterling, Hugh, see Appen. "Mayors"


68, 100


Sterling, Julian H.


86


Sterling Place


Sterling, Sherwood, 72, see also Appen. "Mayors"


44, 125 Sterling, Sylvanus


13, 16, 40 122


Sterling, Sylvanus, Mrs.


Sidewalks 49 Sterling, W. C. 53


Sterling Widows Home 122


Stevens, Frank, Dr. 116


138 Stevens, Frank W. 114


Stevenson, Henry C. 115


Steward, Aurelius 100


"Stieglitz" boat 45


Still River Valley


54


125


Stillman, Willis 43, 95


53


Stokes, Nona, Mrs.


122


Stone Bees


46 44


Stone Cutting


Stores


42, 45, 46, 125, 128


Stowe, Ullie


116 24


Strap-cap


Stratfield


27, 28, 30. 31, 33, 34, 36, 85


Stratfield Baptist Church


21


Stratfield Congregational Church


28


Stratfield Ecclesiastical Society 27


Stratfield Hotel, see Appen. "Bridgeport Statistics",


also 35, 132


Stratford


20, 21, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 67. 68, 83


92, 94, 95, 98, 106


Stratford Avenue Bridge 95


Stratford Point


33


Stratford & Weston Turnpike Co .. 43, 54


Stratton, Charles S. 76, see also Tom Thumb


Stratton, George


75


Stratton, Sherwood E.


77


Streets


28, 35, 40, 49, 66, 67, 68


Sturat, Margaret


116


Sturges, Porter


125


Soules, Misses 87 Summers, Henry, Sr. 27


[159]


Stanley Works 128, 135,


Staples, Goodwife


13 "Star"


71 117


Sherman, Nathaniel


81


Stcele, Ruby E.


87


94 Sterling, Jesse


26


Stillman, B. W. & Co.


Slawson, Samuel J.


90


Smith, Horace


118


Smith & Wright 126


Sohon, Julian A.


Stockbridge, Mass.


Summers, Jabez Summers, M. E.


22


Tuttle, Johnson


Twachtman, J. Allen.


Tweedy, Reuben


40


Ukrainians, represented here


Uliasz, Mary, Mrs.


117


"Uncle Tom's Cabin"


119


Uncoway 25, 26


Uncoway River


20


Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. 129, 132, 133


Underwood Sunstrand 133


Underwood Typewriter Co. 132


Union Carriage Co.


126


Union Metallic Cartridge Co.


63, 112, 115, 131


Union Street


94


Unipod


United Bank Building


71 68


United States Bur. Fisheries


109, 110


Universal Caster Co.


140


Universalist, first church


72


Temperance Hotel


61


Terry, Alfred H.


116


Terry & Barnum Mfg. Co.


79


Thames River Line 93


Thanksgiving, dates differ


77


Thayer, Walter


117


Theaters 46, 66, 119, 120, 121


Thompson, Caroline


81


Thompson, D. W., Mrs. 81


Thompson.Houston Elec. Co. 67


Thompson, Joseph 13, 18


Thompson, May & Co.


126


Thompson, Miles G.


114


Thornton, Bonnie


120


Thornton, James


120


Thorpe, Joel


13


Thumb, Tom, General


76, 77, 78,


79


Thumb, Tom Mrs.


78


Walker. Robert


36, 94


Wall Street


49, 61, 62, 89


Wall, William


62


Wallace, Anthony M.


118


Toby's Wharf


35


Toilsome Hill


32, 36, 85


Tolk, N. R., Dr.


121


Tolls


43, 53, 95


Tom Thumb, see Thumb, Tom


Tom Thumb Conservatory 77


Tom Thumb Street


77


Tomlinson, Stephen


13


Tomlinson, Wood & Co. 126


Tooker, Grace C. 116


Tools, manufacture 132,


135


Toomey, Kate


116


Toothill, Thomas W. 117


Tories, 31, 32; cave


32


"Toto" clown 119


Town of Bridgeport 39, 41


Townhouse 40, 50


Tracey, George F.


Trade Guild


100


Train band 28


Training school for teachers 29, 31, 81


85


Trains, see Railroads


Transportation in 1836, 42, 44; turnpikes. 43, 53, 55; railroads, 52 to 55; horse and electric cars 60; shipping,


Trap Falls 89 to 94


69


Travis, F. M.


67


Treat, Amos


"Trojan", The 69


92


Truck companies.


Nos. 1 to 5, 108


Trumbull


22, 68, 98


Trumbull road


82


Try, Michael


27


Turner, Aaron 42, 76


Turnpikes


43, 53, 54


40 114


"Sun"


71


Sunstrand Corp. (Adding Mach.) 132


Superior Court 50, 51


Supreme Court of Errors 50, 51


Swedish, here


124


"Swedish Nightingale" 78


Swift, Fred R.


71


Switzerland, population here


124


Sylvan Avenue 32


Syrians, represented here 124


Tax Collector


Taxes


38, 40, 84, 85


Taylor, Alanson


76


Taylor, Clifton Clark, Dr.


116


Taylor, Thomas P. see Appen. "Mayors"


Telegraph


97, 98, 99, 108


Telephone Despatch Co.


97


Telephones


96, 97, 98


Tellegen, Lou


119


Unkowa Indians


20 34


Vaccination 33,


Valves, manufacture 138, 140 75 Van Deusen, Russell 87


97 92


Velvets, plush, fur 139, 140


Veterans Organizations


116, 117


Veterans World War Honor Roll 118


Victory Bridge and Drive


116


"Victress"


90


Vose, Thomas


92


Wade, Crosby & Co.


1 26


Wade, George 100


"Waldemere 80


94


"Times"


71


Times-Star Co.


Tinware, industry


"To Make Free"


25


Wallace, Casper D. 75


Ward, Lydia R. 122 43


Warner, Bradford G.


135


Warner Brothers


121


Warner Brothers Co.


129.


135 102


Warner, DeVer C.


135


Warner, DeVer H.


135


Warner, I. DeVer, Dr.


135


Warner, Lucien C., Dr.


135


Warner, Lucien T.


135


Warner & Parker


128


Warren, Lavinia


76, 77, 78


Warren, Minnie


78


Warren, Tracy B. Col.


32


Warren & Woodruff 131


Wars, Revolutionary 30, 32; of 1812, 38, 74; Mexican War 75; Civil War, 74, 75; Spanish war 75: World War 111 to 118


Washburn, J. H. 69


Washington Avenue 22, 27, 41


Washington Bridge 41, 95


Washington, George 32, 33, 36, 76, 99


Washington Hotel 36, 44, 50, 99


Washington Park


81


Washington Park M. E. Church


72


Watch, see Night Watch


Water ..


61 to 64, 68, 69


Water Street


61, 62, 94


Waterman, Elijah, Rev.


68


Watson, T. A.


96


Watts, Joseph Francis, Dr.


116


Weaver's Shop 125


Webster, Nathaniel B.


75


Wedge, Elizabeth




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