Perhaps you have heard about Ancestry's effort to string together a
number of sources of basic information which could bridge the gap left
by the destruction of the 1890 US Census. As the various bits are put
online (mostly city directories, but also tax lists, voter registration
lists, etc), they will be searchable for free for a few weeks. So it
might be worthwhile to visit this url weekly. Would anyone from this
list volunteer to do such a lookup and report back to the list with
their findings? I'm just too swamped to take on another project!
1890 Federal Census Substitute (First Installment)
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http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm>
Anyway, in a Soundex search of this week's information, I found these
Calhouns:
Search Terms: CALHOUN (2)
Database: Bristol, Connecticut City Directories, 1882-1893
Combined Matches: 2
Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State
Year
Seth H. Calhoun builder Prospect Terryville CT 1884, 1885
Seth H. Calhoun Terryville CT 1886, 1887
Search Terms: CALHOUN (2)
Database: Erie, Pennsylvania City Directories, 1889-1893
Combined Matches: 2
Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State Year
Thomas Calhoun huckster b 143 w 11th Erie PA 1889
Sayre Calhoun shipping clerk b 1001 Walnut Erie PA 1891
Search Terms: CALHOUN (13)
Database: Galveston, Texas City Directories, 1888-1891
Combined Matches: 13
Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State
Year
Emma Bowles boards James Calhoun Galveston TX 1888, 1889
James Calhoun planing mill engineer r. north side E. avenue K between
8th, 9th Galveston TX 1888, 1889
John Calhoun laborer r. north side E. avenue M between 11th, 12th
Galveston TX 1888, 1889
Miss Mary Calhoun Max Maas works r. same Galveston TX 1888, 1889
Thomas Calhoun Cotter & Steinbrink engineer r. north side E. avenue K
between 8th, 9th Galveston TX 1888, 1889
Mary I. Daniels east district public school teacher boards James
Calhoun Galveston TX 1888, 1889
Calhoun Garner laborer r. alley between 27th, 28th, Aves H, I.
Galveston TX 1888, 1889
Fannie O. Harding east district public school teacher boards James
Calhoun Galveston TX 1888, 1889
Georgiana A. Ballinger East district public school teacher boards
Thomas
Calhoun Galveston TX 1890, 1891
John Calhoun, Jr. screwman John Calhoun, sr. Galveston TX 1890, 1891
John Calhoun, Sr. screwman r. north side avenue M between 11th, 12th
Galveston TX 1890, 1891
Miss Mary Calhoun Isadore Lovenberg works r. north side avenue M
between 11th, 12th Galveston TX 1890, 1891
Thomas Calhoun Cotter & Steinbrink engineer r. north side avenue K
between 8th, 9th Galveston TX 1890, 1891
Search Terms: CALHOUN (4)
Database: Los Angeles, California City Directories, 1888-1890
Combined Matches: 4
Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State
Year
May Calhoun Hunter Dining Parlors waitress Los Angeles CA 1888
Samuel Calhoun N s Girard bet Sentous and Broadway Los Angeles CA 1888
George Simpson carpenter W s University Av bet Indiana and Calhoun,
Occidental Heights Los Angeles CA 1888
John S. Calhoun carpenter 30 West Bellevue Drive Pasadena CA
Search Terms: CALHOUN (7)
Database: Leadville, Colorado City Directories, 1882-1890
Combined Matches: 7
Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State
Year
C. Calhoun miner r Mansion House Leadville CO 1882
William C. Calhoun miner r 710 e 10th Leadville CO 1882
James H. Calhoun miner r. rear 172 s. Toledo avenue Leadville CO 1883
William C. Calhoun miner r. 710 e. 10th. Leadville CO 1883
James Calhoun miner boards Grand Pacific hotel Leadville CO 1884
James Calhoun miner boards Grand Pacific Hotel Leadville CO 1885
John Calhoun r. 520 E. 5th. Leadville CO 1889
Search Terms: CALHOUN (4)
Database: Little Rock, Arkansas City Directories, 1893-1898
Combined Matches: 4
Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State
Year
James A Calhoun west side Battery bet 6th and 7th Little Rock AR
1893, 1894
James A Calhoun policeman 618 Battery Little Rock AR 1895, 1896
Calhoun R Bright ins agent 215 w 11th Little Rock AR 1897, 1898
James Calhoun bab 618 Battery Little Rock AR 1897, 1898
There are three more databases, Troy, New York City Directory, with 42
hits, Richmond, Virginia City Directories, 1889-1890 with 32, and
Memphis, Tennessee City Directories, 1890-1891 with 610!!! but using my
husband's computer, I just couldn't do it! It would be great if someone
else stepped up and got and formatted the Cowens in those for the list.
The Memphis one, I think, would have to be imported into a database
manager, and offered as a file by email or ftp. Is anyone willing to do
any of these?
Let me quote the message in which I found this information:
"The search engine is fast and easy to use compared to going to
libraries and looking in the actual directory. However, using an actual
directory is much more satisfying because it usually has more
information, such as if they owned or rented their own home (useful for
locating property records), and a possible reverse directory (useful for
finding neighbors). They also are full of information on local
businesses, churches, fraternal organizations, schools, etc. As these
city directories keep appearing online, I will use them as indexes to
the actual directories. (I know that sounds redundant.) I still would
like to use the actual directories to the fullest extent possible. On
the other hand, many libraries do not allow photocopying of hard copies.
It might be an interesting timesaver to print out all the people with a
given name for a given directory, and take that copy to the library
where added information can be easily pencilled in.
Virginia Sholin Smallwood"
Please write me privately <mailto:valoriez@aa.net> if you are willing to
get this sort of report weekly, as we only need one person doing it!
Valorie, listmom