Residence

Date May 1889
Place Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
Description 136 Jackson st

Narrative

In the 1889 Johnstown City Directory Joseph is listed as running a boarding house at 136 Jack[son] St. There were eleven boarders before the flood. There was no report regarding survivors or casualties from that address after the flood. Elsewhere in the directory are three other men listed at that address. One was noted as "unaccounted for."

1889 Johnstown City Directory:
HAMILTON JOSEPH, boarding house, 136 Jack[son] st, r h do. 11.

"r h do" means "rents house, ditto, (at same address)". "11" is the number of people at the address, before the flood. The lack of another
number after 11, e.g. 11-11, means there was no report from that address after the flood.

Copyrighted transcription at: www.rootsweb.com/~pacambri/books/1889Dir/H.html

Source References

  1. City Directories
      • Page: 1927 Dayton City Directory, page 630, image 322