Rain in A.M. Dried up in P.M. To college 8:00 to 2:30. Down town. Bowled at Star. Stayed home in evening. Studied. Father to Albany with Levy Moss. To bed 11:30 P.M. Thankful.
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Stanford spends a lot of time bowling in 1919. He must've been a very good bowler, as much as he practiced!
Trying to track down Levy Moss, who was evidently a friend of Stillman's, I found a man by that name who lived at 47 Vley Road with his wife Ella and their daughter Julia, her husband Severine Edmunds, and their daughter Hilda. He was a carpenter, born around 1858. Probably he is the same Levy (AKA Levi) who lived in Glenville in 1870 with his father, who was a farmer there. In 1880 he had his own farm in Glenville, where Thomas and Charles Closson were also farming at the time, and Stillman was still living with his father and mother. Mr. Moss's farm was not near the Clossons, judging by the distance between their listings on the census for that year. Now, why Stillman was going to Albany with Levy Moss, I have no idea!
Curiously, as I was looking at the listing for Thomas and Sabrina Closson in 1880, I saw that living with them was an Elizabeth Myers and her son, John, who was three years old at the time. Elizabeth was listed as the granddaughter of Thomas, and John as his great-grandson. And they did indeed live next door to Mr. Bub, mentioned in a previous post. This John is only three in 1880 and could not be the John I was speculating was the John Myers of the journal, since that John was born in 1864 or so. I'm pretty certain the older John Myers is the right one, since his wife's name fits. Is he related to the Myers who is Thomas's great-grandson? If so, the connection with the Clossons I was guessing at in the earlier post is obviously closer than friendship!
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Monday, May 5, 1919
Beautiful bright day. To College 9-2:30. Father, Mother and I out to John Myers with Ford. To Church to Sunday School Board supper. Took walk with Merris. Bowled at Star. To bed 12:30 A.M.
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According to the 1915 New York census and 1920 Federal census, a John E. Myers lived in Schenectady with his wife Anna (AKA Hannah) and their daughter, Esther, at #1 McClellan Street. He was 56 at the time. This may be the John Myers who appears frequently in the diaries (along with his wife Anna). Mr. Myers owned property about three miles from the Clossons (according to City records). He worked as a moulder at General Electric's Schnectady Works; his daughter was a stenographer there. She was also a Notary Public. In 1889 John E. Myers from Schenectady witnessed a last will and testament of John Bub from Glenville, NY, a farmer who lived near Thomas Closson in 1880 (according to the 1880 Agricultural Schedule of the census). That may be a connection Myers had to the Clossons. Mr. Myers may also have been a member of the Methodist Church where the Clossons worshipped.
A moulder at General Electric was responsible for fabricating iron castings used in making the metal products the company produced. Here is a picture taken from The Shop Apprenticeship System for Boys, published by GE in 1917 as a guide for prospective apprenctices, showing an apprentice and the iron casting he helped make:
Merris, also referred to in the journal many times as Mr. Merris (sometimes in combination with his wife, Mrs. Merris), may be Carl E. Merris, a well known electrical engineer who also worked for GE in those days. In 1919 he was 30 years old. Like the Clossons, Carl Merris lived near Union College (according to the 1920 census) at 620 Rugby Road (an address that no longer exists). From a write-up about him that appeared in Who's Who in Engineering, published in 1922, we learn that he was a Methodist. That may have been his connection to the Clossons.
What Stanford calls the Star is one of the three bowling alleys in Schenectady. The other two were Morse Bowling Alley and the YMCA. Stanford frequented all three and mentions them often in his journal. Here is a link to a notice that appeared in the April 4, 1919 Schenectady Gazette, detailing news about bowling leagues: Bowling Tonight. Look for it at the top of the second column. It gives you a sense, I think, of how much bowling was enjoyed back then.
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According to the 1915 New York census and 1920 Federal census, a John E. Myers lived in Schenectady with his wife Anna (AKA Hannah) and their daughter, Esther, at #1 McClellan Street. He was 56 at the time. This may be the John Myers who appears frequently in the diaries (along with his wife Anna). Mr. Myers owned property about three miles from the Clossons (according to City records). He worked as a moulder at General Electric's Schnectady Works; his daughter was a stenographer there. She was also a Notary Public. In 1889 John E. Myers from Schenectady witnessed a last will and testament of John Bub from Glenville, NY, a farmer who lived near Thomas Closson in 1880 (according to the 1880 Agricultural Schedule of the census). That may be a connection Myers had to the Clossons. Mr. Myers may also have been a member of the Methodist Church where the Clossons worshipped.
A moulder at General Electric was responsible for fabricating iron castings used in making the metal products the company produced. Here is a picture taken from The Shop Apprenticeship System for Boys, published by GE in 1917 as a guide for prospective apprenctices, showing an apprentice and the iron casting he helped make:
Merris, also referred to in the journal many times as Mr. Merris (sometimes in combination with his wife, Mrs. Merris), may be Carl E. Merris, a well known electrical engineer who also worked for GE in those days. In 1919 he was 30 years old. Like the Clossons, Carl Merris lived near Union College (according to the 1920 census) at 620 Rugby Road (an address that no longer exists). From a write-up about him that appeared in Who's Who in Engineering, published in 1922, we learn that he was a Methodist. That may have been his connection to the Clossons.
What Stanford calls the Star is one of the three bowling alleys in Schenectady. The other two were Morse Bowling Alley and the YMCA. Stanford frequented all three and mentions them often in his journal. Here is a link to a notice that appeared in the April 4, 1919 Schenectady Gazette, detailing news about bowling leagues: Bowling Tonight. Look for it at the top of the second column. It gives you a sense, I think, of how much bowling was enjoyed back then.
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