Wordless Wednesday: Worcester, Mass The Old Ladies' Home

I purchased a couple of old postcards of the Old Ladies' Home located in Worcester, Mass on e-bay.  The 1st one was postmarked in January of 1914 and I included the back of the card.  The 2nd one had not been mailed but had been personalized on the front.

Looking at both postcards, you will notice that the Old Ladies' Home on the outside was decorated differently, from color, to window awnings to the fact one has an electric pole outside and the other one doesn't.  What else do you see that is different?

Old Ladies Home

Later Picture of the Old Ladies Home

Not So Amanuensis & Mappy Monday: Hope Cemetery Map And My Ancestors Buried There: Part #2

     On January 10, 2012, I received an e-mail message from My Cousin's husband on my genealogy website contact form.  He stated to me, "I have recently started to trace our family tree and believe there may be a connection to my wife's grandfather 'Leander Singleton Gilliam' through your great-grandmother 'Hannah Gilliam' (as described in your genealogy blog).  If interested in more info, please contact me."

     I responded to him via e-mail and then on the phone.  We quickly discussed the fact that my Hannah [Singleton-Nelson] Gilliam was my Great Great Grandmother and that Leander Singleton Gilliam would have to be her son.  Hannah carried her slave name Singleton, and Gilliam was her married name.

  My cousin's husband informed me that his wife was white and they were surprised to see mulatto on one of the US Census records for Leander when he lived in North Carolina.  The Census records in Worcester, MA for the years 1900-1930, Leander and his family are listed as White.  I informed Hank that my 2x Grandmother Hannah was very fair and so was her sister Jane B. Collins, as they could pass as White.  Some family members chose to pass and others did not.

     Even though I was having this conversation with a Gilliam descendant, I still was not positive that this Leander was Hannah's son.

     A few day's ago, I was sent me a map of Hope Cemetery that had writing on the back of it in Leander's (assumed) handwriting. This map clearly proved that my Cully, Gilliam, Collins family were related.  I was also sent  photo's of Leander and his three sons, as I will present on a later post.

Hope Cemetery, Worcester Mass Section Map
Markings of where family is buried
Plot 76 is where my 2X Grandmother Hannah Gilliam & My Cully, Collins family is buried.

Writing on the Back of the Hope Cemetery Section Map

[Transcribed]

Perpetual Care See Mr. Burbank, Superintendent

Hannah Gilliam  1839-1914
Lot 5817
Sec 76

Joseph A Collins
1831-1911
Jane B. Collins
1840-1925
Lot 6772
Sec 76

Nora J Cully [wrong Nora...see note below]
1870-1911
6772
Sec 76

6567

There were one discrepancy as Nora J A Cully was the daughter of Nora A Cully and she was the one buried in Plot 6772, Section 76.  She was born 1911 and died in 1936.  The mother was buried in Plot 6767, Section 76.

See my prior post Hope Cemetery-Part #1 at this link.

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Older African American Neighborhood in Worcester, Massachusetts: Mappy Monday

     Researching the neighborhood my Cully, Gilliam, and Collins families resided, I came across a website "Homes and Housing Patterns of People of Color in Worcester 1888,"  with research by Kathryn Mahoney and Jacqui McEttrick who presented the neighborhood map of the Older African American Community during that time.  The two street names that popped out at me were John and Bowdoin Streets.  During a research trip to Worcester, MA public library in January 2011, I went through every city directory (1879-1932) of Worcester and documented that my family had resided in homes on John and Bowdoin Street.

     On this map there is a listing of head of households, their occupation and their address.  My Great Great Grandmother Hannah Gilliam is listed as (Hannah Gillum) as a laundress and residing at 66 John Street.

     I love it when I find information on the World Wide Web that helps to confirm and document information that I have discovered.  This information is also very important to me as I also want to know more about Hannah's neighbors.

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Greetings!

Welcome to my new blog: The Cully Family-An African American Legacy.  It is my sincere pleasure to invite the outside world into my space to see how my Historical Novel will develop into a well researched Masterpiece of Art.  Why do I call it a Masterpiece of Art?  Because whenever you make something out of nothing and develop it into something that has an impact to the spirit and the heart of a people...I believe then that it is a Masterpiece of Art.

It is my sincere hope that you enjoy what I write and that my writing intrigues you enough to want to know more.        My interest of writing my Family History began when my mother passed, as I had promised her when she was living that I would help her with her memoirs of Sugar Hill in New York City.  I was to help her with her genealogy and discover names and piece together some of her historical background of her roots.  My mother never lived to realize the dream she had, but through me, I plan to incorporate her stories in the book I am writing on the Cully Family.

I look forward to any constructive criticism, advice, and your comments.  Thank you for taking the time to read my posts, and I look forward to sharing with you.