The Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, Inc. February 14, 2010
Patti Thomas Martin
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Patti Thomas Martin
From: flmiam...@googlegroups.com [mailto:flmiam...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of VPK
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:21 AM
To: flmiam...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Dade] The Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, Inc. February 14, 2010
gene...@cfl.rr.com
That's an excellent suggestion from Patti! The Orange Bowl is huge
and easy to spot on Google. Of course the size is going to mean you
have a lot of homes to look at.
Do you have any idea of the age of the photo?
Rel@ively,
Patrice
At 2/4/2010 03:23 PM, Patti Thomas Martin wrote:
>Don't know. I'm on my way to Miami. Have you tried Google Maps
>Street View? That might show you.
>
>>From: flmiam...@googlegroups.com
>>[mailto:flmiam...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of VPK
>>Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:21 AM
>>To: flmiam...@googlegroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [Dade] The Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, Inc.
>>February 14, 2010
>>
>>I found a picture of an relative that used to live in the house,
>>was located right next to the Orlange Bowl. On back of this
>>picture written "Daisy Belle (Walker) Johnson's home Miami, Florida
>>neaar the Orange Bowl.
>>
>>Any information or history of the building if it still exist?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>V. Page Sellars-Kowalchik
>><mailto:chik...@gmail.com>chik...@gmail.com
Patti Thomas Martin
Then it would be easy to look at a specific address with Google Maps. I
have used them to look at addresses in Chicago from the 1860's. It's pretty
cool. The main library of the Miami-Dade Public Library system has a lot of
city directories for the area in the Florida Collection. You can ask them
for assistance by using gene...@mspls.org
Patti
VPK,
Rel@ively,
Patrice
VPK
Patti Thomas Martin
To: flmiam...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Dade] Daisy Belle (Walker) Johnson's home
VPK
Patti Thomas Martin
Patti Thomas Martin
Titles & terms (original):
Titles & terms (standardized):
Gender: Female
Precinct number: 051
Estimated precinct locality: Miami, Dade, Florida
Residence: Miami, Dade, Florida
Age: 19y
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: , , New York
Race or color (on document): white
Race or color: White
Relationship to head-of-household (original): Daughter
Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter
Film number: 2425152
Digital GS number: 4280087
Image number: 00722
Collection: Florida State Census, 1935
Patti Thomas Martin
Titles:
Titles & Terms - Prefix(standardized):
Death date: 20 Nov 1933
Death place: Miami, Dade, Florida
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): white
Age at death: 61y 11m 1w 3d
Estimated birth year:
Birth date: 10 Dec 1871
Birthplace: Greenview, Ill.
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse's name: Charles Johnson
Spouse's titles:
Spouse's Titles & Terms - Prefix(standardized):
Father's name: Abraham Lincoln Clary
Father's titles:
Father's Titles & Terms - Prefix(standardized):
Father's birthplace: Ill.
Mother's name: Sylvia Plunkett
Mother's titles:
Mother's Titles & Terms - Prefix(standardized):
Mother's birthplace: Ill.
Occupation: Home
Street address: 128 S W 11th Ave
Residence: Miami, Dade, Florida
Cemetery name: Woodlawn Pk.
Burial place:
Burial date: 22 Nov 1933
Funeral home:
Informant's name:
Additional relatives: X
Film number: 2135545
Reference number: cn16737
Collection: Florida Deaths, 1877-1939
VPK
Patti Thomas Martin
Patti Thomas Martin
Titles & terms (original):
Titles & terms (standardized):
Gender: Female
Estimated precinct locality: Miami, Dade, Florida
Age: 22y
Estimated birth year: 1923
Birthplace: , , Massachusetts
Race or color (on document): White
Race or color: White
Line number: 12
Film number: 2425182
Digital GS number: 4280222
Image number: 00793
Collection: Florida State Census, 1945
VPK
Patti Thomas Martin
To: flmiam...@googlegroups.com
VPK
Patti Thomas Martin
gene...@cfl.rr.com
This is what is at 937 SW 5th Street
now:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=937+SW+5+st.,+Miami,+FL&sll=28.481683,-80.688172&sspn=0.417648,0.617294&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=937+SW+5th+St,+Miami,+Miami-Dade,+Florida+33130&ll=25.768795,-80.209996&spn=0.000841,0.001206&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=25.768799,-80.209883&panoid=UBoNB3Cmp7DPnkjHNQFnNQ&cbp=12,359.56,,0,5
That should give you the "street view" from Google Maps. You may
have to move a little to the left to see the entire building. It's
almost like being there!
Then there is this which will show you the location of the address
and the Orange
Bowl:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=1501+Northwest+3rd+Street,+Miami,+FL%E2%80%8E&daddr=937+SW+5th+St,+Miami,+Miami-Dade,+Florida+33130&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=25.768799,-80.209883&sspn=0.006725,0.009645&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16
The address is about 12 blocks from the Orange Bowl. Parking often
extended out that far for major football games. I lived three times
farther away and could hear the bands on a still night or if the wind
was blowing in my direction. And the fireworks sounded like an invasion.
Rel@ively,
Patrice
P.S. I never did see a picture of the house that started all
this. Could you share that with us?
VPK
 |
5. |
Turn left to merge onto I-95 S toward Miami
About 2 hours 48 mins
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go 182 mi
total 186 mi |
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6. |
Take the SW 7th St exit toward US-41
About 1 min
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go 0.6 mi
total 187 mi |
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7. |
Turn right at SW 7th St/S Tamiami Trail/US-41 N
About 3 mins
|
go 0.7 mi
total 187 mi |
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8. |
Turn right at SW 10th Ave
|
go 0.1 mi
total 187 mi |
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9. |
Turn right at the 2nd cross street onto SW 5th St
Destination will be on the left |
go 443 ft
total 187 mi |
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937 SW 5th St, Miami, FL 33130
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Patti Thomas Martin
To: flmiam...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Dade] Daisy Belle (Walker) Johnson's home
Winifred Merier Gourley
Keep up your good work down there and I wish you much success and a very good year.
Win Merier Gourley
From: chik...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:42 -0500
Subject: Re: [Dade] Daisy Belle (Walker) Johnson's home
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VPK
VPK
gene...@cfl.rr.com
I'm not sure either. I may cruise up and down 5th Street using
Google and see if I can spot it. The house may be gone -- replaced
by a parking lot or who knows what. But I'll enjoy the search.
Rel@ively,
Patrice
P.S. I've been up and down SW 5th St from I-95 to 13th Ave. Looking
on both sides of the street. I found this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=937+SW+5+st.,+Miami,+FL&sll=28.481683,-80.688172&sspn=0.417648,0.617294&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=937+SW+5th+St,+Miami,+Miami-Dade,+Florida+33130&t=h&layer=c&cbll=25.769044,-80.202808&panoid=obPCZimeRk9t44U6w90w8w&cbp=12,358.7,,0,-6.07&ll=25.769048,-80.202709&spn=0.000836,0.001206&z=20
The only thing in common is the design above the door. This building
looks larger and there is no door visible, but it also looks like it
is being remodeled. But it is also much too big for the house pictured.
The design may be common or it could be used by a specific
architect. That may help trace the home. But quite honestly, I
think this is one that needs property research.
BTW, when I enlarged Val's picture the house number looks like 200 or
209 -- it could even be 1209. You might be able to see it better on
the original with a magnifying glass.
Patti Thomas Martin
magnifying glass?
-----Original Message-----
From: flmiam...@googlegroups.com [mailto:flmiam...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of gene...@cfl.rr.com
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:59 PM
To: flmiam...@googlegroups.com
Hi Patti & Val,
Rel@ively,
Patrice
Patti Thomas Martin
gene...@cfl.rr.com
I'm going to send the photo to my expert and see if she can date
it. I'm not going to give her any information about it.
Rel@ively,
Patrice
VPK
jhjon...@gmail.com
Marion's middle name was Francis, and it appears to have been spelled in the masculine way, not as Frances, but I am not sure. She was born 29 Dec 1919 in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois and died 18 Nov 1984 in Victorville, San Bernardino County, California. Husband survived her -- James Mulcahy.
Marion's mother, Daisy Belle Walker, was born 28 Oct 1886in Williamson County, Illinois, probably in Pittsburg, and she died on 23 Mar 1953 and is buried in Pittsburg. She was the daughter of John G. and Leanna Belle Walker.
I am not sure who is in that picture with Daisy, but if that person's name is Lew Edwards (or whatever his name is), then person is NOT Marion's father. Marion's father was William Oscar Johnson. I would have expected the person in the picture with Daisy to be William Johnson. For the last years of their marriage, Daisy and William did not live together but were NEVER divorced. So Daisy may have had a friend, Mr. Edwards, or it could be William O. Johnson in the picture and the picture is mislabeled. William Oscar Johnson was born 11 Mar 1886 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and died on 30 Jan 1937 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. William was the founder and owner of the Lee Ice Cream Company in Fort Myers and he lived there above the factory. Early in the morning of 30 Jan 1937 he lit his gas heater, and at some point the heater went out and the room filled with gas and suffocated him. Daisy and Marion came to claim the body and have it transported for burial.
The Johnson family is quite interesting, in my opinion. William Oscar Johnson's parents were Dr. Edward Cushing Johnson and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bateman of Hammond, Indiana, and the story of the end of their marriage is a very unhappy one.
Dr. Edward C. Johnson's parents were Emily Murray and Oscar William Johnson of Fredonia, New York. Oscar's sister, Marion H. Johnson Skidmore, was a spiritualist and with her husband Thomas Skidmore founded Lily Dale in Chautauqua County, New York, which exists to this day as a sort of mecca of spiritualism. Various well-known people came to Lily Dale and Marion knew a lot of them, such as Susan B. Anthony.
Marion Francis Johnson, the model, was named after Marion Johnson Skidmore which is why the spelling of the name is the typical masculine way. My great-grandmother Jennie Marion Johnson Jones also used the masculine spelling.
Jim Jones