Re: William Frawley - Fred Mertz
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Re: William Frawley - Fred Mertz
9/01/00
I am curious about where you got the information about William Frawley's having lived on Locust.I, too, am from Burlington, IA.I followed the Frawley name in City Directories and came up with this information.
In 1862, Mrs. Bridget Frawley is listed on Court & Main.In 1866 she is listed at Fifth & High.In 1868, she is listed at Fifth & High but the name is Mary (probably a mistake).In 1869 it is Bridget at Fifth & High.In 1872 Mrs. Theresa Frawley (probably Bridget) is listed at Sixth & North.In 1873 Bridget is listed at Sixth & North as is John Frawley, a runner on cars (CB&Q).In 1874, Mike A. Frawley, a clerk at J.J. Heider is listed along with Bridget and John (both probably her sons) at 1203 N. Sixth.
After 1881-82, John is no longer listed.Bridget begins being listed as a widow and, in 1886, as retired.M.A. (Mike)and she continue to live at 1203 N. Sixth.In 1885-86, Miss Anna (perhaps daughter of Bridget) is also listed there.Mike is listed as agent for Burlington Insurance Co. and Anna as stenographer for same company.She is no longer listed after 1887.Bridget is no longer listed after 1887.
M.A. goes into business on his own in insurance, real estate, loans, etc.He continues to live at 1203 N. Sixth but has an office first at 321 1/2 Jefferson and later at the Tama Building.In 1898-99, J.J. Frawley (probably Mike's first son) is a carrier boy for the Gazette.In 1900-01, John J. Frawley is a student at the Business College.In that same year, Paul B. and William C. (probably second and third sons) are carriers for the Gazette.
From then on Mike, John, Paul, and William are listed (always at 1203 N. Sixth).Mike's wife Mary E., presumably mother of the three boys, is listed beginning in 1906.In 1908-09, she is listed as the widow of M.A. (Mike).She and the three boys continue to live at the same address.In 1912, a Mary F. is also listed, perhaps a sister of the three boys.Their address is now 604 North but could be the same house.Paul is listed in 1912 as an actor.William is listed as an insurance agent.
1912 is the last of the Frawley listings.The whole family must have left Burlington at this time.In 1912, William would have been 25.
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Re: William Frawley - Fred Mertz
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