You wouldn't happen to have an ancestry.com profile that is also named "kimanndono," would you?
If not, ignore everything I am about to say! :P
If so... I would have contacted you through that website but I got an error when trying to click on the profile. Anyway, I live in a house that appears to have been built by Frederick Bechstein in about 1865--although no one can be sure since the city didn't require building permits until 1870. His daughter, Lena Bechstein, raised several children in the house until the 1930's, including Dorothy (Eiden) Ritter, who is on your family tree. I am trying to find descendants of the family that built my house. If your Dorothy Eiden is for sure my "Dora" Eiden, then you might be my first sucess! Here is the house:
Hi, For some reason I never got the LJ notification of this when you originally posted it. I am that person on ancestry.com. Honestly, I put my info on ancestry.com about a year ago and haven't done anything with it since then. It was all info from a high school project from probably 15 years ago! I will have to ask my grandma about this. I will probably see her over the weekend. If you don't mind my asking, what street is the house on?
Yes! Contact at last! :) The house is at 1733 Wabash Street in Corktown. I don't have a piece of paper stating that Frederick Bechstein built this house, but he was the first owner of this parcel of land, which was part of a large farm before that. The city directories and the census information list his occupation as a carpenter, and he was the first occupant of this house. I can't imagine an immigrant carpenter hiring someone else to build his own house. :)
That would be wonderful if you mentioned the house to your grandmother. Her mother would have been raised here! I did look up your grandmother's name and try to send her a letter with a photo of the house many months ago, but never received a reply. Either the letter got lost, or she thought I was just crazy. Anyway, let me know what she says. Feel free to email me (five_khandhas@yahoo.com) or call me at 313-414-8668 if you would like to know more or to see the house for yourself.
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If not, ignore everything I am about to say! :P
If so... I would have contacted you through that website but I got an error when trying to click on the profile. Anyway, I live in a house that appears to have been built by Frederick Bechstein in about 1865--although no one can be sure since the city didn't require building permits until 1870. His daughter, Lena Bechstein, raised several children in the house until the 1930's, including Dorothy (Eiden) Ritter, who is on your family tree. I am trying to find descendants of the family that built my house. If your Dorothy Eiden is for sure my "Dora" Eiden, then you might be my first sucess! Here is the house:
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That would be wonderful if you mentioned the house to your grandmother. Her mother would have been raised here! I did look up your grandmother's name and try to send her a letter with a photo of the house many months ago, but never received a reply. Either the letter got lost, or she thought I was just crazy. Anyway, let me know what she says. Feel free to email me (five_khandhas@yahoo.com) or call me at 313-414-8668 if you would like to know more or to see the house for yourself.
Thanks for writing back! :)
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