Subject | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | [X] | | • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | [X] | | • | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography. |
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| | • | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Grand Army of the Republic. Army and Navy Post, No. 187 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. |
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| | • | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. |
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| | • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. |
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| | • | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Registers. |
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| | • | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Beilstein-Young Company. |
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| | • | Black, Louis, d. 1919. |
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| | • | Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio). City Infirmary. |
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| | • | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Elderly poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Epworth League (U.S.) |
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| | • | Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Franklin Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Genealogy |
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| | • | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Grace Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Grdina Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Grdina, Anton, 1874-1957 |
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| | • | Grdina-Cosic Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Lindhorst Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Lindhorst, Edward H., d. 1940. |
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| | • | McGorray, James W. II, 1892-1968. |
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| | • | McGorray, James W. III, 1923-1994. |
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| | • | McGorray, James W., d. 1919. |
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| | • | McGorray, Joseph, d. 1910. |
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| | • | McGorray, Mark, 1829-1891. |
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| | • | McGorray, Mary Susan, 1957- |
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| | • | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Public health -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Puritan Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Religion |
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| | • | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. |
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| | • | University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Welsh Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Welsh Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. Records
| | | | Creator: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. | | | | Dates: | 1909-1960 | | | | Abstract: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory was a Jewish funeral home founded by Jacob D. Deutsch around 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1967 it became the Miller-Deutsch Memorial Chapel. The collection consists of burial books, which include name, address, age, spouse, parents, birthplace, cause of death, doctor, location of death, and location of cemetery. Included are some non-Jewish burials. click here to view the searchable index to the funeral records contained in this collection | | | | Call #: | MS 4339 | | | | Extent: | 4.70 linear feet (3 containers and 22 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home | | | | Dates: | 1919-1987 | | | | Abstract: | E. F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home is one of the oldest African American funeral homes in Cleveland, Ohio. Known earlier as Boyd's Funeral Home, the name was changed to E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home in 1938 when William F. Boyd joined his father, Elmer Franklin Boyd, in the business. Branches were opened in East Cleveland, Ohio in 1972, and in Warrensville Heights, Ohio in 1996. They arranged the funerals of many of Cleveland's most prominent citizens, white and black, as well as lesser known individuals. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, funeral books, and notes. The funeral books comprise the bulk of the collection and include name, age, cause of death, date of funeral, type of casket, place of death, birth date, spouse's name, parents' names and cost of arrangements. The collection is of value to those researching the funeral business in Cleveland, Ohio, particularly that of Boyd Funeral Home, as well as those interested in genealogy, mortality and occupational information on African Americans in Cleveland. click here to view the searchable index to the funeral records contained in this collection | | | | Call #: | MS 4908 | | | | Extent: | 15.50 linear feet (15 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Welsh Presbyterian Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Welsh Presbyterian Church | | | | Dates: | 1906-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The Welsh Presbyterian Church was a Cleveland, Ohio, church founded ca. 1890, located on East 55th Street, and known as Willson Avenue Welsh Presbyterian Church before Willson Avenue became East 55th Street in 1906. It was part of the Pittsburgh Presbytery and merged with the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Cleveland in the 1940s. The collection consists of two record books containing minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees and Elders, 1906-1912, monthly meetings of the Church Session, 1922-1937, and registers of pastors, elders, communicants, baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1912-1940. | | | | Call #: | MS 3995 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Welsh Presbyterian Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Archives. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Welsh Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Church history -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Beilstein-Young Company Records
| | | | Creator: | Beilstein-Young Company | | | | Dates: | 1907-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The Beilstein-Young Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was a funeral home firm. Fred Beilstein operated as an undertaker at 3311 Prospect Avenue as early as 1907, and in 1913 the Beilstein-Young Company was incorporated. The funeral home was located at 7508 Carnegie Avenue from 1918-1921. The firm moved to 1795 Crawford Road in 1921. Fred Beilstein died in 1926, and his partner William W. Young became president and treasurer, with W. E. Beilstein as vice president. The collection consists of bound funeral registers. The registers list details about the deceased including name, date of birth, occupation, marital status, religion, place and cause of death, certifying physician, and name and birthplace of parents. The details of the funeral service include location, resider, place of burial, style of casket, and a diagram of the cemetery lot. The name and address of the party paying for the funeral is also listed, with an itemized list of services and expenses, and payment schedule. An introduction to each register describes the duties and ethics of the funeral director. | | | | Call #: | MS 4557 | | | | Extent: | 1.80 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Beilstein-Young Company. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Personal War Sketches of the Members of Army and Navy Post No. 187
| | | | Creator: | Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 | | | | Dates: | ca. 1899 | | | | Abstract: | The Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187, was the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of this national association of Union Civil War veterans. The GAR worked on both the state and national levels for issues such as pensions and the establishment of soldiers' homes. By 1908 there were a total of 8 GAR posts in Cleveland, with a membership of 886. Five additional posts were located elsewhere in Cuyahoga County, with 129 additional members. The collection consists of a record of the Civil War service of living and deceased members of the post. Presented to the post by William Bingham, 1899. | | | | Call #: | MS 2769 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Grand Army of the Republic. Army and Navy Post, No. 187 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Registers. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home | | | | Dates: | 1908-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home was established in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1887 by William Wischmeier (1866-1922). The company initially provided undertaking services and furniture sales to the German immigrant community on Cleveland's West Side. The funeral home merged with Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home in 1972, but continued providing independent funeral home services until 1988. The collection consists primarily of funeral ledgers but includes correspondence, death certificates, invoices, notes, obituaries, photographs, receipts, transit permits, and other documents related to funerals and burials. | | | | Call #: | MS 5354 | | | | Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Puritan Congregational Church Records
| | | | Creator: | Puritan Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1889-1914 | | | | Abstract: | Puritan Congregational Church was located on the corner of Franklin Avenue and West 58th Street on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1890s-1914. The congregation was an independent church that included the consolidation Franklin Avenue Congregational Church. The collection consists of certificates, correspondence, meeting notices, membership lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5195 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Franklin Avenue Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Grace Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Puritan Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 11 | Title: | Edward H. Lindhorst and Sons Funeral Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Edward H. Lindhorst and Sons Funeral Home | | | | Dates: | 1906-1974 | | | | Abstract: | Lindhorst Funeral Home (1905-ca. 1974) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, at 2924 16th Street S.W. (98 Abram Street) by Edward H. Lindhorst. In 1909 the funeral home moved to 1610 Clark Avenue S.E., the former home of Elizabeth Lindhorst, widow of John H. Lindhorst (Edward's parents). It continued at the same location throughout its operation. In the early 1920s the name was changed to Edward H. Lindhorst & Son Funeral Home as Edward's son Roland E. Lindhorst joined the business. Sometime afterward, Edward's son-in-law Raymond N. Wilson, joined the business and it became known as Edward H. Lindhorst and Sons. Roland Lindhorst died in 1935, and Ruth Lindhorst Wilson, Roland's sister and Raymond's wife, joined the business. Edward Lindhorst died in 1940, leaving Ruth and Raymond Wilson to run the funeral home. Around this time, the business began being referred to as Lindhorst Funeral Home according to the death notices printed in local newspapers. Besides funeral services they also advertised invalid car service. Raymond Wilson died in July, 1972 and Ruth died in July, 1976. According to the donor, Judith Wilson Robertson, granddaughter of Edward Lindhorst, the funeral home building no longer stands. It was razed for a school in 1976. The collection consists of death certificates and funeral ledger books. click here to view the searchable index to the burial records contained in this collection | | | | Call #: | MS 5091 | | | | Extent: | 2.40 linear feet (3 containers and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Lindhorst, Edward H., d. 1940. | Lindhorst Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Death certificates -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 12 | Title: | Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 Records
| | | | Creator: | Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 | | | | Dates: | 1892-1920 | | | | Abstract: | The Grand Army of the Republic, Army and Navy Post No. 187 was the Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of this national association of Union Civil War veterans. The GAR worked on both the state and national levels for issues such as pensions and the establishment of soldiers' homes. By 1908 there were a total of 8 GAR posts in Cleveland, with a membership of 886. Five additional posts were located elsewhere in Cuyahoga County, with 129 additional members. The collection consists of a list of members who served in the Civil War with information concerning their births, deaths, and military service, minutes of meetings of Post 187 (1913-1920), and a memorial volume to Louis Black, Company A, 150th Ohio Infantry. | | | | Call #: | MS 2758 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Black, Louis, d. 1919. | Grand Army of the Republic. Army and Navy Post, No. 187 (Cleveland, Ohio) | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Registers. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 13 | Title: | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home | | | | Dates: | 1935-1936 | | | | Abstract: | The McGorray Brothers Funeral Home was founded by Mark McGorray in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, as the McGorray Funeral Home. The name was changed to McGorray Brothers Funeral Home after the death of Mark McGorray in 1891, when two of his sons, James W. McGorray and Joseph McGorray, took over the business. Mark McGorray was an Irish immigrant, coming to the United States in 1844. He and his family settled in Cleveland in 1864. McGorray Brothers Funeral Home became a prominent Irish Catholic funeral home, and was located first on the west side of Cleveland, and by 1922, in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. James W. McGorray II took over the business ca. 1919. His son, James W. McGorray III, assumed leadership of the business on the death of his father in 1968. He served as President until his death in 1994, when he was succeeded by his daughter and current president, Mary Susan McGorray. The collection consists of a funeral account record book. | | | | Call #: | MS 5128 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 14 | Title: | Grdina Funeral Home and Grdina-Cosic Funeral Home Records
| | | | Creator: | Grdina Funeral Home | | | | Dates: | 1912-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Grdina Funeral Home was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1909 by Anton Grdina (1874-1957). The funeral home primarily served the Yugolav immigrant community in the St. Clair and Lake Shore neighborhoods of Cleveland. Immigrants from Slovenia and Croatia primarily used the funeral home. The collection consists of funeral ledgers, mortuary records, receipts, and tax documents. | | | | Call #: | MS 5188 | | | | Extent: | 10.80 linear feet (10 containers and 7 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Grdina Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Grdina, Anton, 1874-1957 | Grdina-Cosic Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 15 | Title: | City Infirmary, Cleveland, Ohio, Records
| | | | Creator: | City Infirmary, Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1867-1876 | | | | Abstract: | The City Infirmary was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1855 to house and assist the poor, aged, mentally ill, and handicapped. The State of Ohio authorized county governments to build and administer poorhouses and infirmaries to provide long-term care for the poor and homeless in 1816. Cuyahoga County was the only county that did not establish a poorhouse, so Cleveland built a combined poorhouse/infirmary in 1827 behind Erie Street Cemetery that accepted referrals from throughout the county. As the population of Cleveland expanded rapidly, its City Council voted in 1849 for a tax levy to pay for a separate workhouse and infirmary. In 1855 the new City Infirmary was built on the site of the current Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. A few years later, Cleveland was experiencing the consequences of a national economic panic which included an influx of "inmates" to the City Infirmary that included newborn babies, the elderly, and the infirm. Immediately after the American Civil War, Ohio changed its infirmary law to require the election of infirmary directors and boards, thus injecting politics into the management of the City Infirmary. Cleveland's population doubled between 1860-1870, its economy rapidly industrialized, and its immigrant population increased dramatically. The City Infirmary cared for the poorest, most vulnerable citizens of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County during this era, including destitute individuals and families, the mentally ill, the aged, children too young to be apprenticed, alcoholics, and those suffering from mental and physical disabilities. During the 1870s, Cleveland was again mired in an economic panic that did not begin to ease until 1878. The City Infirmary again experienced a flood of impoverished and ill individuals and families seeking aid. Increasingly, those seeking help at the City Infirmary were recent immigrants to the United States, including Germans, Irish, and Eastern Europeans. At the turn of the century, the City Infirmary was transformed into Cooley Farms which became a national model for service delivery and rehabilitation. The collection consists of one intake ledger. | | | | Call #: | MS 5134 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio). City Infirmary. | Hospitals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Public health -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Medical care -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Elderly poor -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Orphans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 16 | Title: | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home Records
| | | | Creator: | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home | | | | Dates: | 1876-1935 | | | | Abstract: | The McGorray Brothers Funeral Home was founded by Mark McGorray in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, as the McGorray Funeral Home. The name was changed to McGorray Brothers Funeral Home after the death of Mark McGorray in 1891, when two of his sons, James W. McGorray and Joseph McGorray, took over the business. Mark McGorray was an Irish immigrant, coming to the United States in 1844. He and his family settled in Cleveland in 1864. McGorray Brothers Funeral Home became a prominent Irish Catholic funeral home, and was located first on the west side of Cleveland, and by 1922, in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. James W. McGorray II took over the business ca. 1919. His son, James W. McGorray III, assumed leadership of the business on the death of his father in 1968. He served as President until his death in 1994, when he was succeeded by his daughter and current president, Mary Susan McGorray. The collection consists of funeral account ledgers, funeral record books, inventory records, carriage and coach ledgers, correspondence, death certificates, burial permits, and other receipts. This collection provides the genealogical researcher with much information, particularly those interested in Irish Catholic family history of Cleveland, Ohio. The funeral account ledgers provide the name of the deceased, name the account is being billed to, date of death, and date and location of burial. The majority of these ledgers contain an alphabetized index of names. The funeral record books include the name of the deceased, date of death, age, sex, cause of death, residence of the deceased, place of burial, name the account is being billed to (often next of kin), that person's address, and the attending physician and his address. Also contained in these volumes are receipts, burial permits, and death certificates for individuals. The collection also contains business records, including carriage, coach, and inventory volumes, detailing the funeral home business of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. click here to view the searchable index to the burial records contained in this collection | | | | Call #: | MS 4805 | | | | Extent: | 5.40 linear feet (14 containers) | | | | Subjects: | McGorray, Mark, 1829-1891. | McGorray, James W., d. 1919. | McGorray, Joseph, d. 1910. | McGorray, James W. II, 1892-1968. | McGorray, James W. III, 1923-1994. | McGorray, Mary Susan, 1957- | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 17 | Title: | University Circle United Methodist Church Records
| | | | Creator: | University Circle United Methodist Church | | | | Dates: | 1839-2010 | | | | Abstract: | The University Circle United Methodist Church, formerly known as Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, is descended from the earliest Methodist societies in Cleveland, Ohio, having been formed in 1919 from 2 historic congregations: Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and Epworth Memorial Church. For over 60 years the congregation has occupied a landmark building in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, nicknamed the "Holy Oil Can" because of its tall copper spire. The Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church began with Methodist classes at Doan's Corners in 1831. A church building, known as Doan Street Methodist Episcopal Church, was constructed in 1837 on Doan (East 105th) Street. A second building was built in 1870 and razed in 1885. In 1887 a new building went up on Euclid Avenue at Oakdale (East 93rd), and the church became known as Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1919-1920, the Euclid Avenue and Epworth Memorial congregations merged, creating the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church at East 107th Street and Chester Avenue. In 2010, First United Methodist Church and Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church merged to become University Circle United Methodist Church. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, annual reports, appraisals, attendance records, audits, budgets, bulletins, bylaws, certificates, charters, church histories, committee records, constitutions, contracts, correspondence, deeds, drawings, estates and bequests, financial records and statements, floor plans, guest books, handbooks, inventories, ledgers, legal records, magazine articles, manuals, membership records, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, orders of worship/service, pamphlets, programs, publicity records, recipe books, reports, rosters, scrapbooks, sermons, Sunday School records, and wills. | | | | Call #: | MS 5172 | | | | Extent: | 51.65 linear feet (58 containers, 3 oversize folders and 114 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Epworth League (U.S.) | Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Religion | Genealogy
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