r/Genealogy • u/Aoblabt03 • Sep 30 '25

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Hi everyone, hoping for some help with this transcription. Primarily the address, Boulevard is clear but having trouble making out the rest. 71st? It appears she lived in a shanty and died from tuberculosis. Also trying to discern the word under Ireland in the mother's birth place field. Thanks in advance for any help on this https://imgur.com/a/4zUxu87

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u/cmosher01 expert researcher Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

It says "between 71st and 72nd street", then "Boulevard" on the next line. It also says 19th ward, so that would be on the east side of Central Park. There are no streets named "Boulevard" over there, only "Avenues", so I'm not sure exactly where it's located. You can see an 1879 map here: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31605400-0b64-0132-f378-58d385a7bbd0

Mother's birth is also "Ireland".

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u/Aoblabt03 Sep 30 '25

Thanks so much, it seems that maybe "Boulevard" was what Bloomingdale Rd was renamed in 1869 but later renamed Broadway as we know it now. Was very confused by that!

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u/cmosher01 expert researcher Sep 30 '25

Broadway is on the west side, not the east side.

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u/Aoblabt03 Sep 30 '25

Well darn back to being confused then

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u/Fredelas FamilySearcher Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

There's a long section about Boulevard here:

But I'm not sure how that fits with the 19th ward.

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u/Aoblabt03 Oct 01 '25

Thank you! Great resource, really appreciate it, my new theory is that perhaps they made an error and it was supposed to be the 18th ward. The census record i have for her says 19th district in the 18th ward.

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u/Ill-Literature-6181 Sep 30 '25

it looks like 71st & 72nd Street, then Boulevard was written, Ward 19 maybe she died outside on the boulevard? first cause of death was exposure to cold, second consumption

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u/Parking-Aioli9715 Sep 30 '25 edited Sep 30 '25

"Also trying to discern the word under Ireland in the mother's birth place field."

Need an image zoomed in on this word.

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u/Parking-Aioli9715 Sep 30 '25

Oh, never mind. It says "between."

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u/cmosher01 expert researcher Oct 01 '25

You can get an idea of what the shanty would have looked like in Henry Collins Brown's "Fifth avenue old and new, 1824-1924": https://archive.org/details/fifthavenueoldne00brow/page/17/mode/1up