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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: mikegall on Tuesday 07 May 19 11:50 BST (UK)
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I am looking for any details I can find on a Wilfred Alfred Heyes, born in Liverpool around 1833 who I believe was working in Tombstone around 1881 as a watchmaker.
From Ancestry I have the 1881 & 1882 Voter Registrations showing him in Cochise, Arizona and the Arizona Territorial Census from 1882 just showing him as resident in Arizona.
His brother Richard died in San Francisco in 1881 and in one of the newspaper reports it says Wilfred lived in Tombstone.
I was wondering if anyone had access to any business directories or documentation that might be able to help me fill out more details of Wilfred's life. I haven't been able to find a death or burial record for him either and have no idea if he married.
Any an all help greatly appreciated.
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I am looking for any details I can find on a Wilfred Alfred Heyes, born in Liverpool around 1883 who I believe was working in Tombstone around 1881 as a watchmaker.
From Ancestry I have the 1881 & 1882 Voter Registrations showing him in Cochise, Arizona and the Arizona Territorial Census from 1882 just showing him as resident in Arizona.
His brother Richard died in San Francisco in 1881 and in one of the newspaper reports it says Wilfred lived in Tombstone.
I was wondering if anyone had access to any business directories or documentation that might be able to help me fill out more details of Wilfred's life. I haven't been able to find a death or burial record for him either and have no idea if he married.
Any an all help greatly appreciated.
Slight typo - should be born 1833 ???
Single in 1881 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-BSS
Elusive after 1882................ ::)
Sandra
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Thank's Sandra, I've corrected the original posting. Guess I was getting a little over excited.
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Cochise County Archives
https://www.cochise.az.gov/treasurer/archives
Arizona State Archives
http://azarchivesonline.org/
May be worth having a firkle round both sites to see what they have.
Boo
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No deaths under variations of Heyes/Hayes/Hays so far
http://genealogy.az.gov/
Sandra
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Coroners Inquest (which you may already have these but just in case......)
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California 11 Jul 1881, Mon - Page 3
https://tinyurl.com/yyhs4bwk
The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California 10 Jul 1881, Sun - Page 1
https://tinyurl.com/yxqhkh9o
Oakland Tribune Oakland, California 9 Jul 1881, Sat Page 3
https://tinyurl.com/y2fuzoox
https://tinyurl.com/y3cwklpx
The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California 11 Jul 1881, Mon - Page 4
https://tinyurl.com/y6ztz4t9
The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California 10 Jul 1881, Sun - Page 8
https://tinyurl.com/yymxo74n
FIND A GRAVE
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66789546
Sandra
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I did have some of those clippings, but there were 3 ones I didn't have.
Many thanks
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Interesting entry Arizona, Voter Registrations, 1866-1955 - entry
1904 - middle initial and occupation not quite right though.
W M Hayes - aged 71 years - Cochise - hotel keeper - born US :-\
Shame - it looked good for a while................. :-\
Sandra
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He ( W A Heyes) is mentioned in a 9 Feb. 1883 Probate record for the estate of an Alex Styles.
Cochise County District Court Probate Minutes, Vol 1
Page: 422
http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/ccoter/id/1453
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*Sandra*
Was he a Naturized Citizen. I do not know what it was like in those days but now anyone should be a US Citizen. If he was there should be a record.
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Should be Naturalized. My Boo Boo.
What happened to the "Modify Button" Seems to have disappeared
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From the California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 on Ancestry has a naturalization date of:
Oct 19, 1874, Nev. 1st Dist
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1871: City Directory, San Francisco
Heyes, Richard (W & R Heyes), dwl 549 Tehama
Heyes, Wilfred (W&R Heyes), dwl 549 Tehama
Heyes, W & R, chronometer makers, springers and adjusters, 122 Leidesdorff
1872: City Directory, San Francisco
Heyes, Richard, chronometer and watchmaker with Thomas Tennant, dwl 1028 Market
Heyes, Wilfred, chronometer and watchmaker with Thomas Tennant, dwl 1028 Market
1873: City Directory, San Francisco
Heyes, Richard, (Richard Heyes & Co.), dwl 1028 Market
Heyes, Wilfred, (Richard Heyes & Co.), dwl 233 Seventh
Heyes, Richard & Co., (Wilfred Heyes), commission merchants, office SW cor Front and California
1877: City Directory, San Francisco
Heyes, Wilfred, jeweler, dwo 683 Clementina
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Arizona Business Directory and Gazetteer, 1881
Tombstone, page 178
Heyes, Wilfred A, watchmaker and jeweler, 212 Fifth
https://archive.org/details/arizonabusinessd00districh/page/178
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Advertisement of Richard and Wilfred Heyes, wine merchants:
Daily Alta California, San Francisco, Jan 1873:
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18730130.2.40.8&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Wilfred+Heyes%22-------1
Daily Alta California, San Francisco, March 1880
Poem by Richard Heyes: To An Anoited Politician
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DAC18800330.2.17&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Richard+Heyes%22-------1
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Thank you Genealiza, I already had the San Fran Business Directory entries from Ancestry but not the Tombstone one or the advertisements.
Does anyone know if there are any burial records for Tombstone that I might be able to access some how for between 1883 and probably 1910ish.
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No deaths under variations of Heyes/Hayes/Hays so far
http://genealogy.az.gov/
Sandra
Wilfred doesn't appear in the death records for Arizona. n entry for "Hayes" for Boothill Graveyard Tombstone. (but no other details)
http://www.interment.net/data/us/az/cochise/boothill/boothill.htm
Have you tried emailing or writing to the Tombstone Library ?
https://cochiselibrary.org/client/en_US/tombstone/
Sandra
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There is also a RAOGK volunteer for Cochise who may be able to help. Third one down on this link.
https://www.raogk.org/lookups/region/arizona/
Sandra
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Fantastic, I will contact them both. Thank you for all your help.
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Good luck. Would appreciate an update to see how you get on. Particularly with RAOGK, its nice to know which ones work and which ones don't ;)
Sandra