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US Lookup Requests / Re: San Francisco Census Look up please
« on: Monday 20 August 12 14:16 BST (UK) »Thomas Gibney lived in St. Paul. Minnesota in 1898-9 and worked on the construction of the Minnesota State Capitol. According to the St. Paul City Directory of 1898 he was boarding at 193 Fuller along with John Gibney and several other stone cutters including William J. Harvey, Daniel King and William White. All these men were itinerant stone cutters and they are very difficult to trace. There is a picture of Thomas Gibney in the St. Paul Globe newspaper of 27 Feb. 1899 on p.8. He was a Union activist, like many stone cutters, and there are some other references to him in the Globe. I can't figure out how to post the picture here but you can get it on the Library of Congress newspaper website.
I, and several others, are working on a project researching the construction workers on the Minnesota Capitol. If anyone has actually found any of those old Stone Cutter Journals (other than the few on Google Books) please let me know!
John,
Many thanks your most welcome contribution to our search! It has helped greatly to confirm and find new information about Thomas. Can I ask how you knew about him? Are there records for people like Thomas, maybe with a Stonecutters organisation?
Stellamarie,
were you aware of Josie's husband Thomas before this? Do you have family pictures of Josie? We have one photo of Josie and Thomas together as an older couple.
Regards,
Alison & Grainne
(I think I have successfully attached the image of Thomas from the Globe, 1899, below)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059523/1899-02-27/ed-1/seq-8/print/image_681x591_from_0%2C3335_to_2348%2C5375/