Subject | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | [X] | | • | Registers of births, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Funeral homes -- 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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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | Funeral homes -- Ohio -- Lakewood. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Irish Americans -- Ohio -- Lakewood -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
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| | • | Lakewood (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | McGorray Brothers Funeral Home. |
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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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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. |
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| | • | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Mortality -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Andrews family. |
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| | • | Andrews, Edward William -- Family. |
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| | • | Antislavery movements -- Ohio. |
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| | • | Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). |
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| | • | Beilstein-Young Company. |
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| | • | Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Biggar, Anna Harman, 1876-1929 |
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| | • | Black, Louis, d. 1919. |
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| | • | Bole, Benjamin Patterson, 1873-1941 |
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| | • | Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1848-1894 |
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| | • | Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1876-1952 |
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| | • | Bole, Melinda Eliza, 1850-1918 |
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| | • | Bole, Roberta Holden, 1876-1950 |
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| | • | Bole, Winifred Ely, 1881-1976 |
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| | • | Bowles family |
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| | • | Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland |
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| | • | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Carnegie, Martha Gertrude, 1870-1906 |
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| | • | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Church buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Church records and registers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Biography. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. |
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| | • | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. |
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| | • | Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. |
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| | • | Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. |
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| | • | Cleveland Trust Company. |
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| | • | Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. |
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| | • | Cobb family. |
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| | • | Cobb, Caius -- Family. |
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| | • | Cobb, Philip Lothrop, 1870-1929 -- Family. |
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| | • | Connecticut Land Company. |
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| | • | Croatian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. |
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| | • | E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve -- Periodicals. |
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| | • | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Ely family |
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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) |
(1)
| | • | Europe -- Description and travel. |
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| | • | First Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Fleming family. |
(1)
| | • | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. |
(1)
| | • | Genealogy |
(1)
| | • | Grand Army of the Republic. Army and Navy Post, No. 187 (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Grdina Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Grdina, Anton, 1874-1957 |
(1)
| | • | Grdina-Cosic Funeral Home (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | Harmon family. |
(1)
| | • | Hungary -- History. |
(1)
| | • | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | J. D. Deutsch Funeral Home and Crematory. |
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| | • | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. |
(1)
| | • | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Joseph family. |
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| | • | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. |
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| | • | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. |
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| | • | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. |
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| | • | Joseph, William R., 1946- |
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| | • | Kenyon family. |
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| | • | Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) |
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| | • | McBride family. |
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| | • | McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. |
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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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| | • | Methodist Episcopal Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Methodists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. |
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| | • | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. |
(1)
| | • | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(1)
| | • | Ratner family. |
(1)
| | • | Ratner, Albert B., 1927- |
(1)
| | • | Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. |
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| | • | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Religion |
(1)
| | • | Root & McBride Company. |
(1)
| | • | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Shipping -- Great Lakes. |
(1)
| | • | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. |
(1)
| | • | Slovenian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
(1)
| | • | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Thorman family. |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- 19th century. |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers. |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. |
(1)
| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
(1)
| | • | University Circle United Methodist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) |
(1)
| | • | University of Free Europe in Exile. |
(1)
| | • | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Registers. |
(1)
| | • | Veterans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Wade family -- Periodicals. |
(1)
| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
(1)
| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. |
(1)
| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. |
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| | • | Winous Point Shooting Club. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
(1)
| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. |
(1)
| | • | Younglove family. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Western Reserve Manuscripts (Western Reserve Historical Society Manuscript Vertical File)
| | | | Creator: | Various | | | | Dates: | 1636-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The Western Reserve Manuscripts is a collection of small manuscript accessions that have been donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society since its founding in 1867. These manuscripts often consist of one document but can include multiple items contained in one folder. This collection of material documents numerous subjects and themes in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the region of northeast Ohio known as the Western Reserve. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, applications, articles, autobiographies, autograph books and autographs, biographical sketches, certificates, correspondence, deeds, diaries, drawings, envelopes, genealogies, histories, indentures, invoices, letters, lists, manuscripts, memoranda, newspaper clippings, notes, papers, photographs, poems, receipts, reports, scripts, speech transcripts, telegrams, and other material. Western Reserve Historical Society library staff began to describe these manuscripts in this finding aid in 2015. This is an ongoing project that will be updated for public access as the project progresses in real time. | | | | Call #: | MS 5362 | | | | Extent: | 27.80 linear feet (29 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Surveys. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Real property -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Surveyors -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Connecticut Land Company. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- 19th century. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. | Antislavery movements -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Donald McBride Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | McBride, Donald Family | | | | Dates: | 1857-1989 | | | | Abstract: | Donald McBride was a lawyer and businessman and son of John Harris McBride, owner of Root & McBride Company, a leading wholesale dry goods establishment in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald's brothers, Malcolm and Herbert, were officers in Root & McBride Company. His sister Grace was married to Dr. George Crile, and his sister Edith was married to Henry S. Sherman, chairman of Society for Savings, 1903-1936. Donald's wife, Mary Helen Harman McBride, was daughter of industrialist Ralph A. Harman, who ran Cleveland Forge and Iron Company, was a founder of Cleveland Trust Company, and a director of Cleveland Electric Railway Company. Mary Helen's sister Grace was married to Samuel Livingston Mather, and her sister Sue was married to diplomat John Pelenyi. Her great aunt, Grace Harman Wade, was married to Jeptha H. Wade. The collection consists of Harman and McBride family correspondence, genealogies, coats of arms, reminiscences, memorials, school reports, scrapbooks, ledgers, journals, diaries, newspaper clippings, obituaries, reprints, autograph book, receipts, verses, blueprints, speeches and photographs. Included are personal papers for Ralph A. Harman, Sue Wade Harman and John Pelenyi, Susan Fleming Wade, Donald McBride and Mary Helen McBride, as well as business records, recollections and scrapbooks of Ralph A. Harman relating to the early business, industrial and social history of Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 4585 | | | | Extent: | 10.80 linear feet (10 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | McBride, Donald, 1884-1927. | McBride family. | Harmon family. | Kenyon family. | Fleming family. | Wade family -- Periodicals. | Root & McBride Company. | Cleveland Tool and Forge Company. | Cleveland City Forge and Iron Company. | University of Free Europe in Exile. | Cleveland Trust Company. | Cleveland-Akron Bag Company. | Winous Point Shooting Club. | Beech Brook, Inc. (Pepper Pike, Ohio). | Businessmen -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Street-railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Banks and banking -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Shipping -- Great Lakes. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives. | Europe -- Description and travel. | Shipbuilding industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Economic conditions. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Hungary -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Thorman Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Thorman Family | | | | Dates: | 1873-1961 | | | | Abstract: | Simson Thorman was one of the first Jews to settle in Cleveland, Ohio, coming in 1837, and was responsible for the migration of 19 other Jews from Unsleben, Bavaria, known as the Alsbacher Party, the first major settlement of Jews in Cleveland. His grandson, Harold Thorman, the principal family member represented in the collection, was founder of H.M. Thorman, a women's coat-making firm, and was also associated with the brokerage firm of Joseph Mellen & Miller, Inc. The collection consists of genealogical notes, clippings, correspondence, certificates, wills, and record books. Includes wills of Simson and Regina Thorman, as well as a land title, correspondence regarding property, and record books relating to Simson Thorman; clippings, a memorial tribute to Abba Hillel Silver, and birth, marriage, army discharge and death certificates for Harold Thorman. The collection has value for the study of the origins and development of the Jewish community in Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 4228 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Thorman family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Joseph Family Papers, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1883-2000 | | | | Abstract: | The Joseph family is a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, Jewish family. Moritz Joseph arrived in the United States in 1852 from Gauersheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany. Settling in Cleveland in 1872, Joseph became successful in the manufacture of men's clothing. The Joseph and Feiss Company was incorporated in 1907, and was one of the largest manufacturers of men's clothing in the United States. Moritz Joseph's son Emil became a lawyer, and Emil's son, Frank, was partner at the law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis. Frank E. Joseph and his wife, Martha, were also active philanthropists. The couple's son, William R. Joseph, Sr. continues to be active in the community. The collection consists of awards, correspondence, diaries, diplomas, genealogies, guest lists, inventories, news clippings, newsletters, legal records, notebooks, programs, scrapbooks, and assorted writings. | | | | Call #: | MS 5055 | | | | Extent: | 4.01 linear feet (4 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Joseph, Emil, 1857-1938. | Joseph, Frank E., 1904-1995. | Joseph, Martha J., 1917-2006. | Joseph, William R., 1946- | Joseph family. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 7 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 10 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 11 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 14 | 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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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 15 | Title: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve | | | | Dates: | 1838-2009 | | | | Abstract: | The Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve is a Cleveland, Ohio, social organization for descendants of early settlers of the Western Reserve. Established in 1879 as the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, the organization has supported a variety of historical and civic projects. The collection consists of addresses, advertisements, agendas, agreements, annual reports, applications, articles of incorporation, bibliographies, board of trustees minutes, book manuscripts, brochures, by-laws, certificates, constitutions, correspondence, diary entries, dues payments, family trees, financial records, flyers, forms, genealogies, handbooks, indexes, inventories, invitations, itineraries, journal articles, journals, lectures, lists, magazine articles, magazine clippings, maps, meeting announcements, membership cards, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper articles, newspaper clippings, notes, obituaries, pamphlets, photographs, post cards, press releases, proclamations, programs, publications, records of proceedings, reports, research, resolutions, rosters, scrapbooks, song lyrics, speeches, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5181 | | | | Extent: | 21.00 linear feet (22 containers and 5 volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve -- Periodicals. | Early Settlers Association of the Western Reserve. | Patriotic societies -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Societies, etc. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 16 | Title: | Bole Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bole family | | | | Dates: | 1853-2002 | | | | Abstract: | The Bole Family traces their ancestry to Robert Bole (1818-1891) and Euphemia Bole (Kirkpatrick, birth and death dates unknown). They had five children: Joseph Kirkpatrick (1848-1894), John Clark, Mary (Mame), Allen, and Robert. The donors of the collection are descendants of Joseph Kirkpatrick Bole and Melinda Eliza Bole (Patterson, 1850-1918). Joseph and Melinda had seven children. The majority of the material is related to their second son, Joseph "Joe" Kirkpatrick Bole (1876-1952), and his wife's, Winifred Ely Bole (Ely, 1881-1976), line of descendants. Joe Bole attended Cornell University and was an avid golfer and fisherman. The collection consists of genealogical material such as family trees, family group records, and research notes, correspondence, diplomas, and certificates. | | | | Call #: | MS 4989 | | | | Extent: | 0.61 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Biggar, Anna Harman, 1876-1929 | Bole, Benjamin Patterson, 1873-1941 | Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1848-1894 | Bole, Joseph Kirkpatrick, 1876-1952 | Bole, Melinda Eliza, 1850-1918 | Bole, Roberta Holden, 1876-1950 | Bole, Winifred Ely, 1881-1976 | Bowles family | Carnegie, Martha Gertrude, 1870-1906 | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History. | Ely family
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 17 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 18 | Title: | Ratner Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Ratner Family | | | | Dates: | 1891-2007 | | | | Abstract: | The Ratner (formerly Ratowczer) family has been prominent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area since the mid-twentieth century. The family immigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Cleveland in 1921. Leonard Ratner began his business career by opening two creameries in the Glenville neighborhood. He then formed the Buckeye Material Company in 1924, later merging it with his brother Charlie's business, Forest City Material Company, in 1929, to form the B & F Building Company, a major builder of prefabricated homes in the east side suburbs. The family consolidated their business interests into Forest City Enterprises, Inc. in 1960. Leonard Ratner married Lillian Bernstein in 1924 and had two children: Ruth Ratner Miller and Albert B. Ratner. Leonard Ratner held many important positions on community boards during his lifetime, including the positions of honorary life trustee at the Jewish Welfare Federation, the Jewish Community Federation, and Mount Sinai Hospital. His children were also heavily involved in philanthropy. The Ratner family was particularly instrumental in establishing the Cleveland Jewish Archives at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1976. The collection consists of advertisements, annual reports, census reports, certificates, correspondence, reports, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, scrapbooks, ship manifests, songs, and speeches. | | | | Call #: | MS 5044 | | | | Extent: | 9.00 linear feet (2 containers, 14 oversize volumes, and 1 oversize folder,) | | | | Subjects: | Ratner, Leonard, 1896-1974. | Miller, Ruth Ratner, 1926-1996. | Ratner, Albert B., 1927- | Ratner family. | Forest City Enterprises, Inc. | Lillian and Betty Ratner School (Pepper Pike, Ohio) | Jewish businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Building materials industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Architects and builders -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Real estate developers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Białystok (Poland) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 19 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 20 | 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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