         
Blickley Block
SUMMARY OF INFO
- The Rock Shop and the whole building was known from 1911 (and probably earlier) as Blickley Block. the street numbers back then were 263, 265 and 267. they then switched in 1912 to the present day numbering system (1515-1519 both odd and even numbers) T
- The apartments were subdivided sometime between 1912 and 1917 and came to incorporate half numbers too. from the number of people that lived at 1517 1/2 is seems that that number refers to the whole floor above the shop fronts.
- interested in a woman named Elizabeth L. Mills who lived at 1519 between 1908-12 and then at 15171/2 until sometime before 1925. she was a dressmaker and a widow of Charles W Mills.
- 1905 she was a housekeeper at 281 Flat str.
- by 1925 she was living at 1371 Plainfield.
- from 1929 until 1941 she is listed at 1545 Queen av NE which is the street that runs parallel behind plainfield.
- deceased husband Charles W. if the records were correct, he was born around 1815 and died around1892.
- in 1882-3 he was a partner in Mills and Lacey manufacturing/ druggists making embalming fluid
- boarded at the Sweets Hotel (did i read that that is now the country club?) address listed as 209 S Divison. by 1903 the company was still listed under the same name though i presume he had died by then.
- Elizabeth had a daughter(possibly), and a possible residence for her at the age of around 11. also found info on Charles W mills' parents with dates for both about birth, race (white) occupation and property ect. also possibly elizabeths maiden name Bartlett.
LIST OF RESIDENTS
| YEAR | NUMBER | LAST NAME | FIRST,INITIAL | OCCUPATION | ADDITIONAL |
| 1911 | (263)1515 | spencer | myron E | tailor | | |
| | (265)1517 | gothiea | louis S | finisher | |
| | | higgins | lillian A | milliner | |
| | | reynolds | carrie (mrs) | | |
| | (267)1519 | pastoor | bros | meats | bene,johnW, |
| | | | | | herman, |
| | | | | | cornelius, |
| | | | | | gerard |
| | | lyon | wilbur F | confectioner | h.611 |
| | | | | | N coit Av |
| | | mills | elizabeth L | dressmaker | wid.charlesW |
| 1912 | | | | | |
| | 1515 | spencer | myron E | tailor | |
| | 1516 | babcock | aburton | feed | h.1346 plainf |
| | | frost | joseph J | grocer | h1504-12 plai |
| | 1517 | darnell | ray L | | |
| | | gothiea | louis S | finisher | |
| | | gregory | bertha M (mrs) | milliner | wid.harry L |
| | | | | | h.1650 plainf |
| | | johnson | frank | | |
| | | reynolds | carrie (mrs) | | |
| | 1519 | dennison | nettie | | r. ray O |
| | | | | | bookkeeper |
| | | mills | elizabeth L | dressmaker | wid.charlesW |
| 1917 | 1515 | vacant | | | |
| | 1517 | hage | jacob M | | h.135knapp |
| | 1517 1/2 | spencer | myron E | tailor | |
| | | mills | elizabeth L | dressmaker | wid.charlesW |
| | | burton | steven C | machinist | |
| | | st.john | martin F | | |
| | 1516 | babcock | aburton | feed | h.234 daleNE |
| | 1516 1/2 | townsend | grace (mrs) | clerk | |
| | 1519 | the creston news |
| 1919 | 1515 | vacant | | | |
| | 1516 | babcock | aburton | feed | |
| | 1516 1/2 | vacant | | | |
| | 1517 | hage | marie M | | wid.jacob |
| | | | | | h.135knapp |
| | 1517 1/2 | crites | george D | forman | board edu |
| | | harvey | frank | labourer | |
| | | hunter | elizabeth (mrs) | | wid.benjamin |
| | | linkfield | louise (mrs) | | |
| | | mills | elizabeth L | dressmaker | wid.charles W |
| | | potts | thomas W | boilermaker | w. gerturde A |
| | | reynolds | carrie C | | |
| | 1519 | elve | james | upholsterer | h.918 lafyette |
| 1922 | 1515 | vacant | | | |
| | 1516 | creston grain market |
| | 1516 1/2 | sandahl | charles G | | |
| | 1517 | hage | harry J | | h.917sheridan |
| | 1517 1/2 | crites | george D | forman | board of edu |
| | | clark | hattie W (mrs) | | |
| | | hunter | elizabeth (mrs) | | wid.benjamin |
| | | linkfield | louise (mrs) | | |
| | | mills | elizabeth L | dressmaker | wid.charlesW |
| | | teeple | clarence | | |
| | | mcintre | eleazer S | | |
| | 1519 | young | adrian D | confectioner | |
| 1925 | 1515+17 | vander broek hardware + speciality Co. |
| | 1516 | creston theatre |
| | | mi lady beauty shoppe |
| | 1517 1/2 | clark | hattie W (mrs) | | | |
| | | rowley | decatur H | | |
| | | mcintre | eleazer S | | |
| | | winegarden | joseph | | |
| | | shaw | hattie (mrs) | | |
| | | kiehle | arth | | |
| | | rosendall | boyd | | |
| | 1518 | theatre sweet shoppe |
| | 1519 | de young | adrian sandy | manufacturer | |
| | | de young | grace (mrs) | confectioner | |
h. = householder
r. = resident
wid. = widow
w. = wife
POINTS OF INTEREST FOR FURTHER RESEARCH?
- Rock Shop vacant for around 8 years
- 1917 Jacob Hage listed, later his wife Marie (widowed) then presumably son HarryJ . all had (teas) next to names. what does this stand for??
- Vanderbroek Hardware. Vanderbroek is written just below the roof of the building.
- creston grain market, theatre and news. community supplying its own needs?
- 1922 adrian D young, later adrian sandy De Young (both confectioners, presumably same guy) and his wife/sister? grace De Young. possible relationship between the De Youngs and Theatre Sweet Shoppe.
- was the theatre sweet shoppe linked to the cinema opposite the rock shop?
- Aburton Babcock. sucess of grain business can be traced through later aquiring large ad in the records book, and extra properties.
- George D Crites forman on the board of education. probably a school on plainfield? school records??
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