Notes

File:     /www/sf/mitchell/notes.txt
Modified: 10/29/19
Subject:  Mitchell family history notes
---
From Mitchell's Ice Cream page:
https://mitchellsicecream.com/about-us/history/
Mitchell family moved to SF 1865
Mitchell's Ice Cream cofounders John and Lawrence (Jack and Larry) were grandsons of Edward
Jack d. June 2007 at 89, hence born ca. 1918
Edward's widow: Margaret O'Connor Mitchell
Karen Hanning contact?

1710 Noe, 1768 Noe: houses at left edge of Mitchell dairy picture?

# FIX_ME Search for Lawrence in SF, maybe he was boarding at a Catholic school.
# And maybe Mary in 1880 was Thomas' son, not Edward's?

# Sanborn 1905 Vol. 6 pp. 659-660.
# 436 Day built 1907 has building in back, could be related to dairy but I think not considering Sanborn 1905.
# Only one house on Day/Noe/30th/Castro block, at 530 30th.

#	h(3, "Lot transfers");
#	line(0, a_href_tn("$idir/block_1901.jpg"));
#	$SFBB = a_href("https://archive.org/stream/sanfranciscobloc1901hick#page/710/mode/2up", i("San Francisco Block Book"));
#	p("We can trace the family ownership of several of the lots on the 29th/Noe/Day/Castro block.
#		The 1901 $SFBB shows much of the dairy as a big Hibernia S&L lot, mortaged by Margaret Mitchell.");

#	p("Eventually I searched old newspapers ($Alta, $Call, $Chron) for more family data.
#		I've figured out a lot, and made some educated guesses, but several major question marks remain.");
#		Here are some Upper Noe real estate transactions related to the Murray/Mitchell family:");
#	$r18861210 = a_href("$ALTADIR/18861210.png", "12/10/1886");
#	ul(array(
#		"$r18861210: Patrick Murray transfers 4 lots (now 525/527/541/547) to Bridget Murray, also mortgage $460 [4 lots total]",
# Alta  3/22/1890 Edward to Margaret
#  NW San Jose 30.6x130
#  S line 29th 80.5 W of Noe 50x114 (double) = 515 + 521
#  S line 29th 30.5 W of Noe 50x114 (double) = 503 + 511 ("also und 1/2" means ???)
# Call   6/07/1890 Bridget to Catherine
#  S line 29th 130 W of Noe = ca. 4th up from noe 517 29th
# Call   7/31/1890 Bridget to Mary A. and Annie
#  S line 29th 230 W of Noe 25x114 to Annie 547
#  S line 29th 280 E of Castro 25x114 to Mary A.  [unclear to me which this is]

#	p("The donor description says the dairy existed from 1851, but I've found no confirmation of that.
#		Milkman Calvin A. Murray (b. 1832 in Vermont) is in San Francisco in the 1860 census,
#		living with Alonzo T. Noble, and Noble
#		The 1880 census lists Michael/Bridget Murray family, including daughter Kate.

# Notes re location retained here as comments:
# SF Assessor's map: no 505 29th now, it's 503 29th/1616 Noe, 4 units built \"1900\" (obviously not). 6630 Horner's Addition block 171 lot 1, 114x30.
# Block book 1901 p. 711:
# https://archive.org/stream/sanfranciscobloc1901hick#page/710/mode/2up