Saturday on the Stoop... or Porch

John Joseph Aloysius Gannon (Black Jack), one of my four great grandfathers. John was born in Coxsackie on 16 December 1887; as his immigrant parents, Michael Joseph Gannon (1865-1915) and Anne M. Cummins (1866-1927), made their journey North to Albany from New York City. 

John was a long time iron worker. He helped build many skyscrapers in NYC in the 1920s and 1930s. Supposedly his initials are carved in the stainless-steel roof on the art deco Chrysler Building which was completed in 1930. We will never know the truth to this family story.

John married Catherine Eger, daughter of German immigrants, George Eger (1865-1940) and Catherine Schuster (1870-1935) on 09 July 1910 in Albany. The photo was taken in the 1940s at 79 Tremont Street in Albany. The house was located on the south end of Tremont Street close to where Route 85 now travels. The house was demolished many years ago.

 

Saturday on the Stoop... or Porch

 

This is a mystery photo. It came from the family photo collection of Charlotte Margaret Koreman Holtslag (1910-1999). In the 1990s when I acquired a copy of the original from Charlotte, I was told that the photo was taken on Osborn Street in Albany. The people shown in the photo are unknown Koreman relatives. The house has since been demolished.

Saturday on the Stoop... or Porch

 

My paternal grandfather's grandmother or my great great grandmother, Mary A. Wilson White. She was born in Ireland on 19 June 1838. She immigrated to America sometime before marrying Charles William White on 23 September 1861 in Albany. Mary died on 23 December 1908 in Albany. She holds her granddaughter Clara Edna White. Clara was born on 27 November 1906 in Albany.

The colorized photo, courtesy of MyHeritage, was most likely taken in Spring/Summer 1907 on the front porch of 250 Sherman Street, Albany. The house since has been demolished.

Saturday on the Stoop... or Porch

 Beginning today, each Saturday a photo from the family vault will be posted. The photo will be of family members who are sitting or standing on the "stoop" or the front porch of their residence. A short bio will be provided.

This is a photo of my grandmother, Agnes Johanna Bailey Koreman, circa 1940. She was born 29 November 1919. Daughter of Henry J. Bailey and Mary Elizabeth Schick. This photo was taken on a second floor porch on Morton Avenue across from Lincoln Park. The family lived at 134 Morton Avenue. Perhaps this is the correct address. The exterior of the houses have changed since the photo was taken.