PAGE 44 - January 1st At-Home cards, and an Invitation 1870s-1880s

As noted in previous pages, this blog is for the purpose of inventorying my maternal great-grandfather's
SOUVENIR ALBUM, covering the years from 1840 to roughly 1900.

Today's post is Page 44, and fortuitiously, it includes a number of January 1st "at-home" cards. Great timing as it is January 1st tomorrow!

Left Column, top to bottom: 
Top card: 
"HOME"
  Left: Mrs. Windecker, Misses Windecker, Mrs. Loeffler, Miss E. Boorman, 
Miss J. Hasey, Miss A. Ingram, Miss J. Loeffler, Miss L. Savage.
Right:
  January 1st, 1887  /  No. 71 Astor Place, Jersey City.

Next:    Misses Haynes / Miss Rametti, Miss Hill, Miss De Land, Miss Beach /  At Home / January 1st      241 West 38th Street
Bottom:   Misses Lockwood  /  Jany 1st 1883  / 256 West 12th Street
Centre Column:   
  Happy New Year  [symbol]  1776 1876
  Left:  Owin J. Snow / Will S. Reed
  Right:  S. D. Baker / Edw. I Tefft

Next: Invitation  

To James Terwilliger / #300 Mulberry St. / you are cordially invited / to participate in a / COMPLIMENTARY EXCURSION / to / Stavin's Alpine Grove, / on Tuesday August 5th 1879 / 

of the / New York Municipal Police Force, / and their Families. / Under the auspices of the / Board of Police Commissioners. / 

Given by / John H. Stavin. 
Bottom card:  Mamie Lockwood   Hattie Lockwood, /  At Home,  Jan. 1st 1878, /  No. 241 West 12th Street

Right Column: Top - As with the top left card:  "HOME"  /  January 1st, 1886. / 71 Astor Place, Jersey City.  / [left] Mrs. Windecker.  Mrs. Loeffler.  Miss I. Mac Donald.  [right] Misses Windecker.  Miss E. Boorman.  Misses Loeffler. 
Next:  Mrs. George W. Dilks / AT HOME / January 1st, 1881. / 34 West Ninth Street. 
Lastly:  Misses Lockwood, / 1884 / 25 Seventh Avenue.

This page shows some of the activities of James G. Terwilliger and his wife particularly in providing names of a group of friends, including the Windeckers, Loefflers, Boorman, and Lockwoods.

I looked up the name George W. Dilks, and found he was an Inspector with the New York Police Force in 1880 [census].  Note that James' father was active on the Board of the Police Force.

If any of these people are familiar to you, or are ancestors, do let me know, so I can add information to this Souvenir Album. And if I've somehow mistranscribed the fancy lettering, I'm happy to receive corrections!

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PAGE 42 - 9 Invitations/Admission Cards, 1867-1885

As noted in previous pages, this blog is for the purpose of inventorying every page in my maternal great-grandfather's TERWILLIGER SOUVENIR ALBUM, covering the years from 1840 to roughly 1900. Today's post is Page 42, where there are 9 invitation or admission cards to various activities, mainly relating to the I.O.O.F fraternal organization. Several of the coloured inks used show significant fading, unfortunately. 

In a vertical column, left side:

1. ENTERTAINMENT AND RECEPTION / Mount Sinai Lodge, No. 135, / I.O.O.F. / TERRACE GARDEN , / 58th St and Lexington Avenue / THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1884. / Entertainment begins promptly at 8 o'clock. ... Doors open at 7:30 / TICKET ADMITS GENTLEMAN AND LADIES / There will be no charge for admission or for hat checks.//

2.  Sixty-Fifth Anniversary  / I.O.O.F. / of the Institution of the Order in / America, will be held in / CRYPTIC LODGE ROOM / Thursday Evening, April 24th, 1884. / At 8 O'Clock / COURTLANDT LODGE ... CRYPTIC LODGE / Please present this card at the door.//  

Note top right corner 1819, top left, 1884.

3.   Miss Sanders, / Miss Fannie Sanders, / At Home, / 226 Warburton Avenue, / JANUARY 1, 1885. // I took a look on Google maps, and could not see an actual house at this address, only the Parish Holy Rosary church to the right, and perhaps the Parish school on Warburton Avenue. Unfortunately I have no idea whose friends the Misses Sanders were - James and his wife or his parents?

Middle column:   

4.  ODD  FELLOWS' / Compliments / Tuesday Evening  February 26th 1867 / Harmony Hall, ... Troy, N.Y. //   Troy is north of Albany in upstate New York. Note symbols on bottom, in Hebrew. [?] I would appreciate information. [thanks] 

5.  GRAND ... BALL / IN AID OF THE COMPLETION OF THE BARTHOLDI STATUE OF LIBERTY. / [middle section with the Knights Templar IVANHOE COMMANDERY No.36 of New York City  on left, and MONROE COMMANDERY No.12 of Rochester New York on right, with image of Statue of Liberty centred.]  / MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ... MONDAY JANUARY 26TH 1885 / Matinee Drill & Ball at 2 P.M. ... Reception Drill & Ball at 8:30 P.M.// Definitely a piece of history here. The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York 6 months after this Ball, on June 19th, 1885.

6.  LANCIERS / Empire Hall  [inside the envelope:]   

LANCIERS, / Empire Hall. / Friday Evenings / Nov. 19th  Dec. 3rd & 17th 1875, Jan. 14th & 28th Feb. 11th & 25th March 10th & 24 / & Monday Evening Jan. 3rd 1876, from 8 until 12 o'clock. / Executive Committee / Orrin I [or J]. Snow, ... I.[or J.] H. Davis, ... W.H. Bennett, / E.T. Hawkins, ... A.P. Yates, ... Chas. I[or J]ohonnot, Treas. / Music by Dresher. //  I was unable to find information about the Lanciers bi-weekly ?meetings or dances?

Right side column:

7.  ANNUAL PARADE AND REVIEW / of the / Police Force of the City of New York / at the / PLAZA / Seventeenth Street and Union Square / Wednesday, June 5th 1878, at 10 o'clock A.M. // 

This invitation would likely be here because his father James M. Terwilliger was a Commissioner with the Police Dept of New York at this time.

8. FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY / GRAND BALL / of / WARREN LODGE, No. 84 / I.O.O.F. / Irving Hall, 15th St. and Irving Place / Monday Evening, / October twenty-fifth, 1886. / TICKETS .... FIFTY CENTS. / Admitting Gentleman and Ladies. / including hat check. // 

9.  Mrs. James Snodgrass, / with / Misses Sanders, / 220 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, N.Y. / January 1, 1883//  This appears to be an At Home card, and with an address a few doors down from the previous Sanders card from 2 years after this date [#3 above]. The Google map shows a largeish house to the side of the Holy Rosary Church. 

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Don't forget to click through on any of the bold/underlined links for more information. If any of the people mentioned are your ancestors, and you would like a 'best' photo of the cards, I am happy to send one to you; use the contact information at the very bottom of the blog. And if you see errors I have made, please do let me know in the comments or by email, so I can correct them.  

My Blogger account is not allowing me to reply directly to your comments. Assume that I am absolutely thrilled you took the time to come by, read the notes, and comment. You make my day. I do answer any questions by posting a comment under yours, by the way.