Gardening (and Music) in the Blood
Allan D Libby (Great-grandpa Libby's brother) came to Minneapolis from Maine in 1858. He was a farmer in Richfield (1860 census).
In 1890 Allan and his two sons Byron J and Lewis B had a business called B J Libby & Co. on the corner of 28th Avenue South and East 31st Street in Minneapolis. They also were grocers with a business at 3001 Minnehaha Avenue.
That same year, in the Minneapolis Directories 1889-1891, we have the following:
Joseph T Libby living at 3103 29th avenue south - occupation "car cleaner".
Edward E Smith living at 3923 24th avenue south - occupation "laborer".
Mrs Sarah Westcott (later G'ma Tomlinson) also living at 3923 24th avenue south.
In one of the censuses Edward Smith (junior, G'ma Tomlinson's half-brother) was listed as a gardener.
Helen told me that one year there was a drought so bad that the florists in Minneapolis had a very hard time getting flowers, and they came to Uncle Jim because he had such wonderful flowers for sale. Allan was Jim's great-uncle. I believe that Grandpa Libby (Edward) was also quite the gardener.
Remember Grandma Lohman's flower beds? They were spectacular (at least in my rememberance they are!).
Grandpa Libby was an excellent singer, Helen says. And Uncle Bus was an entertainer. He was in a men's quartet. Richard's boys (among others) got some of those musical genes!
In 1890 Allan and his two sons Byron J and Lewis B had a business called B J Libby & Co. on the corner of 28th Avenue South and East 31st Street in Minneapolis. They also were grocers with a business at 3001 Minnehaha Avenue.
That same year, in the Minneapolis Directories 1889-1891, we have the following:
Joseph T Libby living at 3103 29th avenue south - occupation "car cleaner".
Edward E Smith living at 3923 24th avenue south - occupation "laborer".
Mrs Sarah Westcott (later G'ma Tomlinson) also living at 3923 24th avenue south.
In one of the censuses Edward Smith (junior, G'ma Tomlinson's half-brother) was listed as a gardener.
Helen told me that one year there was a drought so bad that the florists in Minneapolis had a very hard time getting flowers, and they came to Uncle Jim because he had such wonderful flowers for sale. Allan was Jim's great-uncle. I believe that Grandpa Libby (Edward) was also quite the gardener.
Remember Grandma Lohman's flower beds? They were spectacular (at least in my rememberance they are!).
Grandpa Libby was an excellent singer, Helen says. And Uncle Bus was an entertainer. He was in a men's quartet. Richard's boys (among others) got some of those musical genes!
posted by Maggie | 5:25 PM
1 Comments:
Hello,
I was intrigued by your photo. I am Eva Libby, James and Eva were my Great Grandparents and Arline was my Grandma. Very awesome to see such history. Would love to know how we are related.
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