Bow & Bridge

Swain, Samuel H

As printed

  1. The Cambridge directory (1899)

    ” Samuel H. wood worker and violin repairer, r. 744 Main, h. 168 Western ave.

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    1. " Charles W. plumber, h. 14 Rutland
    2. " Cony, conductor, h. 41 Frank
    3. " George F. Mrs. h. 7 Huron ave.
    4. " Samuel H. wood worker and violin repairer, r. 744 Main, h. 168 Western ave.

  2. The Cambridge directory (1900)

    ” Samuel H. wood worker and violin repairer, r. 744 Main, h. 168 Western av.

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    1. " Charles W. plumber, h. 14 Rutland
    2. " Cony, car conductor, h. 41 Frank
    3. " John C. porter, h. 26 Winsor
    4. " Samuel H. wood worker and violin repairer, r. 744 Main, h. 168 Western av.
    5. Swan Sarah H. widow of Joshua A. h. 167 Brattle
    6. " Walter Dana, asst. architectural dept. H. U. h. 19 Everett
    7. " Walter S. pres. Charles River Nat. Bank and com. mer. 42 Central, B. h. 19 Everett

Named in 2 books printed between 1899 and 1900. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

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Record note

This record exists because one or more sources name him or her. Printed in: The Cambridge directory (1899); The Cambridge directory (1900). Nothing else on this site confirms this record beyond what those sources state — no claim is invented here. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record. Not established is the honest state of this record; if you can change that, we want to hear from you.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
” Samuel H. wood worker and violin repairer, r. 744 Main, h. 168 Western ave. reported1
Places and dates of work
” Samuel H. wood worker and violin repairer, r. 744 Main, h. 168 Western av. reported1

How the pages were read

2 of the 2 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. Trade terms matched from the printed page: “violin repairer”. 2 of them take their surname from the name at the top of their group; the printed lines themselves do not carry the surname.

Notes

  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

The books behind this record

This record draws on 2 sources, both read from machine text. The count weighs how well each source was read, not just how many are cited. A stack of half-read sources does not outweigh one page read properly.

  1. The Cambridge directory (W.A. Greenough,, 1899), vol. 1899. archive.org, cambridgedirecto1899unse. https://archive.org/details/cambridgedirecto1899unse.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    scan page 464, line 92

  2. The Cambridge directory (W.A. Greenough,, 1900), vol. 1900. archive.org, cambridgedirecto1900unse. https://archive.org/details/cambridgedirecto1900unse.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    scan page 537, line 9