Plainfield City Directory for 1947 (1947). archive.org, 1947_20251216. https://archive.org/details/1947_20251216.
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- Kinney, Robt scan page 339, line 26
Record details
- Title
- Plainfield City Directory for 1947
- Date
- 1947
- Repository
- archive.org
- Identifier
- 1947_20251216
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- Kinney, Robt scan page 339, line 26 mention only — no record here yet
—Robt (Laura) violinmkr h1203 Myrtle av — trade term as printed: "violinmkr" — surname inherited from the headword at line 19: "Kinney Agnes A Mrs lndrs h505 W 3d" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)
Corrections
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line corrected Places and dates of work
It said OTTO, Jacob August; b. 1764, Gotha; d. 1830, Jena. Pupil of Franz Anton Ernst at Gotha; settled in Weimar; maker to the Court; worked also in Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Berlin, and Jena; fine repairer, but made excellent violins and violoncellos. His five sons all became violin makers. — trade term as printed: "violin makers" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)
It now says OTTO, Jacob August; b. 1764, Gotha; d. 1830, Jena. Pupil of Franz Anton Ernst at Gotha; settled in Weimar; maker to the Court; worked also in Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Berlin, and Jena; fine repairer, but made excellent violins and violoncellos. His five sons all became violin makers.
Why No reason was recorded with this change.
line added Died (date and place)
It now says Died 1830. As printed in the cited source: "OTTO, Jacob August; b. 1764, Gotha; d. 1830"
Why No reason was recorded with this change.
line added Born (date and place)
It now says Born 1764. As printed in the cited source: "OTTO, Jacob August; b. 1764"
Why No reason was recorded with this change.