Now we find that there is more to the story and we really missed the obvious....that is if we can ever make the deduction that the Ulmer's of brewery fame had something to do with our village other than shipping it beer.
It seems that we not only had an Ulmer Building but an Ulmer Block; beverage store on the corner, the fashion store in the middle and the A&P Grocery on the end. The photo is clearly labeled the Ulmer Block, Greenport, NY.
We searched Ancestry.com for leads and found none. The Ulmers of Brooklyn fame are in the middle of countless Ulmers in that neck of the woods so we are at a loss. But that is something we enjoy. Everyone loves a mystery.
Our journey this morning takes us to the Ulmer Block on other business and we are going to nose around some...see what is up...magnifying glass to the ready, cap on, cloak, no pipe....here here my dear Watson.
We'll report to you later.
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ReplyDeleteYour site is terrific and am delighted to have learned some things I didn't know about William Ulmer who was my great, great grandfather. As far as the mystery of how he came to have an interest in the area, he was introduced to and fell in love with Shelter Island through the DeBevoise family, friends from Brooklyn. They were related to the Nostrand's as in Nostrand Ave. They owned a great deal of property on the Island and sold him land in West Neck fronting the L.I. Sound. He built summer homes there for his two daughters and son in laws, J.W. Weber and J.H. Becker who both worked at the brewery.
'This is the address described in Uncle Nat's history:'
ReplyDelete"I recall that we lived on a street where, across from our house was
the Ulmer's Brewery. A red-brick wall enclosed a large yard where
coal for the brewery's use was stored. Things were not too easy for
most families there. Coal cost money and I believe that I was lifted
over that wall by Jack & Abe so that I could toss lumps of coal to
them from on top of the huge pile after they had sufficient I would
get back on top of the wall and they would help me down. This way of
getting fuel for the house which was heated, as were all others then,
by a stove only, was done on Sundays when the plant was closed."
The above is part of my family history. My grandparents, of the family referred to, lived on Beaver Street, Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1915. Perhaps this helps with your puzzle
Of all the joys one receives for amateur writing effots, letters and remembrances like the above take the cake.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Sincerely. Thank you for writing.