This Shaft Feature Snapshot summarizes excavation details, property history and recovered artifacts. Excavation details include measurements, photographs, and a profile illustrating stratigraphy and related contexts. The property history table outlines land ownership, residents and their occupations. The artifact assemblage is illustrated utilizing a series of tables quantifying types and providing date ranges of identifiable ceramics and glass with photographs of representative artifacts.
Site Name: Conrail-Ann
Street Address: 2920 Melvale Street
Date Identified: 6/11/2010
Feature #: 94
Feature Type: Privy Shaft
Feature Detail: Brick
Feature Shape: Circular
Date Range for Household
Household/ Business
Individuals in Household
Dates Worked/Resided at Address
Year Born
Relation to Head of Household
Occupation
1922-1966
Kozielski
Viola D. Chrostek
c.1928?
unknown
unknown
Casimir Kozielski
1924*-1944?
1924
son
Constantine Kozielski
1922-1940s?
1917
son
helper with trucks
Joseph Kozielski
1922-c.1942
1915
son
leather mill worker
Walter V. Kozielski
1922-1942?
1912
son
department store/ longshoreman
Felix Kozielski
1922-1940s?
1911
son
worker in hospital
Catherine Kozielski
1922-c.1930?
1908
daughter
Johanna Kozielski
1922-1962†
c.1884
wife/head
Wincenty Kozielski
1922-1949†
c.1880
head
grocer/blacksmith/laborer
c.1920
Robrowski
Stanley Kremski
c.1920
c.1896
boarder
ashman
Mary Robrowski
c.1920
1919
daughter
Francis Robrowski
c.1920
1917
son
Mary Robrowski
c.1920
c.1899
wife
Stanley Robrowski
c.1920
c.1896
head
sweeper in shipyard
c.1920
Golacska
Anthony Golacska
c.1920
c.1897
son
moulder in steel works
Francis Golacska
c.1920
c.1894
son
moulder in steel works
Mary Golacska
c.1920
c.1870
head
1917-1918
Fabiszh
Irene Fabiszh
1917-1918
c.1914
daughter
Emilia Fabiszh
1917-1918
c.1911
daughter
Genevieve Fabiszh
1917-1918
c.1909
daughter
Anna Fabiszh
1917-1918
c.1907
daughter
Edward Fabiszh
1917-1918
c.1905
son
Walerya Fabiszh
1917-1918
c.1885
wife
Adolph Fabiszh
1917-1918
c.1879
head
laborer
1916-1917
Scharatzki
Leo Scharatzki
1916-1917
unknown
unknown
laborer
1914-1916
Unknown
1913-1914
Trainor
Charles Trainor
1913-1914
1895
son
glue factory worker
Elizabeth Trainor
1913-1914
c.1885
daughter
Peter Trainor
1913-1914†
c.1875
son
odd jobs/laborer
Mary Ann Trainor
1913-1914
c.1852
wife
Peter Trainor
1913-1914
c.1853
head
odd jobs/laborer
1910-1913?
Farlan
Mamie Rachel?
c.1910?
c.1883
granddaughter?/ daughter?
James McVeigh
1910-1911?
unknown
unknown
driver
John Wark
1910-1913?
c.1910
great-grandson/ grandson
Rebecca Wark
1910-1913?
c.1891
granddaughter/ daughter
Sarah Pursel
1910-1913?
c.1860
daughter/sister
Adeline K. Renault
1910-1913?
c.1862
daughter/head
Sarah E. Farlan
1910-1911†
c.1838
head
1907-1910
Unknown
1890-1907
Weeks
William Schultice
1890-1907?
c.1886
grandson/nephew
John Schultice
1890-1907?
c.1885
grandson/nephew
Jacob Schultice
1890-1907?
c.1884
grandson/nephew
ironworker
William Schultice
1890-c.1902
c.1860
son-in-law/brother-in-law
textile mill worker/gasmaker
Catherine Buckley
1890-1907
c.1882
granddaughter/ daughter
William Buckley
1890-1891
c.1879
grandson/son
Timothy Buckley
1890-1907
c.1875
grandson/son
engineer
Frederick Buckley
1890-1907
c.1873
grandson/son
paper mill worker
Timothy Buckley
1890-c.1896
c.1852
son-in-law
paper mill worker
Caroline Buckley
1890-1907
c.1855
daughter/head
Caroline Weeks
1890-1898†
c.1824
head
1879-1888
Burns
John Jordan
c.1882
unknown
unknown
laborer
Ellen Lafferty
1879-1887†
c.1820?
unknown
grocer
Sarah Burns
1879*-1888
1879
daughter
Thomas Burns
1879-1888
c.1873
son
John Burns
1879-1888
c.1870
son
Margaret Burns
1879-1888
c.1869
daughter
Sarah Burns
1879-1887†
c.1843
wife
John Burns
1879-1888
c.1828
head
laborer/grocer/ expressman
c.1870
Quinn
John Quinn
c.1870*
1870
son
Eliza Quinn
c.1870
c.1847
wife
Terrence Quinn
c.1870
c.1843
head
laborer
c.1867-1879
Tighe
Cecelia Tighe
c.1867-1879?
c.1851
daughter
tailoress
Ann Tighe
c.1867-1879?
c.1846
daughter
Anthony Tighe
c.1867-1879
c.1810
head
boatman/laborer
1861-1867
Unknown
1853-1861
Tighe
Catharine Tighe
c.1855*-1861
c.1855
daughter
Cecelia Tighe
1853-1861
c.1851
daughter
Anthony Tighe
1853-1861
c.1848
son
Ann Tighe
1853-1861
c.1846
daughter
Mary Tighe
1852-1861
c.1840
daughter
Cecelia Tighe
1853-1861†
c.1820
wife
Anthony Tighe
1853-1861
c.1810
head
captain/boatman
White granite cups, one (C-0533) with decal decoration and gilded highlights.
Sampling of ceramic tea and tableware, C-0531 and C-0529 decal decorated.
Assorted milk, condiments and liquor bottles, including 2 Harbison’s Dairies milk bottles (G-0596 and G-0585), 4 condiment/sauce bottles (G-0594, G-0573, G-0586, G-0557), a Booth Brothers beer bottle (G-0592), an Emil Cauffman liquor bottle (G-0587) and a Jacob Cartun liquor bottle (G-0558).
Examples of glass liquor flasks and smaller utility bottles.
Sampling of bottles, including 2 different sizes of Booth Brothers beer bottles (G-0554 and G-0559), 2 identical S. Allen Tucker Co. bottles (G-0564 and G-0561), and an Alexander Kozuhowski Hutchinson-style bottle (G-0584).
Example of lamp glass probably pieces of handled oil lamp.
Pressed glass vase, unidentified pressed glass base, small hand lamp with embossed flower pattern, machine beaded rim of lamp chimney.
