New London County CT Archives History - Businesses .....Colchester Directory, 1890 (A & B) 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara W. Brown buwbrown@comcast.net September 7, 2008, 11:17 am Colchester Streets and Avenues DUBLIN, from Railroad Depot northeasterly ELM, from Lebanon road southerly to Norwich road HALL'S HILL, from South Main easterly to Norwich road HAMMOND'S COURT, from Lebanon ave at C.H. Bailey's store northerly HARTFORD ROAD, from North Main northwesterly HAYWARD AVENUE, from Methodist Church north to North Main LEBANON AVENUE, from Ransom's corner easterly LINWOOD AVENUE, from Merchants row westerly MERCHANTS ROW, runs north and south opposite the Green MILL, from upper end of North Main westerly MYRTLE AVENUE, from Linwood ave northerly NORTH MAIN, from Bacon Academy northerly NORWICH AVENUE, from Bacon Academy easterly PLEASANT, from Lebanon avenue at Rubber Mill southerly to Hall's Hill road SOUTH MAIN, from Bacon Academy southerly Abbreviations Ab, above; adv., advertisement; ave, avenue; bds, boards; bet, between; bey, beyond; blk, block; c, corner; do, ditto; E, East; emp, employed; h, house; mfr, manufacturer; nr, near; N, North; opp, opposite; p, page; r, rear; rd, road; rms, rooms; S, South; W, West; C.R. Co., Colchester Rubber Co. ABEL, FREDERICK C., merchant tailor Worthington Block, Main, h do.- see p 319 Adams, Benjamin, farmer, h Westchester Adams Express Co., W.H. Van Horn agt., Colchester, E.A. Carrier agt., N Westchester Adams, Frank E., farmer, h Westchester Adams, George, telegraph operator, h S Main Adams, George A., mason, h S Main Adams, George W., clerk at depot, bds S Main ADAMS, JOSEPH N., sec'y and treas. Colchester Savings Bank and dealer in general merchandise Adams blk, Main, h 9 Hayward ave- See front col'd p VIII Adams, William, farmer, h Westchester Adams, William P., farmer, h Westchester Ahern, A, laborer, h N Westchester Allen, Horace, farmer, h Colchester Allen, Jonathan, farmer, h S Main Anderson, Peter, blacksmith, h Colchester Armstrong, Cassius M., farmer, h Colchester Armstrong, Leonard L., farmer, h Colchester Arnold, Joel, farmer, h Colchester Austin, Joseph A., laborer, h Colchester Austin, Joseph N., farmer, h Westchester Austin, Stephen H., emp C.R. Co. Avery, Frederick T., stoves, plumbing, etc. Norwich ave, h 20 N Main Avery, George B., engineer, h Hayward ave Avery, Mary D, Miss, h S Main Avery, Orrin W., emp F.T. Avery, h 34 S Main Babcock, Benjamin C, farmer, h Colchester Backus, John R (Strong & Backus), h Lebanon road Backus, Sylvanus, farmer, h Lebanon ave BAILEY, CHARLES H. groceries, dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, crockery and glassware, hardware, etc., 26 Lebanon ave, h do.- See front col'd p X Bailey, Henry J., clerk C.H. Bailey, bds do. Baker, Alden A., insurance agt., h 38 S Main Baker, Charles F., emp C.R. Co., h N Main Baker, Fred E., emp C.R. Co., h Colchester Baker, Laura T., widow Elisha A., h N Main Baker, Thomas A., saloon Avery blk, Main, h Hayward ave Balch, John T., grist mill Norwich road, h S Main Ballard, Augusta, widow John B., h Merchants row Ballou, Michael, emp C.R. Co, h Pleasant Barber, Chancellor L., stone mason, h Colchester Barber, George E., carpenter and builder, h Pleasant Barkman, James, porter, Colchester House, bds do. Barrett, Frank, emp C.R. Co., bds Norwich ave Bauer, Philip, painter, h Colchester Bechler, Albert C., clerk W.S. Curtis, bds Joseph Foote Beckwith, William A., emp paper mill, h Colchester Beecher, John M., h S Main Beers, Eliphalet, h N Westchester Beers, Joseph L., teamster, h N Westchester Bell, Ellen E. Mrs., widow, h N Westchester Bennett, Albert, farmer, h S Main Bennett, Edwin, farmer, h New London turnpike Bennett, Lewis, emp C.R. Co., bds Hall's Hill Bierkan, Andrew T., clerk E. Ransom & Son, h N Main Bierkan, Anna, widow Andrew, dressmaker, h N Main Bigelow, Amatus R., farmer, h Westchester Bigelow, Asa R., farmer, h Colchester Bigelow, David S., farmer, h Comstock's Bridge Bigelow, Edward S. Jr., farmer, h Westchester Bigelow, Elmer C., farmer, h Colchester BIGELOW, F.E., editor and pub. Colchester Advocate Kellogg's blk - See p 318 Bigelow, Guy M., farmer, h Colchester Bigelow, Jonathan C., farmer, h Comstock's Bridge Bigelow, Jonathan E., farmer, h Colchester Bigelow, William S., meat market, h Linwood ave Billings, Alfred G., farmer, h Colchester Bingham, George D., town clerk and dealer in ales, wines, liquors, tobacco and cigars Bingham's blk, Main Bissell, John V., farmer, h N Westchester Blacker, John, farmer, h Colchester Blacker, Michael, emp C.R. Co.,, h Colchester Blacker, William H., emp C.R. Co., h Colchester Blish & Freeman (Ed. Blish and Geo. Freeman), fish market Norwich ave nr G.A.R. Hall Brady, James, emp C.R. Co., h Dublin Hill Brady, Patrick, emp C.R. Co., bds Dublin Hill Brainard, Amasa S., farmer, h Colchester Brainard, Asa, farmer, h Westchester Brainard, Asa Jr., farmer, bds Westchester Brainard, Charles, artist, h Colchester Brainard, Leverett, farmer, h Constock's Bridge Brainard, Robert E., artist, h Westchester Brainard, Samuel N., farmer, h Westchester Brainard, S. Newell Jr., farmer, h Westchester Brainard, Stephen Mrs., widow, h Comstock's Bridge Brainard, Stephen D., farmer, h Westchester Brand, Christopher A., traveling salesman, h S Main Brand, John W., P.O. clerk, bds S Main Brand, Lee, clerk H.P. Buell, bds S Main Brannan, Edward, emp C.R. Co., h Colchester Braun, Ernest E., emp C.R. Co., h Colchester Breckenridge, Lucius F., farmer, h N Westchester Brennan, Charles, bds Dublin Brennan, Ellen, widow John, h Lebanon av Brennan, John, emp C.R. Co., bds Dublin Brennan, Michael, emp C.R.Co., h Pleasant Brennan, Michael, emp C.R. Co., h Dublin Brennan, Rena miss, emp C.R. Co., bds Hall's Hill Brennan, Sylvester, laborer, h Colchester Brennan, Thomas, h Dublin Brewster, John, laborer, h Colchester Brower, Harriett, widow, boarding house, Lebanon av Brown Brothers, paper mfrs., Comstock's Bridge Brown, Charles F. (L.C. & C.F. Brown), h Worthington blk, Main Brown, Charles F., att'y at law, h Norwich av Brown, Edward C., paper mfr. Comstock's Bridge, h do. Brown, Edward E., emp C.R. Co., h Norwich ave Brown, Edward M., paper mfr and P.M., h Comstock's Bridge Brown, Erastus A. W., farmer, h Colchester Brown, Francis H., h Norwich av Brown, Francis L., emp C.R. Co., h Norwich av Brown, Frank V., carpenter D.A. Crocker, h S Main Brown, Frederick, emp Brown Bros., h Comstock's Bridge Brown, Frederick E., emp C.R. Co., h N Main Brown, George, laborer, h Colchester Brown, George F., carpenter, h Norwich ave Brown, George F., janitor school, h Main Brown, Howard C., paper mfr. Comstock's Bridge, h do. Brown, Hoxie, farmer, h Colchester BROWN, JAMES P., trader, h Norwich ave Brown, Lafayette A., emp paper mill, h N Westchester Brown, Lafayette W., farmer, h N Westchester BROWN, L.C. & C.F., dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, wall paper, hats, caps, trunks, etc. South Main - See front col'd p. XI Brown, Lucius C. (L.C. & C.F. Brown), h 9 Hayward ave Brown, Robert, emp C.H. Norton, h N Westchester Brown, Samuel Mrs., postmistress, h Westchester Brown, Simeon A., emp C.R. Co., h S Main Brown, William F., h Colchester Bruce, John, laborer, h Dublin Buckley, Clarissa, widow John, h S Main Buckley, Henry, teamster, h S Main BUELL, HARLEY P. (Buell & Willard), also druggist Main opp Colchester House, h S Main -See front col'd p X Buell & Willard (Harley P. Buell and Samuel P. Willard), mortgage loans, real estate and insurance, Main Bulkley, Silas, farmer, h Colchester Bullard, Maria Mrs., emp C.R. Co., h 73 Main Bunce, Thomas F., emp C.R. Co., h Lebanon ave Burke, Mary Mrs., h Norwich ave Burnham, Darwin C., trader, h Westchester Burnham, Edward S., mechanic, h Westchester Burnham, Hiram, farmer, h Westchester Burpee, Willard C., clerk W.S. Curtis, h 25 Norwich ave Button, Henry L., laborer, h Linwood ave Button, James, emp C.R. Co., h Colchester Button, Joseph E., h Colchester Button, William H., emp C.R. Co., h Norwich ave Additional Comments: This record is abstracted from Hanks' Directory of Willimantic, Colchester, etc. 1890 File at -- http://files.usgwarchives.net/ct/newlondn/history/directories/business/colchest139gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ctfiles/ File size: 8.6 Kb