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A COLLECTION OF GENEALOGY
RECORDS Cradock, Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Virginia and Surrounding Areas |
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CRADOCK, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA Original Plat of Cradock Dated Dec. 31, 1919 on linen and paper History and Dedication of Cradock scanned from the 1947 Cradock Yearbook A COMMUNITY NAMED CRADOCK America's First Planned Shopping Center, Est. 1918 Maydell Freed's, "The Ship's Bell", and 2002 Photos of Cradock A Bit of Cradock History and a Lot of Cradock Memories Memories of Bob and Ruth Cutchins These newsletters are so much fun to read if you grew up in Cradock in the 1940, 1950 and 1960 time frame or if you are intersted in what Cradock was like in "The Good Old Days" 1920 Craddock Census Introduction and Index Census These would be some of the first families to live in Cradock 1954 Photos of Cradock All around Afton Square in 1954 The old cars are as interesting as the location Cradock in The 1956 Hill City Directory Cradock streets are highlighted Click on page number to see who lived on that street or click here CRADOCK METHODIST CHURCH 1975 DIRECTORY Members of The Cradock United Methodist Church |
CRADOCK HIGH SCHOOL History of Cradock High School 1918-1992 1947 Aerial View of Cradock High School History and Dedication scanned from 1947 yearbook I labeled the streets and areas to the best of my knowledge Cradock High School Yearbooks Many of the Cradock and other Portsmouth Schools, yearbooks are now online at the Portsmouth Public Library Website Lest We Forget The boys from the 1943/44 Classes who joined the armed services. Our Classmates Who Are Gone But Not Forgotten "Your Spirit Shall Remain Within Us, Our Unconconquered Cradock High" Remembering those who graduated from or attended Cradock Nelle Evans-Lee The first student to graduate from Cradock High School She was also the only one in the 1923 class. 1949 Homecoming Parade, football game, & dance are main features of program Honoring the 1923, 24 & 25 graduates Newspaper Articles About Cradock These documents are PDF format English Cruiser Good Hope Sinks Rear Admiral Cradock and 900 Men Uncle Sam, Landlord He built and owns the town of Cradock, VA |
WILLIAMS COURT 1956 Williams Court City Directory There are three little maps (1942, 1960 & 1963) with this directory listing showing the street name changes Williams Court Kindergarten Class 1947/48 Do you recognize yourself or anyone else in this photo? January 1956 Williams Court News If you were a kid during this year, you will recognize many of these name. July 1956 Williams Court News Youth of the Week was Ronnie Ryals this week. |
ALEXANDER PARK Alexander Park Map This map is dated November 1942 Alexander Park Developed by the Federal Public Housing Authority in 1942 Alexander Park Lease This lease is dated November 1942 1947 Alexander Park Yearbook 1947 "The National" Alexander Park 1956 Hill City Directory This is an index leading to the streets in Alexander Park. Click on street to see residents names |
PORTSMOUTH,
VIRGINIA Portsmouth Timeline A timeline of Portsmouth Events between 1608 - 1968 Portsmouth Orphan Asylum. 1930 Census Orphanage in the Westhaven District Headmaster was Mr. Henry Skutt Old Portsmouth Postcards Several beautiful old postcards picturing the National Guard Armory, Ferry Terminals, several churches, etc. |
PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD A Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia to the American Revolution submitted to History Department Old Dominion University 1860 Navy Yard Censes This is the 1860 census of the Portsmouth Navy Yard Now known as the Norfolk Naval Shipyard but located in Portsmouth, Virginia |
Norfolk County-Portsmouth Jail 1966 Demolition |
Portsmouth City Streets in 1951 These maps were printed by the Portsmouth Gas Co. alerting neighborhoods as to when natural gas would be installed in their area February 22, 1951 Williams Court, Cradock, New Gosport, Lee Hall, Highland Park, South Highland, Truxton, Fairway Pk., Garden Homes |
MANOR HIGH SCHOOL The Mustang Manor High School 1979 & 1982 Yearbooks NORFOLK NEWSPAPER OBITUARY COLLECTION Timeline of Norfolk Newspapers An Index of obituaries I found while doing my own research The Norfolk paper was published by the same company under different names for many years. I now have access to the Norfolk area newspapers 1865 - 1965. (Some issues are missing) If you would like a lookup for a death notice between these dates contact me at Webmaster. Give as much information as you can on the individual you are looking for so I can verify I have the correct person when searching. Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and some Suffolk, Va and eastern North Carolina notices are included as well. |
MAPS 1936 Map Showing Cradock Area Cradock and surrounding areas Early 1940's Map Date of this map is unknow Also, it is not a detailed map 1940 Map of Portsmouth The Premier Map of Norfolk & Vicinity. Cradock, Alexander Park & Williams Court - map # 9 1942 Map of Norfolk & Portsmouth Compliments of Tunstall & Tunstall Copyright 1926 - Revised 1942 Cradock & Brentwood - map # 2 1960 Area Map Flying A Service Station Map Bird's eye view of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Berkley, Norfolk Co., Va. 2 maps, 1873, 1891 |
Voight
Family Research The Voight Family from Gates Co., NC, Nansemond Co., VA & Norfolk, VA Introduction . This is the most complete and accurate account of the John T. Voight and Nancy Jane Rogers family available. The author is Jackie Ballance. It is very well compiled, with beautiful pictures and diagrams Voight Family |
MY FIRST GRADE CLASS West Lenoir Elementary School Lenoir, NC First Grade Class 1948 - 1949 Do you recognize anyone? |
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Airline Blvd., Chesapeake, Va Guidlines for visitation Most of these gravestones can be seen at Find A Grave (Free site) |
Circle Restaurant, Frank D. Lawrence & Barclay Plantation (now Cradock) Connection to Harry Lynn Hopewell |
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