Their son's name was pulled in the Civil War Draft Lottery on March 16, 1865. The toddler's funeral was held in the house the following morning at 7:00.įollowing the Albertsons in the house was the Rhodes family. On Jthe Albertson's three-year old son, Frank, died. He was listed in directories as an "expressman," meaning he either owned or drove a delivery wagon.
The little house saw a succession of occupants over the next few decades. The genteel furniture of a family giving up housekeeping, consisting of sofas, rocking and other chairs, window curtains, centre and dining tables, mirrors, three-ply carpets, oil cloths, marble top dressing bureaus and washstands, toilet sets, mahogany French bedsteads, hair mattresses, bedding cooking and other stoves china, glass and plated ware, &c, &c.
Less than two years later, on January 3, 1855, a household auction was held in the house. On Februan advertisement in The New York Herald listed the "house and lot" for sale for $3,250-about $109,000 today. 23 was apparently leased for a few years. The long voyage around Cape Horn finally deposited them in San Francisco that fall. and Some of its Members, "Eager for the betterment of his social condition and that of his family, and lured by the extravagant tales of easily acquired wealth, he decided to go to California, gather a fortune and return in a year or two to enjoy it." Tasheira sailed with his family in March 1849. In January 1848 gold was discovered in the West, sparking the "California Gold Excitement," or the Gold Rush. and Some of its members, 1911 (copyright expired) By the time of James's funeral the couple had two more children.Īntony Lewis Tasheira, Washington Lodge, No. He had earlier married Eliza Kirkland (born Stanley), a widow with one daughter. 23 Downing street, near Bleecker, on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.Īntony only briefly remained in the Downing Street house. 21, and the masonic brethern generally are respectfully invited to attend his funeral from his late residence, No. The following day an announcement appeared in The New York Herald: Tashiera died at the age of 51 of phthisis, better known today as pulmonary tuberculosis.
Antony followed his father in the Masons, joining the same lodge in April 1843 when he reached 21-years of age. On September 1, 1840, around the time he moved into the Downing Street house, he became a member of the Washington Lodge. He first joined in 1824 and became Master of the Manhattan Lodge No. He was apprenticed to an "iron-moulder" and would rise to the position of foreman in a large foundry on Centre Street by his early 20's. Son Antony Lewis Tasheira, born on January 30, 1822, received "only the common school education of the day" according to Washington Lodge, No. Despite James's skilled occupation, the family was middle-class. His father had been the captain of a Portuguese ship which carried freight between Lisbon and New York. Like most of its neighbors, it rose two stories to a peaked roof with one or two dormers.īy 1841 city directories listed the Tasheira family here. The Federal style wooden house boasted a brick face. Burlingham erected his comfortable 18-foot wide home at No.
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