02 December 2008

What is "W & D" in Rock Island in 1888?


The 1888-1891 directory for the City of Rock Island contains entries for August and Charles Mortier, both of whom are working for "W & D." Anyone have any idea what company this is?
This directory is one of thousands recently posted and indexed on Ancestry.com.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:36 AM

    I know nothing about W & D however you may wish to look at the images on 229 and 231 of the same book on ancestry.com. There may ever be more pages? I only gave it a quick look. It does refer to a company called Weyerhaeuser & Denkman.

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  2. Thanks!
    I'll take a look and post a followup.

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  3. A followup has been posted at:

    http://www.rootdig.com/2008/12/w-d-in-rock-island-1888-1891.html

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