by Marc | Aug 26, 2016 | ARC
Linton Boulevard, located in Delray Beach is named for William Seelye Linton. Below are some highlights of William’s life: 1856 born in Clair, MI 1878 married Ida M Lowry and engaged in the lumber business with his father in Saginaw, MI; also was connected with other...
by Marc | May 26, 2016 | ARC
His name was Abel Robert Thompson and he had passed 17 years before my father was born. He was my great-grandfather and my parents knew little of him and when I asked them for a photograph, they did not have one. So at fifteen I began a search that would continue for...
by Marc | Apr 22, 2016 | ARC
Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach Thomas Edward Woolbright Sr. He was born 1875in Illinois, he married Lovesta Ione Meredith, and he died 1953. He was an Illinois coal miner who brought his wife and three sons to Boynton in 1912 to grow pineapples. Woolbright’s wife,...
by Marc | Mar 27, 2016 | ARC
Morikami Park is located at 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach and was named for George Sukeji Morikami. He was a Japanese immigrant to the United States who farmed in Palm Beach County for more than 65 years. When he joined the Yamato Colony, he was unmarried, and...
by Marc | Feb 28, 2016 | ARC
Lake Ida, located in Delray Beach, Florida has two major parks, one located at 1455 Lake Ida Road and one at 950 N.W. 9th Street, Delray Beach, Florida. Lake Ida was named for Ida M Lowry Linton. She was as a Civic Leader, having organized the Saginaw Chapter,...
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