Wordless Wednesday

 

A Bit About Helen, and the Hurleys

 Both Helen and John were 19 when they got married.  John was born in 1898;  not sure about Helen yet, but in the 1900  U.S. Census, she is listed as 1 year old.  The family was enumerated on June 6, 1900.  

Helen is living with her parents John and Julia, her sister Annie, 9, and brother Timothy, 6.

John is working as a "Brewery Wagon Driver."  They are renting their home at 859 Davis St.

John Hurley may have been driving a wagon for Biggs Brewery in Elmira, which was established in the 1860's.  There were a few John Hurleys in Elmira in 1900, but an accident that happened to a stonemason at Brigg's in 1895 might have involved our John Hurley.

Elmira Daily Gazette and Free Press, Nov.6, 1895.

It is not unlikely that John Hurley could no longer work as a stonemason, and took the job as a wagon driver for Brigg's.