E.T.Allen Co. San Francisco, CA

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[George M. Purtill Member #28]

John I commend you and wish you good luck on your research.
Someday MAYBE our Parker order records will be digitally available and we could find out every gun that was sold through that dealer and to whom, etc.

[Pa SxS]

Each Order Book has an alphabetical index at the beginning of the book. I went from Jan 1906 through Dec 1910 but didn't find any entries for E.T. Allan.

[Bill Murphy]

Maybe the earthquake had a disastrous effect on his business. Before 1906 may be a better place to look.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Very good point Bill

[John E. Williams]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Maybe the earthquake had a disastrous effect on his business. Before 1906 may be a better place to look.

It has came to light that Allen sold out to an H.E. Skinner sometime in 1900, so before that date would be where we'd find anything. An obituary or even year of his death would serve as a helpful bookend to this hunt, should anyone have that information.

[James Palmer]

This is were 416 Market would stand today......

[John E. Williams]

That's the address I'd narrowed it down to. "Bank of the West" building, or that was who seemed to occupy it during the most recent photos I'd found.

In other information, I've tracked down several of Allen's residences nearby, including the one where he was living when his wife died in 1912 at 2204 Jackson Street. Edward died in 1926 and is buried across the Bay in Oakland. I'm just beginning to find some information alluding to the unraveling of a very shady business deal just prior to 1900 that may have led to his selling out to Skinner, or it could have been a different Edward Allen. There's much more to be uncovered here...

[John E. Williams]

Originally Posted by Ken Descovich

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That is invaluable information, Ken! An overview like that provides a good framework within which to base the rest of my research. Thank you so much for the contribution!

And Dave, your link to the San Francisco city directories is proving an enormous help. The search function is clearly not working as it should, but I am gradually learning where to look and what to look for manually within the directory.