Monday, 15 June 2015

Join The Club



There may not have been FaceBook or LinkedIn in the 1800's, but a Men's Club was a place to meet like minded people and to network when looking for work, or wanting to get ahead in life. 


 
Junior Carleton Club, London 1868


Most clubs had quarters for living or just staying in the city a night or two. There would have been a dining room, probably a game room. A young well-to-do man when deemed too old to live at home, may live at the club before he is married.

There were Gentlemen's clubs and Workingmen's clubs.

Did your ancestor belong to a club?


Relevant links: 

The clubs of New York : With an account of the origin, progress,present condition and membership of the leading clubs; an essay on New Yorkclub-life, and photographs of leading club-men - 1873
 
Constitution, regulations and list of members of the Montreal Club - 1907
 
The Political Economy Club of London, Names of Members 1821-1860
 
The Prince Albert Young Men's Literary ad Athletic Club - NWT 1883
 
National Club, Toronto, Resident and Non-resident Members 1893
 
The Club, London 1764-1905
 
The St James Club, Montreal 1892

The Beaver Club, Montreal 1819

The Rideau Club, Ottawa 1865

Historical Memoir of the Melbourne Club 1936

Halifax Caledonian Club 1861


 
 
 
 

Labels: , , , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Leave me a note to tell me you were here! Thanks for visiting.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

By joining our Facebook Group you get other genealogy news from time to time, and you can download pages of links that go with the posts.

Popular Posts

  • Serendipity Sunday - Irish Names and a two-fer!
    Like many, I have hard-to-find ancestors whose children immigrated from Ireland. I have a story handed down that my 3x great grandmother w...
  • Notes and Comments on Ancestry
    NOTES On your tree at a person’s profile you can click Tools, View Notes, and you can write anything you want there. Only you can view the n...
  • Getting more from the Dictionary of Canadian Families
    Researching Quebec ancestors you undoubtedly use the "Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes" (in seven volumes) by ...
  • All Aboard!
    The railways played a major role in our history, as did the people who worked for them. I always loved going on the train . Growing...
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
    Protestant Hospital for The Insane, Verdun My great-grand uncle Horace Melvin Porter was 26 years old, full of life and part of ...
  • WWI Casualty Clearing Stations
    My great uncle Alexander George Mavor was wounded at "The Bluff" at Ypres, Belguim in the First World War. He was in the trench...
  • Quebec and New France Resources
    In the past few months there have been lots of beginners researching their ancestors who came to New France in the early years, or like m...
  • Scotland Genealogy Resources
    Both sides of my family have roots in Scotland, so it is no wonder I have amassed a list of resources from the areas my ancestors lived. ...
  • Cleaning Up Your Family Tree
    If you are like me, you like your tree to be clean and, above all, accurate. I have seen many trees on Ancestry with BMD, census or other ...
  • Pier 2 - NOT Pier 21
    It is a common mistake people make, thinking their early immigrant family arrived in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax. I did so myself!! ...