“Jotham Bixby: The Father of Long Beach”
Genealogical and historical interests can make us look at our surroundings in a different way.
photo: QHGS
The photograph above is one example of a “genealogical double-take” that we all experience from time to time. These street signs, posted at a residential intersection, memorialize Jotham Bixby, one of the founders of our city.
RESEARCH TIP: Your ancestor didn’t have to be president of a bank to have a street named in his honor. Many roads in the U.S. carry the names of “ordinary” citizens, especially if they were among the first settlers in the area. Because street names change over time, be sure to look for your ancestors’ traces on old maps of the area where they lived.
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