Through some more good luck, I was able to get some help off of a genealogical board concerning any information on Predmores in Pittsburgh, and was directed to a website about Historic Pittsburgh. From here I was able to find a few scanned images of business directories that list addresses for the Predmore Hotel, among other things. I was also able to find this caricature of Charles E. Predmore from 1916 - which is really amazing! Charles E. Predmore was the son of Charles F. Predmore (my Mom's great grandfather), which makes him my Mom's great uncle. My Mom remembers that her great grandfather Charles F. was a horse trainer, and sure enough, he shows up in the business directories as a horse trainer. My Mom also remembers there being a picture of Charles F. hanging in a Predmore bar that showed him riding a harness racing horse. Amazingly, there is a sketch of that in the caricature!
Between all of the business directory listings and home addresses listed in census data, I am working on putting together a map that highlights the locations of the Predmore relatives and their homes and businesses in Pittsburgh. I'll make that a seperate blog entry. I also have some Civil War information to post about Charles F. Predmore that I recently came across which I'll devote an entry to, also.
I also found a listing from 1930 for Leo Coates and his Franklin Mantle and Tile Company. Leo Coates was my Mom's maternal grandfather. Using Google maps, I can see that his business wasn't far from the Predmores. This has been a nice breakthrough in trying to get information about my Mom's side of the family tree!
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