Leo - Very interesting. In my dad's papers, he has a typewritten seniority
list. Some of the hire dates on his copy also date back to the
1880s. C.J. Miller, always "Chuck" (for Charles) to my dad, was a close
personal and railroad friend to dad all his life. I remember Mr Miller as a long
time Aurora Division Supt. C.W. Ebers, always "Charlie" (for Charles) to my
dad, was another good friend as they both had started out in train service
together with dad having one day of seniority over Charlie. Incidentally, your
list has my dad's name misspelled (and that is not uncommon). The correct
spelling is M.L. (for Marvin Louis) Zadnichek, no "check." There's
another side of my dad's family who spelled the surname with an "e,"
Zednichek. They were all C&NW or M&SL people. Over the years,
Zadnichek has ended-up being spelled a couple of different ways. Always
interesting - Louis
In a message dated 1/29/2013 7:32:50 P.M. Central Standard Time,
qutlx1@aol.com writes:
Verne,
I have a complete list of Aurora Div train personnel seniority lists from
1926-46 and some earlier and many later years.These list men in the craft by
hire date.These lists show men with hire dates in the 1880s up to the year
they were issued.
I checked trainman and switchman ranks for 1936-1944 w/o
finding anyone with the surname of May listed. Are you sure Ralph
May was a trainman ?
I have some engineers senioirty lists on paper from the 50s and 60s but
they are packed away so I was unable to check for August May.
Of interest to others on this group I did find :
Miller,C.J 9-2-24
Zadnicheck,N.L. 10-26-36
Ebers,C.W. 10-27-36
all of whom became company officers.
Leo
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