David Lester McBride's Mission Apartment

After a 6-month haitus, I am finally writing another post. Rummaging through my dad's office, I found one of my great-grandfather David Lester McBride's old priesthood manuals, A Seventy's Course in Theology. The Seventy's Course was a series of priesthood manuals authored by B. H. Roberts and originally used by, you guessed it, Seventies Quorums, between 1907 and 1911. The book in my dad's credenza consisted of volumes 1 and 2, bound together.

I have long been familiar with these manuals; even read lengthy passages. In fact, I'll admit I envy somewhat the brethren who used this course for their lessons. The subject matter is often intriguing, with lesson titles such as "The Inexorableness of Law" and "Patristic Notions of God." But it was not the content of the manuals that caught my attention yesterday.

David Lester wrote his name inside the back cover, along with the following address: "287 Bainbridge St. Brooklyn." We knew great-grandpa was serving a mission to New York at that time. Now we know where he lived for at least part of the time. Here is a Google Maps satellite view:




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There appears to be a building there that may have been his apartment building, though it is difficult to be sure. Here is a Google Street View shot:


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Need to do a little more research on this on. If I remember correctly, the newspaper report of his funeral included a short account of a talk given by one of his companions. I'll have to dig that out. Also, we have a photo of him with his companion taken during his mission. Need to post that, too.