1868 Honora McSorley dies at the age of 35, leaving John to care for 3 children. 1872 John McSorley marries Catherine Donovan. 1875 Bill McSorley is apprenticed in the ways of the Ale House. It becomes his first love. 1882 The play "McSorley's Inflation" opens at the Theatre Comiqe on Broadway. It features a bar room set, a bar owner named Peter McSorley. It plays over 100 performances. 1888 John and Catherine purchase the building at 15 East 7th Street. They are now landlords. 1904 50th Anniversary of The Old House at Home. 1905-06 A brief experimental period begins; McSorley's serves hard liquor along with the ale. The experiment ends as suddenly as it begins. McSorley's is an Ale house only from this point on. 1908 The sign over the front door falls in a storm. It is replaced by one that reads "McSorley's Old Time Ale House". Later the word "Time" is removed. 1910 John McSorley dies in the second floor flat above the bar. He is 83 years old. Previous Page   |   Page 2 of 5   |   Next Page
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