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Two Werners. Charles Werner, in the 1880 census, is 25 years old. There is also a "J. C. Werner", who was the architect of Beth Jacob synagogue (1870), who is possibly "John Werner" in the 1880 census, a house carpenter born about 1827, who lived on Manhattan Avenue.

The Parish of the Most Precious Blood was founded in 1922, with Edward A. Holran as the first parish priest. The original parishioners were predominantly Irish, German and Italian residents of Long Island City. Fr. James J. Comerford was the priest at the time of the construction of the chuch.

Partnership of Henry J. McGill and Talbot Hamlin