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From: "Richard Sparks" <>
Subject: Re: [PA-SOUTH-PHILLY] Gorman-Hutton-Crane (Crain)-Vanderslice
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:42:00 -0600
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When I returned home from serving 6 years in the NAVY, Raymond Hutton had
moved to Florida, his wife remarried and raised 2 children by her self
because her 2n husband died in industrial acident. Raymond Hutton was a
member of the Quaker City String Band.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy & Dean" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [PA-SOUTH-PHILLY] Gorman-Hutton-Crane (Crain)-Vanderslice


> Mr. Sparks,
>
> Thanks for your reply to my email. I am not sure how it might connect
> though. In another email I will outline my Huttons and others. Maybe we
> will find a connection.
>
> Also, I have seen the shot tower as I have gone down I-95, I think. It's
> been quite a while since I have been in that area.
>
> Amy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Sparks" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [PA-SOUTH-PHILLY] Gorman-Hutton-Crane (Crain)-Vanderslice
>
>
>> There was a couple that lived on our street( Ledden Lane , on the west
>> side,
>> in a white stucco home, with an olympic swimming pool since filled-
>> in,and
>> entertained by the Mumers,summer, through fall. Across the road from the
>> Willits,Art and Ronnie, still promoting roadaos. The lot between the
>> HUTTON,S and the Nesltls was.utilized as a make-shift parade ground. My
>> grand father is the heir to Thomas Weston Sparks'Shot tower onSecond
>> Street.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Amy & Dean" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:15 AM
>> Subject: [PA-SOUTH-PHILLY] Gorman-Hutton-Crane (Crain)-Vanderslice
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am new to this list and am posting my South Philly interests. I am
>>> searching for connections, past and present, to my Gorman Family of S.
>>> Philadelphia. From the mid- to late-1800s they resided in the area from
>>> about Ritner Street on the south to Federal Street on the north and
>>> Second
>>> Street to 25th Street going east-west. Before moving to the city they
>>> resided on a farm in Kingsessing Township (before 1850 to about 1861).
>>> The family is as follows:
>>>
>>> William Gorman born abt 1810 in PA. Died between 1850-1860. Farmer in
>>> Kingsessing. Probably buried at Darby Methodist Burial Ground.
>>> Sarah Gorman born abt 1817 in Del. or MD depending on the source. Died
>>> 4
>>> Jan 1861. Buried at Darby Methodist Burial Ground (listed as with
>>> husband
>>> but no actual record of him).
>>> Children:
>>> James b 1837 d 11/28/1906 Phila m. Martha Bruce Poss Civil
>>> War
>>> Vet buried Darby Methodist Burial Ground
>>> Thomas C b 1839 d 6/231885 Phila m. Margaret Hutton (this is my
>>> g-g-grandfather) Civil War Vet buried Lafayette Cemetery
>>> George b abt 1840 d 3/3/1880 Phila buried poss at Wharton St ME
>>> Church Vault??
>>> Henry b 1843 d 3/9/1903 Phila m to unknown Civil War Vet
>>> William b abt 1843 d 12/16/1864 poss Civil War buried Darby
>>> Methodist Burial Ground
>>> John b abt 1846 d?
>>> Sarah b abt 1849 d 9/12/185? Kingsessing buried Darby
>>> Methodist
>>> Burial Ground
>>> Franklin b abt 1853 d 10/11/1873 Phila buried Lafayette
>>> Cemetery
>>> Charles P b abt 1856 d 4/5/1887 Phila buried Darby Methodist Burial
>>> Ground
>>>
>>> I am looking for something on the parents. I have not been able to
>>> locate
>>> them prior to the 1850 census and have not been able to find anything on
>>> William Gorman besides being a farmer. Most of the children died before
>>> having children. Henry may have had children, I come from Thomas'
>>> children. James appears to have had no children.
>>>
>>> Does any of this look familiar to anyone? I will post allied lines in
>>> another email.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Amy
>>>
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