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From: "Chris & Dolly Beecher" <>
Subject: Re: Upper Darby City Directories
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:15:31 -0500
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Neat story, I always love hearing those types of stories that help "flesh
out" the picture of where my families are from!
~Dolly
Searching: Sellers from Upper Darby
----- Original Message -----
From: "TwoWolvesDancing" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: Upper Darby City Directories


> Hello Nancy. my brother still lives in the Kensington - Fishtown part of
> Philly where these streets are located.
> Franklin is off Leigh Ave and Kingston and Somerset Sts are off Kensington
> Ave. This will help you find them on a map.
>
> In 1894 & 1897 they were residing at 407 E. Somerset St. and 102 Kingston
> St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and they resided in 2555 N. Franklin St.,
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
>
> Upper Darby is in Delaware County, so checking those census records might
> help. And UpperDarby is kinda SouthWest of Philly... out 69th Street.
> Every Christmas, they would have a big slide - The Old Lady in the Shoe
and
> even a live Santa Claus were right outside of the Sears Store (or was it
Lit
> Brothers). It was the thing to do back in the 50's and on your way home
> we'd buy our Christmas Tree and drag it home. We all (4 kids plus 1 that
> mom carried) wanted to help daddy carry it home. The in 1960 we moved to
Mt
> Airy, Philly from East Lansdowne/
> Stonehurst Hills and there we went downtown on the train to Wanamakers and
> saw the wonderful music from the Grand Organ (started in 1911... way
before
> my time) and aniamted Christamas Lights Display... which was awesome.
> Wanamakers had been around since the late 1800's... so my older aunts and
> uncles have said... they did the same thing when they were kids... and
their
> parents also before them. Then before Christmas, you had to go to the
> Thanksgiving Parade and see Santa coming and climb out of the window go up
> the Fire Truck ladder from his sleigh on the float in the parade to his
> place and the Depatment Store. I believe that it was Gimbels and it was
the
> famout Gimbels Christmas Parade. Then after Christmas, you had to at
least
> once in your life attend the New Years Mummer's Parade. Being a kid and
in
> a drum and bugle corps I marched quite a few Thanksgiving Parades and back
> the the girls couldn't march in the Mummer's Parade... just the boys
could.
> But us girls could walk beside them and still experience the thrill. It
was
> even better, when I was over 21 and retired from marching, that I
> experienced the Parades as a spectator. Wow.
>
> Just sharing some old memories ...because of the Holidays, I though that
I'd
> share some of the old Philly and Suburbian Christmas Traditions wil you
all.
> Enjoy.
>
>
> I am not sure when Happy Reseaching. Peace and blessings.
> Dolores Cobb Phifer
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nancy Atkinson" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:07 PM
> Subject: RE: Upper Darby City Directories
>
>
> > Hi Karen,
> >
> > I wish I had an easy answer to those questions. I have no idea what
part
> of
> > Upper Darby they lived. It was information that had been passed down to
> my
> > father (family knowledge) but no specifics about living there were ever
> > mentioned that I am aware of. I've found it odd that I have yet to come
> > across the family living there however there are a number of years where
> > this family is unaccounted for.
> > I haven't yet checked in Upper Darby because I don't know how to go
about
> > getting access to the appropriate resources that might include the Upper
> > Darby area. I realize it was never a city but thought it might have
been
> > included in a city directory covering a larger area.
> > These are the years I would like to search for my William ATKINSON
family
> in
> > Upper Darby resources if available:
> > 1891 thru 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1911 thru 1916
> > Here are the known residences of the family:
> > In 1894 & 1897 they were residing at 407 E. Somerset St. and 102
Kingston
> > St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
> > In 1900 they resided in Hemlock Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania.
> > In 1905 they resided in Magee Ave., Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania
> > In 1910 they resided in 546 West Fifth St, Bloomsburg, Columbia,
> > Pennsylvania
> > In 1917 they resided in 2555 N. Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> w/
> > John E. Collins, laborer
> > Between 1923 and November 1930 they resided at 89 Oak St, Newton Upper
> > Falls, Middlesex, Massachusetts
> > From 1919 through November 1924 William ATKINSON worked at Saco-Lowell
> shops
> > in Massachusetts. So there's probably little chance they were living in
> > Upper Darby during that timeframe. In 1920 I can't locate them in the
> Mass.
> > or PA census soundex.
> > Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
> >
> > Nancy
>
>
>
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