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Subject: Re: [PHLY-RTS] LECKEY, TAYLOR
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:17:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Pat:

Your family seems to be one of hundreds of Irish textile workers that
lived in the mill district of Kensington, the textile capital for
Philadelphia. 50% of Philadelphia textiles came out of the factories in
Kensington. Adams Street, where the below people lived, is now called
Hagert Street. The numbering system is also different now. The 500
block of Adams is probably somewhere around the 2000 to 2200 block
of Hagert Street.

The original address of 2349 N. 4th Street, would have been is
Kensington, as were all the other addresses that area listed below:
Adams Street, Amber Street, Arizona Street, Howard Street, etc. These
addresses were all in what today they would call "Lower Kensington,"
but back then simply "Kensington." Kensington is a neighborhood in
the city of Philadelphia.

If you are interested our history group "Kensington History Project,"
published some articles in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's
magazine titled "Pennsylvania Legacy," which document the history of
Kensington. Contact me if you would like a copy.

Ken Milano
Kensington History Project


On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 05:05:28 +0000, "Pat Marshall"
<> wrote :

> Hi
>
> Just joined list from Australia. Searching from ancestors who
migrated to
> Philadelphia from Aughnish, Donegal. Ireland. I have letters written
to my
> grandmother Sarah LECKEY who migrated to Australia in late 1880s.
Her
> brothers James, Thomas and Andrew LECKEY (Leckie, Lackey) had
migrated to
> Philadelphia and worked for their uncles, James TAYLOR and Joseph
TAYLOR who
> I think, had a weaving factory. There were also uncles John and
Andrew
> TAYLOR. I have gleaned this from letters received by Sarah from
her sister
> Marian LECKEY who joined her brothers in April, 1895 and she and
Andrew
> lived with "a son's wife of Uncle Andrew, Henry Taylor was his name,
he is
> dead." (I think only an Irishwoman would have put it just that
way). Only
> address on this letter, Philadelphia, June 23rd 1895. Letter dated 3
> January 1914 from Mary (Marian) LECKEY to let Sarah know brother
James
> LECKEY had died 2 January 1914. Address on this letter 2349 N 4th
St.,
> Philadelphia, January 3 1914.
>
> I received a lead from Linda Hoover on the PHILAD list and also this
address
> from Tom Johnston also of that list. Linda sent me a list from
Gopsills
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania General & Business Directory for several
years.
> This information listed below:-
>
> 1870 - Leckey Thomas, h 2011 Amber
>
> 1875 - Leckey Thomas, carpet mfr, 511 E Adams, h 1937 Amber
>
> 1885 - Leckey Thomas J., dyer, 511 E Adams, h 1937 Amber
>
> 1900 - Leckey Andw, fixer, h 2219 N Howard
>
> 1900 - Taylor Ella, teacher, H 2219 N Howard
>
> 1900 - Taylor Mary, wid Henry, h 2219 N Howard
>
> 1900 - Leckey Thos, hostler, h 2065 E Arizona
>
> 1880 - Leckey Thomas, J., dyer, 425 Abigail, h 1937 Amber
>
> 1890 - Leckey Thomas J., dyer, 2028 Abigail, h 2039 Amber
>
> 1885 - Taylor Joseph, weaver, h 2109 Amber
>
> This list was the most exciting information I had received as I was
unable
> to find any trace of them in Ireland or America. I am certain they
are my
> ancestors but being 'almost from another world', would be most
grateful for
> some help as to how I go about obtaining confirmation etc. Also
are there
> any Leckeys or Taylors out there who may be related.
>
> In anticipation.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat Marshall
> Canberra, ACT, Australia
>
>
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