105 N. 34th Street

 

This building is no longer standing.

 

History

 

1890 Directory: Grannan, Lewis, supt.

            Stillwell, James C. Lawyer at 727 Walnut

 

1895 Directory: Albert P. Brubaker, M.D., Prof. of Physiology and General Pathology at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery;  demonstrator in Physiology at Jefferson Medical College, lecturer in Physiology at the Drexel Institute

 

Albert Philson Brubaker, M.D. (1852-1943)

 

1900:

Albert P. Brubaker       47        Physician; renting

Edith Brubaker            44        Married 16 years, (no children); parents born in Md. [actually, father born in Pa.]

Sarah Joyce                  44        Sister; married or widowed; 7 years, 1 child

Catharine McDermott  34        Servant, cook; born in Ireland

            See biographies of Albert and Edith and an older picture of him at 3426 Powelton Ave.

 

1901, Jan. 18: Death of Albert Brubaker Joyce, 5 years old, burial at Old Catholic Cemetery

            He was the son of Sarah Joyce. His father, William F. Joyce, died July 8, 1901.

 

1904: Dr. Albert P. Brubaker named Professor of Physiology and Hygiene at Jefferson Medical College (Phila. Inquirer, May 17, 1904)

 

1905: Edith N. Brubaker was president of the New Century Guild (868 members)

            (Official register and directory of Women's Clubs in America)

 

1906 Blue Book: Dr. & Mrs. Albert P. Brubaker

 

1910:

Albert P. Brubaker       56        Professor of Physiology at a hospital; renting

Edith N. Brubaker       53        Married 26 years

Bessie Harrington        24        Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1902

 

1917, General Alumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania: Edith Needles Brubaker, Class 0f 1893, 105 N. 34th St.

            She studied biology at Penn.

            In 1920 and 1930, they lived at 3426 Powelton Ave. (See his biography and another photo there.) In 1940, Albert lived at 109 N. 34th St. with two sisters and a niece.

 

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