206 N. 36th
Street
The
History of the Building
This
building is no longer standing.
Previous Residents of
1880:
Marcus
H. Darrow 29 Provisions dealer
Elizabeth
W. Darrow 24
Charles
T. Darrow 3
Elizabeth
T. Darrow 1
Harry
R. Shirk 19 Nephew; bookkeeper
Marcus Holbrook Darrow married
Elizabeth Ray Truitt in 1876. She was the daughter of Charles Bishop Truitt and
Elizabeth Tremper Ray (3609 Spring Garden St.).
1887 Directory: Marcus H. Darrow
(M. H. Darrow & Co., commission merchants & wholesale dealers in salt,
fish, butter, cheese, canned goods, dried fruits, etc., 208 N Delaware Ave.)
Harry R. Shirk, (M. H. Darrow & Co.)
In
1891, they both lived at 3413 Baring St. In 1906,
Shirk lived at 516 N. 34th St.
1900:
Walter R. Kern 48 Real estate broker; owned with a
mortgage
Ella Kern 47
William H. Kern 20 Lawyer
Walter Kern was the son of William H
Kern. In 1870, they lived 1536 Green St. His father had $125,000 in real estate
and $25,000 in personal property. In 1880, Walter and Ella lived at 737 N. 26th
St. William was 6 months old (enumerated on June 3). Howard had a younger
brother, Howard R. who lived two doors away at 210 N. 36th
St. in 1880 and 1900. Ella (Shipper) Kern was the daughter of Francis and
Clara Shipper. She lived with them at 3406
Spring Garden in 1870. The Kern family were members of The Church of the
Savior (Episcopal).
1910:
Walter R. Kern 59
Ella Kern 50 Married 32 years, 1 child
Daniel J. and Albert E.
Payne, 1917 Letitia
V. Payne, 1920
(see below) (see
below)
1918 Draft Registration: Daniel Joseph Payne, construction
engineer working for Hydraulic Power Co., Niagara Falls, Niagara, N.Y.
William George Payne, engineer portable for
W. Penn Corson [?], 7th & Ferry Ave., Camden, N.J. He was born
Oct. 21, 1878.
1920:
William Jeffrey 41 Portable engineer [for portable
high-pressure boilers]; born in Canada, immigrated in 1879, not a citizen
Mary Jeffrey 40
Ermine
Jeffrey 14
Bruce Jeffrey 22 Portable
engineer
Esther Jeffrey 19
— next household
Daniel J. Payne 36 Portable engineer
Letitia Payne 33 Parents
born in Ireland
Albert E. Payne 10
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Frederick Wilcox 59 Carpenter;
father born in Vt.
Rosetta Wilcox 64
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Peter Albert 33 Lodger;
riveter in a ship yard; born in Prussia, father in Prussia, mother in Austria,
he immigrated in 1913
William G. Jeffrey married Mary M.
Ermine in 1910.
Daniel Joseph Payne married Letitia
Veronica Kirby in Philadelphia in 1907. In 1903, they lived in New York, NY.
Frederick E. Wilcox married Rosetta
Agatha Westgate in 1881. He was the son of Eland Wilcox. They had two sons.
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Revised
2/14/2015