304 N. 35th
Street
The
History of the Building
302-304 N. 35th St. were designed and built
by Wilson Brothers & Co. They were torn down about 1960 for the playground
of the
Previous Residents
1878 Directory: George J. Noble, salesman at 324 Market St.
John Noble of Wright Bros. & Co.
1879 Directory: George J. Noble, salesman at 324 Market St.
John Noble of Wright Brother & Co.
John
Noble, Jr., physician
C.
Louis Noble of Franklin & Noble
The
1880 census lists George, his wife and two daughters living at 3627 Powelton Ave.
1880:
David M. Murphy 40 Merchant; born in Ireland
Sarah J. Murphy 37 Born in England
James H. Murphy 7
Ida E. Murphy 6
David M. Murphy 3
Maud Eva. Murphy 7
months
Margaret Murphy 39 Sister
Mary Mellon 19 Servant; born in Ireland
Mary L. Gessel 30
Servant; married; born in Maryland,
father born in Saxony, mother in Germany
David
Mitchell Murphy was born in 1840 in Camus, County Tyrone, Ulster Northern
Ireland. He married Sarah Jane Whittem in 1871 In
Albany, N.Y. She was born in Meriden, Warwickshire, England in 1842. They both
died in Pasadena, Calif.: he in 1892 and she in 1894.
1882 Directory: George Morris of Morris & Lewis (George Morris, Edmund
Lewis, William E. Sommers, A. S. Golden, R. H. Jump, & William T. Du Hadway), woolens at 339 Market
William
Morris, lawyer at 32 S. 3rd
Edward
G. Keen, commercial merchant at 202 Walnut
Edward
Keen was George Morris’s son-in-law. The 1881 directory and the 1880 census
list all three at 3616 Baring St.
1887 Directory: Elizabeth S. Keen, widow of Edward G.
1889 Directory George Morris
1894 & ‘95 Directories: Rev. Solomon M. Cooper
He was married to Elizabeth Dixon. They
had a daughter, Mary H. (1848-1908), who married Levin J. Clogg.
In 1890, the Cloggs lived at 609 N. 32nd
St.
1898 Directory: Thomas Garrigues
In 1890, he lived at 123 N 33rd.
1900 Directory: H. Sherwood Hicks, clerk, h 304 N 35th
Mary A. Hicks, widow of Edwd W., h 304 N 35th
Thomas A. Hicks, sec[retary], 711 Stephen Girard Building, h 304 N 35th
1900:
Mary A. Hicks 81 Housekeeper;
widowed, 7 children, 5 surviving; born in Maryland, father born in Delaware,
mother in Maryland
Jessie D. Ellis 23 Boarder;
female; stenographer
Susan W. Cole 82 Boarder
Harriett B. Lavarelle 52 Boarder; widowed
Lillian M. Hudnut 26 Boarder; stenographer
Charles Harris 11 Servant;
black; born in Virginia
Fanny Wimbush 24 Servant;
black; born in N.J.
Lizzie G. Young 47 Servant;
black; widowed, 3 children, 2 surviving
Bessie White 22 Servant; black
Mary G. Smith 67 Boarder;
single
The rest of Mary Hick’s family was
listed next door at 302 N. 35th St.
Susan Cole was Jessie D. Ellis’s
grandmother. In 1880, they lived with Jessie’s parents at 3200 Baring St.
Susan Cole was the widow of Edward
Cole. She died in 1905 when she was living at 3501
Hamilton St.
Harriett B. Lavarelle
was living at 3701 Powelton Ave. in 1910 and
1920.
In 1880, a Mary G. Smith was working
as a servant at 52 School Lane.
1906 Blue Book: Mrs. Rebecca A. McKinstry
[Her
husband, Andrew McKinstry, was listed at 3321
Hamilton St. in 1890-’91. When he died December 21, 1894, he was living at 3707 Hamilton St. where his wife and daughter were
enumerated in 1900.]
Miss Elizabeth E. McKinstry
Mrs. Thomas Garrigues
1907, Jan. 31: Death of Rebecca A. McKinstry of 304 N. 34th St.
from arterial sclerosis; burial in New Platz, N.Y.
1907, May 7: Death of James S. Freeland of 304 N. 35th St.
Funeral at his late residence.
In 1900, he lived at 3403 Hamilton St. with his wife, Francis.
1910, Jan. 24: Death of Mary Askew Hicks, 91 years old, of 304 N.
35th St.
1910: Enumerated together with 302 N. 35th
St.
1913, Dec. 15: Marriage license issued to Mary T. Janney of 3412 Hamilton St. and Spencer L. Coxe of 304 N. 35th St.
1920:
Elizabeth Hiltner 52 Widowed; born in Philadelphia, father
born in Ireland, mother in the U.S.; renting
Robert S. Hiltner 24 Supervisor in printing office; born in
Philadelphia as were both parents
Robert married in about 1925 and in
1930, they were all living at 3416 Powelton Ave.
In 1940, Robert and his wife, Madeline, were living at 3416 Hamilton St.
c1922: “Rebecca C. Weingardner (494),
eldest daughter of Abraham A. and Margaret (Williams) Weingardner,
born at Williamsport, Pa., April 7, 1849; married there March 10, 1868, Hugh
Louis Trimble, of that city. He was born at Baltimore, Maryland, August 13, 1845,
and was a son of Samuel and Mary (Flanagan) Trimble. Hugh Louis Trimble and his
wife lived in Williamsport, Pa., until March 19, 1884, when they removed to
Philadelphia, where he is solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
residing at 304 N. 35th St.”
(The Story of the Arndts:
The Life, Antecedents and Descendants of Bernhard Arndt…. John Stover
Arndt. 1922 )
1930 census: Anthony Galzinis [sp?]
n.d.: Powelton Post, Jan 1964: “Luella Parker
and her daughter Sarah lived at 35th & Pearl for 24 years.”
Sarah was profiled in the Powelton Post, April, 1961.
Revised 2/2/2015