3102 Baring Street
This building is
no longer standing.
Previous Residents of
3102 Baring Street
1867 Directory: Samuel Blair, foreman
The
1864 directory lists him as an engineer living at 2047 Summer St. The 1868
directory lists him living around the corner at 314 N.
31st St. In 1870, he lived at 3209
Baring St.
1868 Directory: James P. Scravendyke
1870:
Catharine Kelly 65 Born in Ireland; real estate: $4000,
personal property: $600
Michael C. Kelly 27 House carpenter
William Kelly 25 Clerk at a tea store
Catharine C. Kelly 23
Julia Kelly 28
1876 Directory: Catherine Kelly, widow of Edward
William
Kelly, salesman
1880:
Catharine Kelly 70 Born in Ireland
Julia Kelly 34 Daughter; single; parents born in
Ireland
Catharine Kelly 31
Daughter; single; parents born in
Ireland
Charles J. Kelly 11 Grandchild; parents born in Pa.
Edward Kelly 9 Grandchild;
parents born in Pa.
1887, May 3: Death of Catherine Kelly. She was buried at St. Demus Roman Catholic Cemetery
1889 Directory: James H. Ingram, [Railroad]engineer
1891, Dec. 19: Death of John Hobbs, 33 years old, of 3102 Baring St. He was a
merchant and single.
1892 Directory: Edward Hobbs
Edward Jr. Hobbs, messenger
George Hobbs, driver
The
1891 directory lists Edward Hobbs as “boats, W end South st.
Bridge.” Edward, Jr. is listed as a
messenger living at 632 Union. His wife, Elizabeth (nee Host), died in 1891
leaving him with two young children (see 1900 below).
c1894: Edward Hobbs, Jr. married his second wife, Cecelia.
1895 Directory: Edward Hobbs
George Hobbs, laborer
1900, Jan. 30: Death of Sarah B. Hobbs, 62 years old, of 3102 Baring St.
married
1900: Not
censused
Edward
Hobbs, Sr. and George Hobbs had moved in with Edward, Jr. and his family at
2314 Fitzwater St.
Edward Hobbs 35 Superintendent in Rittenhouse Sq.;
renting
Cecelia Hobbs 31 Married 6 years, 2 children; born in LA,
mother born in MD
Sarah Hobbs 15
Robert Hobbs 13
Edward Hobbs 67 Father; works in a hotel; widowed; born
in MD
George Hobbs 32 Brother; single; day laborer, unemployed
for 6 months; mother born in PA
Margarite Doolittle 52 Aunt; widowed, childless; born in MD
(ED 769, 13A)
Edward, Jr. died in 1903 at age 40.
1905 Directory: George H. Schofield, [Railroad] engineer
1920:
Frank Keenan 30 Railroad car inspector; single; parents
born in Ireland; renting
Anna Keenan 27 Sister; single; parents born in Ireland
Minnie Keenan 24
Sister; time keeper, roller bearing
co.; single; parents born in Ireland
Thomas P. Keenan 21 Brother; Railroad air brake (?); single;
parents born in Ireland
Margaret Keenan 19
Sister; dental teeth cutter;
single; parents born in Ireland
James Keenan 14
Brother; single; parents born in
Ireland
Helen Keenan 10
Sister; single; parents born in
Ireland