327 N. 32nd St.

 

1862 Directory: John Shedwick, builder, and James C. Shedwick, carpenter, 32d & Baring

            1861 lists them at 33rd above Baring

            1860: Haverford near 38th St.

 

1863 Directory: John Shedwick, builder, and James C. Shedwick, carpenter, 32d & Baring

 

1866 (Fall 1865) Directory: John Shedwick, builder, 32d n Race, h SE 32d & Baring (327 N. 32nd)

 

1865, Dec. 7: Advertisement in the Inquirer for this house by John Shedwick: “13 rooms, all the improvements. Lot 36 by 100. Price $7500.”

 

1866, May 5: Title transferred to John C. Davis by John Shedwick

            The Shedwick family moved into a new house at 3624 Baring St.

 

1867, April 26: Title transferred to Reece J. Hollingsworth by John C. Davis

 

1870:

John Hollingsworth                 59        Manufacturer of machinery; born in Delaware; real estate: $8,000, personal property: $40,000

Amanda M. Hollingsworth      50

William Hollingsworth             26        Clerk at machine shop

Kate Hollingsworth                 32        Music teacher

            The 1867 directory lists him as a machinist at 123 Craven.

 

1880:

R. J. Hollingsworth                  70        Machinist; born in Delaware, father born in Delaware, mother in Pennsylvania

Amanda M. Hollingsworth      61        Artist

Catharine Hollingsworth          44        Music teacher

William Hollingsworth             37        He was “maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled”

Lizzie Camphor                       19        Servant; black; born in Maryland

 

1886, Mar. 21: Death of Reese Jones Hollingsworth, 76 years old, born in Wilmington, De., burial at west Laurel Hill cemetery

The title transferred to Katharine Hollinsworth, by descent.

 

1887, Jan. 22: Death of William Hollingsworth, 44 years old

 

1898, Feb. 13: Death of Amanda Hollingsworth, 79 years old

Catharine Hollingsworth, died in 1918 from “chronic industrial nephritis.”

 

1900:

Kate Hollingsworth                 63        Father born in Delaware, owner, free of a mortgage

L. Gottsman                            61        Boarder; widowed, no children; born in France, immigrated in 1890

Lina Pouillando                       34        Boarder; French teacher; single; born in France, immigrated in 1887

Catharine Hollingsworth, died in 1918 from “chronic industrial nephritis.”  She was living at 101 W. Johnson.

 

1913, Mar. 6: Title transferred to Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers by Katharine Hollingsworth.

 

1913, Nov. 29: Title transferred to The Pennsylvania Laundry Co. by Presser Home for Retired Music Teachers

 

This lot became part of the part of the Pennsylvania Laundry Co.

            Ad from 1924 city directory:

 

 

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