3301 Arch Street

 

This house was torn down.

 

 

Previous Residents

 

1860:

Nicholas H. Graham    40        Provisions merchant; real estate: $40,000

Eliz V. Graham            38        Real estate: $7,000, personal: $3,000.

Mar Shegog                  25        Servant; born in Ireland

Cath Moughlin             28        Servant; born in Ireland

            In 1858, he was listed at 107 N 19th (both house and business).

 

1861 Directory: Nicholas H. Graham, merchant, 33rd & Arch.

 

1870: (listed as 114 N. 33rd)

Paul Graff                    57        Wholesale boot and shoe merchant; his parents were born abroad; real estate: $25,000; property: $25,000

Rebecca Graff              45

James T. Graff             27        Wholesale boot and shoe

Clara E. Graff              17        In school

Annie Murphy             38        Domestic servant; born in Ireland; could read but not write

Elizabeth Donaldson   24        Domestic servant; born in Ireland

William Powell             21        Servant; born in Md.

It appears that there was a different set of servants in the 2nd enumeration in November, 1879.

            The 1861 Directory lists him at 1809 Mt Vernon (and 308 Market).  The 1866 Directory: “merchant, 426 Market, h 1519 N Broad”

 

Paul Graff (1815-1898)

 

1871, Apr. 27: Marriage of Susan Elizabeth Aumont to James Trimble Graff

 

1872 Directory: Paul Graff of Graff, Watkin & Co., shoes at 512 Market St.

 

1872, Sep. 2: Death of James Aumont Graff, 1 month years old, son of James T. and Susie Graff

 

1877, Sep. 28: Death of Susie E. Graff, wife of James T. Graff of 3301 Arch St.; funeral from her late residence.

 

1880:

Paul Graff                    65        Boot and shoe manufacturer; father born in Prussia

Rebecca Graff              57

James T. Graff             37        Boot and shoe manufacturer;

Sarah [Clara] E. Graff 27

Edgar P. Graff               3        Grandson

Virginia Lee                35        Servant; mulatto; born in Va.

Nathan Smith              28        Servant; mulatto; born in Va.

Mary Winston              28        Servant; mulatto; born in Va.

 

1888 Directory: William R. Hart of William R. Hart & Co., metals at 226 Walnut St.

                         Walter M. Hart, student

            William R. Hart was 55 years old and was born in New Hampshire.  In the 1880 census, he was listed as an import agent for iron and steel.   His wife, Harriet W. hart, was 53, born in New York.  Walter was born in Pennsylvania in 1872.  He married Agens Borland and in 1898 and in 1900 they were living in Berkley, California.

 

1891 Directory: William R. Hart of William R. Hart & Co., iron merchants at 402 Walnut St.

 

1893 Directory: Henry Redmond oculist at 1224 Walnut St.

 

1894 Directory: George D. McCreary, city treasurer at 143 City Hall

 

1900:

George D. McCreary   53        Banker; owner, free of a mortgage

Kate Ann McCreary     44        Married 22 years, 4 children

Ethel H. McCreary       20

Annie R. McCreary      19

George D. McCreary, Jr.  17

William H. McCreary   10

Mary Hand                  49        Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1860

Maggie Ryan                32        Servant; born in England, father born in Scotland, mother in Ireland; married 4 years, 2 children, immigrated in 1870

Julia Shea                     38        Servant; born in England, immigrated in 1870, parents born in Ireland

Kate Mc Fadden          33        Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated in 1885

            George Deardorff McCreary and Kate Ann Howell were married in June, 1873.  She was living with her parents at 3311 Race St.

 

 

“George Deardorff McCreary (September 28, 1846 – July 26, 1915) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

“George D. McCreary was born at York Springs, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Philadelphia in 1864. He entered the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1864 and remained until 1867, when he left to take a position with a coal company of which his father was president. He began an independent business career in 1870. He was elected treasurer of the city and county of Philadelphia in November 1891, and served until 1895.

            “McCreary was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics during the Sixty-first Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912. He was engaged in banking, and died in Philadelphia. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.”  (Wikipedia, 3/22/2014)

 

1901, Jun. 19: Marriage of Ethel Howell McCreary to George Howell Parr.

 

1903, Oct. 21: Marriage of Anna Belle McCreary to William Joyce Sewell, Jr

 

1906, Jun. 20: Marriage of Ellen Markoe Wharton to George Deardroff McCreary, Jr.

            She was the daughter of Richard Norris and Marion Morris Williams.

 

1910 Directory: Louis Krieger, caterer

 

1910:

Ludwig Krieger            45        Boarding house keeper; born in Germany, immigrated in 1891, naturalized citizen; renting

Emma Krieger             41        Boarding house keeper; married 14 years, 3 children; born in Germany, immigrated in 1889

Ludwig O. Krieger       12

Elsa A. Krieger              7

Florence E. Krieger       4

--  next household

Clarence E. Pyle          29

Helen P. Pyle               30        Married 3 years

Laurette R. Snyder       29        Widowed; born in Florida, father born in Virginia, mother in S. Carolina

--  next household

George D. McCreary   63        Banker

Kate H. McCreary        54        Married 31 years, 4 children

William F. Greene        34        Boarder; division [?] engineer for steam railroad; single

 

1911 Directory: George D. McCreary 2nd vice-president at Market St. National Bank

 

1913: Otto Ludwig Krieger was a student at the University of Pennsylvania

 

1915 Directory: Louis Krieger, apartments

 

1918 Draft Registration: Ludwig Otto Krieger, clerk for Pennsylvania Railroad at 227 S. 4th St.

 

1920:

Louis Krieger               56        Baker working at home (employer); born in Germany, immigrated in 1891; renting

Emma Krieger             50        Born in Germany, immigrated in 1888

Ludwig O. Krieger       21        Clerk for railroad

Florence Krieger          14

Robert M. Brookfield, Jr.  20   Son-in-law; curio auction sales

Elsa Brookfield            17        Daughter

 

1922 Social Register: Mr. & Mrs. David A. Storer (Margaret Van N. Edgar)

 

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