3303 Hamilton Street
This house is no
longer standing. It is a vacant lot. Its twin, 3305
Hamilton St. is still standing.
Previous Residents of
1870:
George Herbert 45 Construction,
Home builder; born in England; real estate: $3,500, personal: $1,500;
Diana Herbert 35 Born in
England
Emily Herbert 15
Frances L. Herbert 14 (Female)
Harry R. Herbert 7
Rowland P. Herbert 6
Joseph Herbert 3
Bertha Herbert 2
Ellen Weeks 23 Domestic
servant
George
Herbert was born in Enstone, Oxfordshire,
England. He and Diana (or Diane or Dinah). immigrated in the mid-1850s. The
1867 & 1868 directories list him next door in the twin, 3305 Hamilton St. In 1860, they lived at 108 N. 35th St. He was a “plaster
master.” In 1880, they lived at 3728
Lancaster Ave. George died in Philadelphia in 1895. In 1900 and 1910, Diana
was listed as a patient at the State Hospital for the Insane in Norristown
where she died in 1912.
1896: Martha Sellers. Application for membership in American
Wheelmen. (Good Roads v. 24. 1896 pg
34)
1898-‘99
Blue Book: Miss Martha Sellers
T.
Carpenter Smith
In
1880, they were both living at 119 N. 33rd St.
Martha
Sellers died in Dec. 1899. She was the sister of Mary Sellers Bancroft (3300 Baring St.), John Sellers (3300
Arch St.), and William Sellers. She was a second cousin of Coleman Sellers
(3301 Baring St.). For an introduction to the
Sellers family, see the Powelton Post, March, 2009.
1900:
Alexander Sellers 23 Engineer; born
Sept. 1876
Edith Sellers 26 Born in
Anna B. Sellers 2 Born in
Del.
William J. Sellers 8 months Born in
Del.
Susan Smach 45 Cook; born in
He
was the son of William Sellers and his second wife, Amélie Haasz (1819 Vine St.). For
an introduction to the Sellers family, see the Powelton Post, March, 2009. The next resident,
Wilfred Bancroft, was his first cousin.
In 1920, they lived in
1910:
Wilfred Bancroft 35 Sales manager
for manufacturer
Elizabeth Bancroft 33 Married 4 years,
2 children; born in Del., father in
John Bancroft 2
Gertrude Bancroft
1
Martha McCaffity
23 Nurse;
born in
Sabina Murphy 40 Servant;
born in
In 1900, Wilfred Bancroft lived with
his parents at 3310 Hamilton St. Wilfred was the
grand-nephew of Martha Sellers (see above) and the
grandson of Mary Sellers Bancroft (see Powelton Post, March, 2009). The previous resident,
Alexander Sellers, was his first cousin.
“Nields, Elizabeth, 3303 Hamilton Street ,
Philadelphia Wilmington ,
Del. , and by Miss Mary E. Stevens's School, Germantown , Philadelphia Bryn
Mawr College
1915: Frank Crowl Robinson, ’04 member
of Nominating Committee, associate alumni; (The
Register,
1920:
James H. Chapman 73 Bond
salesman; born in
Isabel H.
Chapman 40 Born in N.J., parents born in
Catherine Chapman 18
Isabel Chapman 17
James H. Chapman, Jr. 14
Blanche
Shields 28 Servant; black; born in
1921 Obituary: James H. Chapman at his residence on Nov. 5, 1921.
Husband of Isabel Howard Chapman. Internment at Woodstock, Vt. (N. Y. Times Nov. 6, 1921.)
1922: Isabel H. Chapman, 3303
Hamilton St., Class of 1925 (The Wellesley
Legenda. 1922)
1927:
1929, July 1: Marriage of Carol H. Doriss
to James H. Chapman of 3303 Hamilton St.
1930:
Isabel Chapman
52 Widowed; born in N.J., parents born in
Mass.
Catherine Chapman 29
Isabel H. Chapman 27
1940:
Isabelle H. Chapman 63 Owner, house valued at $5,000; born in
NJ; widow; 4 yrs. high school
Catherine Chapman 39 daughter; stenographer at an insurance
company, no income in 1939; single; 4 yrs. College; lived in Chicago in 1935
Isabelle H. Chapman 37 Daughter; unemployed, previously a
teacher at a private school; single; 4 yrs. College
1950 Directory:
Isabel Howard Chapman
1987, March: Purchase by Laszlo Gyulai and Margaret B. Gyulai
Status: Vacant
land
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