*This address no longer
exists – the lot was subdivided to build houses fronting on
3308 Baring: 1881, April 2: Property transfer from Theophilus G. Hessenbruch to Edith C. James(155, 65).
Previous
Residents of 3316 Baring Street
1860:
Theophilus Hessenbruch 47 Hardware merchant, real estate valued at
$35,000, personal property: $2,000; born in Prussia
Bertha
Hessenbruch 42 Born in Prussia
Herman Hessenbruch 18
Frank Hessenbruch 10
Dulon Hessenbruch 9
Charles Hessenbruch 6
Nellie Hessenbruch 3
Bar. Younk 24 Domestic servant; born in Baden
(Prec. 7, 88)
Rudolph Dulon
Hessenbruch moved to Australia in 1885.
1861 Directory: Theophilus
Hessenbrich, 34th & Baring
Edward Hessenbrich, 34th & Baring
In the 1858 Directory, Theophilus Hessbruch is listed at
“Park [37th] between Oak [Ludlow] & Chestnut.” Edward is listed at “Park [37th]
and Chestnut.”
1866 Directory: T. Hessenbruch,
importer German hardware, 10 N 5th, h 34th & Baring
1870:
Thomas Hessenbruch
45 Wholesale hardware merchant; born in Prussia, real estate:
$30,000, personal: $10,000
Bertha Hessenbruch 50 Born
in Prussia
Herman Hessenbruch 23 Clerk
in a store
Frank Hessenbruch 21 Clerk in a store
Charles Hessenbruch 15
Nelly Hessenbruch 12
Jenny Menker 20
Domestic servant; born in
(1st
Enumeration: p 30; 2nd Enumeration: pp 27-28)
[Note the first enumeration lists
her as Gertrude.]
1871 Passport: Theophilus G. Hessenbruch,
Birth: 2 Apr 1812,
1880:
Theophilus Hessenbruch 68 Hardware merchant; born in
Bertha
Hessenbruch 65 Born in Prussia
Herman Hessenbruch 32 Hardware merchant
Charles Hessenbruch 24 Salesman
A. H. Hessenbruch 38 Artist
Thuesueda Hessenbruch 21 Artist
Bertha Hessenbruch 10 Daughter; parents born in
Sophie Clarenback 16 Servant; born in
Annie Makey 24
Servant; born in
(ED 483, 31)
The 1901 directory lists Charles E. Hessenbruch living at 3417 Spring Garden St. He was married to Sophia Clarenback. The 1880-’81 catalogue of Swarthmore College
listed her as an (irregular) student in the Scientific Section of the
Preparatory School. He died March 28,
1908. In 1910, she was still living with their three surviving children at 3417
Spring Garden St. She died there on May
15, 1923 of uterine cancer. Their son,
Edward Charles Hessenbruch, attended the University
of Pennsylvania, Class of 1910. In 1920,
he lived at 3312
Hamilton St. with his wife, Helen.
1890 Directory: Frank Hessenbruch
(T. Hessenbruch & Co.)
Herman Hessenbruch
(T. Hessenbruch & Co.)
Theodore Hessenbruch
Hessenbruch T.
& Co. (Herman & Frank Hessenbruch), cutlery,
10 N 5th
The 1892 directory lists Frank Hessenbruch living in Prussia.
1891, June 7: Death of Bertha Hessenbruch,
76 years old, of 3316 Baring. Burial at
Woodlands Cemetery.
1892 (fall, 1891) Directory: Herman Hessenbruch
T. Hessenbruch & Co.
1891, Nov. 18: Marriage of Ida Markle
to Herman Hessenbruch
The 1894 directory lists him living
at 3311
Powelton Ave. In 1910, they lived in
Lower Merion.
1892: Theophilus Hassenbruch
joined a law suit aimed at stopping the electric trolleys on Baring St. to
replace the old horse-drawn streetcars.
(See the Powelton
History Blog for details.)
1895 Directory: Theodore Hessenbruch,
h 3312 Baring [sic. 3316]
Hessenbruch T. &
Co. (Herman, Frank Hessenbruch & Charles E.)
hardware, 8 N 5th
1895, Dec. 29: Death of Theophilus Hessenbruch, 84 years old, of pneumonia
1900:
Wilson H. Snive 38 Grocer’s clerk; renting
Lillian M. Snive
30 Married 12 years, 2 children
Wilson H. Snive 10
Earle E. Snive 8
(ED 539, 8B)
c1905: This property was torn down and
replaced by 315-333 N. 34th St.
Revised
2/1/2015
