3318 Spring Garden Street

 

This house is no longer standing.

History

 

1860:

Charles W. Mitchell     40        Silk merchant; personal property: $15,000, no real estate

Anna C. Mitchell         28        Born in N.J.

Fanny H. Mitchell          6

Howard W. Mitchell      4

Frank S. Mitchell           2

Anna L. Mitchell           1

Mary Connely              28        Servant; born in Ireland

Jane Galvin                  21        Servant; born in Ireland

Anna C. (Jackson) Mitchell was Charles’s second wife.  His first wife, died after only a few years of marriage.  His second wife, died in 1863 after about ten years of marriage. 

 

                      

Anna C. (Jackson) Mitchell                                                 Charles W. Mitchell

(from the Hans and Frances Mitchell Froelicher Papers at Goucher College Library)

 

1861 Directory: Charles W. Mitchell, silk goods at 531 Market

 

1863, May 19: Death of Anna C. Mitchell, 31 years old

 

1869, July 6: Marriage of Lucretia M. Barnard to Charles W. Mitchell

 

Lucretia Mott (Barnard) Mitchell

(from the Hans and Frances Mitchell Froelicher Papers, Goucher College Library)

 

1870:

Charles Mitchell           50        Wholesale grocer; real estate: $10,000, personal property: $15,000

Lucretia Mitchell          31

Fanny Mitchell             16

Howard Mitchell          14

Frank Mitchell             13

Louisa Mitchell            11

Mary Mitchell                9

Josephine Mitchell  2 months

Bridget Buske              30        Domestic servant; born in Ireland

Susan Mckee                24        Domestic servant; born in Ireland

            Lucretia gave him two children: Josephine Barnard and Charlotte Barnard (born in 1874).  From 1876-1885, she ran a girls school and kindergarten at 315 N. 35th St.

Josephine married Warren Carter in 1892.  She died in 1905.  In 1910, Warren Carter was living with their two children and Josephine’s half-sister, Anna Louise Mitchell, at 201 N. 35th St.

 

1874: Birth of Charlotte Mitchell to Charles W. Mitchell and Lucretia (Barnard) Mitchell

 

1875, May 29: Death of Charles W. Mitchell, 55 years old, of 3318 Spring Garden St.  Burial at South Laurel Hill Cemetery

            From about 1876-’85, Lucretia Mitchell ran a girl’s school and kindergarten at 315 N. 35th St.  In 1880, she and her two young children were living with her parents, Simon and Sarah D. Barnard, at 5012 Elm (Parkside) Ave.

 

1874 Directory: Lambert R. Massey of Massey & Taylor

            They apparently moved several times around 1870.  The 1870 directory lists him at 3906 Spruce St.  The 1871 directory lists him at 3511 Hamilton St. and the 1872 directory lists him on Spring Garden near N. 37th.

 

1880:

L. R. Massey                58        Gentleman; born in Philadelphia as were his parents

Elizabeth C. Massey     58        Born in Philadelphia as were her parents

Louis C. Massey           27        Lawyer

Juliette B. Massey         27        Daughter-in-law; born in Philadelphia as were her parents

Kenity Kane                53        Servant; born in Ireland

            In 1870, Lambert Rickey and Elizabeth Conrad Massey lived in Ward 27, ED 89 (nearest post office: 3461 Chestnut).  He was a shipping merchant with $29,000 in real estate.  In 1850, his father, Charles Massey, had $50,000 in real estate.

            Louis Conrad Massy (1852-1933) was married to Juliette Bradford Kneass (1849-1919). They had a son who died in 1878 as an infant. In 1878, Louis was a Lay Deputy of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Protestant Episcopal Church. (Inquirer, May 8)

 

1884 Directory: Lambert R. Massey

                         Louis C. Massey, lawyer at 514 Walnut St.

 

1884, Mar. 29: Death of Lambert R. Massey; burial at Woodlands Cemetery

            Elizabeth C. Massey died July 22, 1895 in Orlando, Florida.

 

1910:

Charles Rice                 47        Wholesale produce

Carrie Rice                   32        Married 13 years, 1 child.

John Rice                     3

Mary Ellinger               62        Mother-in-law

Alice Cookson             24

            In 1900, they lived at 3612 Hamilton St.  In 1901, he purchased 3609 Hamilton St.

 

1920:

Charles J. Rice              57        Life stock broker; widowed; owner with a mortgage

John L. Rice                14

Jenette Ellenga             70        Mother-in-law; widowed

May Yersley                 56        Boarder; bookkeeper working at home; single

 

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