3417 Spring Garden Street
The
History of the Building
“Two-and-one-half
story Victorian half of double; first floor pent eave added
and windows altered and infilled; altered mansard.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
national register of Historic Places, 1985)
Previous Residents
1890 Dir: Hessenbruch Charles E., salesman
In
1887, he was at 3631
Hamilton St.
1900:
Charles Hessenbrook 43 Hardware; born Sept 1856; father born in
Germany, mother in Holland
Clara Hessenbrook
36 Married
17 years, 3 children
Bertha Hessenbrook
13
Edward Hessenbrook
11
Kate F. Feemey 33 Servant;
born in N.Y., father in Ireland, mother in Canada
Lara Proback 25 Servant; born in Germany
1910:
Sophia C. Hessenbruch 46 Widowed, 4 children, 3 surviving; own
income; parents born in Germany
Theophilus E. Hessenbruch 26 Mechanical
engineer for railroad co.
Edward C. Hessenbruch 28 Salesman, of wholesale hardware
Bertha A. Hessenbruch 23
Katherine Connor 38 Servant;
born in Ireland (English)
In
1920, Edward lived at 3312
Hamilton.
The
1913 directory of Reading Pa. lists Theophilus E. Hessenbruch and his wife,
Mary (Myers). They later settled in Swarthmore.
1904: Charles Hessenbruch; Member Bd. of Directors 24th section,
(Annual Report of Board of Pubic
Education, Pg 266)
1914, Jan. 2: Marriage license issued to Bertha A. Hessenbruch and
Frank J. Duffy.
1923, May 15: Death of Sophia (Clarenback)
Hessenbruch, age 59 of uterine cancer
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