2910 Melvale Street Property History

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Some of the original lots from the plan of the Village of Richmond superimposed on the 1919 Sanborn fire insurance map. In December 1843 Eli K. Price sold lots 11 (later 2911 Richmond Street) and 12 (later 2910 Melvale Street) to Samuel Sperry Courtesy of Pennsylvania State University

Development and Early Residents, 1843–Circa 1860

At the end of December 1843, Philadelphia attorney Eli K. Price sold a 20-x-200-foot lot on Richmond Street to contractor Charles Smith on a yearly ground rent of $45 and the stipulation that Smith should within a year complete a building of sufficient value to secure the ground rent. 1 The lot, composed of two smaller lots numbered 11 and 12 on the plan of the village of Richmond, was located on the southeast side of Richmond, 100 feet northeast of William Street (now East Cambria Street), with its rear fronted on Larch Street (now Melvale Street). In March 1849, Smith was forced into a sheriff sale over a $9,300 debt, and the property, along with the lot to the northeast, was purchased for $70 by Amos Phillips, a resident of the Spring Garden District. 2 Phillips had previously purchased the property’s $45 yearly ground rent from Price in 1846. 3

After about nine months, Phillips sold the two properties to Philadelphia tailor Jacob Heerman for $333. 4 After another nine months, Heerman sold the property back to Phillips in September 1850 for only $80. 5 Two days later, Phillips sold the property composed of lots 11 and 12 on the Richmond plan to Thomas McConnell, a 40-year-old resident of the Richmond District employed as a laborer, on a yearly ground rent of $50. 6 It is likely that the houses on the property were constructed during McConnell’s ownership, as none are mentioned in previous deeds or the 1849 tax assessment. 7 By 1853, McConnell had moved his family—which in 1850 included his wife Ann and children Catherine, Patrick, and Thomas—into a three-story frame house on the Larch Street side of the property. 8 By the time McConnell sold the land in September 1855, a three-story brick dwelling had been constructed on the Richmond Street side of the lot.

Charles Burroughs, a mariner who lived on Sorrel Street below Larch, purchased the property for $2,550 and moved into the brick house on Richmond Street. 9 He was listed there for three years, but may have departed for Boston after that, as he was residing there by the 1870s. 10 The occupants of the house on Larch Street during this time—if any—are unknown.

Mary Ann Haskell’s Boardinghouse, Circa 1864–1878

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The project area as depicted in the 1862 Smedley’s Atlas of the City of Philadelphia. In the mid-1860s Mary Haskell established a boarding house at 1606 Melvale, around the corner from where her estranged husband Robert ran a tavern and hotel Courtesy of the Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia

By the mid-1860s, Larch had been renamed Melvale Street and the property owned by Burroughs numbered 1606. 11 Around this time, Mary Ann Haskell’s boardinghouse occupied the property. Little is known about Haskell’s origins, largely because the few records of her life are rife with contradicting information. She was likely born in Ireland around 1820 and was living in Massachusetts when her daughter Mary was born, around 1849. By the mid-1850s, she and her husband Robert Haskell—a mariner native to Maine—were living with their family in Port Richmond. 12 In about 1857, Robert Haskell opened or took over a tavern and hotel on William Street below Melvale, while simultaneously working as a shipping master. 13 Together the couple had at least five children, only two of which—Mary and Elizabeth—survived the 1860s. 14

It seems that at some point in 1864, Mary Ann left Robert for unknown reasons and opened a boardinghouse in the frame dwelling at 1606 Melvale. 15 By the late 1860s, she had at least five men living in her boardinghouse, all of whom were employed in a maritime trade or on canal boats. 16 There is some indication that she also ran a confectionary business out of the house during this time to supplement her income. 17 Perhaps most interestingly, she was claiming that her husband, who still ran a hotel and saloon around the corner, was dead. By 1870, Robert Haskell was living with and possibly married to an Irish immigrant named Bridget. At that time, he allegedly had two children with her, though it seems doubtful that they were his biological children, as both were over 10 years old. 18 From the late 1860s, Robert’s life seems to have gone steadily downhill. He and Bridget compiled an impressive rap sheet, which included robbery, running a brothel, and multiple assaults on boarders, police officers, and each other. 19 His life seems to have eventually quieted down for several years before he was killed in a train accident in 1890. 20

It appears that Mary Ann Haskell was unconcerned with her ex-husband’s activities, and continued to run her boardinghouse into the 1870s, with long-term tenants including a Delaware-born sailor named William Thatcher, New York native George Smith, and a sailor named either Elias or Isaiah Ireland and his wife Rebecca, who may in fact have had their own household at 1606. Others, such as sailors John Shay, John Derrickson/Errickson, and John Harrigan, seem to have been on and off tenants. To provide extra income for the family, Mary Ann’s daughter, Mary Haskell, worked as a domestic servant during the 1870s, something her sister Elizabeth Haskell may have done, as well. 21

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The area around 1606 Melvale Street as depicted in the 1875 G.M. Hopkins City Atlas of Philadelphia, Vol. 4. Resident George Smith briefly ran shops around the corner at 1210 and 1212 William Street Courtesy of the Philadelphia Historical Comission

By 1874, George Smith had opened a cigar store around the corner at 1210 William Street, where two sailors were boarding—New Jersey–born Charles B. Gaskill and Anton Selby, the latter of whom is possibly the same individual as an Afro-Portugese sailor enumerated in the 1880 census in Philadelphia. 22 Around this time, Gaskill married Mary Haskell and moved into the house at 1606 Melvale. 23 George Smith, who by the late 1870s was running a notions shop at 1212 William, then married Mary Ann Haskell. 24 The combined families may have briefly moved from 1606 into the house on William Street, but it was not to last. Smith—who was only about 40 years old—died of a sudden stroke in September 1879. 25 Mary resumed running a boardinghouse (if she had ever stopped) at another location, and presumably continued to do so until her death sometime in the early twentieth century. 26

At about the mid-point of Mary Haskell’s residency at 1606 Melvale, the property was sold. Charles Burroughs, who had removed to Boston, sold the lot stretching from Richmond to Melvale to three Philadelphia business partners—William Chard, William A. Peall, and William Finley Newell—for $3,500 in March 1872. 27 Peall, a shipwright, moved his family into the house on Richmond Street and continued to live there until about 1881, even though he and Newell had sold their interest in the property to Chard in February 1876. 28

Matthew Gagan and the Trump Family, 1879–1884

Matthew Gagan, employed as a laborer, next occupied the house at 1606 for a year or two. 29 He was followed by the Trump family, composed of Civil War veteran Samuel Trump, his wife Frances, and Frances’ 21-year-old son George, who variously used the surnames Warren and Trump. 30 Samuel Trump made his living working on canal boats, while George Warren/Trump was employed as a brakeman on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad—a job he kept until he was killed in a train collision in 1888. 31 In 1884, after Samuel seems to have been unemployed for several years, the family moved to Mutter Street in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. 32 They stayed in that general vicinity until 1889, when Samuel and Frances moved back to Port Richmond. 33

John Lyons and Annie Scull’s Boardinghouse, 1884–1889

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The project area as depicted in the 1886 G.M. Hopkins Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, 25th Ward. Annie Scull ran boarding houses at several addresses in the neighborhood before moving to 2910 Melvale Street. In about 1889 she moved across the street to 2907 Melvale Courtesy of the Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia

The next tenant listed at 1606 Melvale was John Lyons, who was employed as a laborer and resided in the house for about a year. 34 Little is known about him, though he may have moved from 1606 to a house a few blocks down on Neff Street (now East Indiana Avenue). 35 Following Lyons was Ann W. “Annie” Scull’s boardinghouse. 36 Scull was a native of Atlantic County, New Jersey, and moved to Port Richmond in the early 1860s, possibly following her mariner husband Abel Scull there. 37 Abel died in 1862 or 1863, leaving Scull to raise at least seven children who were 20 years old or younger. Through much of the 1870s, she ran a boardinghouse at two locations on William Street, and then at two locations on Sorrel Street for the first half of the 1880s. 38 In 1885, she moved to 1606 Melvale, which due to the renumbering of the street that year became known as 2910 Melvale Street. 39

The majority of Scull’s boarders appear to have been short term, with only a few (such as laborer Patrick Sweeney) appearing in the directories, and none appearing in the 1870 or 1880 census. 40 Many of those residing with her—before or after her time at 2910 Melvale—were in fact her children and their families. Scull’s daughter Eunice, her husband Achilles Pharaoh Cranmer, and their children had lived with Scull until she moved to 2910 Melvale Street. 41 By 1887, if not before, Scull’s daughter Emma, her husband William Smith, and presumably their children Leonora, Claude, and Selma were living with her. 42 Another individual, John A. Caviston, resided with Scull beginning in 1885, and continued to do so for several years after she moved from 2910. 43 The duration and consistency of Caviston’s residency with Scull makes it seem probable that he was related to her in some capacity.

In 1889, Emma and her family moved north to the Bridesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia. 44 Around the same time, Scull moved her boardinghouse across the street to a three-story frame house at 2907 Melvale Street. 45 Her daughter Eunice, widowed the previous year, moved into 2907 with her family. 46 Ann W. Scull resided at 2907 Melvale until her death in 1895, with her daughter Eunice continuing to live there well into the twentieth century. 47

The Trainor Family, 1889–1906

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The project area as depicted in the 1891 G. W. Bromley and Co. Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Vol. 9. In that year the Trainor family’s eldest child, Mary, married John Killian and moved out of 2910 Melvale Street Courtesy of the Map Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia

In late 1889, Irish immigrant Peter Trainor (also spelled Trainer and Traynor) moved his family from a dwelling on Sorrel Street to the house at 2910 Melvale. 48 Trainor, employed as a laborer on the Reading’s coal wharves and in his late 30s, was the head of a household that included his Scottish-born wife, Mary Ann McCurdy, and at least seven surviving children ranging in age from three to 17 years. 49 These children—Mary, Peter Jr., John, Hugh, Susanna, Elizabeth, and Margaret—were all born in Pennsylvania, indicating that the Trainors had immigrated to the state shortly after their July 1870 marriage in Scotland. 50 In 1891, another daughter, Anna, was born to the Trainors. 51 That same year their eldest child Mary moved out when she married John Killian (also spelled Killion), a stationary engineer who had resided at the corner of Melvale and William Streets. 52 Two years later, the Trainors had another child, Martha, but she died of cholera aged eight months. 53

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The Riverdale Glue Works—where Charles J. Trainor may have been employed—as depicted in the 1895 G. W. Bromley and Co. Atlas of the City of Philadelphia Courtesy of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia

For unknown reasons, the Trainor family moved out in 1894, and was replaced by carpenter Patrick Murray, who in turn moved to the rear apartment of a house at 2826 Ann Street after a year. 54 The Trainors had moved to a small two-story brick house at 2839 Sorrel Street, and were joined by John Killian, Mary Trainor, and their daughter Johanna, who all lived in a rear apartment. 55 By late 1895—around the time another child, Charles J. Trainor, was born—they had returned to 2910. 56 John Killian, and presumably his family, initially moved in with his stepmother at 2653 Elkhart Street, but in 1898 they moved into 2910 Melvale with the Trainors. 57

The Trainor family was involved in a wide variety of professions, with many of Port Richmond and Kensington’s major industries represented. Peter Sr. was long employed as a coal heaver on the Reading’s wharves, a profession it appears that his sons Peter Jr. and John initially took up, though John later worked as a longshoreman. Hugh Trainor, who may have had a physical disability of some sort, joined his brother as a longshoreman early in the twentieth century, while the Trainor’s daughter Elizabeth was employed as a topper in one of the local hosiery mills, a job her niece Johanna also took up when she became old enough. When they reached their mid-teens, Annie and Charles Trainor also went to work, finding jobs in local paper mills and glue factories, respectively. 58

Explorations in History
Occupational Hazard

Like many industrial operations at the time, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad’s Port Richmond coal wharves could be extremely hazardous to employees’ health. In December 1887, two years before he first moved his family to 2910 Melvale, Peter Trainor Sr. was involved in an incident that serves as a prime example of the dangers workers faced. Located in the Reading’s yards was a large derrick fitted with a belt of iron coal scoops used to unload the rail cars as they came into the facility. This derrick was supported by vertical guy-poles, which in turn were supported by guy-wires and piles of coal banked around their bases. At the time of the incident, one of these poles was to be removed, and as a result, all but one of its guy-wires had been cut. Around 40 laborers were clearing the coal away from the base of the pole when, without warning, it suddenly toppled, falling on four of the workers: John Kerrigan, Edward Brown, John Morley, and Trainor. Kerrigan and Brown were instantly killed, while Morley and Trainor were rushed to Episcopal Hospital—the former with multiple leg fractures and the latter with a fractured shoulder blade and ribs. As local residents and authorities swarmed the yards, work was stopped for the remainder of the day. Many of the workers allegedly could be heard accusing the yard superintendent of negligence in his orders to remove the pole, while the superintendent for his part claimed that the incident was just an unforeseen and unavoidable accident which had no cause and for which no one could be blamed. 59

In April 1899, Peter Trainor Jr. and John Trainor were among a gang of seven coal heavers who attacked two policemen and severely beat them. The Trainor brothers were arrested on the night of the assault, along with an accomplice, but the others were arrested and beaten by police in an overnight raid on their homes that led to their charging two police officers with aggravated assault and battery with attempt to kill. 60 The final verdict of the Trainors’ charges is unknown, but if convicted of a crime, it appears neither served a lengthy sentence. Later in 1899, the Trainors moved around the corner to 2815 William Street. 61

The precise identities of the occupants of 2910 Melvale at the dawn of the twentieth century are somewhat murky. In March 1900, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that one Frank Mackin was arrested in a raid on a policy shop he kept at 2910 Melvale Street, though he is not listed in directories from the time. 62 In the federal census that June, 33-year-old Annie Brown, a widow employed as an “inspector” and her 16-year-old son Thomas, an ironworker, were enumerated at the address. 63 Annie was likely the same individual as the “Sarah Brown” listed at 2910 Melvale in the 1900 city directory. 64 At some point in the second half of 1900, Annie married James McCollum and moved with her son to his residence at 2850 Mercer Street. 65 The residents of 2910 are unknown between the Browns’ departure and late 1902, when machinist Thomas P. Burk was listed as residing at the address. 66 Burk soon moved to an address farther down Melvale and the Trainor family moved back in. 67

The extended Trainor family had grown by the time they moved back, as the Killians now had another child Elizabeth. 68 Interestingly, all of the men in the family seem to have been present, which is somewhat shocking, considering that Peter Trainor Jr. and John Killian had been arrested in 1902 for the brutal stabbing of a police officer.

Explorations in History
Police Officer Stabbed

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Illustration from an 1898 newspaper article on rope thieves in Port Richmond Courtesy of newspapers.com, an ancestry.com website. “River Pirates Infest Kensington Wharves,” Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 23 January 1898, p. 25

Caption: Illustration from an 1898 newspaper article on rope thieves in Port Richmond (Courtesy of newspapers.com, an ancestry.com website. “River Pirates Infest Kensington Wharves,” Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 23 January 1898, p. 25.).

At about quarter to one in the morning on October 14, 1902, Philadelphia policeman William H. Moore was walking his beat when he observed a boat full of rope at the Allegheny Avenue wharf. Suspecting that the valuable rope had been stolen, Moore laid in wait until he saw two individuals—Peter Trainor Jr. and John Killian—enter the boat. Surprising them, he arrested Trainor and Killian on suspicion of stealing the rope from the Baeder & Adamson Company plant on the riverfront. While Moore was leading the two men to the patrol box at Richmond Street and Allegheny Avenue, Trainor apparently broke free and stabbed Moore multiple times in the neck and shoulder before fleeing. The wounded Moore, though bleeding profusely, kept hold of Killian and signaled for assistance with his whistle. Soon, two other officers came to Moore’s aid. Killian was taken to the police station at Belgrade and Clearfield Streets, while a local doctor treated an unconscious Moore before he was rushed to Episcopal Hospital, where he was found to be in serious condition. Trainor was picked up later after a police manhunt. Killian was charged with being an accessory to attempted murder, while Trainor was charged with attempted murder and larceny. Both were held without bail. 69

In 1906, the Trainor-Killian family moved out of 2910 Melvale for a third and final time, returning to a house they had previously lived in on William Street. 70 Within a decade, much of the family would be dead at relatively young ages: Peter Trainor Sr. of enteritis (61); Peter Trainor Jr. (39), John Trainor (30), and John Killian (39) of tuberculosis; Hugh Trainor of cirrhosis of the liver (31); and Mary Trainor Killian of myelitis brought on by pneumonia (44). 71

Around the time the Trainor family left 2910 Melvale, the property changed ownership for the first time in decades. Property owner William Chard had died in 1888, but possibly due in part to a disputed will, his estate continued to own the property until February 1905, when grocer John McAteer purchased the whole lot running from Richmond to Melvale Streets. 72

Three Families in Two Decades, 1906–1920s

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The project area as depicted in the 1910 G. W. Bromley and Co. Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, around the time the Fabiszewski family moved into 2910 Melvale Street Courtesy of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Immediately following the Trainor family at 2910 Melvale were Jacob and Susanna Surrick, both of whom were in their late 60s. 73 A native of the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Jacob had been employed as a glassblower, though records seem to indicate that he also worked as a day laborer, perhaps during the summer or slow times. Having moved to 2910 from a rear apartment at 2825 Ann Street, the couple stayed for only a little more than a year before they moved to a house at 2941 Melvale. Shortly after they moved to this new address, Jacob died of heart disease, and Susanna moved back to 2825 Ann. 74

Little is known about the two short-term tenants who followed the Surricks—mariner Harry McMichael in 1908, and Nicholas Uszkewich in 1909. 75 By early 1910, both had moved on and the Fabiszewski family had taken up residence. 76 At the time, the family consisted of 47-year-old Polish immigrant Walter (or Wladyslaw) Fabiszewski, employed as a day laborer, his 36-year-old Polish wife Mary (or Matilda), and their American-born children Peter, Walter, Annie, Joseph, Stella, Mary, and Felix, who ranged in age from one to 18. 77 The family’s name was occasionally given as “Fabey,” possibly in an attempt to sound more American, though in the long run it seems only Walter Jr. continued using this derivative. 78 In about 1912, 15-year-old Anna Fabiszewski married 21-year-old Joseph Zdrojewski, who lived at 2940 Melvale with his family. 79 The young couple was residing at 2060 Tilton Street by 1917, where they would continue to live for decades. 80 Within the next year, the rest of the Fabiszewski family had moved out, and were followed by Anna’s in-laws—the Zdrojewski family—who spent a colorful decade at the property. 81

Frank and Marcianna Zdrojewski arrived in the United States from Poland in the early 1890s and resided in Port Richmond, where Frank worked as a laborer on the railroad.  Though their oldest son, Joseph, had been born before they immigrated, the remainder of their children were born in Philadelphia. At the time they moved into 2910 in about 1913, the family likely consisted of 46-year-old Frank, 43-year-old Marcianna, and their children Felix, Anastasia, John, Peter, Stella, Frank, and Helen, who ranged in age from a newborn to 17. 82

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The project area in 1919, during the Zdrojewski family’s time at 2910 Melvale Street Courtesy of Pennsylvania State University

The Zdrojewski family’s time got off to an exciting start when the house caught fire on the night of July 4, 1914, possibly due to fireworks. Luckily, little, if any, damage was done. 83 Just two years later, Felix Zdrojewski was arrested on the charge of hitting an organ grinder in the arm with a brick. Of note is Felix’s trial, allegedly interrupted by repeated obscenities. The source of the swearing was apparently found to be the organ grinder’s pet parrot, which had been left outside the court room and was being accosted by a cat. The organ grinder promised to keep the parrot at home for the next session of the trial. 84

By 1920, Frank Zdrojewski was no longer working as a laborer, but was instead employed as a watchman at the Reading Company’s grain elevator. His sons Felix and John were employed as stevedores, while Peter worked in the grain elevator. Anastasia, who was not enumerated with the family in the census, may have married and moved out at some point in the 1910s. 85 A few months after the family was enumerated in the census, John McAteer sold the property to the Active Democratic Association through a conveyancer. 86

The Zdrojewski family only had a few years remaining at 2910 Melvale, but those years were punctuated by two unhappy, alcohol-related incidents. In early December 1922, the 56-year-old Frank Zdrojewski was drinking moonshine with 52-year-old stevedore Paul Zobnowski in the dining room of the latter’s home at 2953 Melvale Street. When Zobnowski’s wife Jennie walked into the room, Zdrojewski apparently insulted her and asked why she had hit one of his sons the previous night. Jennie alleged that Zdrojewski then threatened to hit her, at which point she allegedly claimed that if there was hitting to be done, she would be the one to do it. She grabbed a bottle full of moonshine and brought it down on Zdrojewski’s head, fracturing his skull and opening up a four inch gash. Zdrojewski was rushed to Northeastern Hospital by his son, Frank, and police were called. When law enforcement arrived at the house, Jennie Zobnowski allegedly put up a fight, and it took several minutes for police to subdue her. 87

Frank Zdrojewski eventually recovered from his injuries, but his son Felix was not so lucky. The day after Christmas 1923, Felix died at age 27, with his cause of death simply being given as “alcoholism.” 88 The exact date of the family’s departure is unknown, but it was before 1930, when the Zdrojewski family was residing in a house at 3919 Bennington Street in the Juniata Park section of Philadelphia. 89 John Zdrojewski, who had married in about 1920, may have moved out before this, and at any rate did not follow his family to Juniata Park, instead moving to Lippincott Street in the Kensington section. 90

Final Decades, 1920s–1966

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The project area as depicted in the 1925 G. W. Bromley & Co. Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (North Phila.) Lehigh Ave. to Wingohocking St. Courtesy of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia

At some point between 1925 and 1930, the Atwood family moved into 2910 Melvale. 91 The family consisted of 38-year-old city worker Alfred Atwood, his 33-year-old wife Mary, and their children—12-year-old Alfred, 11-year-old Thomas, nine-year-old Marie, and three-year-old Theresa. The duration of the Atwood’s stay is unknown, but they had moved to 3084 Janney Street by the time of the 1940 census. 92 In the meanwhile, the Active Democratic Association sold the property to Charles J. Fenningham in October 1933. 93 The property was seized from Fenningham and sold in a sheriff sale to the Commonwealth Mutual Building and Loan Association in November 1938. 94 Commonwealth Mutual in turn sold the property to Thomas and Michalina Bojanowski for $1,800 in December 1943. 95

In September 1950, the Bojanowskis divided the property in two, with the frame dwelling at 2910 Melvale now occupying a lot fronting on Melvale and extending 83 feet in depth. This lot was then sold to Stanley Jage for $1,100. 96 Jage apparently resided in the frame house—possibly the first owner to do so since the 1850s—as indicated by a building permit for interior alterations issued in 1953. 97 In 1963, he sold the property to Mary Mamie Minner, who owned the property until it was condemned by the city in 1966 during the construction of Interstate 95. 98

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  21. Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1868, entries for John Derrickson, waterman, p. 466, John Shay, waterman, p. 1421, and George Smith, waterman, p. 1454; ibid. 1870, Mary A. Haskell, p. 706, and Elias Ireland, p. 792; ibid. 1871, Mary A. Haskell, p. 680, and Elias Ireland, p. 759; ibid. 1872, Mary A. Haskell, p. 639, and Elias Ireland, p. 714; ibid. 1873, Mary A. Haskell, p. 621, and Elias Haskell, p. 693; ibid. 1874, Mary A. Haskell, p. 614, and Elias Ireland, p. 687; ibid. 1875, Mary A. Haskell, p. 676, and Elias Ireland, p. 763; James Gopsill’s Sons, comp., Gopsill’s Philadelphia City Directory for 1887, “Philadelphia City Directories,” subscription database accessed March 2014, https://www.fold3.com; entries for John Harrigan, mariner, p. 735, Mary Smith, wid George, h 2956 Melvale, p. 1582, and William Thatcher, p. 1671; ibid. 1888, John Errickson (Derrickson), p. 550, and Mary Smith, wid George, h 2956 Melvale, p. 1622; “1870 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Ellen Haskill (Mary Ann Haskell), 1st enumeration, enumeration district 81, 24th (25th) Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.; “1870 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Mary Ann Hassell (Haskell), 2nd enumeration, enumeration district 81, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  22. Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1875, entries for Charles Gaskill, p. 570, Anton Silvey (Sebly), p. 1374, and George Smith, segars, p. 1392; “1880 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Antoine (Anton) Selby, enumeration district 0099, 5th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  23. Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1877, entry for Charles B. Gaskell (Gaskill), p. 552; “1880 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entries for Mary Smith and Charles (B.) Gaskill, enumeration district 0525, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  24. Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1878, entry for George Smith, notions, p. 1453; ibid. 1879, George Smith, notions, p. 1500; ibid. 1880, Mary Smith, wid George, h 1612 Melvale, p. 1570 ↩
  25. “Miscellaneous,” Philadelphia Inquirer, September 6, 1879, p. 2, Genealogy Bank, subscription database accessed March 2014, http://www.genealogybank.com; “Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915,” database accessed March 2014, https://familysearch.org; entry for George Smith, September 5, 1879 ↩
  26. Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1880, entries for Anton Selby, p. 1511, and Mary Smith, wid George, h 1612 Melvale, p. 1570; Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1887, entries for John Harrigan, mariner, p. 735, Antoine (Anton) Selby, p. 1522, Mary Smith, wid George, 2956 Melvale, p. 1582, and William Thatcher, p. 1671; ibid. 1888, John Errickson (Derrickson), p. 550, and Mary Smith, wid George, h 2956 Melvale, p. 1622; ibid. 1902, Mary Smith, wid Geo., p. 2303; “1880 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entries for Mary Smith and Charles (B.) Gaskill, enumeration district 0525, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  27. Philadelphia County Deed Book JAH 216:491, “Historical Land and Vital Records,” subscription database accessed March 2014, https://www.phila-records.com/historic-records/web ↩
  28. Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1873, entry for William A. Peall, p. 1034; ibid. 1874, William A. Peall, p. 1044; ibid. 1881, William Peale (Peall), p. 1293; ibid. 1882, William A. Peall, p. 1225; Philadelphia County Deed Book DHL 48:334, “Historical Land and Vital Records,” subscription database accessed March 2014, https://www.phila-records.com/historic-records/web ↩
  29. Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1878, entry for Matthew Gagan, p. 571 ↩
  30. Ibid. 1879, entry for Samuel Trump, p. 1627; ibid. 1880, George W. Trump (Warren/Trump), and Samnel (Samuel) Trump, p. 1691; ibid. 1881, George W. Trump, and Samuel Trump, p. 1645; “George S. Warren Trump (Warren/Trump)” and “George S. Warren, (Warren/Trump)” death notices, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Record, April 28, 1888, p. 5, Google News, database accessed March 2015, https://news.google.com/newspapers?hl=en; “1880 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Samuel Trump, enumeration district 0524, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.; “1890 Veterans Schedules,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Samuel Trump, enumeration district 0551, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  31. “Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915,” database accessed March 2015, https://familysearch.org; entry for Geo S. Warren Trump, April 26, 1888; “Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985,” Ancestry.com subscription database accessed April 2015, http://ancestry.com; entry in “Odd Fellows Cemetery” for George S W Trump, Burial Date: April 28, 1888; “Freight Trains Collide,” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 27, 1888, p. 8, Genealogy Bank, subscription database accessed March 2015, http://www.genealogybank.com; “Killed In A Wreck,” Philadelphia Record, April 27, 1888, p. 1, Google News, database accessed March 2015, https://news.google.com/newspapers?hl=en; “1870 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Samuel Trump, 1st enumeration, enumeration district 41, 14th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  32.  Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1882, entries for George W. Trump (Warren/Trump), and Samuel Trump, p. 1561; ibid. 1883, George W. Trumpf (Warren/Trump), Samuel Trumpf (Trump), and Samuel Trump, p. 1610; ibid. 1884, Samuel Trump, p. 1598; Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1885, entries for George W. Trump (Warren/Trump), and Samuel Trump, p. 1760 ↩
  33. Ibid. 1886, Samuel Trump, p. 1742, and George Warren (Warren/Trump), laborer, p. 1795; ibid. 1887, Samuel Trump, p. 1704, and George Warren (Warren/Trump), brakeman, p. 1754; ibid. 1889, Samuel Trump, p. 1796; ibid. 1890, Samuel Trump, p. 1852; ibid. 1891, Samuel Trump, p. 1882; ibid. 1893, Samuel Trump, p. 1963 ↩
  34. Ibid. 1885, John Lyons, laborer, p. 1088 ↩
  35. Ibid. 1886, John Lyons, laborer, h 2828 Neff, p. 1053 ↩
  36. Ibid. 1886, Annie (W.) Scull, p. 1542 ↩
  37. McElroy, Philadelphia City Directory for 1862, entry for Abel Scull, p. 592; ibid. 1864, Ann Scull, p. 660; “1850 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Abel Scull, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey; “1860 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entries for Ann W. Scull, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic Co., N.J ↩
  38. Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1869, Ann W. Scull, p. 1315; ibid. 1870, Ann W. Scull, p. 1356; ibid. 1875, Ann W. Scull, p. 1340; ibid. 1878, Ann W. Scull, p. 1398; ibid. 1879, Ann W. Scull, p. 1443; ibid. 1882, Ann W. Scull, p. 1387; ibid. 1883, Ann W. Scull, p. 1432; ibid. 1884, Annie W. Scull, p. 1425; Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1885, entry for Annie W. Scull, p. 1569; “1870 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Ann Scull, 1st enumeration, enumeration district 81, 24th (25th) Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.; “1870 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Ann W. Scull, 2nd enumeration, enumeration district 81, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.; “1880 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Ann (W.) Scull, enumeration district 0525, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  39. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1886, entry for Annie (W.) Scull, p. 1542 ↩
  40. Ibid. 1887, Patrick Sweeney, laborer, p. 1655 ↩
  41.  Gopsill, Philadelphia City Directory for 1883, entry for Archibald Cramer (Achilles Pharaoh Cranmer), p. 374; ibid. 1884, Archalues P. Cramer (Achilles Pharaoh Cranmer), p. 373; Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1885, A. Pharoah (Achilles Pharaoh) Cranmer, p. 409; ibid. 1887, Achilles P. Cranmer, p. 390; “1880 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Ann (W.) Scull, enumeration district 0525, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  42. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1888, entry for William Smith, laborer, p. 1627 ↩
  43. Ibid. 1886, John A. Caviston, p. 319; ibid. 1887, John Caviston, laborer, p. 317; ibid. 1888, John Caviston, laborer, p. 327; ibid. 1889, John Cavitson (Caviston), laborer, p. 334; ibid. 1890, John Cavison (Caviston), foreman, h 2907 Melvale, p. 343; ibid. 1891, John Cavison (Caviston), p. 321; ibid. 1892, John Caviston, laborer, p. 329 ↩
  44. Ibid. 1890, William J. Smith, carpenter, 4809 Thompson, h 2646 Bridge, Bdg, p. 1729; “Emma L. Smith,” death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 22, 1902, p. 15, col. 3 Genealogy Bank, subscription database accessed March 2015, http://www.genealogybank.com ↩
  45. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1890, entry for Annie W. Scull, p. 1653; Insurance Maps of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vol. 9 (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1919), plate 807 ↩
  46. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1889, entry for Archibald P. (Achilles Pharaoh) Cranmer, p. 411; ibid. 1890, Annie W. Scull, p. 1653; “Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915,” database accessed March 2015, https://familysearch.org; entry for Archlus (Achilles Pharaoh) Cranmer, October 31, 1888 ↩
  47. “Anna W. Scull,” death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 3, 1895, p. 9, Genealogy Bank, subscription database accessed March 2015, http://www.genealogybank.com; “Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915,” database accessed March 2015, https://familysearch.org; entry for Anna (Ann) W. Scull, October 1, 1895; “1920 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Eunice Cranmer, enumeration district 0754, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  48. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1888, entry for Peter Trainer (Trainor), p. 1737; ibid. 1889, Peter Trainor, laborer, h 2858 Sorrel, p. 1789; ibid. 1890, Peter Traynor (Trainor), p. 1847 ↩
  49. “1880 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Peter Trainer (Trainor), enumeration district 0526, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  50. “Mary Ann’s marriage entry,” Ancestry.com, user uploaded image accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; uploaded by billnalexis, December 21, 2012. Copy of Dumbarton, Dumbarton, Scotland marriage ledger entry for Peter Trainer (Trainor) and Mary Ann McKirdie, July 20, 1870 ↩
  51. “1900 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Peter Trainor, enumeration district 0592, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  52. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1890, entry for John W. Killian, p. 1013; ibid. 1891, John W. Killion (Killian), p. 1007; “Pennsylvania, Philadelphia marriage license index, 1885-1951,” Ancestry.com subscription database accessed April 2015, http://ancestry.com; entry for Mary Trainor. Year: 1891, License Number: 48084 ↩
  53. “Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915,” database accessed December 2014, https://familysearch.org; entry for Martha E. Trainor, October 21, 1893 ↩
  54. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1894, entry for Patrick J. Murray, carpenter, p. 1470, and Peter Trainor, laborer, p. 1997; ibid. 1895, Patk. Murray, carpenter, p. 1386; ibid. 1896, Patk. J. Murray, p. 1430 ↩
  55. Ibid. 1895, Jno. Killian, engineer, p. 1009, and Peter Trainor, laborer, h 2839 Sorrel, p. 1888; Insurance Maps of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, plate 809 ↩
  56. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1896, entry for Peter Trainor, p. 1939; “1900 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Charles Trainor, enumeration district 0592, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  57. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1897, entry for Jno. Killion (Killian), engineer, p. 1074; ibid. 1898, Jno. W. Killion (Killian), and Margaret J. Killion, p. 1178; ibid. 1899, Jno. W. Killion (Killian), p. 1226; “Johanna Killion,” death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 1873, p. 5, Genealogy Bank, subscription database accessed March 2015, http://www.genealogybank.com; “Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915,” database accessed March 2015, https://familysearch.org; entry for Johanna Killion, September 26, 1873; “1880 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for John W. Killion (Killian), enumeration district 0523, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.; “1900 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Margerite (Margaret) Killion, enumeration district 0613, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
  58. “1900 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Peter Trainor, enumeration district 0592, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.; “1910 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Peter Trainer (Trainor), enumeration district 0545, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
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  61. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1899, entry for Hugh Trainor, and Jno. Trainor, laborer, p. 2280; ibid. 1900, Jno. Killion, engineer, p. 1224, Hugh Trainor, laborer, h 2815 E William, Jno. Trainor, laborer, h 2815 E William, Peter Trainor, and Peter Trainor, Jr., p. 2299 ↩
  62. “Held to Answer,” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 15, 1900, p. 8, Genealogy Bank, subscription database accessed November 2014, http://www.genealogybank.com ↩
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  64. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1900, entry for Sarah (Annie) Brown, wid Jas., p. 299 ↩
  65. Ibid. 1901, Jas. McCollum, driver, p. 1524; “Pennsylvania, Philadelphia marriage license index, 1885-1951,” Ancestry.com subscription database accessed April 2015, http://ancestry.com; entry for Annie E. Brown. Year: 1900, License Number: 127003; “Thomas A. Brown,” death notice, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 17, 1907, p. 7, Genealogy Bank, subscription database accessed March 2015, http://www.genealogybank.com ↩
  66. Gopsill’s Sons, Philadelphia City Directory for 1903, entry for Thos. P. Burk, p. 374 ↩
  67. Ibid. 1904, Hugh Trainor, laborer, Jno. Trainor, laborer, Peter Trainor, and Peter Trainor, Jr., p. 2525; ibid. 1905, Thos. P. Burk, p. 376 ↩
  68. Ibid. 1905, Hugh Trainor, laborer, p. 2530, Jno. Trainor, laborer, Peter Trainor, Peter Trainor, Jr., p. 2530; ibid. 1906, Jno. Killian, engineer, p. 1411, Hugh Trainer (Trainor), Jno. Trainer (Trainor), laborer, Peter Trainer (Trainor), and Peter Trainer, Jr. (Trainor), p. 2589; “1910 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry.com, subscription database accessed April 2015, http://www.ancestry.com; entry for Peter Trainer (Trainor), enumeration district 0545, 25th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa ↩
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  75. Howe, City Directory of Philadelphia for 1909, entry for Harry McMichael, mariner, p. 1287; ibid. 1910, Nicholas Uszkewich, p. 2031  ↩
  76. Ibid. 1911, Walter Fobswiski, p. 644  ↩
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