Nunzio Finelli
Nunzio was born to the owner of a large hotel in Naples, Italy and grew up learning the art of cooking for his father’s guests from the French chef who…
Read MoreDavid B. Hershey
The first thing people ask if your last name is the same as someone famous is if you’re related. David was probably never asked that since his second cousin, once…
Read MorePercival E. Loder, M.D., D.D.S.
Fans of “Trivial Pursuit” could create an interesting game using details uncovered about Percival’s family. One reason would be the size of the family, since he had 11 siblings, and…
Read MoreVanroom Robin Tindall, M.D.
A father and son in the same business is a tradition as old as history itself, passing one’s vocation to the next generation. The most common example is farming, but…
Read MoreWilliam Gustavus Fischer
The son of a German immigrant, William was eight years old when he began singing in a German church in his hometown of Baltimore. He also studied piano and organ…
Read MoreArthur Otis Granger
Arthur was a preacher’s kid, although his father died before Arthur was born. Not long afterward, his mother moved the family, including four sisters and a brother, from Providence, Rhode…
Read MoreRobert McMillan
Robert was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland to John and Margaret McMillan three years before they immigrated to Philadelphia in 1850 and he became a naturalized citizen when he was…
Read MoreWilliam Henry Hodges
It could be said that this man may have once said that famous phrase, “Do you want fries with that?” after he was issued a patent for the “Hodges Handy…
Read MoreWilliam J. McCahan
William was born in County Antrim in Northern Ireland to John and Peggy (Taggart) McCaughan, the youngest of seven children. He was a descendent of distinguished Scottish ancestors who settled…
Read MoreJonathan Pritchard
Jonathan Pritchard was born on October 10th, 1827 in Bleary Down, Northern Ireland to Sarah Eleanor Black and William Pritchard. On the family’s voyage to the United States in 1853,…
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