George Henry Hoffman
George’s father had the same name as his son and worked as a streetcar conductor in Philadelphia, as did his father. George Sr. was 21 when he married Isabella Carmichael…
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The name on his application for a marriage license was John Berger, Jr. but he was always called Jack by his friends and family, including his three sisters. John Sr.…
Read MoreNathan Berman
The Berman family had nine children besides young Nathan under their roof when they left their native Ukraine and boarded a ship for America in 1889. Nathan became a naturalized…
Read MoreEdward John Lacey
Edward’s family had a rough start. He was the second boy, but the first, John, lived less than two months. A daughter, Mary, was born in August of 1888 but…
Read MoreEdwin John Schwarz
German immigrants brought Edwin’s father, John, to Philadelphia where he married Catherine Viereck, also of German lineage, and had six sons, the youngest of whom was Edwin. Catherine died of…
Read MoreSarah Annabel Smith, R.N.
There have always been quite a few people named John Smith in Philadelphia. One of them, with his wife Margaret, had three boys by the time their only daughter was…
Read MoreWilliam Tellanamacus Troutt
Born in 1891 in Philadelphia and the ninth of ten children, William had a lot of older siblings to guide him as he grew. After the turn of the century…
Read MoreCharles Warburton Smith
Charles had a brother named John Smith. Charles was probably glad his name was more unique, thanks to his middle name, although he rarely used it. He was born in…
Read MoreJohn Raymond Murphy
John came from a Philadelphia family with an older sister and younger brother. Their father died in 1902 when John was 5. His mother remarried and it wasn’t long before…
Read MoreLawrence Cooper Law, Jr.
At the dawn of the 20th Century, the Law family was living in Philadelphia and there were two daughters and a son. A few years later Lawrence Senior moved the…
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