William Frederick Hough, Jr.
William’s father was a World War I veteran who has his own Notable life story, found here. The junior William, or “Bill,” knew only one home address during his short…
Read MoreMatthew William Fleck
Matthew’s father, John, was a sergeant during the Spanish-American War era, serving from 1899-1902 in Cuba. He returned to civilian life in Philadelphia, married, and had seven children, the oldest…
Read MoreWilliam Charles Bauman
The Bauman family moved from Philadelphia to a little neighborhood in nearby Delaware County called Lester. That was in 1913, a year after their only son, William (“Bill”) was born. …
Read MoreWilliam Lewis Bretherick
The Bretherick family lived in the boroughs of Darby and Colwyn in the first half of the 20th century. Both boroughs are just south of Yeadon and southwest of Mount…
Read MoreWilliam J. Porter
Bill was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, between Altoona and Harrisburg, where his parents, William and Helen, grew up. He was their only child, and within a few months of…
Read MoreEvelyn Hope George
Home for the George family in the early 1900s was New Castle, Pennsylvania, close to the Ohio border near Youngstown. It was a one-industry town, and Evelyn’s father worked at…
Read MoreJoseph Edward Mahaney
In the years just before and after the dawn of the 20th century a letter carrier and his wife had eleven children while living in the East Germantown section of…
Read MoreStephen William Johnston
This grandson of a Civil War veteran might not have even known that part of his grandfather’s life story. After the war grandpa Alexander Johnston was a house painter (read…
Read MoreAlexander J. Johnston
Alex, as he was known, had the name given to both his uncle and his grandfather, an Irish veteran of the Civil War. Both men, like Alex’s father, William, made…
Read MoreElmer William McAlpin
There were seven boys born to Samuel and Louise McAlpin during the first quarter of the 20th century. Their father was born in Scotland and was a coppersmith at the…
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