Philadelphia Saturday Courier 17 January 1835 Deaths

Finding long forgotten children in a family can be tough, especially when no one remembers them being alive.  Sometimes, it is only the chance finding the name in a death notice or the name in a family plot. I know, because this is how I have found several children who died as infants or small children in my own bloodlines.

Look at today's transcriptions and notice the number of young deaths.  It was winter in 1835. Was it a particularly cold winter?  Were the children born "sickly"? Or was it just one of those times in history?

Photo by Andrew Hoffmann

BRADFORD		Joseph B				32d yr
MOSER		Philip				64y
PEECHIN		Christiana				88th yr
MORGAN		Caotn Thomas				66 y
BEALE		Benjamin H		s/o Matthias/Margaret		6m6d
ALBRIGHT		Samuel McFate		s/o Peter/Elizabeth Albright
STARK		BOLLING				26th yr
DYKE		John Sr				70 yr
JENKINS		Hannah L		w/o Joshua C d/o T Wilson Moore		21st yr
GIBSON		Edward		s/o John		9th yr
PETERS		Sarah Ann		w/o Joseph		19th yr
CROSBY		John D		s/o Robert P		22nd yr
HENDERSON		Martha
POULSON		Daniel C		s/o Wm/Martha		8m23d
KIRK		Hyman G				30th yr
ESENWEIN		Emma Louise		d/o Charles		infant
THUM		Ellen		d/o Charles/Sarah		infant
MOODY		David P		s/o Paul		20 mo
VANHOLT		Valentine
WATSON		Mercey		w/o Marmaduke
PARKE		Dr Thomas				86th yr
SHEPHERD		Hannah				69th yr
BRINCKLE		Dr John				71st yr
BOYER		James				68th yr
MASON		Mary		w/o Joseph		43 y5m
DRAKE		Jane Cunningham		d/o Dr Alfred		19 mo
CARTER		Mary Ann

Ahh, genealogy.  Seeing and feeling the heartbreaks of young lives lost.

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Philadelphia Saturday Courier 8 June 1839 Marriages

Seek and you shall find.  It's another day of completed transcriptions for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier that Andrew Hoffmann has is his personal collection.  Thanks again, Andrew, for allowing the genealogy community access to these early finds.

I just knew if I did it long enough, I would find a name of interest to me.  And that day is today!

I have a couple of connections to the ASHMEAD family from Germantown, so I will spend some time digging up what I can find on this William ASHMEAD whose marriage is listed in this paper.  My connections to the ASHMEAD family come by way of marriages in the BRINGHURST family as well as having a grandpa serve under Captain Jacob ASHMEAD in the 2nd PA Regiment during the American Revolution.

Just for fun is an excerpt on Jacob ASHMEAD, who is buried at Hood Cemetery in Germantown, which I shared on 4 February 2017:

Captain Jacob ASHMEAD (1742-1814)-  history tells us he served under Bendedict Arnold  (ouch)
before he was promoted to lead the 2nd PA Regiment.

He was nephew to George BRINGHURST (1697-1752) and Anna ASHMEAD(1708-1760) -his natural aunt.

George and Anna were parents of John BRINGHURST (1726-1795) who married Elizabeth SHUTE (1735-1808).

Their daughter, Margaret (1757-1798) married James SIMMONS (1763-1809).

James, son of John SIMMONS (c. 1730-1795) and Catherine DALLY (c. 1742-1818)--  my grandparents!

With the exception of John SIMMONS and Catherine DALLY, they all reside at Hood Cemetery in Philadelphia.  This cemetery has a fascinating history in its residents.  I hope to go there one day.

Back to the task at hand.

Photo by Andrew Hoffmann

REPPLIER	John G		McGAULEY	Anne
FITEY	Samuel		MOORE	Margaretta
MYERS	Abraham S		HORN	Dorothy
BOWERS	John R		PRICE	Martha C	d/o Isaac
MAYBERRY	Thomas		GARRISON	Ruth
WILTBANKS	David S		PIERCE	Rebecca
HARKER	Samuel		CHURCH	Eliza
STRATTON	Jacob		BUCK	Ellen
NEWCOMB	T		WILE	Virginia
ULMER	Albert		JOHNSON	Leah Jane
McMAHON	Moses		CLEMANTS	Hester
McLANNAN	Alexander		STANLEY	Mary Ann
ELLIS	Jonas B		DRIPS	Jane
SHUMANN	William		MOORE	Frances
ASHMEAD	Wm		LISLE	Nancy M	d/o John
HAY	Gilbert		MALLETT	Adeline
NEWMAN	Chas		FISHER	Sarah
GORDON	Alexander G		OPIE	Juliet A	d/o Heireme L

Ahh, genealogy.  Gotta go dig in Germantown again to learn more.  It just never stops!

©2020  AS Eldredge

Philadelphia Saturday Courier 3 January 1835 Marriages

Sometimes, transcribing from old newspapers can be a challenge.  Take, for instance, the transcription of today.

Photo by Andrew Hoffmann

Note that there is one marriage with no date listed.  So it was recent, but when?  Perhaps that family researcher can tell one!

Also, there are three marriages that I am not sure how to decipher the dates.  I can assume since this is a Saturday paper, that the notation of "Wednesday evening" could be the Wednesday of that week.  However, Wednesday of that week was in a previous month and year.  Which way to go here since many of the marriages listed do detail it was the previous month.

To add to the fun, I think a couple of the marriages listed were for widows as their fathers have a different last name.  That is just a guess on my part.

LOUDERBACK	Michael J		PETERS	Catharine
UPDYKE	Wilson		HIBBS	Mary Ann
ORR	William H		SCULL	Justina L
RAY	Henry		CARR	Matilda
RUTTER	David		TURNER	Esther	d/oThos Ryerson
CHAMBERS John			WEIR	Martha H	d/o Alesander Henry
LIVESEY	Isaac		BURTON	Deborah
GOVETT	W G		CLAUSE	Elizabeth
DUTTON	Joseph		THATCHER	Sarah
FANT	Edward L		M'QUIM	Mary A R
CATIS	John B		GOSWELL	Amelia
BROOKS	Edward		RIDDICK	Virginia C	d/o Col T F
BILLOU	Charles P		RIDDICK	Frances E	d/o Col T F

Ahh, genealogy. Looking at the dates and wondering.  Leaving to the family to figure it out sounds like a perfect cup of tea for me!

©2020  AS Eldredge